1Kings:8
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Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel ,
and all the heads of the tribes ,
the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel ,
unto king Solomon in Jerusalem ,
that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David ,
which is Zion .
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And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim ,
which is the seventh month .
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And all the elders of Israel came ,
and the priests took up the ark .
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And they brought up the ark of the LORD ,
and the tabernacle of the congregation ,
and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle ,
even those did the priests and the Levites bring up .
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And king Solomon ,
and all the congregation of Israel ,
that were assembled unto him ,
were with him before the ark ,
sacrificing sheep and oxen ,
that could not be told nor numbered for multitude .
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And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place ,
into the oracle of the house ,
to the most holy place ,
even under the wings of the cherubims .
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For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark ,
and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above .
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And they drew out the staves ,
that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle ,
and they were not seen without :
and there they are unto this day .
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There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone ,
which Moses put there at Horeb ,
when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel ,
when they came out of the land of Egypt .
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And it came to pass ,
when the priests were come out of the holy place ,
that the cloud filled the house of the LORD ,
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So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud :
for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD .
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Then spoke Solomon ,
The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness .
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I have surely built you an house to dwell in ,
a settled place for you to abide in for ever .
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And the king turned his face about ,
and blessed all the congregation of Israel : (
and all the congregation of Israel stood ;)
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And he said ,
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel ,
which spoke with his mouth unto David my father ,
and has with his hand fulfilled it ,
saying ,
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Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt ,
I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house ,
that my name might be therein ;
but I chose David to be over my people Israel .
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And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel .
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And the LORD said unto David my father ,
Whereas it was in yours heart to build an house unto my name ,
you did well that it was in yours heart .
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Nevertheless you shall not build the house ;
but your son that shall come forth out of your loins ,
he shall build the house unto my name .
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And the LORD has performed his word that he spoke ,
and I am risen up in the room of David my father ,
and sit on the throne of Israel ,
as the LORD promised ,
and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel .
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And I have set there a place for the ark ,
wherein is the covenant of the LORD ,
which he made with our fathers ,
when he brought them out of the land of Egypt .
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And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel ,
and spread forth his hands toward heaven :
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And he said ,
LORD God of Israel ,
there is no God like you ,
in heaven above ,
or on earth beneath ,
who keep covenant and mercy with your servants that walk before you with all their heart :
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Who have kept with your servant David my father that you promised him :
you spoke also with your mouth ,
and have fulfilled it with yours hand ,
as it is this day .
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Therefore now ,
LORD God of Israel ,
keep with your servant David my father that you promised him ,
saying ,
There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel ;
so that your children take heed to their way ,
that they walk before me as you have walked before me .
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And now ,
O God of Israel ,
let your word ,
I pray you ,
be verified ,
which you spoke unto your servant David my father .
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But will God indeed dwell on the earth ?
behold ,
the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain you ;
how much less this house that I have built ?
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Yet have you respect unto the prayer of your servant ,
and to his supplication ,
O LORD my God ,
to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer ,
which your servant prays before you to day :
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That yours eyes may be open toward this house night and day ,
even toward the place of which you have said ,
My name shall be there :
that you may hearken unto the prayer which your servant shall make toward this place .
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And hearken you to the supplication of your servant ,
and of your people Israel ,
when they shall pray toward this place :
and hear you in heaven your dwelling place :
and when you hear ,
forgive .
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If any man trespass against his neighbour ,
and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear ,
and the oath come before yours altar in this house :
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Then hear you in heaven ,
and do ,
and judge your servants ,
condemning the wicked ,
to bring his way upon his head ;
and justifying the righteous ,
to give him according to his righteousness .
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When your people Israel be smitten down before the enemy ,
because they have sinned against you ,
and shall return to you ,
and confess your name ,
and pray ,
and make supplication unto you in this house :
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Then hear you in heaven ,
and forgive the sin of your people Israel ,
and bring them again unto the land which you gave unto their fathers .
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When heaven is shut up ,
and there is no rain ,
because they have sinned against you ;
if they pray toward this place ,
and confess your name ,
and turn from their sin ,
when you afflict them :
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Then hear you in heaven ,
and forgive the sin of your servants ,
and of your people Israel ,
that you teach them the good way wherein they should walk ,
and give rain upon your land ,
which you have given to your people for an inheritance .
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If there be in the land famine ,
if there be pestilence ,
blasting ,
mildew ,
locust ,
or if there be caterpillar ;
if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities ;
whatsoever plague ,
whatsoever sickness there be ;
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What prayer and supplication whatsoever be made by any man ,
or by all your people Israel ,
which shall know every man the plague of his own heart ,
and spread forth his hands toward this house :
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Then hear you in heaven your dwelling place ,
and forgive ,
and do ,
and give to every man according to his ways ,
whose heart you know ; (
for you ,
even you only ,
know the hearts of all the children of men ;)
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That they may fear you all the days that they live in the land which you gave unto our fathers .
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Moreover concerning a stranger ,
that is not of your people Israel ,
but comes out of a far country 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 ;)
when he shall come and pray toward this house ;
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Hear you in heaven your dwelling place ,
and do according to all that the stranger calls to you for :
that all people of the earth may know your name ,
to fear you ,
as do your people Israel ;
and that they may know that this house ,
which I have built ,
is called by your name .
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If your people go out to battle against their enemy ,
anywhere you shall send them ,
and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which you have chosen ,
and toward the house that I have built for your name :
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Then hear you in heaven their prayer and their supplication ,
and maintain their cause .
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If they sin against you , (
for there is no man that sins not ,)
and you be angry with them ,
and deliver them to the enemy ,
so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy ,
far or near ;
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Yet if they shall call to reflect themselves in the land where they were carried captives ,
and repent ,
and make supplication unto you in the land of them that carried them captives ,
saying ,
We have sinned ,
and have done perversely ,
we have committed wickedness ;
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And so return unto you with all their heart ,
and with all their soul ,
in the land of their enemies ,
which led them away captive ,
and pray unto you toward their land ,
which you gave unto their fathers ,
the city which you have chosen ,
and the house which I have built for your name :
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Then hear you their prayer and their supplication in heaven your dwelling place ,
and maintain their cause ,
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And forgive your people that have sinned against you ,
and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against you ,
and give them compassion before them who carried them captive ,
that they may have compassion on them :
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For they be your people ,
and yours inheritance ,
which you brought forth out of Egypt ,
from the midst of the furnace of iron :
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That yours eyes may be open unto the supplication of your servant ,
and unto the supplication of your people Israel ,
to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto you .
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For you did separate them from among all the people of the earth ,
to be yours inheritance ,
as you spoke by the hand of Moses your servant ,
when you brought our fathers out of Egypt ,
O LORD God .
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And it was so ,
that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD ,
he arose from before the altar of the LORD ,
from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up 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 the LORD ,
that has given rest unto his people Israel ,
according to all that he promised :
there has not failed one word of all his good promise ,
which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant .
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The LORD our God be with us ,
as he was with our fathers :
let him not leave us ,
nor forsake us :
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That he may incline our hearts unto him ,
to walk in all his ways ,
and to keep his commandments ,
and his statutes ,
and his judgments ,
which he commanded our fathers .
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And let these my words ,
wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD ,
be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night ,
that he maintain the cause of his servant ,
and the cause of his people Israel at all times ,
as the matter shall require :
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That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God ,
and that there is none else .
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Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD 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 ,
offered sacrifice before the LORD .
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And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings ,
which he offered unto the LORD ,
two and twenty thousand oxen ,
and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep .
So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD .
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The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD :
for there he offered burnt offerings ,
and food offerings ,
and the fat of the peace offerings :
because the brazen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings ,
and food offerings ,
and the fat of the peace offerings .
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And at that time Solomon held a feast ,
and all Israel with him ,
a great congregation ,
from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt ,
before the LORD our God ,
seven days and seven days ,
even fourteen days .
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On the eighth day he sent the people away :
and they blessed the king ,
and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant ,
and for Israel his people .
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