2Chronicles:6

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ylt @2Chronicles:6:1 @Then said Solomon , 'Jehovah said -- to dwell in thick darkness , ylt @2Chronicles:6:2 @and I -- I have built a house of habitation for Thee , and a fixed place for Thy dwelling to the ages .' ylt @2Chronicles:6:3 @And the king turneth round his face , and blesseth the whole assembly of Israel , and the whole assembly of Israel is standing , ylt @2Chronicles:6:4 @and he saith , 'Blessed [is ] Jehovah , God of Israel , who hath spoken with His mouth with David my father , and with His hands hath fulfilled [it ], saying : ylt @2Chronicles:6:5 @'From the day that I brought out My people from the land of Egypt , I have not fixed on a city out of any of the tribes of Israel to build a house for my name being there , and I have not fixed on a man to be leader over My people Israel ; ylt @2Chronicles:6:6 @and I fix on Jerusalem for My name being there , and I fix on David to be over My people Israel . ylt @2Chronicles:6:7 @'And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah God of Israel , ylt @2Chronicles:6:8 @and Jehovah saith unto David my father , Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house for My name , thou hast done well that it hath been with thy heart , ylt @2Chronicles:6:9 @but thou dost not build the house , for thy son who cometh forth out from thy loins , he doth build the house for My name . ylt @2Chronicles:6:10 @'And Jehovah doth establish His word that He spake , and I rise up in the stead of David my father , and sit on the throne of Israel , as Jehovah spake , and I build the house for the name of Jehovah , God of Israel , ylt @2Chronicles:6:11 @and I place there the ark , where [is ] the covenant of Jehovah that He made with the sons of Israel .' ylt @2Chronicles:6:12 @And he standeth before the altar of Jehovah , over-against all the assembly of Israel , and spreadeth out his hand , -- ylt @2Chronicles:6:13 @for Solomon hath made a scaffold of brass , and putteth it in the midst of the court , five cubits its length , and five cubits its breadth , and three cubits its height , and he standeth upon it , and kneeleth on his knees over-against all the assembly of Israel , and spreadeth forth his hands towards the heavens -- ylt @2Chronicles:6:14 @and saith , 'O Jehovah God of Israel , there is not like Thee a god in the heavens and in the earth , keeping the covenant and the kindness for Thy servants who are walking before Thee with all their heart ; ylt @2Chronicles:6:15 @who hast kept for Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst speak to him ; yea , Thou dost speak with Thy mouth , and with Thy hand hast fulfilled [it ], as at this day . ylt @2Chronicles:6:16 @'And now , O Jehovah , God of Israel , keep for Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst speak to him , saying , There is not cut off to thee a man from before Me , sitting on the throne of Israel , only , if thy sons watch their way to walk in My law , as thou hast walked before Me . ylt @2Chronicles:6:17 @'And now , O Jehovah , God of Israel , is Thy word stedfast that Thou hast spoken to Thy servant , to David , ylt @2Chronicles:6:18 @(for is it true ? -- God dwelleth with man on the earth ! Lo , the heavens , and the heavens of the heavens , do not contain Thee , how much less this house that I have built ?) ylt @2Chronicles:6:19 @'And Thou hast turned unto the prayer of Thy servant , and unto his supplication , O Jehovah my God , to hearken unto the cry and unto the prayer that Thy servant is praying before Thee , ylt @2Chronicles:6:20 @for Thine eyes being open towards this house by day and by night , towards the place that Thou hast said to put Thy name there , to hearken unto the prayer that Thy servant prayeth towards this place . ylt @2Chronicles:6:21 @'And Thou hast hearkened unto the supplications of Thy servant , and of Thy people Israel , that they pray towards this place , and Thou dost hear from the place of Thy dwelling , from the heavens , and hast hearkened , and forgiven . ylt @2Chronicles:6:22 @'If a man doth sin against his neighbour , and he hath lifted up on him an oath to cause him to swear , and the oath hath come in before Thine altar in this house -- ylt @2Chronicles:6:23 @then Thou dost hear from the heavens , and hast done , and hast judged Thy servants , to give back to the wicked , to put his way on his head , and to declare righteous the righteous , to give to him according to his righteousness . ylt @2Chronicles:6:24 @'And if Thy people Israel is smitten before an enemy , because they sin against Thee , and they have turned back and confessed Thy name , and prayed and made supplication before Thee in this house -- ylt @2Chronicles:6:25 @then Thou dost hear from the heavens , and hast forgiven the sin of Thy people Israel , and caused them to turn back unto the ground that Thou hast given to them , and to their fathers . ylt @2Chronicles:6:26 @'In the heavens being restrained , and there is no rain , because they sin against Thee , and they have prayed towards this place , and confessed Thy name -- from their sin they turn back because Thou dost afflict them -- ylt @2Chronicles:6:27 @then Thou dost hear in the heavens , and hast forgiven the sin of Thy servants , and of Thy people Israel , because Thou directest them unto the good way in which they walk , and hast given rain on Thy land that Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance . ylt @2Chronicles:6:28 @'Famine , when it is in the land , pestilence , when it is , blasting , and mildew , locust , and caterpillar , when they are , when its enemies have distressed it in the land -- its gates , any plague and any sickness ; ylt @2Chronicles:6:29 @any prayer , any supplication that is for any man , and for all Thy people Israel , when they know each his own plague , and his own pain , and he hath spread out his hands towards this house : ylt @2Chronicles:6:30 @then Thou dost hear from the heavens , the settled place of Thy dwelling , and hast forgiven , and hast given to each according to all his ways (because Thou knowest his heart , for Thou -- Thou only -- hast known the heart of the sons of men ), ylt @2Chronicles:6:31 @so that they fear Thee , to walk in Thy ways , all the days that they are living on the face of the ground that Thou hast given to our fathers . ylt @2Chronicles:6:32 @'And also , unto the stranger who is not of Thy people Israel , and he hath come from a land afar off for the sake of Thy great name , and Thy strong hand , and Thy stretched-out arm , and they have come in and prayed towards this house : ylt @2Chronicles:6:33 @then Thou dost hear from the heavens , from the settled place of Thy dwelling , and hast done according to all that the stranger calleth unto Thee for : so that all the peoples of the earth do know Thy name , so as to fear Thee , as Thy people Israel , and to know that Thy name is called on this house that I have built . ylt @2Chronicles:6:34 @'When Thy people doth go out to battle against its enemies in the way that Thou dost send them , and they have prayed unto Thee the way of this city that Thou hast fixed on , and the house that I have built for Thy name : ylt @2Chronicles:6:35 @then Thou hast heard from the heavens their prayer and their supplication , and hast maintained their cause . ylt @2Chronicles:6:36 @'When they sin against Thee -- for there is not a man who sinneth not -- and Thou hast been angry with them , and hast given them before an enemy , and taken them captive have their captors , unto a land far off or near ; ylt @2Chronicles:6:37 @and they have turned [it ] back unto their heart in the land whither they have been taken captive , and have turned back , and made supplication unto Thee in the land of their captivity , saying , We have sinned , we have done perversely , and have done wickedly ; ylt @2Chronicles:6:38 @yea , they have turned back unto Thee with all their heart , and with all their soul , in the land of their captivity , whither they have taken them captive , and they have prayed the way of their land that Thou hast given to their fathers , and of the city that Thou hast chosen , and of the house that I have built for Thy name : ylt @2Chronicles:6:39 @then Thou hast heard from the heavens , from the settled place of Thy dwelling , their prayer and their supplications , and hast maintained their cause , and forgiven Thy people who have sinned against Thee . ylt @2Chronicles:6:40 @'Now , my God , let , I beseech Thee , Thine eyes be open , and Thine ears attentive , to the prayer of this place : ylt @2Chronicles:6:41 @and now , rise , O Jehovah God , to Thy rest , Thou , and the ark of Thy strength ; Thy priests , O Jehovah God , are clothed with salvation , and Thy saints rejoice in the goodness , ylt @2Chronicles:6:42 @O Jehovah God , turn not back the face of Thine anointed , be mindful of the kind acts of David Thy servant .'

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