2Chronicles:5-7
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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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