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

But I have built{H1129} thee a house{H1004} of habitation,{H2073} and a place{H4349} for thee to dwell{H3427} in for ever.{H5769}

And the king{H4428} turned{H5437} his face,{H6440} 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} my father,{H1} and hath with his hands{H3027} fulfilled{H4390} it, saying,{H559}

Since the day{H3117} that I brought forth{H3318} my people{H5971} out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} I chose{H977} no city{H5892} out of all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478} to build{H1129} a house{H1004} in, that my name{H8034} might be there; neither chose{H977} I any man{H376} to be prince{H5057} over my people{H5971} Israel:{H3478}

but I have chosen{H977} Jerusalem,{H3389} that my name{H8034} might be there; and have chosen{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 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{H3318} out of thy loins,{H2504} he shall build{H1129} the house{H1004} for my name.{H8034}

And Jehovah{H3068} hath performed{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{H8033} have I set{H7760} the ark,{H727} wherein is the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah,{H3068} which he made{H3772} with the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}

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

(for Solomon{H8010} had made{H6213} a brazen{H5178} scaffold,{H3595} five{H2568} cubits{H520} long,{H753} and five{H2568} cubits{H520} broad,{H7341} and three{H7969} cubits{H520} high,{H6967} and had set{H5414} it in the midst{H8432} of the court;{H5835} and upon it he stood,{H5975} and kneeled down{H1288} upon his knees{H1290} before 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} or on earth;{H776} 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 only{H7535} thy children{H1121} take heed{H8104} to their way,{H1870} to walk{H3212} in my law{H8451} as thou hast walked{H1980} before{H6440} me.

Now therefore, O Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} let thy word{H1697} be verified,{H539} which thou spakest{H1696} unto thy servant{H5650} David.{H1732}

But will God{H430} in very deed{H552} dwell{H3427} with men{H120} on the earth?{H776} behold, heaven{H8064} and the heaven{H8064} of heavens{H8064} cannot contain{H3557} thee; how much less this house{H1004} which 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;

that thine eyes{H5869} may be open{H6605} toward this house{H1004} day{H3119} and night,{H3915} even toward the place{H4725} whereof thou hast said{H559} that thou wouldest put{H7760} thy name{H8034} 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 supplications{H8469} of thy servant,{H5650} and of thy people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} when they shall pray{H6419} toward this place:{H4725} yea, hear{H8085} thou from thy dwelling -{H3427} place,{H4725} even from heaven;{H8064} 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{H422} before{H6440} thine altar{H4196} in this house;{H1004}

then hear{H8085} thou from heaven,{H8064} and do,{H6213} and judge{H8199} thy servants,{H5650} requiting{H7725} 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}

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

then hear{H8085} thou from 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} to them and to their fathers.{H1}

When the heavens{H8064} are 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 enemies{H341} besiege{H6887} them in the land{H776} of their cities;{H8179} whatsoever plague{H5061} or 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} his own plague{H5061} and his own sorrow,{H4341} and shall spread forth{H6566} his hands{H3709} toward this house:{H1004}

then hear{H8085} thou from heaven{H8064} thy dwelling -{H3427} place{H4349} and forgive,{H5545} 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 the children{H1121} of men;){H120}

that they may fear{H3372} thee, to walk{H3212} in thy ways,{H1870} so long as{H3117} they live{H2416} in 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{H935} from a far{H7350} country{H776} for thy great{H1419} name's{H8034} sake, and thy mighty{H2389} hand,{H3027} and thine outstretched{H5186} arm;{H2220} when they shall come{H935} and pray{H6419} toward this house:{H1004}

then hear{H8085} thou from heaven,{H8064} even from 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} and 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 thy name.{H8034}

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

then hear{H8085} thou from 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{H6440} the enemy,{H341} so that they carry them away{H7617} captive{H7617} unto a land{H776} far off{H7350} 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 their captivity,{H7628} saying,{H559} We have sinned,{H2398} we have done perversely,{H7561} and have dealt wickedly;{H7561}

if they return{H7725} unto thee with all their heart{H3820} and with all their soul{H5315} in the land{H776} of their captivity,{H7628} whither they have carried them captive,{H7617} and pray{H6419} toward{H1870} their land,{H776} which thou gavest{H5414} unto their fathers,{H1} and 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 from heaven,{H8064} even from thy dwelling -{H3427} place,{H4349} their prayer{H8605} and their supplications,{H8467} and maintain{H6213} their cause,{H4941} and forgive{H5545} thy people{H5971} who have sinned{H2398} against thee.

Now, O my God,{H430} let, I beseech thee, thine eyes{H5869} be open,{H6605} and let thine ears{H241} be attent,{H7183} unto the prayer{H8605} that is made in this place.{H4725}

Now therefore arise,{H6965} O Jehovah{H3068} God,{H430} into thy resting-place,{H5118} thou, and the ark{H727} of thy strength:{H5797} let thy priests,{H3548} O Jehovah{H3068} God,{H430} be clothed{H3847} with salvation,{H8668} and let thy saints{H2623} rejoice{H8055} in goodness.{H2896}

O Jehovah{H3068} God,{H430} turn not away{H7725} the face{H6440} of thine anointed:{H4899} remember{H2142} thy lovingkindnesses{H2617} to David{H1732} thy servant.{H5650}