1Kings:8-9
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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 spake Solomon ,
The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness .
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I have surely built thee an house to dwell in ,
a settled place for thee 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 spake with his mouth unto David my father ,
and hath 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 thine heart to build an house unto my name ,
thou didst well that it was in thine heart .
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Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house ;
but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins ,
he shall build the house unto my name .
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And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake ,
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 thee ,
in heaven above ,
or on earth beneath ,
who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart :
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Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him :
thou spakest also with thy mouth ,
and hast fulfilled it with thine hand ,
as it is this day .
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Therefore now ,
LORD God of Israel ,
keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him ,
saying ,
There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel ;
so that thy children take heed to their way ,
that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me .
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And now ,
O God of Israel ,
let thy word ,
I pray thee ,
be verified ,
which thou spakest unto thy 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 thee ;
how much less this house that I have builded ?
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Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant ,
and to his supplication ,
O LORD my God ,
to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer ,
which thy servant prayeth before thee to day :
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That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day ,
even toward the place of which thou hast said ,
My name shall be there :
that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place .
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And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant ,
and of thy people Israel ,
when they shall pray toward this place :
and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place :
and when thou hearest ,
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 thine altar in this house :
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Then hear thou in heaven ,
and do ,
and judge thy 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 thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy ,
because they have sinned against thee ,
and shall turn again to thee ,
and confess thy name ,
and pray ,
and make supplication unto thee in this house :
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Then hear thou in heaven ,
and forgive the sin of thy people Israel ,
and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers .
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When heaven is shut up ,
and there is no rain ,
because they have sinned against thee ;
if they pray toward this place ,
and confess thy name ,
and turn from their sin ,
when thou afflictest them :
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Then hear thou in heaven ,
and forgive the sin of thy servants ,
and of thy people Israel ,
that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk ,
and give rain upon thy land ,
which thou hast given to thy 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 caterpiller ;
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 soever be made by any man ,
or by all thy 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 thou in heaven thy dwelling place ,
and forgive ,
and do ,
and give to every man according to his ways ,
whose heart thou knowest ; (
for thou ,
even thou only ,
knowest the hearts of all the children of men ;)
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That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers .
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Moreover concerning a stranger ,
that is not of thy people Israel ,
but cometh out of a far country for thy name '
s sake ;
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For they shall hear of thy great name ,
and of thy strong hand ,
and of thy stretched out arm ;)
when he shall come and pray toward this house ;
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Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place ,
and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for :
that all people of the earth may know thy name ,
to fear thee ,
as do thy people Israel ;
and that they may know that this house ,
which I have builded ,
is called by thy name .
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If thy people go out to battle against their enemy ,
whithersoever thou shalt send them ,
and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen ,
and toward the house that I have built for thy name :
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Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication ,
and maintain their cause .
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If they sin against thee , (
for there is no man that sinneth not ,)
and thou 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 bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives ,
and repent ,
and make supplication unto thee 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 thee with all their heart ,
and with all their soul ,
in the land of their enemies ,
which led them away captive ,
and pray unto thee toward their land ,
which thou gavest unto their fathers ,
the city which thou hast chosen ,
and the house which I have built for thy name :
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Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place ,
and maintain their cause ,
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And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee ,
and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee ,
and give them compassion before them who carried them captive ,
that they may have compassion on them :
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For they be thy people ,
and thine inheritance ,
which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt ,
from the midst of the furnace of iron :
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That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant ,
and unto the supplication of thy people Israel ,
to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee .
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For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth ,
to be thine inheritance ,
as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant ,
when thou broughtest 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 hath given rest unto his people Israel ,
according to all that he promised :
there hath 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 meat offerings ,
and the fat of the peace offerings :
because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings ,
and meat 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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And it came to pass ,
when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD ,
and the king '
s house ,
and all Solomon '
s desire which he was pleased to do ,
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That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time ,
as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon .
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And the LORD said unto him ,
I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication ,
that thou hast made before me :
I have hallowed this house ,
which thou hast built ,
to put my name there for ever ;
and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually .
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And if thou wilt walk before me ,
as David thy father walked ,
in integrity of heart ,
and in uprightness ,
to do according to all that I have commanded thee ,
and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments :
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Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever ,
as I promised to David thy father ,
saying ,
There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel .
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But if ye shall at all turn from following me ,
ye or your children ,
and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you ,
but go and serve other gods ,
and worship them :
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Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them ;
and this house ,
which I have hallowed for my name ,
will I cast out of my sight ;
and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people :
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And at this house ,
which is high ,
every one that passeth by it shall be astonished ,
and shall hiss ;
and they shall say ,
Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land ,
and to this house ?
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And they shall answer ,
Because they forsook the LORD their God ,
who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt ,
and have taken hold upon other gods ,
and have worshipped them ,
and served them :
therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil .
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And it came to pass at the end of twenty years ,
when Solomon had built the two houses ,
the house of the LORD ,
and the king '
s house ,
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Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees ,
and with gold ,
according to all his desire ,)
that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee .
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And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him ;
and they pleased him not .
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And he said ,
What cities are these which thou hast given me ,
my brother ?
And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day .
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And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold .
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And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised ;
for to build the house of the LORD ,
and his own house ,
and Millo ,
and the wall of Jerusalem ,
and Hazor ,
and Megiddo ,
and Gezer .
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For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up ,
and taken Gezer ,
and burnt it with fire ,
and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city ,
and given it for a present unto his daughter ,
Solomon '
s wife .
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And Solomon built Gezer ,
and Bethhoron the nether ,
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And Baalath ,
and Tadmor in the wilderness ,
in the land ,
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And all the cities of store that Solomon had ,
and cities for his chariots ,
and cities for his horsemen ,
and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem ,
and in Lebanon ,
and in all the land of his dominion .
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And all the people that were left of the Amorites ,
Hittites ,
Perizzites ,
Hivites ,
and Jebusites ,
which were not of the children of Israel ,
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Their children that were left after them in the land ,
whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy ,
upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day .
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But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen :
but they were men of war ,
and his servants ,
and his princes ,
and his captains ,
and rulers of his chariots ,
and his horsemen .
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These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon '
s work ,
five hundred and fifty ,
which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work .
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But Pharaoh '
s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her :
then did he build Millo .
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And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD ,
and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD .
So he finished the house .
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And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber ,
which is beside Eloth ,
on the shore of the Red sea ,
in the land of Edom .
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And Hiram sent in the navy his servants ,
shipmen that had knowledge of the sea ,
with the servants of Solomon .
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And they came to Ophir ,
and fetched from thence gold ,
four hundred and twenty talents ,
and brought it to king Solomon .
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And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD ,
she came to prove him with hard questions .
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