1Kings:8
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Then Solomon gathered the elders of Israel ,
and all the heads of the tribes ,
the chief of the fathers of the sons of Israel ,
to king Solomon in Jerusalem ,
that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David ,
which is Zion .
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And all the men of Israel were gathered to king Solomon ,
in the month of Ethanim ,
at the feast ,
which is the seventh month .
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And all the elders of Israel came in ,
and the priests lifted up the ark ,
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and brought up the ark of Jehovah ,
and the tabernacle of the congregation ,
and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle ,
even those the priests and the Levites brought .
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And king Solomon and all the company of Israel who had assembled to him were with him before the ark ,
sacrificing sheep and oxen ,
that could not be counted or numbered for multitude .
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And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah to its place ,
to the holy place of the house ,
into the Holy of Holies ,
to the place of the wings of the cherubs ;
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for the cherubs were spreading forth their wings to the place of the ark ,
and the cherubs covered over the ark ,
and over its staves from above .
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And they lengthened the staves ,
and the heads of the staves were seen from the holy place on the front of the Holy of Holies ,
and were not seen outside ;
and they are there to this day .
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Nothing was in the ark ,
only the two tables of stone which Moses put there in Horeb ,
when Jehovah cut a covenant with the sons of Israel as they went out of the land of Egypt .
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And it happened as the priests went out from the Holy of Holies ,
that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah ,
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and the priests were not able to stand to minister because of the cloud ,
for the glory of Jehovah had filled the house of Jehovah .
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And Solomon said ,
Jehovah has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness .
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I have surely built a house of loftiness for You ,
a settled place for You to abide in forever .
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And the king turned around his face and blessed the whole assembly of Israel ;
and all the assembly of Israel was standing .
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And he said ,
Blessed be Jehovah ,
God of Israel ,
who spoke by His mouth with my father David ,
and by his hand has fulfilled it ,
saying ,
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From the day that I brought out My people ,
even Israel ,
from Egypt ,
I have not chosen a city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house for My name to be there ;
but I chose David to be over My people Israel .
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And it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of Jehovah ,
God of Israel ;
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and Jehovah said to my father David ,
Because it has been in your heart to build a house for My name ,
you have done well that it has been in your heart ;
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only ,
you shall not build the house ,
but your son who shall come out from your loins ,
he shall build the house for My name .
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And Jehovah has established His word that He spoke ;
for I have risen up instead of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel ,
as Jehovah spoke ,
and have built the house for the name of Jehovah the God of Israel ;
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and set there a place for the ark ,
in which is the covenant of Jehovah which He made with our fathers when He brought them out from the land of Egypt .
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And Solomon stood before the altar of Jehovah ,
across from the assembly of Israel ,
and spread his palms toward the heavens ;
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and said ,
Jehovah ,
God of Israel ,
there is no God like You in the heavens above or on the earth beneath ;
who keeps covenant and mercy with Your servants that walk before You with all their heart ;
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Who have kept for Your servant David ,
my father ,
that which You spoke to him ;
yea ,
You spoke with Your mouth ,
and with Your hand have fulfilled it as it is this day .
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And now ,
Jehovah ,
God of Israel ,
keep for Your servant David ,
my father ,
that which You spoke to him ,
saying ,
There shall not be cut off from you a man from before Me ,
sitting on the throne of Israel ;
only ,
if your sons watch their way ,
to walk before Me as you have walked before Me .
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And now ,
O God of Israel ,
let it be established ,
I beseech You ,
Your word which You have spoken to Your servant ,
my father David .
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But will God in truth dwell on the earth ?
Behold ,
the heavens and the heavens of the heavens cannot contain You ;
how much less this house which I have built !
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Yet You have turned toward the prayer of Your servant ,
and to his supplication ,
O Jehovah my God ,
to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant is praying before You today ;
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for Your eyes are open toward this house night and day ,
toward the place of which You have said ,
My name shall be there ;
to listen to the prayer which Your servant prays toward this place .
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And You shall listen to the supplication of Your servant ,
and of Your people Israel when they shall pray toward this place ;
yea ,
You shall listen in Your dwelling-place ,
in Heaven ;
and You shall hear and shall forgive .
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If any man sins against his neighbor ,
and an oath be exacted of him to cause him to swear ,
and the oath has come before Your altar in this house ,
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then You shall hear in Heaven ,
and shall act ,
and shall judge Your servants ,
to declare the wicked to be wicked ,
to put his way on his head ,
and to declare the righteous to be righteous ,
to give him according to his righteousness .
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When Your people Israel are stricken before the enemy ,
when they sin against You ,
if they turn again to You ,
and confess Your name ,
and pray and make supplication to You in this house ;
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then You shall hear in Heaven ,
and shall forgive the sin of Your people Israel ,
and shall bring them back to the land that You gave to their fathers .
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When the heavens are restrained ,
and there is no rain ,
because they have sinned against You ,
and they have prayed toward this place ,
and confess Your name ,
and have turned from their sin because You have afflicted them ,
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then You shall hear in Heaven ,
and shall forgive the sin of Your servants ,
and of Your people Israel ,
for You shall teach them the good way in which they shall go ,
and shall give rain on Your land which You have given to Your people for an inheritance .
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When there is famine in the land ;
when there is pestilence ,
blasting ,
mildew ,
locusts ;
when there is the stripping locust ;
when its enemy has distressed it in the land in its gates ;
any plague ,
any sickness ,
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any prayer ,
any supplication that shall come from any man of all of Your people Israel ,
who shall each know the plague of his own heart ,
and shall spread his palms toward this house ,
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then You shall hear in Heaven Your dwellingplace and shall forgive and shall act ,
and shall give to each according to all his ways ,
whose heart You know (
for You have known ,
You alone ,
the heart of all the sons of Adam ),
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so that they shall fear You all the days that they are living on the face of the land that You have given to our fathers .
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And also ,
to the alien who is not of Your people Israel ,
and has come from a land afar off for Your name '
s sake ,
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for they shall hear of Your great name ,
and of Your strong hand ,
and of Your stretched out arm ,
and he shall have come in and prayed toward this house ,)
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You shall hear in Heaven ,
Your dwellingplace ,
and shall do according to all that the stranger calls to You for ,
so that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name ,
to fear You like Your people Israel ,
and to know that Your name has been called on this house which I have built .
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If Your people shall go out to battle against its enemy ,
in the way that You have sent them ,
and they have prayed to Jehovah the way of the city which You have chosen ,
and of the house which I have built for Your name ,
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then hear their prayer and their supplication in Heaven ,
and maintain their cause .
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When they sin against You (
for there is not a man who does not sin )
and You have been angry with them ,
and have given them up before an enemy ,
and they have been led away into captivity to the land of the enemy ,
far off or near ;
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and they have turned their heart back in the land where they have been taken captive ,
and have repented ,
and made supplication to You in the land of their captors ,
saying ,
We have sinned and done perversely ;
we have done wickedly ;
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and ,
they have turned back to You with all their heart ,
and with all the their soul ,
in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive ,
and have prayed to You the way of their land which You gave to their fathers ,
the city which You have chosen ,
and the house which I have built for Your name ,
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then You shall hear their prayer and their supplication in Heaven Your dwellingplace ,
and shall maintain their cause ,
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and shall forgive Your people who have sinned against You ,
even all their transgressions which they have transgressed against You ,
and shall give them mercy before their captors ,
and they shall have mercy on them .
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For they are Your people and Your inheritance ,
whom You brought out of Egypt ,
out of the midst of the furnace of iron ;
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for Your eyes shall be open to the supplication of Your servant ,
and to the supplication of Your people Israel ,
to listen to them in all that they call to You for ;
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for You have separated them to Yourself for an inheritance out of all the peoples of the earth ,
as You spoke by the hand of Your servant Moses when You brought out our fathers from Egypt ,
O Lord Jehovah .
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And it happened as Solomon finished praying to Jehovah all this prayer and supplication ,
he arose from before the altar of Jehovah ,
from bending on his knees ,
and his palms spread out to Heaven ;
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and he stood and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice ,
saying ,
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Blessed be Jehovah who has given rest to His people Israel ,
according to all that He has spoken ;
not one word of all His good word has fallen ,
which He spoke by the hand of His servant Moses .
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Jehovah our God is with us as He has been with our fathers ;
He shall not forsake us or leave us ,
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to incline our heart to Himself ,
to walk in all His ways ,
and to keep His commands ,
and His statutes ,
and His judgments ,
which He commanded our fathers ;
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and these words of mine which I have prayed before Jehovah be near to Jehovah our God by day and by night ,
to maintain the cause of His servant ,
and the cause of His people Israel ,
the matter of each day in its day ;
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for all the peoples of the earth know that Jehovah ,
He is God ;
there is no other ;
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let your heart therefore be perfect with Jehovah our God ,
to walk in His statutes ,
and to keep His commandments ,
as at this day .
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And the king and all Israel with him were offering a sacrifice before Jehovah ;
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and Solomon offered the sacrifice of peace offerings ,
which he had offered to Jehovah :
twenty two thousand oxen ,
and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep ;
and the king and all the sons of Israel dedicated the house of Jehovah .
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On that day the king sanctified the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah ,
for he had made the burnt offering there ,
and the food offering ,
and the fat of the peace offerings ;
because the bronze altar that was before Jehovah was too small to contain the burnt offering ,
and the food offering ,
and the fat of the peace offerings .
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And at that time Solomon made a feast ,
and all Israel with him ,
a great congregation ,
from the entering in of Hamath to the river of Egypt ,
before Jehovah our God ,
seven days and seven days ,
fourteen days .
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On the eighth day he sent the people away ,
and they blessed the king ,
and went to their tents rejoicing and glad of heart for all the good that Jehovah had done to His servant David ,
and to His people Israel .
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