Then Solomon{H8010} assembled{H6950} the elders{H2205} of Israel,{H3478} and all the heads{H7218} of the tribes,{H4294} the princes{H5387} of the fathers'{H1} [houses] of the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} unto king{H4428} Solomon{H8010} in Jerusalem,{H3389} to bring up{H5927} the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah{H3068} out of the city{H5892} of David,{H1732} which is Zion.{H6726}

And all the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} assembled{H6950} themselves unto king{H4428} Solomon{H8010} at the feast,{H2282} in the month{H3391} Ethanim,{H388} which is the seventh{H7637} month.{H2320}

And all the elders{H2205} of Israel{H3478} came,{H935} and the priests{H3548} took up{H5375} the ark.{H727}

And they brought up{H5927} the ark{H727} of Jehovah,{H3068} and the tent{H168} of meeting,{H4150} and all the holy{H6944} vessels{H3627} that were in the Tent;{H168} even these did the priests{H3548} and the Levites{H3881} bring up.{H5927}

And king{H4428} Solomon{H8010} and all the congregation{H5712} of Israel,{H3478} that were assembled{H3259} unto him, were with him before{H6440} the ark,{H727} sacrificing{H2076} sheep{H6629} and oxen,{H1241} that could not be counted{H5608} nor numbered{H4487} for multitude.{H7230}

And the priests{H3548} brought in{H935} the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah{H3068} unto its place,{H4725} into the oracle{H1687} of the house,{H1004} to the most{H6944} holy{H6944} place, even under the wings{H3671} of the cherubim.{H3742}

For the cherubim{H3742} spread forth{H6566} their wings{H3671} over the place{H4725} of the ark,{H727} and the cherubim{H3742} covered{H5526} the ark{H727} and the staves{H905} thereof above.{H4605}

And the staves{H905} were so long{H748} that the ends{H7218} of the staves{H905} were seen from{H7200} the holy{H6944} place before{H6440} the oracle;{H1687} but they were not seen{H7200} without:{H2351} and there they are unto this day.{H3117}

There was nothing in the ark{H727} save{H7535} the two{H8147} tables{H3871} of stone{H68} which Moses{H4872} put{H3240} there at Horeb,{H2722} when Jehovah{H3068} made{H3772} a covenant with the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} when they came out{H3318} of the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}

And it came to pass, when the priests{H3548} were come out{H3318} of the holy{H6944} place, that the cloud{H6051} filled{H4390} the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068}

so that the priests{H3548} could{H3201} not stand{H5975} to minister{H8334} by reason{H6440} of the cloud;{H6051} for the glory{H3519} of Jehovah{H3068} filled{H4390} the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068}

Then spake{H559} Solomon,{H8010} Jehovah{H3068} hath said{H559} that he would dwell{H7931} in the thick darkness.{H6205}

I have surely{H1129} built{H1129} thee a house{H1004} of habitation,{H2073} a place{H4349} for thee to dwell in{H2073} for ever.{H5769}

And the king{H4428} turned{H5437} his face{H6440} about,{H5437} and blessed{H1288} all the assembly{H6951} of Israel:{H3478} and all the assembly{H6951} of Israel{H3478} stood.{H5975}

And he said,{H559} Blessed{H1288} be Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} who spake{H1696} with his mouth{H6310} unto David{H1732} thy father,{H1} and hath with his hand{H3027} fulfilled{H4390} it, saying,{H559}

Since the day{H3117} that I brought forth{H3318} my people{H5971} Israel{H3478} out of Egypt,{H4714} I chose{H977} no city{H5892} out of all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478} to build{H1129} a house,{H1004} that my name{H8034} might be there; but I chose{H977} David{H1732} to be over my people{H5971} Israel.{H3478}

Now it was in the heart{H3824} of David{H1732} my father{H1} to build{H1129} a house{H1004} for the name{H8034} of Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel.{H3478}

But Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto David{H1732} my father,{H1} Whereas{H3282} it was in thy heart{H3824} to build{H1129} a house{H1004} for my name,{H8034} thou didst well{H2895} that it was in thy heart:{H3824}

nevertheless{H7535} thou shalt not build{H1129} the house;{H1004} but thy son{H1121} that shall come forth out{H3318} of thy loins,{H2504} he shall build{H1129} the house{H1004} for my name.{H8034}

And Jehovah{H3068} hath established{H6965} his word{H1697} that he spake;{H1696} for I am risen up{H6965} in the room of David{H1732} my father,{H1} and sit{H3427} on the throne{H3678} of Israel,{H3478} as Jehovah{H3068} promised,{H1696} and have built{H1129} the house{H1004} for the name{H8034} of Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel.{H3478}

And there have I set{H7760} a place{H4725} for the ark,{H727} wherein is the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah,{H3068} which he made{H3772} with our fathers,{H1} when he brought them out{H3318} of the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}

And Solomon{H8010} stood{H5975} before{H6440} the altar{H4196} of Jehovah{H3068} in the presence of{H5048} all the assembly{H6951} of Israel,{H3478} and spread forth{H6566} his hands{H3709} toward heaven;{H8064}

and he said,{H559} O Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} there is no God{H430} like thee, in heaven{H8064} above,{H4605} or on earth{H776} beneath; who keepest{H8104} covenant{H1285} and lovingkindness{H2617} with thy servants,{H5650} that walk{H1980} before{H6440} thee with all their heart;{H3820}

who hast kept{H8104} with thy servant{H5650} David{H1732} my father{H1} that which thou didst promise{H1696} him: yea, thou spakest{H1696} with thy mouth,{H6310} and hast fulfilled{H4390} it with thy hand,{H3027} as it is this day.{H3117}

Now therefore, O Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} keep{H8104} with thy servant{H5650} David{H1732} my father{H1} that which thou hast promised{H1696} him, saying,{H559} There shall not fail{H3772} thee a man{H376} in my sight{H6440} to sit{H3427} on the throne{H3678} of Israel,{H3478} if{H7535} only thy children{H1121} take heed{H8104} to their way,{H1870} to walk{H3212} before{H6440} me as thou hast walked{H1980} before{H6440} me.

Now therefore, O God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} let thy word,{H1697} I pray thee, be verified,{H539} which thou spakest{H1696} unto thy servant{H5650} David{H1732} my father.{H1}

But will God{H430} in very deed{H552} dwell{H3427} on the earth?{H776} behold, heaven{H8064} and the heaven{H8064} of heavens{H8064} cannot contain{H3557} thee; how much less{H637} this house{H1004} that I have builded!{H1129}

Yet have thou respect{H6437} unto the prayer{H8605} of thy servant,{H5650} and to his supplication,{H8467} O Jehovah{H3068} my God,{H430} to hearken{H8085} unto the cry{H7440} and to the prayer{H8605} which thy servant{H5650} prayeth{H6419} before{H6440} thee this day;{H3117}

that thine eyes{H5869} may be open{H6605} toward this house{H1004} night{H3915} and day,{H3117} even toward the place{H4725} whereof thou hast said,{H559} My name{H8034} shall be there; to hearken{H8085} unto the prayer{H8605} which thy servant{H5650} shall pray{H6419} toward this place.{H4725}

And hearken{H8085} thou to the supplication{H8467} of thy servant,{H5650} and of thy people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} when they shall pray{H6419} toward this place:{H4725} yea, hear{H8085} thou in heaven{H8064} thy dwelling -{H3427} place;{H4725} and when thou hearest,{H8085} forgive.{H5545}

If a man{H376} sin{H2398} against his neighbor,{H7453} and an oath{H423} be laid{H5375} upon him to cause him to swear,{H422} and he come{H935} [and] swear{H423} before{H6440} thine altar{H4196} in this house;{H1004}

then hear{H8085} thou in heaven,{H8064} and do,{H6213} and judge{H8199} thy servants,{H5650} condemning{H7561} the wicked,{H7563} to bring{H5414} his way{H1870} upon his own head,{H7218} and justifying{H6663} the righteous,{H6662} to give{H5414} him according to his righteousness.{H6666}

When thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478} are smitten down{H5062} before{H6440} the enemy,{H341} because they have sinned{H2398} against thee; if they turn again{H7725} to thee, and confess{H3034} thy name,{H8034} and pray{H6419} and make supplication{H2603} unto thee in this house:{H1004}

then hear{H8085} thou in heaven,{H8064} and forgive{H5545} the sin{H2403} of thy people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} and bring them again{H7725} unto the land{H127} which thou gavest{H5414} unto their fathers.{H1}

When heaven{H8064} is shut up,{H6113} and there is no rain,{H4306} because they have sinned{H2398} against thee; if they pray{H6419} toward this place,{H4725} and confess{H3034} thy name,{H8034} and turn{H7725} from their sin,{H2403} when thou dost afflict{H6031} them:

then hear{H8085} thou in heaven,{H8064} and forgive{H5545} the sin{H2403} of thy servants,{H5650} and of thy people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} when thou teachest{H3384} them the good{H2896} way{H1870} wherein they should walk;{H3212} and send{H5414} rain{H4306} upon thy land,{H776} which thou hast given{H5414} to thy people{H5971} for an inheritance.{H5159}

If there be in the land{H776} famine,{H7458} if there be pestilence,{H1698} if there be blasting{H7711} [or] mildew,{H3420} locust{H697} [or] caterpillar;{H2625} if their enemy{H341} besiege{H6887} them in the land{H776} of their cities;{H8179} whatsoever plague,{H5061} whatsoever sickness{H4245} there be;

what prayer{H8605} and supplication{H8467} soever be made by any man,{H120} [or] by all thy people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} who shall know{H3045} every man{H376} the plague{H5061} of his own heart,{H3824} and spread forth{H6566} his hands{H3709} toward this house:{H1004}

then hear{H8085} thou in heaven{H8064} thy dwelling -{H3427} place,{H4349} and forgive,{H5545} and do,{H6213} and render{H5414} unto every man{H376} according to all his ways,{H1870} whose heart{H3824} thou knowest;{H3045} (for thou, even thou only, knowest{H3045} the hearts{H3824} of all the children{H1121} of men;){H120}

that they may fear{H3372} thee all the days{H3117} that they live{H2416} in{H6440} the land{H127} which thou gavest{H5414} unto our fathers.{H1}

Moreover concerning the foreigner,{H5237} that is not of thy people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} when he shall come out{H935} of a far{H7350} country{H776} for{H4616} thy name's{H8034} sake

(for they shall hear{H8085} of thy great{H1419} name,{H8034} and of thy mighty{H2389} hand,{H3027} and of thine outstretched{H5186} arm);{H2220} when he shall come{H935} and pray{H6419} toward this house;{H1004}

hear{H8085} thou in heaven{H8064} thy dwelling -{H3427} place,{H4349} and do{H6213} according to all that the foreigner{H5237} calleth{H7121} to thee for; that all the peoples{H5971} of the earth{H776} may know{H3045} thy name,{H8034} to fear{H3372} thee, as doth thy people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} and that they may know{H3045} that this house{H1004} which I have built{H1129} is called{H7121} by my name.{H8034}

If thy people{H5971} go out{H3318} to battle{H4421} against their enemy,{H341} by whatsoever{H1870} way thou shalt send{H7971} them, and they pray{H6419} unto Jehovah{H3068} toward{H1870} the city{H5892} which thou hast chosen,{H977} and toward the house{H1004} which I have built{H1129} for thy name;{H8034}

then hear{H8085} thou in heaven{H8064} their prayer{H8605} and their supplication,{H8467} and maintain{H6213} their cause.{H4941}

If they sin{H2398} against thee (for there is no man{H120} that sinneth{H2398} not), and thou be angry{H599} with them, and deliver{H5414} them to the enemy,{H341} so that they carry them away{H7617} captive{H7617} unto{H6440} the land{H776} of the enemy,{H341} far{H7350} off or near;{H7138}

yet if they shall bethink{H7725} themselves in the land{H776} whither they are carried captive,{H7617} and turn{H7725} again, and make supplication{H2603} unto thee in the land{H776} of them that carried them captive,{H7617} saying,{H559} We have sinned,{H2398} and have done perversely,{H5753} we have dealt wickedly;{H7561}

if they return{H7725} unto thee with all their heart{H3824} and with all their soul{H5315} in the land{H776} of their enemies,{H341} who carried them captive,{H7617} and pray{H6419} unto thee toward{H1870} their land,{H776} which thou gavest{H5414} unto their fathers,{H1} the city{H5892} which thou hast chosen,{H977} and the house{H1004} which I have built{H1129} for thy name:{H8034}

then hear{H8085} thou their prayer{H8605} and their supplication{H8467} in heaven{H8064} thy dwelling -{H3427} place,{H4349} and maintain{H6213} their cause;{H4941}

and forgive{H5545} thy people{H5971} who have sinned{H2398} against thee, and all their transgressions{H6588} wherein they have transgressed{H6586} against thee; and give{H5414} them compassion{H7356} before{H6440} those who carried them captive,{H7617} that they may have compassion{H7355} on them

(for they are thy people,{H5971} and thine inheritance,{H5159} which thou broughtest forth{H3318} out of Egypt,{H4714} from the midst{H8432} of the furnace{H3564} of iron);{H1270}

that thine eyes{H5869} may be open{H6605} unto the supplication{H8467} of thy servant,{H5650} and unto the supplication{H8467} of thy people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} to hearken{H8085} unto them whensoever they cry{H7121} unto thee.

For thou didst separate{H914} them from among all the peoples{H5971} of the earth,{H776} to be thine inheritance,{H5159} as thou spakest{H1696} by{H3027} Moses{H4872} thy servant,{H5650} when thou broughtest{H3318} our fathers{H1} out of Egypt,{H4714} O Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H136}

And it was so, that, when Solomon{H8010} had made an end{H3615} of praying{H6419} all this prayer{H8605} and supplication{H8467} unto Jehovah,{H3068} he arose{H6965} from before{H6440} the altar{H4196} of Jehovah,{H3068} from kneeling{H3766} on his knees{H1290} with his hands{H3709} spread forth{H6566} toward heaven.{H8064}

And he stood,{H5975} and blessed{H1288} all the assembly{H6951} of Israel{H3478} with a loud{H1419} voice,{H6963} saying,{H559}

Blessed{H1288} be Jehovah,{H3068} that hath given{H5414} rest{H4496} unto his people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} according to all that he promised:{H1696} there hath not failed{H5307} one{H259} word{H1697} of all his good{H2896} promise,{H1697} which he promised{H1697} by{H3027} Moses{H4872} his servant.{H5650}

Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} be with us, as he was with our fathers:{H1} let him not leave{H5800} us, nor forsake{H5203} us;

that he may incline{H5186} our hearts{H3824} unto him, to walk{H3212} in all his ways,{H1870} and to keep{H8104} his commandments,{H4687} and his statutes,{H2706} and his ordinances,{H4941} which he commanded{H6680} our fathers.{H1}

And let these my words,{H1697} wherewith I have made supplication{H2603} before{H6440} Jehovah,{H3068} be nigh{H7138} unto Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} day{H3119} and night,{H7138} that he maintain{H6213} the cause{H4941} of his servant,{H5650} and the cause{H4941} of his people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} as every{H1697} day{H3117} shall require;

that all the peoples{H5971} of the earth{H776} may know{H3045} that Jehovah,{H3068} he is God;{H430} there is none else.

Let your heart{H3824} therefore be perfect{H8003} with Jehovah{H3068} our God,{H430} to walk{H3212} in his statutes,{H2706} and to keep{H8104} his commandments,{H4687} as at this day.{H3117}

And the king,{H4428} and all Israel{H3478} with him, offered{H2076} sacrifice{H2077} before{H6440} Jehovah.{H3068}

And Solomon{H8010} offered{H2076} for the sacrifice{H2077} of peace-offerings,{H2077} which he offered{H2076} unto Jehovah,{H3068} two{H8147} and twenty{H6242} thousand{H505} oxen,{H1241} and a hundred{H3967} and twenty{H6242} thousand{H505} sheep.{H6629} So the king{H4428} and all the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} dedicated{H2596} the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068}

The same day{H3117} did the king{H4428} hallow{H6942} the middle{H8432} of the court{H2691} that was before{H6440} the house{H1004} of Jehovah;{H3068} for there he offered{H6213} the burnt-offering,{H5930} and the meal-offering,{H4503} and the fat{H2459} of the peace-offerings,{H8002} because the brazen{H5178} altar{H4196} that was before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} was too little{H6996} to receive{H3557} the burnt-offering,{H5930} and the meal-offering,{H4503} and the fat{H2459} of the peace-offerings.{H8002}

So Solomon{H8010} held{H6213} the feast{H2282} at that time,{H6256} and all Israel{H3478} with him, a great{H1419} assembly,{H6951} from the entrance{H935} of Hamath{H2574} unto the brook{H5158} of Egypt,{H4714} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} our God,{H430} seven{H7651} days{H3117} and seven{H7651} days,{H3117} even fourteen{H702} days.{H3117}

On the eighth{H8066} day{H3117} he sent{H7971} the people{H5971} away;{H7971} and they blessed{H1288} the king,{H4428} and went{H3212} unto their tents{H168} joyful{H8056} and glad{H2896} of heart{H3820} for all the goodness{H2896} that Jehovah{H3068} had showed{H6213} unto David{H1732} his servant,{H5650} and to Israel{H3478} his people.{H5971}