ASV_Strong : 1 Kings 8
1. 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].
2. 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].
3. And all the elders[H2205] of Israel[H3478] came[H935], and the priests[H3548] took up[H5375] the ark[H727].
4. 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].
5. And king[H4428] Solomon[H8010] and all the congregation[H5712] of Israel[H3478], that were assembled[H3259] unto him[H6440], were with him before the ark[H727], sacrificing[H2076] sheep[H6629] and oxen[H1241], that could not be counted[H5608] nor numbered[H4487] for multitude[H7230].
6. 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[H3671], even under the wings of the cherubim[H3742].
7. 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].
8. 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].
9. 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].
10. And it came to pass[H3548], when the priests were come out[H3318] of the holy[H6944] place[H6051], that the cloud filled[H4390] the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068],
11. 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].
12. Then spake[H559] Solomon[H8010], Jehovah[H3068] hath said[H559] that he would dwell[H7931] in the thick darkness[H6205].
13. 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].
14. 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].
15. 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[H559], saying,
16. 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[H977]; but I chose David[H1732] to be over my people[H5971] Israel[H3478].
17. 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].
18. 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]:
19. 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].
20. 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].
21. 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].
22. 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];
23. and he said[H559], O Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], there is no God[H430] like thee[H8064], in heaven above[H4605], or on earth[H776] beneath[H8104]; who keepest covenant[H1285] and lovingkindness[H2617] with thy servants[H5650], that walk[H1980] before[H6440] thee with all their heart[H3820];
24. who hast kept[H8104] with thy servant[H5650] David[H1732] my father[H1] that which thou didst promise[H1696] him[H1696]: yea, thou spakest with thy mouth[H6310], and hast fulfilled[H4390] it with thy hand[H3027], as it is this day[H3117].
25. Now therefore[H3068], O Jehovah, the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], keep[H8104] with thy servant[H5650] David[H1732] my father[H1] that which thou hast promised[H1696] him[H559], saying, 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 me[H6440].
26. Now therefore[H430], O God of Israel[H3478], let thy word[H1697], I pray thee[H539], be verified, which thou spakest[H1696] unto thy servant[H5650] David[H1732] my father[H1].
27. But will God[H430] in very deed[H552] dwell[H3427] on the earth[H776]? behold[H8064], heaven and the heaven[H8064] of heavens[H8064] cannot contain[H3557] thee[H637]; how much less this house[H1004] that I have builded[H1129]!
28. 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];
29. 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[H8085]; to hearken unto the prayer[H8605] which thy servant[H5650] shall pray[H6419] toward this place[H4725].
30. 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[H8085], hear thou in heaven[H8064] thy dwelling[H3427] - place[H4725]; and when thou hearest[H8085], forgive[H5545].
31. 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];
32. 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].
33. When thy people[H5971] Israel[H3478] are smitten down[H5062] before[H6440] the enemy[H341], because they have sinned[H2398] against thee[H7725]; if they turn again to thee[H3034], and confess thy name[H8034], and pray[H6419] and make supplication[H2603] unto thee in this house[H1004]:
34. 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].
35. When heaven[H8064] is shut up[H6113], and there is no rain[H4306], because they have sinned[H2398] against thee[H6419]; if they pray toward this place[H4725], and confess[H3034] thy name[H8034], and turn[H7725] from their sin[H2403], when thou dost afflict them[H6031]:
36. 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].
37. 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 there be[H4245];
38. 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]:
39. 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[H3045], even thou only, knowest the hearts[H3824] of all the children[H1121] of men[H120]😉
40. 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].
41. 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[H8034]'s sake
42. (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];
43. 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[H5971]; that all the peoples of the earth[H776] may know[H3045] thy name[H8034], to fear[H3372] thee[H5971], as doth thy people Israel[H3478], and that they may know[H3045] that this house[H1004] which I have built[H1129] is called[H7121] by my name[H8034].
44. If thy people[H5971] go out[H3318] to battle[H4421] against their enemy[H341], by whatsoever[H1870] way thou shalt send[H7971] them[H6419], and they pray 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];
45. then hear[H8085] thou in heaven[H8064] their prayer[H8605] and their supplication[H8467], and maintain[H6213] their cause[H4941].
46. If they sin[H2398] against thee[H120] (for there is no man that sinneth[H2398] not[H599]), and thou be angry with them[H5414], and deliver 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];
47. yet if they shall bethink[H7725] themselves in the land[H776] whither they are carried captive[H7617], and turn[H7725] again[H2603], and make supplication 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];
48. 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]:
49. 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];
50. and forgive[H5545] thy people[H5971] who have sinned[H2398] against thee[H6588], and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed[H6586] against thee[H5414]; and give them compassion[H7356] before[H6440] those who carried them captive[H7617], that they may have compassion on them[H7355]
51. (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]);
52. 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 unto thee[H7121].
53. 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].
54. And it was so[H8010], that, when Solomon 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].
55. And he stood[H5975], and blessed[H1288] all the assembly[H6951] of Israel[H3478] with a loud[H1419] voice[H6963], saying[H559],
56. 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].
57. Jehovah[H3068] our God[H430] be with us[H1], as he was with our fathers: let him not leave[H5800] us[H5203], nor forsake us;
58. that he may incline[H5186] our hearts[H3824] unto him[H3212], to walk 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].
59. 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 shall require[H3117];
60. that all the peoples[H5971] of the earth[H776] may know[H3045] that Jehovah[H3068], he is God[H430]; there is none else.
61. 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].
62. And the king[H4428], and all Israel[H3478] with him[H2076], offered sacrifice[H2077] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068].
63. 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].
64. 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].
65. So Solomon[H8010] held[H6213] the feast[H2282] at that time[H6256], and all Israel[H3478] with him[H1419], a great 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].
66. 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].
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