Then said
Solomon,
The LORD
hath said
that he would dwell
in the thick darkness.
But I have built
an house
of habitation
for thee, and a place
for thy dwelling
for ever.
And the king
turned
his face,
and blessed
the whole congregation
of Israel:
and all the congregation
of Israel
stood.
And he said,
Blessed
be the LORD
God
of Israel,
who hath with his hands
fulfilled
that which he spake
with his mouth
to my father
David,
saying,
Since the day
that I brought forth
my people
out of the land
of Egypt
I chose
no city
among all the tribes
of Israel
to build
an house
in, that my name
might be there; neither chose
I any man
to be a ruler
over my people
Israel:
But I have chosen
Jerusalem,
that my name
might be there; and have chosen
David
to be over my people
Israel.
Now it was in the heart
of David
my father
to build
an house
for the name
of the LORD
God
of Israel.
But the LORD
said
to David
my father,
Forasmuch as it was in thine heart
to build
an house
for my name,
thou didst well
in that it was in thine heart:
say
Notwithstanding
thou shalt not build
the house;
but thy son
which shall come forth
out of thy loins,
he shall build
the house
for my name.
The LORD
therefore hath performed
his word
that he hath spoken:
for I am risen up
in the room of David
my father,
and am set
on the throne
of Israel,
as the LORD
promised,
and have built
the house
for the name
of the LORD
God
of Israel.
And in it
have I put
the ark,
wherein is the covenant
of the LORD,
that he made
with the children
of Israel.
And he stood
before
the altar
of the LORD
in the presence of all the congregation
of Israel,
and spread forth
his hands:
For Solomon
had made
a brasen
scaffold,
of five
cubits
long,
and five
cubits
broad,
and three
cubits
high,
and had set
it in the midst
of the court:
and upon it he stood,
and kneeled down
upon his knees
before all the congregation
of Israel,
and spread forth
his hands
toward heaven,
Salōmōn
Σαλωμων
salōmōn
breadth
εὖρος
euros
open and spread out
διεπέτασεν
diepetasen
And said,
O LORD
God
of Israel,
there is no God
like thee in the heaven,
nor in the earth;
which keepest
covenant,
and shewest mercy
unto thy servants,
that walk
before
thee with all their hearts:
say
Thou which hast kept
with thy servant
David
my father
that which thou hast promised
him; and spakest
with thy mouth,
and hast fulfilled
it with thine hand,
as it is this day.
Now therefore, O LORD
God
of Israel,
keep
with thy servant
David
my father
that which thou hast promised
him, saying,
There shall not fail
thee a man
in my sight
to sit
upon the throne
of Israel;
yet so
that thy children
take heed
to their way
to walk
in my law,
as thou hast walked
before
me.
Now then, O LORD
God
of Israel,
let thy word
be verified,
which thou hast spoken
unto thy servant
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 built!
Have respect
therefore to the prayer
of thy servant,
and to his supplication,
O LORD
my God,
to hearken
unto the cry
and the prayer
which thy servant
prayeth
before
thee:
That thine eyes
may be open
upon this house
day
and night,
upon the place
whereof thou hast said
that thou wouldest put
thy name
there; to hearken
unto the prayer
which thy servant
prayeth
toward this place.
say
Hearken
therefore unto the supplications
of thy servant,
and of thy people
Israel,
which they shall make
toward this place:
hear
thou from thy dwelling
place,
even from heaven;
and when thou hearest,
forgive.
If a man
sin
against his neighbour,
and an oath
be laid
upon him to make him swear,
and the oath
come
before
thine altar
in this house;
pray to
ἀρᾶσθαι
arasthai
pray to
ἀράσηται
arasētai
Then hear
thou from heaven,
and do,
and judge
thy servants,
by requiting
the wicked,
by recompensing
his way
upon his own head;
and by justifying
the righteous,
by giving
him according to his righteousness.
And if thy people
Israel
be put to the worse
before
the enemy,
because they have sinned
against thee; and shall return
and confess
thy name,
and pray
and make supplication
before
thee in this house;
Then hear
thou from the heavens,
and forgive
the sin
of thy people
Israel,
and bring them again
unto the land
which thou gavest
to them and to their fathers.
When the heaven
is shut up,
and there is no rain,
because they have sinned
against thee; yet if they pray
toward this place,
and confess
thy name,
and turn
from their sin,
when thou dost afflict
them;
Then hear
thou from heaven,
and forgive
the sin
of thy servants,
and of thy people
Israel,
when thou hast taught
them the good
way,
wherein they should walk;
and send
rain
upon thy land,
which thou hast given
unto thy people
for an inheritance.
If there be dearth
in the land,
if there be pestilence,
if there be blasting,
or mildew,
locusts,
or caterpillers;
if their enemies
besiege
them in the cities
of their land;
whatsoever sore
or whatsoever sickness
there be:
wind-blast
ἀνεμοφθορία
anemophthoria
jaundice
ἴκτερος
ikteros
locust
βροῦχος
brouchos
Then what prayer
or what supplication
soever shall be made of any man,
or of all thy people
Israel,
when every one
shall know
his own sore
and his own grief,
and shall spread forth
his hands
in this house:
open and spread out
διαπετάσῃ
diapetasē
Then hear
thou from heaven
thy dwelling
place,
and forgive,
and render
unto every man
according unto all his ways,
whose heart
thou knowest;
(for thou only knowest
the hearts
of the children
of men:
)
That they may fear
thee, to walk
in thy ways,
so long as
they live
in the land
which thou gavest
unto our fathers.
Moreover concerning the stranger,
which is not of thy people
Israel,
but is come
from a far
country
for thy great
name's
sake, and thy mighty
hand,
and thy stretched out
arm;
if they come
and pray
in this house;
Then hear
thou from the heavens,
even from 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,
and fear
thee, as doth thy people
Israel,
and may know
that this house
which I have built
is called
by thy name.
If thy people
go out
to war
against their enemies
by the way
that thou shalt send
them, and they pray
unto thee toward
this city
which thou hast chosen,
and the house
which I have built
for thy name;
Then hear
thou from the heavens
their prayer
and their supplication,
and maintain
their cause.
If they sin
against thee, (for there is no man
which sinneth
not,) and thou be angry
with them, and deliver
them over before
their enemies,
and they carry them away
captives
unto a land
far off
or near;
Yet if they bethink
themselves in the land
whither they are carried captive,
and turn
and pray
unto thee in the land
of their captivity,
saying,
We have sinned,
we have done amiss,
and have dealt wickedly;
act lawlessly
ἠνομήσαμεν
ēnomēsamen
If they return
to thee with all their heart
and with all their soul
in the land
of their captivity,
whither they have carried them captives,
and pray
toward
their land,
which thou gavest
unto their fathers,
and toward the city
which thou hast chosen,
and toward the house
which I have built
for thy name:
Then hear
thou from the heavens,
even from thy dwelling
place,
their prayer
and their supplications,
and maintain
their cause,
and forgive
thy people
which have sinned
against thee.
Now, my God,
let, I beseech thee, thine eyes
be open,
and let thine ears
be attent
unto the prayer
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
rejoice
in goodness.
O LORD
God,
turn not away
the face
of thine anointed:
remember
the mercies
of David
thy servant.
