1 Kings 8

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1 Kings 8 - Versions
1 Kings 8 Text (WEB)
  1. Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is Zion.
  2. All the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
  3. All the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
  4. They brought up the ark of Yahweh, and the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; even these did the priests and the Levites bring up.
  5. King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.
  6. The priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
  7. For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.
  8. The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place before the oracle; but they were not seen outside: and there they are to this day.
  9. There was nothing in the ark except the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
  10. It came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Yahweh,
  11. so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh.
  12. Then Solomon said, "Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
  13. I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever."
  14. The king turned his face about, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.
  15. He said, "Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
  16. 'Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.'
  17. "Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
  18. But Yahweh said to David my father, 'Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.
  19. Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.'
  20. Yahweh has established his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
  21. There I have set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt."
  22. Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;
  23. and he said, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart;
  24. who have kept with your servant David my father that which you promised him. Yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.
  25. Now therefore, may Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, 'There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.'
  26. "Now therefore, God of Israel, please let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.
  27. But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house that I have built!
  28. Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant, and for his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you this day;
  29. that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, 'My name shall be there;' to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray toward this place.
  30. Listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place. Yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.
  31. "If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swear before your altar in this house;
  32. then hear in heaven, and do, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way on his own head, and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
  33. "When your people Israel are struck down before the enemy, because they have sinned against you; if they turn again to you, and confess your name, and pray and make supplication to you in this house:
  34. then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers.
  35. "When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you afflict them:
  36. then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.
  37. "If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight, mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities; whatever plague, whatever sickness there is;
  38. whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall each know the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
  39. then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men;)
  40. that they may fear you all the days that they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.
  41. "Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for your name's sake
  42. (for they shall hear of your great name, and of your mighty hand, and of your outstretched arm); when he shall come and pray toward this house;
  43. hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.
  44. "If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to Yahweh toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name;
  45. then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
  46. If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn't sin), and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;
  47. yet if they shall repent in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of those who carried them captive, saying, 'We have sinned, and have done perversely; we have dealt wickedly;'
  48. if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name:
  49. then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven, your dwelling place, and maintain their cause;
  50. and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions in which they have transgressed against you; and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them
  51. (for they are your people, and your inheritance, which you brought forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron);
  52. that your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they cry to you.
  53. For you separated them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be your inheritance, as you spoke by Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, Lord Yahweh."
  54. It was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication to Yahweh, he arose from before the altar of Yahweh, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward heaven.
  55. He stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
  56. "Blessed be Yahweh, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. There has not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.
  57. May Yahweh our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. Let him not leave us, nor forsake us;
  58. that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.
  59. Let these my words, with which I have made supplication before Yahweh, be near to Yahweh our God day and night, that he may maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel, as every day shall require;
  60. that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh, he is God. There is none else.
  61. "Let your heart therefore be perfect with Yahweh our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day."
  62. The king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before Yahweh.
  63. Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to Yahweh, two and twenty thousand head of cattle, and one hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of Yahweh.
  64. The same day did the king make the middle of the court holy that was before the house of Yahweh; for there he offered the burnt offering, and the meal offering, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was before Yahweh 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 assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
  66. On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David his servant, and to Israel his people.
1 Kings 8 Text (Hebrew)
  1. אז יקהל שלמה את־זקני ישראל את־כל־ראשי המטות נשיאי האבות לבני ישראל אל־המלך שלמה ירושלם להעלות את־ארון ברית־יהוה מעיר דוד היא ציון׃
  2. ויקהלו אל־המלך שלמה כל־איש ישראל בירח האתנים בחג הוא החדש השביעי׃
  3. ויבאו כל זקני ישראל וישאו הכהנים את־הארון׃
  4. ויעלו את־ארון יהוה ואת־אהל מועד ואת־כל־כלי הקדש אשר באהל ויעלו אתם הכהנים והלוים׃
  5. והמלך שלמה וכל־עדת ישראל הנועדים עליו אתו לפני הארון מזבחים צאן ובקר אשר לא־יספרו ולא ימנו מרב׃
  6. ויבאו הכהנים את־ארון ברית־יהוה אל־מקומו אל־דביר הבית אל־קדש הקדשים אל־תחת כנפי הכרובים׃
  7. כי הכרובים פרשים כנפים אל־מקום הארון ויסכו הכרבים על־הארון ועל־בדיו מלמעלה׃
  8. ויארכו הבדים ויראו ראשי הבדים מן־הקדש על־פני הדביר ולא יראו החוצה ויהיו שם עד היום הזה׃
  9. אין בארון רק שני לחות האבנים אשר הנח שם משה בחרב אשר כרת יהוה עם־בני ישראל בצאתם מארץ מצרים׃
  10. ויהי בצאת הכהנים מן־הקדש והעןן מלא את־בית יהוה׃
  11. ולא־יכלו הכהנים לעמד לשרת מפני העןן כי־מלא כבוד־יהוה את־בית יהוה׃ ף
  12. אז אמר שלמה יהוה אמר לשכן בערפל׃
  13. בנה בניתי בית זבל לך מכון לשבתך עולמים׃
  14. ויסב המלך את־פניו ויברך את כל־קהל ישראל וכל־קהל ישראל עמד׃
  15. ויאמר ברוך יהוה אלהי ישראל אשר דבר בפיו את דוד אבי ובידו מלא לאמר׃
  16. מן־היום אשר הוצאתי את־עמי את־ישראל ממצרים לא־בחרתי בעיר מכל שבטי ישראל לבנות בית להיות שמי שם ואבחר בדוד להיות על־עמי ישראל׃
  17. ויהי עם־לבב דוד אבי לבנות בית לשם יהוה אלהי ישראל׃
  18. ויאמר יהוה אל־דוד אבי יען אשר היה עם־לבבך לבנות בית לשמי הטיבת כי היה עם־לבבך׃
  19. רק אתה לא תבנה הבית כי אם־בנך היצא מחלציך הוא־יבנה הבית לשמי׃
  20. ויקם יהוה את־דברו אשר דבר ואקם תחת דוד אבי ואשב על־כסא ישראל כאשר דבר יהוה ואבנה הבית לשם יהוה אלהי ישראל׃
  21. ואשם שם מקום לארון אשר־שם ברית יהוה אשר כרת עם־אבתינו בהוציאו אתם מארץ מצרים׃ ס
  22. ויעמד שלמה לפני מזבח יהוה נגד כל־קהל ישראל ויפרש כפיו השמים׃
  23. ויאמר יהוה אלהי ישראל אין־כמוך אלהים בשמים ממעל ועל־הארץ מתחת שמר הברית והחסד לעבדיך ההלכים לפניך בכל־לבם׃
  24. אשר שמרת לעבדך דוד אבי את אשר־דברת לו ותדבר בפיך ובידך מלאת כיום הזה׃
  25. ועתה יהוה אלהי ישראל שמר לעבדך דוד אבי את אשר דברת לו לאמר לא־יכרת לך איש מלפני ישב על־כסא ישראל רק אם־ישמרו בניך את־דרכם ללכת לפני כאשר הלכת לפני׃
  26. ועתה אלהי ישראל יאמן נא אשר דברת לעבדך דוד אבי׃
  27. כי האמנם ישב אלהים על־הארץ הנה השמים ושמי השמים לא יכלכלוך אף כי־הבית הזה אשר בניתי׃
  28. ופנית אל־תפלת עבדך ואל־תחנתו יהוה אלהי לשמע אל־הרנה ואל־התפלה אשר עבדך מתפלל לפניך היום׃
  29. להיות עינך פתחות אל־הבית הזה לילה ויום אל־המקום אשר אמרת יהיה שמי שם לשמע אל־התפלה אשר יתפלל עבדך אל־המקום הזה׃
  30. ושמעת אל־תחנת עבדך ועמך ישראל אשר יתפללו אל־המקום הזה ואתה תשמע אל־מקום שבתך אל־השמים ושמעת וסלחת׃
  31. את אשר יחטא איש לרעהו ונשא־בו אלה להאלתו ובא אלה לפני מזבחך בבית הזה׃
  32. ואתה תשמע השמים ועשית ושפטת את־עבדיך להרשיע רשע לתת דרכו בראשו ולהצדיק צדיק לתת לו כצדקתו׃ ס
  33. בהנגף עמך ישראל לפני אויב אשר יחטאו־לך ושבו אליך והודו את־שמך והתפללו והתחננו אליך בבית הזה׃
  34. ואתה תשמע השמים וסלחת לחטאת עמך ישראל והשבתם אל־האדמה אשר נתת לאבותם׃ ס
  35. בהעצר שמים ולא־יהיה מטר כי יחטאו־לך והתפללו אל־המקום הזה והודו את־שמך ומחטאתם ישובון כי תענם׃
  36. ואתה תשמע השמים וסלחת לחטאת עבדיך ועמך ישראל כי תורם את־הדרך הטובה אשר ילכו־בה ונתתה מטר על־ארצך אשר־נתתה לעמך לנחלה׃ ס
  37. רעב כי־יהיה בארץ דבר כי־יהיה שדפון ירקון ארבה חסיל כי יהיה כי יצר־לו איבו בארץ שעריו כל־נגע כל־מחלה׃
  38. כל־תפלה כל־תחנה אשר תהיה לכל־האדם לכל עמך ישראל אשר ידעון איש נגע לבבו ופרש כפיו אל־הבית הזה׃
  39. ואתה תשמע השמים מכון שבתך וסלחת ועשית ונתת לאיש ככל־דרכיו אשר תדע את־לבבו כי־אתה ידעת לבדך את־לבב כל־בני האדם׃
  40. למען יראוך כל־הימים אשר־הם חיים על־פני האדמה אשר נתתה לאבתינו׃
  41. וגם אל־הנכרי אשר לא־מעמך ישראל הוא ובא מארץ רחוקה למען שמך׃
  42. כי ישמעון את־שמך הגדול ואת־ידך החזקה וזרעך הנטויה ובא והתפלל אל־הבית הזה׃
  43. אתה תשמע השמים מכון שבתך ועשית ככל אשר־יקרא אליך הנכרי למען ידעון כל־עמי הארץ את־שמך ליראה אתך כעמך ישראל ולדעת כי־שמך נקרא על־הבית הזה אשר בניתי׃
  44. כי־יצא עמך למלחמה על־איבו בדרך אשר תשלחם והתפללו אל־יהוה דרך העיר אשר בחרת בה והבית אשר־בנתי לשמך׃
  45. ושמעת השמים את־תפלתם ואת־תחנתם ועשית משפטם׃
  46. כי יחטאו־לך כי אין אדם אשר לא־יחטא ואנפת בם ונתתם לפני אויב ושבום שביהם אל־ארץ האויב רחוקה או קרובה׃
  47. והשיבו אל־לבם בארץ אשר נשבו־שם ושבו והתחננו אליך בארץ שביהם לאמר חטאנו והעוינו רשענו׃
  48. ושבו אליך בכל־לבבם ובכל־נפשם בארץ איביהם אשר־שבו אתם והתפללו אליך דרך ארצם אשר נתתה לאבותם העיר אשר בחרת והבית אשר־ לשמך׃
  49. ושמעת השמים מכון שבתך את־תפלתם ואת־תחנתם ועשית משפטם׃
  50. וסלחת לעמך אשר חטאו־לך ולכל־פשעיהם אשר פשעו־בך ונתתם לרחמים לפני שביהם ורחמום׃
  51. כי־עמך ונחלתך הם אשר הוצאת ממצרים מתוך כור הברזל׃
  52. להיות עיניך פתחות אל־תחנת עבדך ואל־תחנת עמך ישראל לשמע אליהם בכל קראם אליך׃
  53. כי־אתה הבדלתם לך לנחלה מכל עמי הארץ כאשר דברת ביד משה עבדך בהוציאך את־אבתינו ממצרים אדני יהוה׃ ף
  54. ויהי ככלות שלמה להתפלל אל־יהוה את כל־התפלה והתחנה הזאת קם מלפני מזבח יהוה מכרע על־ברכיו וכפיו פרשות השמים׃
  55. ויעמד ויברך את כל־קהל ישראל קול גדול לאמר׃
  56. ברוך יהוה אשר נתן מנוחה לעמו ישראל ככל אשר דבר לא־נפל דבר אחד מכל דברו הטוב אשר דבר ביד משה עבדו׃
  57. יהי יהוה אלהינו עמנו כאשר היה עם־אבתינו אל־יעזבנו ואל־יטשנו׃
  58. להטות לבבנו אליו ללכת בכל־דרכיו ולשמר מצותיו וחקיו ומשפטיו אשר צוה את־אבתינו׃
  59. ויהיו דברי אלה אשר התחננתי לפני יהוה קרבים אל־יהוה אלהינו יוםם ולילה לעשות משפט עבדו ומשפט עמו ישראל דבר־יום ביומו׃
  60. למען דעת כל־עמי הארץ כי יהוה הוא האלהים אין עוד׃
  61. והיה לבבכם שלם עם יהוה אלהינו ללכת בחקיו ולשמר מצותיו כיום הזה׃
  62. והמלך וכל־ישראל עמו זבחים זבח לפני יהוה׃
  63. ויזבח שלמה את זבח השלמים אשר זבח ליהוה בקר עשרים ושנים אלף וצאן מאה ועשרים אלף ויחנכו את־בית יהוה המלך וכל־בני ישראל׃
  64. ביום ההוא קדש המלך את־תוך החצר אשר לפני בית־יהוה כי־עשה שם את־העלה ואת־המנחה ואת חלבי השלמים כי־מזבח הנחשת אשר לפני יהוה קטן מהכיל את־העלה ואת־המנחה ואת חלבי השלמים׃
  65. ויעש שלמה בעת־ההיא את־החג וכל־ישראל עמו קהל גדול מלבוא חמת עד־נחל מצרים לפני יהוה אלהינו שבעת ימים ושבעת ימים ארבעה עשר יום׃
  66. ביום השמיני שלח את־העם ויברכו את־המלך וילכו לאהליהם שמחים וטובי לב על כל־הטובה אשר עשה יהוה לדוד עבדו ולישראל עמו׃
1 Kings 8 Text (Greek)
  1. και εγενετο εν τω συντελεσαι σαλωμων του οικοδομησαι τον οικον κυριου και τον οικον εαυτου μετα εικοσι ετη τοτε εξεκκλησιασεν ο βασιλευς σαλωμων παντας τους πρεσβυτερους ισραηλ εν σιων του ανενεγκειν την κιβωτον διαθηκης κυριου εκ πολεως δαυιδ αυτη εστιν
  2. εν μηνι
  3. και ηραν οι ιερεις την
  4. και το σκηνωμα του μαρτυριου και παντα τα σκευη τα αγια τα εν τω σκηνωματι του
  5. και ο βασιλευς και πας ισραηλ εμπροσθεν της κιβωτου θυοντες προβατα και βοας
  6. και εισφερουσιν οι ιερεις την κιβωτον εις τον τοπον αυτης εις το δαβιρ του οικου εις τα αγια των αγιων υπο τας πτερυγας των
  7. οτι τα χερουβιν διαπεπετασμενα ταις πτερυξιν επι τον τοπον της κιβωτου και περιεκαλυπτον τα χερουβιν επι την κιβωτον και επι τα αγια αυτης
  8. και υπερειχον τα ηγιασμενα και ενεβλεποντο αι κεφαλαι των ηγιασμενων εκ των αγιων εις προσωπον του δαβιρ και ουκ ωπτανοντο
  9. ουκ ην εν τη κιβωτω πλην δυο πλακες λιθιναι πλακες της διαθηκης ας εθηκεν εκει μωυσης εν χωρηβ α διεθετο κυριος μετα των υιων ισραηλ εν τω εκπορευεσθαι αυτους εκ γης
  10. και εγενετο ως εξηλθον οι ιερεις εκ του αγιου και η νεφελη επλησεν τον
  11. και ουκ ηδυναντο οι ιερεις στηναι λειτουργειν απο προσωπου της νεφελης οτι επλησεν δοξα κυριου τον
  12. Greek:1 Kings 8:12
  13. Greek:1 Kings 8:13
  14. και απεστρεψεν ο βασιλευς το προσωπον αυτου και ευλογησεν ο βασιλευς παντα ισραηλ και πασα εκκλησια ισραηλ
  15. και ειπεν ευλογητος κυριος ο θεος ισραηλ σημερον ος ελαλησεν εν τω στοματι αυτου περι δαυιδ του πατρος μου και εν ταις χερσιν αυτου επληρωσεν
  16. αφ' ης ημερας εξηγαγον τον λαον μου τον ισραηλ εξ αιγυπτου ουκ εξελεξαμην εν πολει εν ενι σκηπτρω ισραηλ του οικοδομησαι οικον του ειναι το ονομα μου εκει και εξελεξαμην εν ιερουσαλημ ειναι το ονομα μου εκει και εξελεξαμην τον δαυιδ του ειναι επι τον λαον μου τον
  17. και εγενετο επι της καρδιας δαυιδ του πατρος μου οικοδομησαι οικον τω ονοματι κυριου θεου
  18. και ειπεν κυριος προς δαυιδ τον πατερα μου ανθ' ων ηλθεν επι την καρδιαν σου του οικοδομησαι οικον τω ονοματι μου καλως εποιησας οτι εγενηθη επι την καρδιαν
  19. πλην συ ουκ οικοδομησεις τον οικον αλλ' η ο υιος σου ο εξελθων εκ των πλευρων σου ουτος οικοδομησει τον οικον τω ονοματι
  20. και ανεστησεν κυριος το ρημα αυτου ο ελαλησεν και ανεστην αντι δαυιδ του πατρος μου και εκαθισα επι του θρονου ισραηλ καθως ελαλησεν κυριος και ωκοδομησα τον οικον τω ονοματι κυριου θεου
  21. και εθεμην εκει τοπον τη κιβωτω εν η εστιν εκει διαθηκη κυριου ην διεθετο κυριος μετα των πατερων ημων εν τω εξαγαγειν αυτον αυτους εκ γης
  22. και εστη σαλωμων κατα προσωπον του θυσιαστηριου κυριου ενωπιον πασης εκκλησιας ισραηλ και διεπετασεν τας χειρας αυτου εις τον
  23. και ειπεν κυριε ο θεος ισραηλ ουκ εστιν ως συ θεος εν τω ουρανω ανω και επι της γης κατω φυλασσων διαθηκην και ελεος τω δουλω σου τω πορευομενω ενωπιον σου εν ολη τη καρδια
  24. α εφυλαξας τω δουλω σου δαυιδ τω πατρι μου και ελαλησας εν τω στοματι σου και εν χερσιν σου επληρωσας ως η ημερα
  25. και νυν κυριε ο θεος ισραηλ φυλαξον τω δουλω σου τω δαυιδ τω πατρι μου α ελαλησας αυτω λεγων ουκ εξαρθησεται σου ανηρ εκ προσωπου μου καθημενος επι θρονου ισραηλ πλην εαν φυλαξωνται τα τεκνα σου τας οδους αυτων του πορευεσθαι ενωπιον εμου καθως επορευθης ενωπιον
  26. και νυν κυριε ο θεος ισραηλ πιστωθητω δη το ρημα σου τω δαυιδ τω πατρι
  27. οτι ει αληθως κατοικησει ο θεος μετα ανθρωπων επι της γης ει ο ουρανος και ο ουρανος του ουρανου ουκ αρκεσουσιν σοι πλην και ο οικος ουτος ον ωκοδομησα τω ονοματι
  28. και επιβλεψη επι την δεησιν μου κυριε ο θεος ισραηλ ακουειν της τερψεως ης ο δουλος σου προσευχεται ενωπιον σου προς σε
  29. του ειναι οφθαλμους σου ηνεωγμενους εις τον οικον τουτον ημερας και νυκτος εις τον τοπον ον ειπας εσται το ονομα μου εκει του εισακουειν της προσευχης ης προσευχεται ο δουλος σου εις τον τοπον τουτον ημερας και
  30. και εισακουση της δεησεως του δουλου σου και του λαου σου ισραηλ α αν προσευξωνται εις τον τοπον τουτον και συ εισακουση εν τω τοπω της κατοικησεως σου εν ουρανω και ποιησεις και ιλεως
  31. οσα αν αμαρτη εκαστος τω πλησιον αυτου και εαν λαβη επ' αυτον αραν του αρασθαι αυτον και ελθη και εξαγορευση κατα προσωπον του θυσιαστηριου σου εν τω οικω
  32. και συ εισακουσει εκ του ουρανου και ποιησεις και κρινεις τον λαον σου ισραηλ ανομηθηναι ανομον δουναι την οδον αυτου εις κεφαλην αυτου και του δικαιωσαι δικαιον δουναι αυτω κατα την δικαιοσυνην
  33. εν τω πταισαι τον λαον σου ισραηλ ενωπιον εχθρων οτι αμαρτησονται σοι και επιστρεψουσιν και εξομολογησονται τω ονοματι σου και προσευξονται και δεηθησονται εν τω οικω
  34. και συ εισακουση εκ του ουρανου και ιλεως εση ταις αμαρτιαις του λαου σου ισραηλ και αποστρεψεις αυτους εις την γην ην εδωκας τοις πατρασιν
  35. εν τω συσχεθηναι τον ουρανον και μη γενεσθαι υετον οτι αμαρτησονται σοι και προσευξονται εις τον τοπον τουτον και εξομολογησονται τω ονοματι σου και απο των αμαρτιων αυτων αποστρεψουσιν οταν ταπεινωσης
  36. και εισακουση εκ του ουρανου και ιλεως εση ταις αμαρτιαις του δουλου σου και του λαου σου ισραηλ οτι δηλωσεις αυτοις την οδον την αγαθην πορευεσθαι εν αυτη και δωσεις υετον επι την γην ην εδωκας τω λαω σου εν
  37. λιμος εαν γενηται θανατος εαν γενηται οτι εσται εμπυρισμος βρουχος ερυσιβη εαν γενηται και εαν θλιψη αυτον εχθρος αυτου εν μια των πολεων αυτου παν συναντημα παν
  38. πασαν προσευχην πασαν δεησιν εαν γενηται παντι ανθρωπω ως αν γνωσιν εκαστος αφην καρδιας αυτου και διαπεταση τας χειρας αυτου εις τον οικον
  39. και συ εισακουση εκ του ουρανου εξ ετοιμου κατοικητηριου σου και ιλεως εση και ποιησεις και δωσεις ανδρι κατα τας οδους αυτου καθως αν γνως την καρδιαν αυτου οτι συ μονωτατος οιδας την καρδιαν παντων υιων
  40. οπως φοβωνται σε πασας τας ημερας ας αυτοι ζωσιν επι της γης ης εδωκας τοις πατρασιν
  41. και τω αλλοτριω ος ουκ εστιν απο λαου σου
  42. και ηξουσιν και προσευξονται εις τον τοπον
  43. και συ εισακουση εκ του ουρανου εξ ετοιμου κατοικητηριου σου και ποιησεις κατα παντα οσα αν επικαλεσηται σε ο αλλοτριος οπως γνωσιν παντες οι λαοι το ονομα σου και φοβωνται σε καθως ο λαος σου ισραηλ και γνωσιν οτι το ονομα σου επικεκληται επι τον οικον τουτον ον
  44. οτι εξελευσεται ο λαος σου εις πολεμον επι τους εχθρους αυτου εν οδω η επιστρεψεις αυτους και προσευξονται εν ονοματι κυριου οδον της πολεως ης εξελεξω εν αυτη και του οικου ου ωκοδομησα τω ονοματι
  45. και εισακουσει εκ του ουρανου της δεησεως αυτων και της προσευχης αυτων και ποιησεις το δικαιωμα
  46. οτι αμαρτησονται σοι οτι ουκ εστιν ανθρωπος ος ουχ αμαρτησεται και επαξεις επ' αυτους και παραδωσεις αυτους ενωπιον εχθρων και αιχμαλωτιουσιν αυτους οι αιχμαλωτιζοντες εις γην μακραν και
  47. και επιστρεψουσιν καρδιας αυτων εν τη γη ου μετηχθησαν εκει και επιστρεψωσιν και δεηθωσιν σου εν γη μετοικιας αυτων λεγοντες ημαρτομεν ηνομησαμεν
  48. και επιστρεψωσιν προς σε εν ολη καρδια αυτων και εν ολη ψυχη αυτων εν τη γη εχθρων αυτων ου μετηγαγες αυτους και προσευξονται προς σε οδον γης αυτων ης εδωκας τοις πατρασιν αυτων της πολεως ης εξελεξω και του οικου ου ωκοδομηκα τω ονοματι
  49. και εισακουση εκ του ουρανου εξ ετοιμου κατοικητηριου
  50. και ιλεως εση ταις αδικιαις αυτων αις ημαρτον σοι και κατα παντα τα αθετηματα αυτων α ηθετησαν σοι και δωσεις αυτους εις οικτιρμους ενωπιον αιχμαλωτευοντων αυτους και οικτιρησουσιν
  51. οτι λαος σου και κληρονομια σου ους εξηγαγες εκ γης αιγυπτου εκ μεσου χωνευτηριου
  52. και εστωσαν οι οφθαλμοι σου και τα ωτα σου ηνεωγμενα εις την δεησιν του δουλου σου και εις την δεησιν του λαου σου ισραηλ εισακουειν αυτων εν πασιν οις αν επικαλεσωνται
  53. οτι συ διεστειλας αυτους σαυτω εις κληρονομιαν εκ παντων των λαων της γης καθως ελαλησας εν χειρι δουλου σου μωυση εν τω εξαγαγειν σε τους πατερας ημων εκ γης αιγυπτου κυριε
  54. και εγενετο ως συνετελεσεν σαλωμων προσευχομενος προς κυριον ολην την προσευχην και την δεησιν ταυτην και ανεστη απο προσωπου του θυσιαστηριου κυριου οκλακως επι τα γονατα αυτου και αι χειρες αυτου διαπεπετασμεναι εις τον
  55. και εστη και ευλογησεν πασαν εκκλησιαν ισραηλ φωνη μεγαλη
  56. ευλογητος κυριος σημερον ος εδωκεν καταπαυσιν τω λαω αυτου ισραηλ κατα παντα οσα ελαλησεν ου διεφωνησεν λογος εις εν πασιν τοις λογοις αυτου τοις αγαθοις οις ελαλησεν εν χειρι μωυση δουλου
  57. γενοιτο κυριος ο θεος ημων μεθ' ημων καθως ην μετα των πατερων ημων μη εγκαταλιποιτο ημας μηδε αποστρεψοιτο
  58. επικλιναι καρδιας ημων προς αυτον του πορευεσθαι εν πασαις οδοις αυτου και φυλασσειν πασας τας εντολας αυτου και προσταγματα αυτου α ενετειλατο τοις πατρασιν
  59. και εστωσαν οι λογοι ουτοι ους δεδεημαι ενωπιον κυριου θεου ημων εγγιζοντες προς κυριον θεον ημων ημερας και νυκτος του ποιειν το δικαιωμα του δουλου σου και το δικαιωμα λαου σου ισραηλ ρημα ημερας εν ημερα
  60. οπως γνωσιν παντες οι λαοι της γης οτι κυριος ο θεος αυτος θεος και ουκ εστιν
  61. και εστωσαν αι καρδιαι ημων τελειαι προς κυριον θεον ημων και οσιως πορευεσθαι εν τοις προσταγμασιν αυτου και φυλασσειν εντολας αυτου ως η ημερα
  62. και ο βασιλευς και παντες οι υιοι ισραηλ εθυσαν θυσιαν ενωπιον
  63. και εθυσεν ο βασιλευς σαλωμων τας θυσιας των ειρηνικων ας εθυσεν τω κυριω βοων δυο και εικοσι χιλιαδας και προβατων εκατον εικοσι χιλιαδας και ενεκαινισεν τον οικον κυριου ο βασιλευς και παντες οι υιοι
  64. τη ημερα εκεινη ηγιασεν ο βασιλευς το μεσον της αυλης το κατα προσωπον του οικου κυριου οτι εποιησεν εκει την ολοκαυτωσιν και τας θυσιας και τα στεατα των ειρηνικων οτι το θυσιαστηριον το χαλκουν το ενωπιον κυριου μικρον του μη δυνασθαι την ολοκαυτωσιν και τας θυσιας των ειρηνικων
  65. και εποιησεν σαλωμων την εορτην εν τη ημερα εκεινη και πας ισραηλ μετ' αυτου εκκλησια μεγαλη απο της εισοδου ημαθ εως ποταμου αιγυπτου ενωπιον κυριου θεου ημων εν τω οικω ω ωκοδομησεν εσθιων και πινων και ευφραινομενος ενωπιον κυριου θεου ημων επτα
  66. και εν τη ημερα τη ογδοη εξαπεστειλεν τον λαον και ευλογησεν αυτον και απηλθον εκαστος εις τα σκηνωματα αυτου χαιροντες και αγαθη καρδια επι τοις αγαθοις οις εποιησεν κυριος τω δαυιδ δουλω αυτου και τω ισραηλ λαω
1 Kings 8 Text (Latin)
  1. Tunc congregati sunt omnes majores natu Israël cum principibus tribuum, et duces familiarum filiorum Israël ad regem Salomonem in Jerusalem : ut deferrent arcam fœderis Domini de civitate David, id est, de Sion.
  2. Convenitque ad regem Salomonem universus Israël in mense Ethanim, in solemni die : ipse est mensis septimus.
  3. Veneruntque cuncti senes de Israël, et tulerunt arcam sacerdotes,
  4. et portaverunt arcam Domini, et tabernaculum fœderis, et omnia vasa sanctuarii, quæ erant in tabernaculo : et ferebant ea sacerdotes et Levitæ.
  5. Rex autem Salomon, et omnis multitudo Israël, quæ convenerat ad eum, gradiebatur cum illo ante arcam, et immolabant oves et boves absque æstimatione et numero.
  6. Et intulerunt sacerdotes arcam fœderis Domini in locum suum, in oraculum templi, in Sanctum sanctorum subter alas cherubim.
  7. Siquidem cherubim expandebant alas super locum arcæ, et protegebant arcam, et vectes ejus desuper.
  8. Cumque eminerent vectes, et apparerent summitates eorum foris sanctuarium ante oraculum, non apparebant ultra extrinsecus, qui et fuerunt ibi usque in præsentem diem.
  9. In arca autem non erat aliud nisi duæ tabulæ lapideæ, quas posuerat in ea Moyses in Horeb, quando pepigit Dominus fœdus cum filiis Israël, cum egrederentur de terra Ægypti.
  10. Factum est autem, cum exissent sacerdotes de sanctuario, nebula implevit domum Domini,
  11. et non poterant sacerdotes stare et ministrare propter nebulam : impleverat enim gloria Domini domum Domini.
  12. Tunc ait Salomon : Dominus dixit ut habitaret in nebula.
  13. Ædificans ædificavi domum in habitaculum tuum, firmissimum solium tuum in sempiternum.
  14. Convertitque rex faciem suam, et benedixit omni ecclesiæ Israël : omnia enim ecclesia Israël stabat.
  15. Et ait Salomon : Benedictus Dominus Deus Israël, qui locutus est ore suo ad David patrem meum, et in manibus ejus perfecit, dicens :
  16. A die qua eduxi populum meum Israël de Ægypto, non elegi civitatem de universis tribubus Israël, ut ædificaretur domus, et esset nomen meum ibi : sed elegi David ut esset super populum meum Israël.
  17. Voluitque David pater meus ædificare domum nomini Domini Dei Israël :
  18. et ait Dominus ad David patrem meum : Quod cogitasti in corde tuo ædificare domum nomini meo, bene fecisti, hoc ipsum mente tractans.
  19. Verumtamen tu non ædificabis mihi domum, sed filius tuus, qui egredietur de renibus tuis, ipse ædificabit domum nomini meo.
  20. Confirmavit Dominus sermonem suum, quem locutus est : stetique pro David patre meo, et sedi super thronum Israël, sicut locutus est Dominus : et ædificavi domum nomini Domini Dei Israël.
  21. Et constitui ibi locum arcæ, in qua fœdus Domini est, quod percussit cum patribus nostris, quando egressi sunt de terra Ægypti.
  22. Stetit autem Salomon ante altare Domini in conspectu ecclesiæ Israël, et expandit manus suas in cælum,
  23. et ait : Domine Deus Israël, non est similis tui Deus in cælo desuper, et super terram deorsum : qui custodis pactum et misericordiam servis tuis, qui ambulant coram te in toto corde suo.
  24. Qui custodisti servo tuo David patri meo quæ locutus es ei : ore locutus es, et manibus perfecisti, ut hæc dies probat.
  25. Nunc igitur Domine Deus Israël, conserva famulo tuo David patri meo quæ locutus es ei, dicens : Non auferetur de te vir coram me, qui sedeat super thronum Israël : ita tamen si custodierint filii tui viam suam, ut ambulent coram me sicut tu ambulasti in conspectu meo.
  26. Et nunc Domine Deus Israël, firmentur verba tua, quæ locutus es servo tuo David patri meo.
  27. Ergone putandum est quod vere Deus habitet super terram ? Si enim cælum, et cæli cælorum te capere non possunt, quanto magis domus hæc, quam ædificavi ?
  28. Sed respice ad orationem servi tui, et ad preces ejus, Domine Deus meus : audi hymnum et orationem, quam servus tuus orat coram te hodie :
  29. ut sint oculi tui aperti super domum hanc nocte ac die : super domum, de qua dixisti : Erit nomen meum ibi : ut exaudias orationem, quam orat in loco isto ad te servus tuus :
  30. ut exaudias deprecationem servi tui et populi tui Israël, quodcumque oraverint in loco isto, et exaudies in loco habitaculi tui in cælo, et cum exaudieris, propitius eris.
  31. Si peccaverit homo in proximum suum, et habuerit aliquod juramentum, quo teneatur astrictus : et venerit propter juramentum coram altari tuo in domum tuam,
  32. tu exaudies in cælo : et facies, et judicabis servos tuos, condemnans impium, et reddens viam suam super caput ejus, justificansque justum, et retribuens ei secundum justitiam suam.
  33. Si fugerit populus tuus Israël inimicos suos (quia peccaturus est tibi) et agentes pœnitentiam, et confitentes nomini tuo, venerint, et oraverint, et deprecati te fuerint in domo hac :
  34. exaudi in cælo, et dimitte peccatum populi tui Israël, et reduces eos in terram, quam dedisti patribus eorum.
  35. Si clausum fuerit cælum, et non pluerit propter peccata eorum, et orantes in loco isto, pœnitentiam egerint nomini tuo, et a peccatis suis conversi fuerint propter afflictionem suam :
  36. exaudi eos in cælo, et dimitte peccata servorum tuorum, et populi tui Israël : et ostende eis viam bonam per quam ambulent, et da pluviam super terram tuam, quam dedisti populo tuo in possessionem.
  37. Fames si oborta fuerit in terra, aut pestilentia, aut corruptus aër, aut ærugo, aut locusta, vel rubigo, et afflixerit eum inimicus ejus portas obsidens, omnis plaga, universa infirmitas,
  38. cuncta devotatio, et imprecatio, quæ acciderit omni homini de populo tuo Israël : si quis cognoverit plagam cordis sui, et expanderit manus suas in domo hac,
  39. tu exaudies in cælo in loco habitationis tuæ, et repropitiaberis, et facies ut des unicuique secundum omnes vias suas, sicut videris cor ejus (quia tu nosti solus cor omnium filiorum hominum)
  40. ut timeant te cunctis diebus, quibus vivunt super faciem terræ, quam dedisti patribus nostris.
  41. Insuper et alienigena, qui non est de populo tuo Israël, cum venerit de terra longinqua propter nomen tuum (audietur enim nomen tuum magnum, et manus tua fortis, et brachium tuum
  42. extentum ubique), cum venerit ergo, et oraverit in hoc loco,
  43. tu exaudies in cælo, in firmamento habitaculi tui, et facies omnia pro quibus invocaverit te alienigena : ut discant universi populi terrarum nomen tuum timere, sicut populus tuus Israël, et probent quia nomen tuum invocatum est super domum hanc, quam ædificavi.
  44. Si egressus fuerit populus tuus ad bellum contra inimicos suos, per viam, quocumque miseris eos, orabunt te contra viam civitatis, quam elegisti, et contra domum, quam ædificavi nomini tuo,
  45. et exaudies in cælo orationes eorum, et preces eorum, et facies judicium eorum.
  46. Quod si peccaverint tibi (non est enim homo qui non peccet) et iratus tradideris eos inimicis suis, et captivi ducti fuerint in terram inimicorum longe vel prope,
  47. et egerint pœnitentiam in corde suo in loco captivitatis, et conversi deprecati te fuerint in captivitate sua, dicentes : Peccavimus, inique egimus, impie gessimus :
  48. et reversi fuerint ad te in universo corde suo, et tota anima sua in terra inimicorum suorum, ad quam captivi ducti fuerint : et oraverint te contra viam terræ suæ, quam dedisti patribus eorum, et civitatis quam elegisti, et templi quod ædificavi nomini tuo :
  49. exaudies in cælo, in firmamento solii tui, orationes eorum, et preces eorum, et facies judicium eorum :
  50. et propitiaberis populo tuo qui peccavit tibi, et omnibus iniquitatibus eorum, quibus prævaricati sunt in te : et dabis misericordiam coram eis qui eos captivos habuerint, ut misereantur eis.
  51. Populus enim tuus est, et hæreditas tua, quos eduxisti de terra Ægypti, de medio fornacis ferreæ.
  52. Ut sint oculi tui aperti ad deprecationem servi tui, et populi tui Israël, et exaudias eos in universis pro quibus invocaverint te.
  53. Tu enim separasti eos tibi in hæreditatem de universis populis terræ, sicut locutus es per Moysen servum tuum, quando eduxisti patres nostros de Ægypto, Domine Deus.
  54. Factum est autem, cum complesset Salomon orans Dominum omnem orationem et deprecationem hanc, surrexit de conspectu altaris Domini : utrumque enim genu in terram fixerat, et manus expanderat in cælum.
  55. Stetit ergo, et benedixit omni ecclesiæ Israël voce magna, dicens :
  56. Benedictus Dominus, qui dedit requiem populo suo Israël, juxta omnia quæ locutus est : non cecidit ne unus quidem sermo ex omnibus bonis quæ locutus est per Moysen servum suum.
  57. Sit Dominus Deus noster nobiscum, sicut fuit cum patribus nostris, non derelinquens nos, neque projiciens.
  58. Sed inclinet corda nostra ad se, ut ambulemus in universis viis ejus, et custodiamus mandata ejus, et cæremonias ejus, et judicia quæcumque mandavit patribus nostris.
  59. Et sint sermones mei isti, quibus deprecatus sum coram Domino, appropinquantes Domino Deo nostro die ac nocte, ut faciat judicium servo suo, et populo suo Israël per singulos dies :
  60. ut sciant omnes populi terræ, quia Dominus ipse est Deus, et non est ultra absque eo.
  61. Sit quoque cor nostrum perfectum cum Domino Deo nostro, ut ambulemus in decretis ejus, et custodiamus mandata ejus, sicut et hodie.
  62. Igitur rex, et omnis Israël cum eo, immolabant victimas coram Domino.
  63. Mactavitque Salomon hostias pacificas, quas immolavit Domino, boum viginti duo millia, et ovium centum viginti millia : et dedicaverunt templum Domini rex et filii Israël.
  64. In die illa sanctificavit rex medium atrii, quod erat ante domum Domini : fecit quippe holocaustum ibi, et sacrificium, et adipem pacificorum : quoniam altare æreum, quod erat coram Domino, minus erat, et capere non poterat holocaustum, et sacrificium, et adipem pacificorum.
  65. Fecit ergo Salomon in tempore illo festivitatem celebrem, et omnis Israël cum eo, multitudo magna ab introitu Emath usque ad rivum Ægypti, coram Domino Deo nostro, septem diebus et septem diebus, id est, quatuordecim diebus.
  66. Et in die octava dimisit populos : qui benedicentes regi, profecti sunt in tabernacula sua lætantes, et alacri corde super omnibus bonis, quæ fecerat Dominus David servo suo, et Israël populo suo.
1 Kings 8 Text (KJV)
  1. Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
  2. And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
  3. And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
  4. And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.
  5. And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
  6. And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
  7. For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
  8. And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.
  9. There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
  10. And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
  11. So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
  12. Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
  13. I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
  14. And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)
  15. And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
  16. Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
  17. And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
  18. And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
  19. Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
  20. And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
  21. And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
  22. And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
  23. And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:
  24. Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
  25. Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
  26. And now, 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 indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
  28. 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 before thee to day:
  29. That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.
  30. And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
  31. If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:
  32. Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his 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, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
  34. Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them 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, when thou afflictest them:
  36. Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give 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, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;
  38. 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 toward this house:
  39. Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
  40. That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
  41. Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
  42. (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
  43. Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
  44. If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
  45. Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
  46. 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 captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
  47. Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
  48. And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away 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 have built for thy name:
  49. Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
  50. And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
  51. For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
  52. That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.
  53. For thou didst separate them from among all the people 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.
  54. 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 up to heaven.
  55. 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 of Moses his servant.
  57. The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
  58. That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
  59. 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 at all times, as the matter shall require:
  60. That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that 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 before the LORD.
  63. And Solomon offered a 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 LORD.
  64. The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
  65. And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
  66. On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
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