1 Then Solomon{H8010} assembled{H6950}{(H8686)} the elders{H2205} of Israel{H3478}, and all the heads{H7218} of the tribes{H4294}, the chief{H5387} of the fathers{H1} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, unto king{H4428} Solomon{H8010} in Jerusalem{H3389}, that they might bring up{H5927}{(H8687)} the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of the LORD{H3068} out of the city{H5892} of David{H1732}, which is Zion{H6726}.

2 And all the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} assembled{H6950}{(H8735)} themselves unto king{H4428} Solomon{H8010} at the feast{H2282} in the month{H3391} Ethanim{H388}, which is the seventh{H7637} month{H2320}.

3 And all the elders{H2205} of Israel{H3478} came{H935}{(H8799)}, and the priests{H3548} took up{H5375}{(H8799)} the ark{H727}.

4 And they brought up{H5927}{(H8686)} the ark{H727} of the LORD{H3068}, and the tabernacle{H168} of the congregation{H4150}, and all the holy{H6944} vessels{H3627} that were in the tabernacle{H168}, even those did the priests{H3548} and the Levites{H3881} bring up{H5927}{(H8686)}.

5 And king{H4428} Solomon{H8010}, and all the congregation{H5712} of Israel{H3478}, that were assembled{H3259}{(H8737)} unto him, were with him before{H6440} the ark{H727}, sacrificing{H2076}{(H8764)} sheep{H6629} and oxen{H1241}, that could not be told{H5608}{(H8735)} nor numbered{H4487}{(H8735)} for multitude{H7230}.

6 And the priests{H3548} brought in{H935}{(H8686)} the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of the LORD{H3068} unto his place{H4725}, into the oracle{H1687} of the house{H1004}, to the most{H6944} holy{H6944} place, even under the wings{H3671} of the cherubims{H3742}.

7 For the cherubims{H3742} spread forth{H6566}{(H8802)} their two wings{H3671} over the place{H4725} of the ark{H727}, and the cherubims{H3742} covered{H5526}{(H8799)} the ark{H727} and the staves{H905} thereof above{H4605}.

8 And they drew out{H748}{(H8686)} the staves{H905}, that the ends{H7218} of the staves{H905} were seen out{H7200}{(H8735)} in the holy{H6944} place before{H6440} the oracle{H1687}, and they were not seen{H7200}{(H8735)} without{H2351}: and there they are unto this day{H3117}.

9 There was nothing in the ark{H727} save{H7535} the two{H8147} tables{H3871} of stone{H68}, which Moses{H4872} put{H3240}{(H8689)} there at Horeb{H2722}, when the LORD{H3068} made{H3772}{(H8804)} a covenant with the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, when they came out{H3318}{(H8800)} of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}.

10 And it came to pass, when the priests{H3548} were come out{H3318}{(H8800)} of the holy{H6944} place, that the cloud{H6051} filled{H4390}{(H8804)} the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068},

11 So that the priests{H3548} could{H3201}{(H8804)} not stand{H5975}{(H8800)} to minister{H8334}{(H8763)} because{H6440} of the cloud{H6051}: for the glory{H3519} of the LORD{H3068} had filled{H4390}{(H8804)} the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}.

12 Then spake{H559}{(H8804)} Solomon{H8010}, The LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8804)} that he would dwell{H7931}{(H8800)} in the thick darkness{H6205}.

13 I have surely{H1129}{(H8800)} built{H1129}{(H8804)} thee an house{H1004} to dwell in{H2073}, a settled place{H4349} for thee to abide in{H3427}{(H8800)} for ever{H5769}.

14 And the king{H4428} turned{H5437} his face{H6440} about{H5437}{(H8686)}, and blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} all the congregation{H6951} of Israel{H3478}:(and all the congregation{H6951} of Israel{H3478} stood{H5975}{(H8802)};)

15 And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Blessed{H1288}{(H8803)} be the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, which spake{H1696}{(H8765)} with his mouth{H6310} unto David{H1732} my father{H1}, and hath with his hand{H3027} fulfilled{H4390}{(H8765)} it, saying{H559}{(H8800)},

16 Since the day{H3117} that I brought forth{H3318}{(H8689)} my people{H5971} Israel{H3478} out of Egypt{H4714}, I chose{H977}{(H8804)} no city{H5892} out of all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478} to build{H1129}{(H8800)} an house{H1004}, that my name{H8034} might be therein; but I chose{H977}{(H8799)} David{H1732} to be over my people{H5971} Israel{H3478}.

17 And it was in the heart{H3824} of David{H1732} my father{H1} to build{H1129}{(H8800)} an house{H1004} for the name{H8034} of the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}.

18 And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto David{H1732} my father{H1}, Whereas{H3282}{H834} it was in thine heart{H3824} to build{H1129}{(H8800)} an house{H1004} unto my name{H8034}, thou didst well{H2895}{(H8689)} that it was in thine heart{H3824}.

19 Nevertheless{H7535} thou shalt not build{H1129}{(H8799)} the house{H1004}; but thy son{H1121} that shall come forth out{H3318}{(H8802)} of thy loins{H2504}, he shall build{H1129}{(H8799)} the house{H1004} unto my name{H8034}.

20 And the LORD{H3068} hath performed{H6965}{(H8686)} his word{H1697} that he spake{H1696}{(H8765)}, and I am risen up{H6965}{(H8799)} in the room of David{H1732} my father{H1}, and sit{H3427}{(H8799)} on the throne{H3678} of Israel{H3478}, as the LORD{H3068} promised{H1696}{(H8765)}, and have built{H1129}{(H8799)} an house{H1004} for the name{H8034} of the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}.

21 And I have set{H7760}{(H8799)} there a place{H4725} for the ark{H727}, wherein is the covenant{H1285} of the LORD{H3068}, which he made{H3772}{(H8804)} with our fathers{H1}, when he brought them out{H3318}{(H8687)} of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}.

22 And Solomon{H8010} stood{H5975}{(H8799)} before{H6440} the altar{H4196} of the LORD{H3068} in the presence of{H5048} all the congregation{H6951} of Israel{H3478}, and spread forth{H6566}{(H8799)} his hands{H3709} toward heaven{H8064}:

23 And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, LORD{H3068} 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}{(H8802)} covenant{H1285} and mercy{H2617} with thy servants{H5650} that walk{H1980}{(H8802)} before{H6440} thee with all their heart{H3820}:

24 Who hast kept{H8104}{(H8804)} with thy servant{H5650} David{H1732} my father{H1} that thou promisedst{H1696}{(H8765)} him: thou spakest{H1696}{(H8762)} also with thy mouth{H6310}, and hast fulfilled{H4390}{(H8765)} it with thine hand{H3027}, as it is this day{H3117}.

25 Therefore now, LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, keep{H8104}{(H8798)} with thy servant{H5650} David{H1732} my father{H1} that thou promisedst{H1696}{(H8765)} him, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, There shall not fail{H3772}{(H8735)} thee a man{H376} in my sight{H6440} to sit{H3427}{(H8802)} on the throne{H3678} of Israel{H3478}; so{H7535} that thy children{H1121} take heed{H8104}{(H8799)} to their way{H1870}, that they walk{H3212}{(H8800)} before{H6440} me as thou hast walked{H1980}{(H8804)} before{H6440} me.

26 And now, O God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, let thy word{H1697}, I pray thee, be verified{H539}{(H8735)}, which thou spakest{H1696}{(H8765)} unto thy servant{H5650} David{H1732} my father{H1}.

27 But will God{H430} indeed{H552} dwell{H3427}{(H8799)} on the earth{H776}? behold, the heaven{H8064} and heaven{H8064} of heavens{H8064} cannot contain{H3557}{(H8770)} thee; how much less{H637} this house{H1004} that I have builded{H1129}{(H8804)}?

28 Yet have thou respect{H6437}{(H8804)} unto the prayer{H8605} of thy servant{H5650}, and to his supplication{H8467}, O LORD{H3068} my God{H430}, to hearken{H8085}{(H8800)} unto the cry{H7440} and to the prayer{H8605}, which thy servant{H5650} prayeth{H6419}{(H8693)} before{H6440} thee to day{H3117}:

29 That thine eyes{H5869} may be open{H6605}{(H8803)} toward this house{H1004} night{H3915} and day{H3117}, even toward the place{H4725} of which thou hast said{H559}{(H8804)}, My name{H8034} shall be there: that thou mayest hearken{H8085}{(H8800)} unto the prayer{H8605} which thy servant{H5650} shall make{H6419}{(H8691)} toward this place{H4725}.

30 And hearken{H8085}{(H8804)} thou to the supplication{H8467} of thy servant{H5650}, and of thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, when they shall pray{H6419}{(H8691)} toward this place{H4725}: and hear{H8085}{(H8799)} thou in heaven{H8064} thy dwelling{H3427}{(H8800)} place{H4725}: and when thou hearest{H8085}{(H8804)}, forgive{H5545}{(H8804)}.

31 If any man{H376} trespass{H2398}{(H8799)} against his neighbour{H7453}, and an oath{H423} be laid{H5375}{(H8804)} upon him to cause him to swear{H422}{(H8687)}, and the oath{H423} come{H935}{(H8804)} before{H6440} thine altar{H4196} in this house{H1004}:

32 Then hear{H8085}{(H8799)} thou in heaven{H8064}, and do{H6213}{(H8804)}, and judge{H8199}{(H8804)} thy servants{H5650}, condemning{H7561}{(H8687)} the wicked{H7563}, to bring{H5414}{(H8800)} his way{H1870} upon his head{H7218}; and justifying{H6663}{(H8687)} the righteous{H6662}, to give{H5414}{(H8800)} him according to his righteousness{H6666}.

33 When thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478} be smitten down{H5062}{(H8736)} before{H6440} the enemy{H341}{(H8802)}, because they have sinned{H2398}{(H8799)} against thee, and shall turn again{H7725}{(H8804)} to thee, and confess{H3034}{(H8689)} thy name{H8034}, and pray{H6419}{(H8694)}, and make supplication{H2603}{(H8694)} unto thee in this house{H1004}:

34 Then hear{H8085}{(H8799)} thou in heaven{H8064}, and forgive{H5545}{(H8804)} the sin{H2403} of thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, and bring them again{H7725}{(H8689)} unto the land{H127} which thou gavest{H5414}{(H8804)} unto their fathers{H1}.

35 When heaven{H8064} is shut up{H6113}{(H8736)}, and there is no rain{H4306}, because they have sinned{H2398}{(H8799)} against thee; if they pray{H6419}{(H8694)} toward this place{H4725}, and confess{H3034}{(H8689)} thy name{H8034}, and turn{H7725}{(H8799)} from their sin{H2403}, when thou afflictest{H6031}{(H8686)} them:

36 Then hear{H8085}{(H8799)} thou in heaven{H8064}, and forgive{H5545}{(H8804)} the sin{H2403} of thy servants{H5650}, and of thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, that thou teach{H3384}{(H8686)} them the good{H2896} way{H1870} wherein they should walk{H3212}{(H8799)}, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} rain{H4306} upon thy land{H776}, which thou hast given{H5414}{(H8804)} to thy people{H5971} for an inheritance{H5159}.

37 If there be in the land{H776} famine{H7458}, if there be pestilence{H1698}, blasting{H7711}, mildew{H3420}, locust{H697}, or if there be caterpiller{H2625}; if their enemy{H341}{(H8802)} besiege{H6887}{(H8686)} them in the land{H776} of their cities{H8179}; whatsoever plague{H5061}, whatsoever sickness{H4245} there be;

38 What prayer{H8605} and supplication{H8467} soever be made by any man{H120}, or by all thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, which shall know{H3045}{(H8799)} every man{H376} the plague{H5061} of his own heart{H3824}, and spread forth{H6566}{(H8804)} his hands{H3709} toward this house{H1004}:

39 Then hear{H8085}{(H8799)} thou in heaven{H8064} thy dwelling{H3427}{(H8800)} place{H4349}, and forgive{H5545}{(H8804)}, and do{H6213}{(H8804)}, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} to every man{H376} according to his ways{H1870}, whose heart{H3824} thou knowest{H3045}{(H8799)};(for thou, even thou only, knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} the hearts{H3824} of all the children{H1121} of men{H120};)

40 That they may fear{H3372}{(H8799)} thee all the days{H3117} that they live{H2416} in{H6440} the land{H127} which thou gavest{H5414}{(H8804)} unto our fathers{H1}.

41 Moreover concerning a stranger{H5237}, that is not of thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, but cometh out{H935}{(H8804)} of a far{H7350} country{H776} for{H4616} thy name's{H8034} sake;

42 (For they shall hear{H8085}{(H8799)} of thy great{H1419} name{H8034}, and of thy strong{H2389} hand{H3027}, and of thy stretched out{H5186}{(H8803)} arm{H2220};) when he shall come{H935}{(H8804)} and pray{H6419}{(H8694)} toward this house{H1004};

43 Hear{H8085}{(H8799)} thou in heaven{H8064} thy dwelling{H3427}{(H8800)} place{H4349}, and do{H6213}{(H8804)} according to all that the stranger{H5237} calleth{H7121}{(H8799)} to thee for: that all people{H5971} of the earth{H776} may know{H3045}{(H8799)} thy name{H8034}, to fear{H3372}{(H8800)} thee, as do thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478}; and that they may know{H3045}{(H8800)} that this house{H1004}, which I have builded{H1129}{(H8804)}, is called{H7121}{(H8738)} by thy name{H8034}.

44 If thy people{H5971} go out{H3318}{(H8799)} to battle{H4421} against their enemy{H341}{(H8802)}, whithersoever{H1870} thou shalt send{H7971}{(H8799)} them, and shall pray{H6419}{(H8694)} unto the LORD{H3068} toward{H1870} the city{H5892} which thou hast chosen{H977}{(H8804)}, and toward the house{H1004} that I have built{H1129}{(H8804)} for thy name{H8034}:

45 Then hear{H8085}{(H8804)} thou in heaven{H8064} their prayer{H8605} and their supplication{H8467}, and maintain{H6213}{(H8804)} their cause{H4941}.

46 If they sin{H2398}{(H8799)} against thee,(for there is no man{H120} that sinneth{H2398}{(H8799)} not,) and thou be angry{H599}{(H8804)} with them, and deliver{H5414}{(H8804)} them to the enemy{H341}{(H8802)}, so that they carry them away{H7617}{(H8804)} captives{H7617}{(H8802)} unto{H6440} the land{H776} of the enemy{H341}{(H8802)}, far{H7350} or near{H7138};

47 Yet if they shall bethink{H7725}{(H8689)} themselves in the land{H776} whither they were carried captives{H7617}{(H8738)}, and repent{H7725}{(H8804)}{H3820}, and make supplication{H2603}{(H8694)} unto thee in the land{H776} of them that carried them captives{H7617}{(H8802)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, We have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)}, and have done perversely{H5753}{(H8689)}, we have committed wickedness{H7561}{(H8804)};

48 And so return{H7725}{(H8804)} unto thee with all their heart{H3824}, and with all their soul{H5315}, in the land{H776} of their enemies{H341}{(H8802)}, which led them away captive{H7617}{(H8804)}, and pray{H6419}{(H8694)} unto thee toward{H1870} their land{H776}, which thou gavest{H5414}{(H8804)} unto their fathers{H1}, the city{H5892} which thou hast chosen{H977}{(H8804)}, and the house{H1004} which I have built{H1129}{(H8804)} for thy name{H8034}:

49 Then hear{H8085}{(H8804)} thou their prayer{H8605} and their supplication{H8467} in heaven{H8064} thy dwelling{H3427}{(H8800)} place{H4349}, and maintain{H6213}{(H8804)} their cause{H4941},

50 And forgive{H5545}{(H8804)} thy people{H5971} that have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)} against thee, and all their transgressions{H6588} wherein they have transgressed{H6586}{(H8804)} against thee, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} them compassion{H7356} before{H6440} them who carried them captive{H7617}{(H8802)}, that they may have compassion{H7355}{(H8765)} on them:

51 For they be thy people{H5971}, and thine inheritance{H5159}, which thou broughtest forth{H3318}{(H8689)} out of Egypt{H4714}, from the midst{H8432} of the furnace{H3564} of iron{H1270}:

52 That thine eyes{H5869} may be open{H6605}{(H8803)} unto the supplication{H8467} of thy servant{H5650}, and unto the supplication{H8467} of thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, to hearken{H8085}{(H8800)} unto them in all that they call{H7121}{(H8800)} for unto thee.

53 For thou didst separate{H914}{(H8689)} them from among all the people{H5971} of the earth{H776}, to be thine inheritance{H5159}, as thou spakest{H1696}{(H8765)} by the hand{H3027} of Moses{H4872} thy servant{H5650}, when thou broughtest{H3318}{(H8687)} our fathers{H1} out of Egypt{H4714}, O Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}.

54 And it was so, that when Solomon{H8010} had made an end{H3615}{(H8763)} of praying{H6419}{(H8692)} all this prayer{H8605} and supplication{H8467} unto the LORD{H3068}, he arose{H6965}{(H8804)} from before{H6440} the altar{H4196} of the LORD{H3068}, from kneeling{H3766}{(H8800)} on his knees{H1290} with his hands{H3709} spread up{H6566}{(H8803)} to heaven{H8064}.

55 And he stood{H5975}{(H8799)}, and blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} all the congregation{H6951} of Israel{H3478} with a loud{H1419} voice{H6963}, saying{H559}{(H8800)},

56 Blessed{H1288}{(H8803)} be the LORD{H3068}, that hath given{H5414}{(H8804)} rest{H4496} unto his people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, according to all that he promised{H1696}{(H8765)}: there hath not failed{H5307}{(H8804)} one{H259} word{H1697} of all his good{H2896} promise{H1697}, which he promised{H1696}{(H8765)} by the hand{H3027} of Moses{H4872} his servant{H5650}.

57 The LORD{H3068} our God{H430} be with us, as he was with our fathers{H1}: let him not leave{H5800}{(H8799)} us, nor forsake{H5203}{(H8799)} us:

58 That he may incline{H5186}{(H8687)} our hearts{H3824} unto him, to walk{H3212}{(H8800)} in all his ways{H1870}, and to keep{H8104}{(H8800)} his commandments{H4687}, and his statutes{H2706}, and his judgments{H4941}, which he commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} our fathers{H1}.

59 And let these my words{H1697}, wherewith I have made supplication{H2603}{(H8694)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}, be nigh{H7138} unto the LORD{H3068} our God{H430} day{H3119} and night{H3915}, that he maintain{H6213}{(H8800)} the cause{H4941} of his servant{H5650}, and the cause{H4941} of his people{H5971} Israel{H3478} at all times{H3117}{H3117}, as the matter{H1697} shall require:

60 That all the people{H5971} of the earth{H776} may know{H3045}{(H8800)} that the LORD{H3068} is God{H430}, and that there is none else.

61 Let your heart{H3824} therefore be perfect{H8003} with the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}, to walk{H3212}{(H8800)} in his statutes{H2706}, and to keep{H8104}{(H8800)} his commandments{H4687}, as at this day{H3117}.

62 And the king{H4428}, and all Israel{H3478} with him, offered{H2076}{(H8802)} sacrifice{H2077} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}.

63 And Solomon{H8010} offered{H2076}{(H8799)} a sacrifice{H2077} of peace offerings{H8002}, which he offered{H2076}{(H8804)} unto the LORD{H3068}, two{H8147} and twenty{H6242} thousand{H505} oxen{H1241}, and an hundred{H3967} and twenty{H6242} thousand{H505} sheep{H6629}. So the king{H4428} and all the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} dedicated{H2596}{(H8799)} the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}.

64 The same day{H3117} did the king{H4428} hallow{H6942}{(H8765)} the middle{H8432} of the court{H2691} that was before{H6440} the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}: for there he offered{H6213}{(H8804)} burnt offerings{H5930}, and meat offerings{H4503}, and the fat{H2459} of the peace offerings{H8002}: because the brasen{H5178} altar{H4196} that was before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} was too little{H6996} to receive{H3557}{(H8687)} the burnt offerings{H5930}, and meat offerings{H4503}, and the fat{H2459} of the peace offerings{H8002}.

65 And at that time{H6256} Solomon{H8010} held{H6213}{(H8799)} a feast{H2282}, and all Israel{H3478} with him, a great{H1419} congregation{H6951}, from the entering{H935}{(H8800)} in of Hamath{H2574} unto the river{H5158} of Egypt{H4714}, before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}, seven{H7651} days{H3117} and seven{H7651} days{H3117}, even fourteen{H702}{H6240} days{H3117}.

66 On the eighth{H8066} day{H3117} he sent{H7971} the people{H5971} away{H7971}{(H8765)}: and they blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} the king{H4428}, and went{H3212}{(H8799)} unto their tents{H168} joyful{H8056} and glad{H2896} of heart{H3820} for all the goodness{H2896} that the LORD{H3068} had done{H6213}{(H8804)} for David{H1732} his servant{H5650}, and for Israel{H3478} his people{H5971}.