Dual Panel1Then Solomon <08010> assembled <06950> (8686) the elders <02205> of Israel <03478>_, and all the heads <07218> of the tribes <04294>_, the chief <05387> of the fathers <01> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>_, unto king <04428> Solomon <08010> in Jerusalem <03389>_, that they might bring up <05927> (8687) the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068> out of the city <05892> of David <01732>_, which [is] Zion <06726>_. {chief: Heb. princes}
2And all the men <0376> of Israel <03478> assembled <06950> (8735) themselves unto king <04428> Solomon <08010> at the feast <02282> in the month <03391> Ethanim <0388>_, which [is] the seventh <07637> month <02320>_.
3And all the elders <02205> of Israel <03478> came <0935> (8799)_, and the priests <03548> took up <05375> (8799) the ark <0727>_.
4And they brought up <05927> (8686) the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068>_, and the tabernacle <0168> of the congregation <04150>_, and all the holy <06944> vessels <03627> that [were] in the tabernacle <0168>_, even those did the priests <03548> and the Levites <03881> bring up <05927> (8686)_.
5And king <04428> Solomon <08010>_, and all the congregation <05712> of Israel <03478>_, that were assembled <03259> (8737) unto him, [were] with him before <06440> the ark <0727>_, sacrificing <02076> (8764) sheep <06629> and oxen <01241>_, that could not be told <05608> (8735) nor numbered <04487> (8735) for multitude <07230>_.
6And the priests <03548> brought in <0935> (8686) the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068> unto his place <04725>_, into the oracle <01687> of the house <01004>_, to the most <06944> holy <06944> [place, even] under the wings <03671> of the cherubims <03742>_.
7For the cherubims <03742> spread forth <06566> (8802) [their] two wings <03671> over the place <04725> of the ark <0727>_, and the cherubims <03742> covered <05526> (8799) the ark <0727> and the staves <0905> thereof above <04605>_.
8And they drew out <0748> (8686) the staves <0905>_, that the ends <07218> of the staves <0905> were seen out <07200> (8735) in the holy <06944> [place] before <06440> the oracle <01687>_, and they were not seen <07200> (8735) without <02351>_: and there they are unto this day <03117>_. {ends: Heb. heads} {holy...: or, ark}
9[There was] nothing in the ark <0727> save <07535> the two <08147> tables <03871> of stone <068>_, which Moses <04872> put <03240> (8689) there at Horeb <02722>_, when the LORD <03068> made <03772> (8804) [a covenant] with the children <01121> of Israel <03478>_, when they came out <03318> (8800) of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>_. {when the: or, where the}
10And it came to pass, when the priests <03548> were come out <03318> (8800) of the holy <06944> [place], that the cloud <06051> filled <04390> (8804) the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_,
11So that the priests <03548> could <03201> (8804) not stand <05975> (8800) to minister <08334> (8763) because <06440> of the cloud <06051>_: for the glory <03519> of the LORD <03068> had filled <04390> (8804) the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_.
12Then spake <0559> (8804) Solomon <08010>_, The LORD <03068> said <0559> (8804) that he would dwell <07931> (8800) in the thick darkness <06205>_.
13I have surely <01129> (8800) built <01129> (8804) thee an house <01004> to dwell in <02073>_, a settled place <04349> for thee to abide in <03427> (8800) for ever <05769>_.
14And the king <04428> turned <05437> (0) his face <06440> about <05437> (8686)_, and blessed <01288> (8762) all the congregation <06951> of Israel <03478>_: (and all the congregation <06951> of Israel <03478> stood <05975> (8802);)
15And he said <0559> (8799)_, Blessed <01288> (8803) [be] the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>_, which spake <01696> (8765) with his mouth <06310> unto David <01732> my father <01>_, and hath with his hand <03027> fulfilled <04390> (8765) [it], saying <0559> (8800)_,
16Since the day <03117> that I brought forth <03318> (8689) my people <05971> Israel <03478> out of Egypt <04714>_, I chose <0977> (8804) no city <05892> out of all the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> to build <01129> (8800) an house <01004>_, that my name <08034> might be therein; but I chose <0977> (8799) David <01732> to be over my people <05971> Israel <03478>_.
17And it was in the heart <03824> of David <01732> my father <01> to build <01129> (8800) an house <01004> for the name <08034> of the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>_.
18And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto David <01732> my father <01>_, Whereas <03282> <0834> it was in thine heart <03824> to build <01129> (8800) an house <01004> unto my name <08034>_, thou didst well <02895> (8689) that it was in thine heart <03824>_.
19Nevertheless <07535> thou shalt not build <01129> (8799) the house <01004>_; but thy son <01121> that shall come forth out <03318> (8802) of thy loins <02504>_, he shall build <01129> (8799) the house <01004> unto my name <08034>_.
20And the LORD <03068> hath performed <06965> (8686) his word <01697> that he spake <01696> (8765)_, and I am risen up <06965> (8799) in the room of David <01732> my father <01>_, and sit <03427> (8799) on the throne <03678> of Israel <03478>_, as the LORD <03068> promised <01696> (8765)_, and have built <01129> (8799) an house <01004> for the name <08034> of the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>_.
21And I have set <07760> (8799) there a place <04725> for the ark <0727>_, wherein [is] the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068>_, which he made <03772> (8804) with our fathers <01>_, when he brought them out <03318> (8687) of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>_.
22And Solomon <08010> stood <05975> (8799) before <06440> the altar <04196> of the LORD <03068> in the presence of <05048> all the congregation <06951> of Israel <03478>_, and spread forth <06566> (8799) his hands <03709> toward heaven <08064>_:
23And he said <0559> (8799)_, LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>_, [there is] no God <0430> like thee, in heaven <08064> above <04605>_, or on earth <0776> beneath, who keepest <08104> (8802) covenant <01285> and mercy <02617> with thy servants <05650> that walk <01980> (8802) before <06440> thee with all their heart <03820>_:
24Who hast kept <08104> (8804) with thy servant <05650> David <01732> my father <01> that thou promisedst <01696> (8765) him: thou spakest <01696> (8762) also with thy mouth <06310>_, and hast fulfilled <04390> (8765) [it] with thine hand <03027>_, as [it is] this day <03117>_.
25Therefore now, LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>_, keep <08104> (8798) with thy servant <05650> David <01732> my father <01> that thou promisedst <01696> (8765) him, saying <0559> (8800)_, There shall not fail <03772> (8735) thee a man <0376> in my sight <06440> to sit <03427> (8802) on the throne <03678> of Israel <03478>_; so <07535> that thy children <01121> take heed <08104> (8799) to their way <01870>_, that they walk <03212> (8800) before <06440> me as thou hast walked <01980> (8804) before <06440> me. {fail...: Heb. be cut off unto thee a man from my sight} {so that: Heb. only if}
26And now, O God <0430> of Israel <03478>_, let thy word <01697>_, I pray thee, be verified <0539> (8735)_, which thou spakest <01696> (8765) unto thy servant <05650> David <01732> my father <01>_.
27But will God <0430> indeed <0552> dwell <03427> (8799) on the earth <0776>_? behold, the heaven <08064> and heaven <08064> of heavens <08064> cannot contain <03557> (8770) thee; how much less <0637> this house <01004> that I have builded <01129> (8804)_?
28Yet have thou respect <06437> (8804) unto the prayer <08605> of thy servant <05650>_, and to his supplication <08467>_, O LORD <03068> my God <0430>_, to hearken <08085> (8800) unto the cry <07440> and to the prayer <08605>_, which thy servant <05650> prayeth <06419> (8693) before <06440> thee to day <03117>_:
29That thine eyes <05869> may be open <06605> (8803) toward this house <01004> night <03915> and day <03117>_, [even] toward the place <04725> of which thou hast said <0559> (8804)_, My name <08034> shall be there: that thou mayest hearken <08085> (8800) unto the prayer <08605> which thy servant <05650> shall make <06419> (8691) toward this place <04725>_. {toward this place: or, in this place}
30And hearken <08085> (8804) thou to the supplication <08467> of thy servant <05650>_, and of thy people <05971> Israel <03478>_, when they shall pray <06419> (8691) toward this place <04725>_: and hear <08085> (8799) thou in heaven <08064> thy dwelling <03427> (8800) place <04725>_: and when thou hearest <08085> (8804)_, forgive <05545> (8804)_. {toward this place: or, in this place}
31If any man <0376> trespass <02398> (8799) against his neighbour <07453>_, and an oath <0423> be laid <05375> (8804) upon him to cause him to swear <0422> (8687)_, and the oath <0423> come <0935> (8804) before <06440> thine altar <04196> in this house <01004>_: {and an oath...: Heb. and he require an oath of him}
32Then hear <08085> (8799) thou in heaven <08064>_, and do <06213> (8804)_, and judge <08199> (8804) thy servants <05650>_, condemning <07561> (8687) the wicked <07563>_, to bring <05414> (8800) his way <01870> upon his head <07218>_; and justifying <06663> (8687) the righteous <06662>_, to give <05414> (8800) him according to his righteousness <06666>_.
33When thy people <05971> Israel <03478> be smitten down <05062> (8736) before <06440> the enemy <0341> (8802)_, because they have sinned <02398> (8799) against thee, and shall turn again <07725> (8804) to thee, and confess <03034> (8689) thy name <08034>_, and pray <06419> (8694)_, and make supplication <02603> (8694) unto thee in this house <01004>_: {in: or, toward}
34Then hear <08085> (8799) thou in heaven <08064>_, and forgive <05545> (8804) the sin <02403> of thy people <05971> Israel <03478>_, and bring them again <07725> (8689) unto the land <0127> which thou gavest <05414> (8804) unto their fathers <01>_.
35When heaven <08064> is shut up <06113> (8736)_, and there is no rain <04306>_, because they have sinned <02398> (8799) against thee; if they pray <06419> (8694) toward this place <04725>_, and confess <03034> (8689) thy name <08034>_, and turn <07725> (8799) from their sin <02403>_, when thou afflictest <06031> (8686) them:
36Then hear <08085> (8799) thou in heaven <08064>_, and forgive <05545> (8804) the sin <02403> of thy servants <05650>_, and of thy people <05971> Israel <03478>_, that thou teach <03384> (8686) them the good <02896> way <01870> wherein they should walk <03212> (8799)_, and give <05414> (8804) rain <04306> upon thy land <0776>_, which thou hast given <05414> (8804) to thy people <05971> for an inheritance <05159>_.
37If there be in the land <0776> famine <07458>_, if there be pestilence <01698>_, blasting <07711>_, mildew <03420>_, locust <0697>_, [or] if there be caterpiller <02625>_; if their enemy <0341> (8802) besiege <06887> (8686) them in the land <0776> of their cities <08179>_; whatsoever plague <05061>_, whatsoever sickness <04245> [there be]; {cities: or, jurisdiction}
38What prayer <08605> and supplication <08467> soever be [made] by any man <0120>_, [or] by all thy people <05971> Israel <03478>_, which shall know <03045> (8799) every man <0376> the plague <05061> of his own heart <03824>_, and spread forth <06566> (8804) his hands <03709> toward this house <01004>_:
39Then hear <08085> (8799) thou in heaven <08064> thy dwelling <03427> (8800) place <04349>_, and forgive <05545> (8804)_, and do <06213> (8804)_, and give <05414> (8804) to every man <0376> according to his ways <01870>_, whose heart <03824> thou knowest <03045> (8799)_; (for thou, [even] thou only, knowest <03045> (8804) the hearts <03824> of all the children <01121> of men <0120>;)
40That they may fear <03372> (8799) thee all the days <03117> that they live <02416> in <06440> the land <0127> which thou gavest <05414> (8804) unto our fathers <01>_.
41Moreover concerning a stranger <05237>_, that [is] not of thy people <05971> Israel <03478>_, but cometh out <0935> (8804) of a far <07350> country <0776> for <04616> thy name's <08034> sake;
42(For they shall hear <08085> (8799) of thy great <01419> name <08034>_, and of thy strong <02389> hand <03027>_, and of thy stretched out <05186> (8803) arm <02220>;) when he shall come <0935> (8804) and pray <06419> (8694) toward this house <01004>_;
43Hear <08085> (8799) thou in heaven <08064> thy dwelling <03427> (8800) place <04349>_, and do <06213> (8804) according to all that the stranger <05237> calleth <07121> (8799) to thee for: that all people <05971> of the earth <0776> may know <03045> (8799) thy name <08034>_, to fear <03372> (8800) thee, as [do] thy people <05971> Israel <03478>_; and that they may know <03045> (8800) that this house <01004>_, which I have builded <01129> (8804)_, is called <07121> (8738) by thy name <08034>_. {this...: Heb. thy name is called upon this house}
44If thy people <05971> go out <03318> (8799) to battle <04421> against their enemy <0341> (8802)_, whithersoever <01870> thou shalt send <07971> (8799) them, and shall pray <06419> (8694) unto the LORD <03068> toward <01870> the city <05892> which thou hast chosen <0977> (8804)_, and [toward] the house <01004> that I have built <01129> (8804) for thy name <08034>_: {toward the city: Heb. the way of the city}
45Then hear <08085> (8804) thou in heaven <08064> their prayer <08605> and their supplication <08467>_, and maintain <06213> (8804) their cause <04941>_. {cause: or, right}
46If they sin <02398> (8799) against thee, (for [there is] no man <0120> that sinneth <02398> (8799) not,) and thou be angry <0599> (8804) with them, and deliver <05414> (8804) them to the enemy <0341> (8802)_, so that they carry them away <07617> (8804) captives <07617> (8802) unto <06440> the land <0776> of the enemy <0341> (8802)_, far <07350> or near <07138>_;
47[Yet] if they shall bethink <07725> (8689) themselves in the land <0776> whither they were carried captives <07617> (8738)_, and repent <07725> (8804) <03820>_, and make supplication <02603> (8694) unto thee in the land <0776> of them that carried them captives <07617> (8802)_, saying <0559> (8800)_, We have sinned <02398> (8804)_, and have done perversely <05753> (8689)_, we have committed wickedness <07561> (8804)_; {bethink...: Heb. bring back to their heart}
48And [so] return <07725> (8804) unto thee with all their heart <03824>_, and with all their soul <05315>_, in the land <0776> of their enemies <0341> (8802)_, which led them away captive <07617> (8804)_, and pray <06419> (8694) unto thee toward <01870> their land <0776>_, which thou gavest <05414> (8804) unto their fathers <01>_, the city <05892> which thou hast chosen <0977> (8804)_, and the house <01004> which I have built <01129> (8804) for thy name <08034>_:
49Then hear <08085> (8804) thou their prayer <08605> and their supplication <08467> in heaven <08064> thy dwelling <03427> (8800) place <04349>_, and maintain <06213> (8804) their cause <04941>_, {cause: or, right}
50And forgive <05545> (8804) thy people <05971> that have sinned <02398> (8804) against thee, and all their transgressions <06588> wherein they have transgressed <06586> (8804) against thee, and give <05414> (8804) them compassion <07356> before <06440> them who carried them captive <07617> (8802)_, that they may have compassion <07355> (8765) on them:
51For they [be] thy people <05971>_, and thine inheritance <05159>_, which thou broughtest forth <03318> (8689) out of Egypt <04714>_, from the midst <08432> of the furnace <03564> of iron <01270>_:
52That thine eyes <05869> may be open <06605> (8803) unto the supplication <08467> of thy servant <05650>_, and unto the supplication <08467> of thy people <05971> Israel <03478>_, to hearken <08085> (8800) unto them in all that they call <07121> (8800) for unto thee.
53For thou didst separate <0914> (8689) them from among all the people <05971> of the earth <0776>_, [to be] thine inheritance <05159>_, as thou spakest <01696> (8765) by the hand <03027> of Moses <04872> thy servant <05650>_, when thou broughtest <03318> (8687) our fathers <01> out of Egypt <04714>_, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>_.
54And it was [so], that when Solomon <08010> had made an end <03615> (8763) of praying <06419> (8692) all this prayer <08605> and supplication <08467> unto the LORD <03068>_, he arose <06965> (8804) from before <06440> the altar <04196> of the LORD <03068>_, from kneeling <03766> (8800) on his knees <01290> with his hands <03709> spread up <06566> (8803) to heaven <08064>_.
55And he stood <05975> (8799)_, and blessed <01288> (8762) all the congregation <06951> of Israel <03478> with a loud <01419> voice <06963>_, saying <0559> (8800)_,
56Blessed <01288> (8803) [be] the LORD <03068>_, that hath given <05414> (8804) rest <04496> unto his people <05971> Israel <03478>_, according to all that he promised <01696> (8765)_: there hath not failed <05307> (8804) one <0259> word <01697> of all his good <02896> promise <01697>_, which he promised <01696> (8765) by the hand <03027> of Moses <04872> his servant <05650>_. {failed: Heb. fallen}
57The LORD <03068> our God <0430> be with us, as he was with our fathers <01>_: let him not leave <05800> (8799) us, nor forsake <05203> (8799) us:
58That he may incline <05186> (8687) our hearts <03824> unto him, to walk <03212> (8800) in all his ways <01870>_, and to keep <08104> (8800) his commandments <04687>_, and his statutes <02706>_, and his judgments <04941>_, which he commanded <06680> (8765) our fathers <01>_.
59And let these my words <01697>_, wherewith I have made supplication <02603> (8694) before <06440> the LORD <03068>_, be nigh <07138> unto the LORD <03068> our God <0430> day <03119> and night <03915>_, that he maintain <06213> (8800) the cause <04941> of his servant <05650>_, and the cause <04941> of his people <05971> Israel <03478> at all times <03117> <03117>_, as the matter <01697> shall require: {at all...: Heb. the thing of a day in his day}
60That all the people <05971> of the earth <0776> may know <03045> (8800) that the LORD <03068> [is] God <0430>_, [and that there is] none else.
61Let your heart <03824> therefore be perfect <08003> with the LORD <03068> our God <0430>_, to walk <03212> (8800) in his statutes <02706>_, and to keep <08104> (8800) his commandments <04687>_, as at this day <03117>_.
62And the king <04428>_, and all Israel <03478> with him, offered <02076> (8802) sacrifice <02077> before <06440> the LORD <03068>_.
63And Solomon <08010> offered <02076> (8799) a sacrifice <02077> of peace offerings <08002>_, which he offered <02076> (8804) unto the LORD <03068>_, two <08147> and twenty <06242> thousand <0505> oxen <01241>_, and an hundred <03967> and twenty <06242> thousand <0505> sheep <06629>_. So the king <04428> and all the children <01121> of Israel <03478> dedicated <02596> (8799) the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_.
64The same day <03117> did the king <04428> hallow <06942> (8765) the middle <08432> of the court <02691> that [was] before <06440> the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_: for there he offered <06213> (8804) burnt offerings <05930>_, and meat offerings <04503>_, and the fat <02459> of the peace offerings <08002>_: because the brasen <05178> altar <04196> that [was] before <06440> the LORD <03068> [was] too little <06996> to receive <03557> (8687) the burnt offerings <05930>_, and meat offerings <04503>_, and the fat <02459> of the peace offerings <08002>_.
65And at that time <06256> Solomon <08010> held <06213> (8799) a feast <02282>_, and all Israel <03478> with him, a great <01419> congregation <06951>_, from the entering <0935> (8800) in of Hamath <02574> unto the river <05158> of Egypt <04714>_, before <06440> the LORD <03068> our God <0430>_, seven <07651> days <03117> and seven <07651> days <03117>_, [even] fourteen <0702> <06240> days <03117>_.
66On the eighth <08066> day <03117> he sent <07971> (0) the people <05971> away <07971> (8765)_: and they blessed <01288> (8762) the king <04428>_, and went <03212> (8799) unto their tents <0168> joyful <08056> and glad <02896> of heart <03820> for all the goodness <02896> that the LORD <03068> had done <06213> (8804) for David <01732> his servant <05650>_, and for Israel <03478> his people <05971>_. {blessed: or, thanked}