2Chronicles:1-9
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And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom ,
and the LORD his God was with him ,
and magnified him exceedingly .
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Then Solomon spake unto all Israel ,
to the captains of thousands and of hundreds ,
and to the judges ,
and to every governor in all Israel ,
the chief of the fathers .
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So Solomon ,
and all the congregation with him ,
went to the high place that was at Gibeon ;
for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God ,
which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness .
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But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it :
for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem .
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Moreover the brasen altar ,
that Bezaleel the son of Uri ,
the son of Hur ,
had made ,
he put before the tabernacle of the LORD :
and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it .
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And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD ,
which was at the tabernacle of the congregation ,
and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it .
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In that night did God appear unto Solomon ,
and said unto him ,
Ask what I shall give thee .
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And Solomon said unto God ,
Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father ,
and hast made me to reign in his stead .
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Now ,
O LORD God ,
let thy promise unto David my father be established :
for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude .
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Give me now wisdom and knowledge ,
that I may go out and come in before this people :
for who can judge this thy people ,
that is so great ?
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And God said to Solomon ,
Because this was in thine heart ,
and thou hast not asked riches ,
wealth ,
or honour ,
nor the life of thine enemies ,
neither yet hast asked long life ;
but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself ,
that thou mayest judge my people ,
over whom I have made thee king :
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Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee ;
and I will give thee riches ,
and wealth ,
and honour ,
such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee ,
neither shall there any after thee have the like .
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Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem ,
from before the tabernacle of the congregation ,
and reigned over Israel .
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And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen :
and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots ,
and twelve thousand horsemen ,
which he placed in the chariot cities ,
and with the king at Jerusalem .
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And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones ,
and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance .
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And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt ,
and linen yarn :
the king '
s merchants received the linen yarn at a price .
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And they fetched up ,
and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver ,
and an horse for an hundred and fifty :
and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites ,
and for the kings of Syria ,
by their means .
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And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD ,
and an house for his kingdom .
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And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens ,
and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain ,
and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them .
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And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre ,
saying ,
As thou didst deal with David my father ,
and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein ,
even so deal with me .
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Behold ,
I build an house to the name of the LORD my God ,
to dedicate it to him ,
and to burn before him sweet incense ,
and for the continual shewbread ,
and for the burnt offerings morning and evening ,
on the sabbaths ,
and on the new moons ,
and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God .
This is an ordinance for ever to Israel .
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And the house which I build is great :
for great is our God above all gods .
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But who is able to build him an house ,
seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him ?
who am I then ,
that I should build him an house ,
save only to burn sacrifice before him ?
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Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold ,
and in silver ,
and in brass ,
and in iron ,
and in purple ,
and crimson ,
and blue ,
and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem ,
whom David my father did provide .
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Send me also cedar trees ,
fir trees ,
and algum trees ,
out of Lebanon :
for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon ;
and ,
behold ,
my servants shall be with thy servants ,
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Even to prepare me timber in abundance :
for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great .
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And ,
behold ,
I will give to thy servants ,
the hewers that cut timber ,
twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat ,
and twenty thousand measures of barley ,
and twenty thousand baths of wine ,
and twenty thousand baths of oil .
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Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing ,
which he sent to Solomon ,
Because the LORD hath loved his people ,
he hath made thee king over them .
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Huram said moreover ,
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel ,
that made heaven and earth ,
who hath given to David the king a wise son ,
endued with prudence and understanding ,
that might build an house for the LORD ,
and an house for his kingdom .
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And now I have sent a cunning man ,
endued with understanding ,
of Huram my father '
s ,
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The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan ,
and his father was a man of Tyre ,
skilful to work in gold ,
and in silver ,
in brass ,
in iron ,
in stone ,
and in timber ,
in purple ,
in blue ,
and in fine linen ,
and in crimson ;
also to grave any manner of graving ,
and to find out every device which shall be put to him ,
with thy cunning men ,
and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father .
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Now therefore the wheat ,
and the barley ,
the oil ,
and the wine ,
which my lord hath spoken of ,
let him send unto his servants :
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And we will cut wood out of Lebanon ,
as much as thou shalt need :
and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa ;
and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem .
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And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel ,
after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them ;
and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred .
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And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens ,
and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain ,
and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work .
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Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah ,
where the LORD appeared unto David his father ,
in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite .
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And he began to build in the second day of the second month ,
in the fourth year of his reign .
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Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God .
The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits ,
and the breadth twenty cubits .
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And the porch that was in the front of the house ,
the length of it was according to the breadth of the house ,
twenty cubits ,
and the height was an hundred and twenty :
and he overlaid it within with pure gold .
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And the greater house he cieled with fir tree ,
which he overlaid with fine gold ,
and set thereon palm trees and chains .
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And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty :
and the gold was gold of Parvaim .
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He overlaid also the house ,
the beams ,
the posts ,
and the walls thereof ,
and the doors thereof ,
with gold ;
and graved cherubims on the walls .
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And he made the most holy house ,
the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house ,
twenty cubits ,
and the breadth thereof twenty cubits :
and he overlaid it with fine gold ,
amounting to six hundred talents .
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And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold .
And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold .
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And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work ,
and overlaid them with gold .
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And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long :
one wing of the one cherub was five cubits ,
reaching to the wall of the house :
and the other wing was likewise five cubits ,
reaching to the wing of the other cherub .
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And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits ,
reaching to the wall of the house :
and the other wing was five cubits also ,
joining to the wing of the other cherub .
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The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits :
and they stood on their feet ,
and their faces were inward .
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And he made the vail of blue ,
and purple ,
and crimson ,
and fine linen ,
and wrought cherubims thereon .
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Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high ,
and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits .
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And he made chains ,
as in the oracle ,
and put them on the heads of the pillars ;
and made an hundred pomegranates ,
and put them on the chains .
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And he reared up the pillars before the temple ,
one on the right hand ,
and the other on the left ;
and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin ,
and the name of that on the left Boaz .
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Moreover he made an altar of brass ,
twenty cubits the length thereof ,
and twenty cubits the breadth thereof ,
and ten cubits the height thereof .
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Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim ,
round in compass ,
and five cubits the height thereof ;
and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about .
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And under it was the similitude of oxen ,
which did compass it round about :
ten in a cubit ,
compassing the sea round about .
Two rows of oxen were cast ,
when it was cast .
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It stood upon twelve oxen ,
three looking toward the north ,
and three looking toward the west ,
and three looking toward the south ,
and three looking toward the east :
and the sea was set above upon them ,
and all their hinder parts were inward .
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And the thickness of it was an handbreadth ,
and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup ,
with flowers of lilies ;
and it received and held three thousand baths .
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He made also ten lavers ,
and put five on the right hand ,
and five on the left ,
to wash in them :
such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them ;
but the sea was for the priests to wash in .
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And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form ,
and set them in the temple ,
five on the right hand ,
and five on the left .
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He made also ten tables ,
and placed them in the temple ,
five on the right side ,
and five on the left .
And he made an hundred basons of gold .
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Furthermore he made the court of the priests ,
and the great court ,
and doors for the court ,
and overlaid the doors of them with brass .
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And he set the sea on the right side of the east end ,
over against the south .
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And Huram made the pots ,
and the shovels ,
and the basons .
And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God ;
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To wit ,
the two pillars ,
and the pommels ,
and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars ,
and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars ;
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And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths ;
two rows of pomegranates on each wreath ,
to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars .
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He made also bases ,
and lavers made he upon the bases ;
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One sea ,
and twelve oxen under it .
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The pots also ,
and the shovels ,
and the fleshhooks ,
and all their instruments ,
did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass .
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In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them ,
in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah .
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Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance :
for the weight of the brass could not be found out .
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And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God ,
the golden altar also ,
and the tables whereon the shewbread was set ;
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Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps ,
that they should burn after the manner before the oracle ,
of pure gold ;
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And the flowers ,
and the lamps ,
and the tongs ,
made he of gold ,
and that perfect gold ;
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And the snuffers ,
and the basons ,
and the spoons ,
and the censers ,
of pure gold :
and the entry of the house ,
the inner doors thereof for the most holy place ,
and the doors of the house of the temple ,
were of gold .
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Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished :
and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated ;
and the silver ,
and the gold ,
and all the instruments ,
put he among the treasures of the house of God .
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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 Jerusalem ,
to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David ,
which is Zion .
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Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month .
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And all the elders of Israel came ;
and the Levites took up the ark .
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And they brought up the ark ,
and the tabernacle of the congregation ,
and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle ,
these did the priests and the Levites bring up .
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Also king Solomon ,
and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark ,
sacrificed sheep and oxen ,
which 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 ,
to the oracle of the house ,
into the most holy place ,
even under the wings of the cherubims :
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For the cherubims spread forth their 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 of the ark ,
that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle ;
but they were not seen without .
And there it is unto this day .
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There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb ,
when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel ,
when they came out of Egypt .
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And it came to pass ,
when the priests were come out of the holy place : (
for all the priests that were present were sanctified ,
and did not then wait by course :
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Also the Levites which were the singers ,
all of them of Asaph ,
of Heman ,
of Jeduthun ,
with their sons and their brethren ,
being arrayed in white linen ,
having cymbals and psalteries and harps ,
stood at the east end of the altar ,
and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets :)
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It came even to pass ,
as the trumpeters and singers were as one ,
to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD ;
and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick ,
and praised the LORD ,
saying ,
For he is good ;
for his mercy endureth for ever :
that then the house was filled with a cloud ,
even the house of the LORD ;
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So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud :
for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God .
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Then said Solomon ,
The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness .
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But I have built an house of habitation for thee ,
and a place for thy dwelling for ever .
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And the king turned his face ,
and blessed the whole congregation of Israel :
and all the congregation of Israel stood .
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And he said ,
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel ,
who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David ,
saying ,
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Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in ,
that my name might be there ;
neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel :
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But I have chosen Jerusalem ,
that my name might be there ;
and have chosen David to be over my people Israel .
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Now 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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But the LORD said to David my father ,
Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name ,
thou didst well in that it was in thine heart :
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Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house ;
but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins ,
he shall build the house for my name .
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The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken :
for I am risen up in the room of David my father ,
and am set on the throne of Israel ,
as the LORD promised ,
and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel .
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And in it have I put the ark ,
wherein is the covenant of the LORD ,
that he made with the children of Israel .
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And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel ,
and spread forth his hands :
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For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold ,
of five cubits long ,
and five cubits broad ,
and three cubits high ,
and had set it in the midst of the court :
and upon it he stood ,
and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel ,
and spread forth his hands toward heaven ,
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And said ,
O LORD God of Israel ,
there is no God like thee in the heaven ,
nor in the earth ;
which keepest covenant ,
and shewest mercy unto thy servants ,
that walk before thee with all their hearts :
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Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him ;
and spakest with thy mouth ,
and hast fulfilled it with thine hand ,
as it is this day .
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Now therefore ,
O LORD God of Israel ,
keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him ,
saying ,
There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel ;
yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law ,
as thou hast walked before me .
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Now then ,
O LORD God of Israel ,
let thy word be verified ,
which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David .
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But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth ?
behold ,
heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ;
how much less this house which I have built !
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Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant ,
and to his supplication ,
O LORD my God ,
to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee :
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That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night ,
upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there ;
to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place .
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Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant ,
and of thy people Israel ,
which they shall make toward this place :
hear thou from thy dwelling place ,
even from heaven ;
and when thou hearest ,
forgive .
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If a man sin against his neighbour ,
and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear ,
and the oath come before thine altar in this house ;
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Then hear thou from heaven ,
and do ,
and judge thy servants ,
by requiting the wicked ,
by recompensing his way upon his own head ;
and by justifying the righteous ,
by giving him according to his righteousness .
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And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy ,
because they have sinned against thee ;
and shall return and confess thy name ,
and pray and make supplication before thee in this house ;
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Then hear thou from the heavens ,
and forgive the sin of thy people Israel ,
and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers .
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When the heaven is shut up ,
and there is no rain ,
because they have sinned against thee ;
yet if they pray toward this place ,
and confess thy name ,
and turn from their sin ,
when thou dost afflict them ;
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Then hear thou from heaven ,
and forgive the sin of thy servants ,
and of thy people Israel ,
when thou hast taught them the good way ,
wherein they should walk ;
and send rain upon thy land ,
which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance .
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If there be dearth in the land ,
if there be pestilence ,
if there be blasting ,
or mildew ,
locusts ,
or caterpillers ;
if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land ;
whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be :
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Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man ,
or of all thy people Israel ,
when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief ,
and shall spread forth his hands in this house :
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Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place ,
and forgive ,
and render unto every man according unto all his ways ,
whose heart thou knowest ; (
for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men :)
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That they may fear thee ,
to walk in thy ways ,
so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers .
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Moreover concerning the stranger ,
which is not of thy people Israel ,
but is come from a far country for thy great name '
s sake ,
and thy mighty hand ,
and thy stretched out arm ;
if they come and pray in this house ;
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Then hear thou from the heavens ,
even from 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 ,
and fear thee ,
as doth thy people Israel ,
and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name .
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If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them ,
and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen ,
and the house which I have built for thy name ;
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Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication ,
and maintain their cause .
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If they sin against thee , (
for there is no man which sinneth not ,)
and thou be angry with them ,
and deliver them over before their enemies ,
and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near ;
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Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive ,
and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity ,
saying ,
We have sinned ,
we have done amiss ,
and have dealt wickedly ;
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If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity ,
whither they have carried them captives ,
and pray toward their land ,
which thou gavest unto their fathers ,
and toward the city which thou hast chosen ,
and toward the house which I have built for thy name :
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Then hear thou from the heavens ,
even from thy dwelling place ,
their prayer and their supplications ,
and maintain their cause ,
and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee .
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Now ,
my God ,
let ,
I beseech thee ,
thine eyes be open ,
and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place .
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Now therefore arise ,
O LORD God ,
into thy resting place ,
thou ,
and the ark of thy strength :
let thy priests ,
O LORD God ,
be clothed with salvation ,
and let thy saints rejoice in goodness .
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O LORD God ,
turn not away the face of thine anointed :
remember the mercies of David thy servant .
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Now when Solomon had made an end of praying ,
the fire came down from heaven ,
and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices ;
and the glory of the LORD filled the house .
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And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD ,
because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD '
S house .
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And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down ,
and the glory of the LORD upon the house ,
they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement ,
and worshipped ,
and praised the LORD ,
saying ,
For he is good ;
for his mercy endureth for ever .
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Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD .
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And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen ,
and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep :
so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God .
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And the priests waited on their offices :
the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD ,
which David the king had made to praise the LORD ,
because his mercy endureth for ever ,
when David praised by their ministry ;
and the priests sounded trumpets before them ,
and all Israel stood .
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Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD :
for there he offered burnt offerings ,
and the fat of the peace offerings ,
because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings ,
and the meat offerings ,
and the fat .
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Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days ,
and all Israel with him ,
a very great congregation ,
from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt .
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And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly :
for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days ,
and the feast seven days .
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And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents ,
glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David ,
and to Solomon ,
and to Israel his people .
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Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD ,
and the king '
s house :
and all that came into Solomon '
s heart to make in the house of the LORD ,
and in his own house ,
he prosperously effected .
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And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night ,
and said unto him ,
I have heard thy prayer ,
and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice .
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If I shut up heaven that there be no rain ,
or if I command the locusts to devour the land ,
or if I send pestilence among my people ;
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If my people ,
which are called by my name ,
shall humble themselves ,
and pray ,
and seek my face ,
and turn from their wicked ways ;
then will I hear from heaven ,
and will forgive their sin ,
and will heal their land .
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Now mine eyes shall be open ,
and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place .
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For now have I chosen and sanctified this house ,
that my name may be there for ever :
and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually .
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And as for thee ,
if thou wilt walk before me ,
as David thy father walked ,
and do according to all that I have commanded thee ,
and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments ;
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Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom ,
according as I have covenanted with David thy father ,
saying ,
There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel .
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But if ye turn away ,
and forsake my statutes and my commandments ,
which I have set before you ,
and shall go and serve other gods ,
and worship them ;
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Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them ;
and this house ,
which I have sanctified for my name ,
will I cast out of my sight ,
and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations .
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And this house ,
which is high ,
shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it ;
so that he shall say ,
Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land ,
and unto this house ?
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And it shall be answered ,
Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers ,
which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt ,
and laid hold on other gods ,
and worshipped them ,
and served them :
therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them .
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And it came to pass at the end of twenty years ,
wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD ,
and his own house ,
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That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon ,
Solomon built them ,
and caused the children of Israel to dwell there .
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And Solomon went to Hamathzobah ,
and prevailed against it .
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And he built Tadmor in the wilderness ,
and all the store cities ,
which he built in Hamath .
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Also he built Bethhoron the upper ,
and Bethhoron the nether ,
fenced cities ,
with walls ,
gates ,
and bars ;
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And Baalath ,
and all the store cities that Solomon had ,
and all the chariot cities ,
and the cities of the horsemen ,
and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem ,
and in Lebanon ,
and throughout all the land of his dominion .
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As for all the people that were left of the Hittites ,
and the Amorites ,
and the Perizzites ,
and the Hivites ,
and the Jebusites ,
which were not of Israel ,
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But of their children ,
who were left after them in the land ,
whom the children of Israel consumed not ,
them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day .
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But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work ;
but they were men of war ,
and chief of his captains ,
and captains of his chariots and horsemen .
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And these were the chief of king Solomon '
s officers ,
even two hundred and fifty ,
that bare rule over the people .
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And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her :
for he said ,
My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel ,
because the places are holy ,
whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come .
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Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD ,
which he had built before the porch ,
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Even after a certain rate every day ,
offering according to the commandment of Moses ,
on the sabbaths ,
and on the new moons ,
and on the solemn feasts ,
three times in the year ,
even in the feast of unleavened bread ,
and in the feast of weeks ,
and in the feast of tabernacles .
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And he appointed ,
according to the order of David his father ,
the courses of the priests to their service ,
and the Levites to their charges ,
to praise and minister before the priests ,
as the duty of every day required :
the porters also by their courses at every gate :
for so had David the man of God commanded .
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And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter ,
or concerning the treasures .
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Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD ,
and until it was finished .
So the house of the LORD was perfected .
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Then went Solomon to Eziongeber ,
and to Eloth ,
at the sea side in the land of Edom .
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And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships ,
and servants that had knowledge of the sea ;
and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir ,
and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold ,
and brought them to king Solomon .
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And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon ,
she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem ,
with a very great company ,
and camels that bare spices ,
and gold in abundance ,
and precious stones :
and when she was come to Solomon ,
she communed with him of all that was in her heart .
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And Solomon told her all her questions :
and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not .
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And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon ,
and the house that he had built ,
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And the meat of his table ,
and the sitting of his servants ,
and the attendance of his ministers ,
and their apparel ;
his cupbearers also ,
and their apparel ;
and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD ;
there was no more spirit in her .
*
And she said to the king ,
It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts ,
and of thy wisdom :
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Howbeit I believed not their words ,
until I came ,
and mine eyes had seen it :
and ,
behold ,
the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me :
for thou exceedest the fame that I heard .
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Happy are thy men ,
and happy are these thy servants ,
which stand continually before thee ,
and hear thy wisdom .
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Blessed be the LORD thy God ,
which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne ,
to be king for the LORD thy God :
because thy God loved Israel ,
to establish them for ever ,
therefore made he thee king over them ,
to do judgment and justice .
*
And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold ,
and of spices great abundance ,
and precious stones :
neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon .
*
And the servants also of Huram ,
and the servants of Solomon ,
which brought gold from Ophir ,
brought algum trees and precious stones .
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And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD ,
and to the king '
s palace ,
and harps and psalteries for singers :
and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah .
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And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire ,
whatsoever she asked ,
beside that which she had brought unto the king .
So she turned ,
and went away to her own land ,
she and her servants .
*
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold ;
*
Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought .
And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon .
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And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold :
six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target .
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And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold :
three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield .
And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon .
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Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory ,
and overlaid it with pure gold .
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And there were six steps to the throne ,
with a footstool of gold ,
which were fastened to the throne ,
and stays on each side of the sitting place ,
and two lions standing by the stays :
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And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps .
There was not the like made in any kingdom .
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And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold ,
and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold :
none were of silver ;
it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon .
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For the king '
s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram :
every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold ,
and silver ,
ivory ,
and apes ,
and peacocks .
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And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom .
*
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon ,
to hear his wisdom ,
that God had put in his heart .
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And they brought every man his present ,
vessels of silver ,
and vessels of gold ,
and raiment ,
harness ,
and spices ,
horses ,
and mules ,
a rate year by year .
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And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots ,
and twelve thousand horsemen ;
whom he bestowed in the chariot cities ,
and with the king at Jerusalem .
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And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines ,
and to the border of Egypt .
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And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones ,
and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance .
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And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt ,
and out of all lands .
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Now the rest of the acts of Solomon ,
first and last ,
are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet ,
and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite ,
and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat ?
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And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years .
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And Solomon slept with his fathers ,
and he was buried in the city of David his father :
and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead .
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And Rehoboam went to Shechem :
for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king .
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