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me as thou hast walked before Now therefore, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father. 27 But will God in very deed dwell

on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this 28 house that I have builded! Yet

have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth 29 before thee this day that thine

eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place whereof thou hast said, My name shall be there: to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray toward this 30 place. And hearken thou to the

supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place : yea, hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place; and when thou hearest, 31 forgive. 'If a man sin against

his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he come and swear before 32 thine altar in this house: then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. 33 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; if they turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication unto thee in 34 this house: then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them

1 Or, Whereinsoever a man shall sin

to walk in my law as thou hast 17 walked before me. Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant 18 David. But will God in very

deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have builded! 19 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant 20 prayeth before thee: that thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray to21 ward this place. And hearken thou to the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yea, hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive. 22 'If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he come and swear before thine 23 altar in this house: then hear

thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according 24 to his righteousness. And if thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall turn again and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house : 25 then hear thou from heaven, and

1 Or, Whereinsoever a man shall sin

again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.

35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, 36 1when thou dost afflict them: then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, 1when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their 3cities; whatsoever plague, what38 soever sickness there be; what

prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands 39 toward this house: then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou know✓ est; (for thou, even thou only,

knowest the hearts of all the 40 children of men ;) that they may

fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou 41 gavest unto our fathers. Moreover concerning the stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far 42 country for thy name's sake; (for they shall hear of thy great name,

forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to 26 them and to their fathers. When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, 'when thou dost afflict them: 27 then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, 1when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for 28 an inheritance. If there be in

the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpiller; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague or whatsoever sickness there be; 29 what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man his own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread forth his hands toward this 30 house: then hear thou from

heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of the children of 31 men ;) that they may fear thee,

to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou 32 gavest unto our fathers. Moreover concerning the stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy

1 Or, because

2 Or, answerest

4 Heb. gates.

1 Or, because

2 Or, answerest 3 Heb. gates.

and of thy mighty hand, and of thy stretched out arm :) when he shall come and pray toward this 43 house; hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that 'this house which I have built is called by thy name. 44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name: ✓ 45 then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and 46 maintain their cause. If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto the land of the enemy, far off or 47 near; yet if they shall bethink

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themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly; 48 if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, which carried them captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I

mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house : 33 then hear thou from heaven, even

from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that 'this house which I have built is called by thy name. 34 If thy people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built 35 for thy name: then hear thou from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain 36 their cause. If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive into a land far 37 off or near; yet if they shall be

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think themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, 38 and have dealt wickedly; if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:

1 Or, thy name is called upon this house &c. 2 Or, right

3 Heb. they that take them captive carry them away.

49 have built for thy name: then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their 50 'cause; and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee; and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have com51 passion on them for they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron: that thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them whensoever 53 they cry unto thee. For thou

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didst separate them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.

And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward 55 heaven. And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, 56 Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not 'failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand 57 of Moses his servant. The LORD our God be with us, as he was

39 then hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their 'cause; and forgive thy people which have 40 sinned against thee. Now, O my

God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent, unto the prayer 41 that is made in this place. "Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints 42 rejoice in goodness. O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the *mercies of David thy servant.

7 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the 2 LORD filled the house. And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD filled the 3 LORD's house. And all the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD was upon the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and gave thanks unto the LORD, saying, For he is

with our fathers: let him not leave 58 us, nor forsake us: that he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutės, and his judgements, which he 59 commanded our fathers. And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel, 'as every day shall re60 quire: that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD, he is God; there is none else. 61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

62 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice be63 fore the LORD. And Solomon

offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the 64 LORD. The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD; for there he offered the burnt offering, and the meal offering, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offering, and the meal offering, and the fat of the peace offerings. 65 So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the

1 Heb. the thing of a day in its day.

good; for his mercy endureth for

ever.

4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before the LORD. 5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated 6 the house of God. And the priests stood, according to their offices; the Levites also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made to give thanks unto the LORD, for his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry: and the priests sounded trumpets before them; 7 and all Israel stood. Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD; for there he offered the burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able

1 Or, for the song of the LORD