Dual Panel1Then<227> Solomon<8010> assembled<6950> the elders<2205> of Israel<3478> and all<3605> the heads<7218> of the tribes<4294>, the leaders<5387> of the fathers'<1> households of the sons<1121> of Israel<3478>, to King<4428> Solomon<8010> in Jerusalem<3389>, to bring<5927> up the ark<727> of the covenant<1285> of the LORD<3068> from the city<5892> of David<1732>, which<1931> is Zion<6726>.
2All<3605> the men<376> of Israel<3478> assembled<6950> themselves to King<4428> Solomon<8010> at the feast<2282>, in the month<3391> Ethanim<388>, which<1931> is the seventh<7637> month<2320>.
3Then all<3605> the elders<2205> of Israel<3478> came<935>, and the priests<3548> took<5375> up the ark<727>.
4They brought<5927> up the ark<727> of the LORD<3068> and the tent<168> of meeting<4150> and all<3605> the holy<6944> utensils<3627>, which<834> were in the tent<168>, and the priests<3548> and the Levites<3881> brought<5927> them up.
5And King<4428> Solomon<8010> and all<3605> the congregation<5712> of Israel<3478>, who were assembled<3259> to him, were with him before<6440> the ark<727>, sacrificing<2076> so<7230> many<7230> sheep<6629> and oxen<1241> they could not be counted<5608> or numbered<4487>.
6Then the priests<3548> brought<935> the ark<727> of the covenant<1285> of the LORD<3068> to its place<4725>, into the inner<1687> sanctuary<1687> of the house<1004>, to the most<6944> holy<6944> place<6944>, under<8478> the wings<3671> of the cherubim<3742>.
7For the cherubim<3742> spread<6566> their wings<3671> over<413> the place<4725> of the ark<727>, and the cherubim<3742> made<5526> a covering<5526> over<5921> the ark<727> and its poles<905> from above<4480><4605>.
8But the poles<905> were so long<748> that the ends<7218> of the poles<905> could be seen<7200> from the holy<6944> place before<5921><6440> the inner<1687> sanctuary<1687>, but they could not be seen<7200> outside<2351>; they are there<8033> to this<2088> day<3117>.
9There<369> was nothing<369> in the ark<727> except<7534> the two<8147> tablets<3871> of stone<68> which<834> Moses<4872> put<5117> there<8033> at Horeb<2722>, where<834> the LORD<3068> made<3772> a covenant with the sons<1121> of Israel<3478>, when they came<3318> out of the land<776> of Egypt<4714>.
10It happened<1961> that when the priests<3548> came<3318> from the holy<6944> place, the cloud<6051> filled<4390> the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>,
11so that the priests<3548> could<3201> not stand<5975> to minister<8334> because<4480><6440> of the cloud<6051>, for the glory<3519> of the LORD<3068> filled<4390> the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>.
12Then<227> Solomon<8010> said<559>, "The LORD<3068> has said<559> that He would dwell<7931> in the thick<6205> cloud<6205>.
13"I have surely<1129> built<1129> You a lofty<2073> house<1004>, A place<4349> for Your dwelling<3427> forever<5769>."
14Then the king<4428> faced<5437><6440> about<5437> and blessed<1288> all<3605> the assembly<6951> of Israel<3478>, while all<3605> the assembly<6951> of Israel<3478> was standing<5975>.
15He said<559>, "Blessed<1288> be the LORD<3068>, the God<430> of Israel<3478>, who<834> spoke<1696> with His mouth<6310> to my father<1> David<1732> and has fulfilled<4390> it with His hand<3027>, saying<559>,
16'Since<4480> the day<3117> that I brought<3318> My people<5971> Israel<3478> from Egypt<4714>, I did not choose<977> a city<5892> out of all<3605> the tribes<7626> of Israel<3478> in which to build<1129> a house<1004> that My name<8034> might be there<8033>, but I chose<977> David<1732> to be over<5921> My people<5971> Israel<3478>.'
17"Now it was in the heart<3824> of my father<1> David<1732> to build<1129> a house<1004> for the name<8034> of the LORD<3068>, the God<430> of Israel<3478>.
18"But the LORD<3068> said<559> to my father<1> David<1732>, 'Because<3282><834> it was in your heart<3824> to build<1129> a house<1004> for My name<8034>, you did<2895> well<2895> that it was in your heart<3824>.
19'Nevertheless<7534> you shall not build<1129> the house<1004>, but your son<1121> who will be born<3318><2504> to you, he will build<1129> the house<1004> for My name<8034>.'
20"Now the LORD<3068> has fulfilled<6965> His word<1697> which<834> He spoke<1696>; for I have risen<6965> in place<8478> of my father<1> David<1732> and sit<3427> on the throne<3678> of Israel<3478>, as the LORD<3068> promised<1696>, and have built<1129> the house<1004> for the name<8034> of the LORD<3068>, the God<430> of Israel<3478>.
21"There<8033> I have set<7760> a place<4725> for the ark<727>, in which<834> is the covenant<1285> of the LORD<3068>, which<834> He made<3772> with our fathers<1> when He brought<3318> them from the land<776> of Egypt<4714>."
22Then Solomon<8010> stood<5975> before<6440> the altar<4196> of the LORD<3068> in the presence<5048> of all<3605> the assembly<6951> of Israel<3478> and spread<6566> out his hands<3709> toward heaven<8064>.
23He said<559>, "O LORD<3068>, the God<430> of Israel<3478>, there<369> is no<369> God<430> like<3644> You in heaven<8064> above<4480><4605> or on earth<776> beneath<4480><8478>, keeping<8104> covenant<1285> and showing lovingkindness<2617> to Your servants<5650> who walk<1980> before<6440> You with all<3605> their heart<3820>,
24who<834> have kept<8104> with Your servant<5650>, my father<1> David<1732>, that which<834> You have promised<1696> him; indeed, You have spoken<1696> with Your mouth<6310> and have fulfilled<4390> it with Your hand<3027> as it is this<2088> day<3117>.
25"Now<6258> therefore, O LORD<3068>, the God<430> of Israel<3478>, keep<8104> with Your servant<5650> David<1732> my father<1> that which<834> You have promised<1696> him, saying<559>, 'You shall not lack<3772> a man<376> to sit<3427> on the throne<3678> of Israel<3478>, if<518> only<7534> your sons<1121> take<8104> heed<8104> to their way<1870> to walk<1980> before<6440> Me as you have walked<1980>.'
26"Now<6258> therefore, O God<430> of Israel<3478>, let Your word<1697>, I pray<4994>, be confirmed<539> which<834> You have spoken<1696> to Your servant<5650>, my father<1> David<1732>.
27"But will God<430> indeed<552> dwell<3427> on the earth<776>? Behold<2009>, heaven<8064> and the highest<8064> heaven<8064> cannot<3808> contain<3557> You, how<637> much<637><3588> less<637> this<2088> house<1004> which<834> I have built<1129>!
28"Yet have<6437> regard<6437> to the prayer<8605> of Your servant<5650> and to his supplication<8467>, O LORD<3068> my God<430>, to listen<8085> to the cry<7440> and to the prayer<8605> which<834> Your servant<5650> prays<6419> before<6440> You today<3117>;
29that Your eyes<5869> may be open<6605> toward<413> this<2088> house<1004> night<3915> and day<3117>, toward<413> the place<4725> of which<834> You have said<559>, 'My name<8034> shall be there<8033>,' to listen<8085> to the prayer<8605> which<834> Your servant<5650> shall pray<6419> toward<413> this<2088> place<4725>.
30"Listen<8085> to the supplication<8467> of Your servant<5650> and of Your people<5971> Israel<3478>, when<834> they pray<6419> toward<413> this<2088> place<4725>; hear<8085> in heaven<8064> Your dwelling<3427> place<4725>; hear<8085> and forgive<5545>.
31"If<834> a man<376> sins<2398> against his neighbor<7453> and is made<5377> to take<422> an oath<423>, and he comes<935> and takes<422> an oath<422> before<6440> Your altar<4196> in this<2088> house<1004>,
32then hear<8085> in heaven<8064> and act<6213> and judge<8199> Your servants<5650>, condemning<7561> the wicked<7563> by bringing<5414> his way<1870> on his own head<7218> and justifying<6663> the righteous<6662> by giving<5414> him according to his righteousness<6666>.
33"When Your people<5971> Israel<3478> are defeated<5062> before<6440> an enemy<340>, because<834> they have sinned<2398> against You, if they turn<7725> to You again<7725> and confess<3034> Your name<8034> and pray<6419> and make<2603> supplication<2603> to You in this<2088> house<1004>,
34then hear<8085> in heaven<8064>, and forgive<5545> the sin<2403> of Your people<5971> Israel<3478>, and bring<7725> them back<7725> to the land<127> which<834> You gave<5414> to their fathers<1>.
35"When the heavens<8064> are shut<6113> up and there is no<3808> rain<4306>, because<3588> they have sinned<2398> against You, and they pray<6419> toward<413> this<2088> place<4725> and confess<3034> Your name<8034> and turn<7725> from their sin<2403> when<3588> You afflict<6031> them,
36then hear<8085> in heaven<8064> and forgive<5545> the sin<2403> of Your servants<5650> and of Your people<5971> Israel<3478>, indeed<3588>, teach<3384> them the good<2896> way<1870> in which<834> they should walk<1980>. And send<5414> rain<4306> on Your land<776>, which<834> You have given<5414> Your people<5971> for an inheritance<5159>.
37"If<3588> there is famine<7458> in the land<776>, if<3588> there is pestilence<1698>, if<3588> there is blight<7711> or mildew<3420>, locust<697> or grasshopper<2625>, if<3588> their enemy<340> besieges<6887> them in the land<776> of their cities<8179>, whatever<3605> plague<5061>, whatever<3605> sickness<4245> there is,
38whatever<3605><834> prayer<8605> or supplication<8467> is made<1961> by any<3605> man<120> or by all<3605> Your people<5971> Israel<3478>, each<376> knowing<3045> the affliction<5061> of his own heart<3824>, and spreading<6566> his hands<3709> toward<413> this<2088> house<1004>;
39then hear<8085> in heaven<8064> Your dwelling<3427> place<4349>, and forgive<5545> and act<6213> and render<5414> to each<376> according to all<3605> his ways<1870>, whose<834> heart<3824> You know<3045>, for You alone<905> know<3045> the hearts<3824> of all<3605> the sons<1121> of men<120>,
40that they may fear<3372> You all<3605> the days<3117> that they live<2416> in the land<127> which<834> You have given<5414> to our fathers<1>.
41"Also<1571> concerning<413> the foreigner<5237> who<834> is not of Your people<5971> Israel<3478>, when he comes<935> from a far<7350> country<776> for Your name's<8034> sake<4616>
42(for they will hear<8085> of Your great<1419> name<8034> and Your mighty<2389> hand<3027>, and of Your outstretched<5186> arm<2220>); when he comes<935> and prays<6419> toward<413> this<2088> house<1004>,
43hear<8085> in heaven<8064> Your dwelling<3427> place<4349>, and do<6213> according to all<3605> for which<834> the foreigner<5237> calls<7121> to You, in order<4616> that all<3605> the peoples<5971> of the earth<776> may know<3045> Your name<8034>, to fear<3372> You, as do Your people<5971> Israel<3478>, and that they may know<3045> that this<2088> house<1004> which<834> I have built<1129> is called<7121> by Your name<8034>.
44"When<3588> Your people<5971> go<3318> out to battle<4421> against<5921> their enemy<340>, by whatever<834> way<1870> You shall send<7971> them, and they pray<6419> to the LORD<3068> toward<1870> the city<5892> which<834> You have chosen<977> and the house<1004> which<834> I have built<1129> for Your name<8034>,
45then hear<8085> in heaven<8064> their prayer<8605> and their supplication<8467>, and maintain<6213> their cause<4941>.
46"When<3588> they sin<2398> against You (for there<369> is no<369> man<120> who<834> does not sin<2398>) and You are angry<599> with them and deliver<5414> them to an enemy<340>, so that they take<7617> them away captive<7628> to the land<776> of the enemy<340>, far<7350> off or<176> near<7138>;
47if they take<7725> thought<3820> in the land<776> where<834><8033> they have been taken<7617> captive<7628>, and repent<7725> and make<2603> supplication<2603> to You in the land<776> of those who have taken<7617> them captive<7628>, saying<559>, 'We have sinned<2398> and have committed<5753> iniquity<5753>, we have acted<7561> wickedly<7561>';
48if they return<7725> to You with all<3605> their heart<3824> and with all<3605> their soul<5315> in the land<776> of their enemies<340> who<834> have taken<7617> them captive<7628>, and pray<6419> to You toward<1870> their land<776> which<834> You have given<5414> to their fathers<1>, the city<5892> which<834> You have chosen<977>, and the house<1004> which<834> I have built<1129> for Your name<8034>;
49then hear<8085> their prayer<8605> and their supplication<8467> in heaven<8064> Your dwelling<3427> place<4349>, and maintain<6213> their cause<4941>,
50and forgive<5545> Your people<5971> who<834> have sinned<2398> against You and all<3605> their transgressions<6588> which<834> they have transgressed<6586> against You, and make<5414> them objects of compassion<7356> before<6440> those who have taken<7617> them captive<7628>, that they may have<7355> compassion<7355> on them
51(for they are Your people<5971> and Your inheritance<5159> which<834> You have brought<3318> forth<3318> from Egypt<4714>, from the midst<8432> of the iron<1270> furnace<3564>),
52that Your eyes<5869> may be open<6605> to the supplication<8467> of Your servant<5650> and to the supplication<8467> of Your people<5971> Israel<3478>, to listen<8085> to them whenever<3605> they call<7121> to You.
53"For You have separated<914> them from all<3605> the peoples<5971> of the earth<776> as Your inheritance<5159>, as You spoke<1696> through<3027> Moses<4872> Your servant<5650>, when You brought<3318> our fathers<1> forth<3318> from Egypt<4714>, O Lord<136> GOD<3068>."
54When Solomon<8010> had finished<3615> praying<6419> this<2088> entire<3605> prayer<8605> and supplication<8467> to the LORD<3068>, he arose<6965> from before<6440> the altar<4196> of the LORD<3068>, from kneeling<3766> on his knees<1290> with his hands<3709> spread<6566> toward heaven<8064>.
55And he stood<5975> and blessed<1288> all<3605> the assembly<6951> of Israel<3478> with a loud<1419> voice<6963>, saying<559>:
56"Blessed<1288> be the LORD<3068>, who<834> has given<5414> rest<4496> to His people<5971> Israel<3478>, according to all<3605> that He promised<1696>; not one<259> word<1697> has failed<5307> of all<3605> His good<2896> promise<1697>, which<834> He promised<1696> through<3027> Moses<4872> His servant<5650>.
57"May the LORD<3068> our God<430> be with us, as He was with our fathers<1>; may He not leave<5800> us or forsake<5203> us,
58that He may incline<5186> our hearts<3824> to Himself, to walk<1980> in all<3605> His ways<1870> and to keep<8104> His commandments<4687> and His statutes<2706> and His ordinances<4941>, which<834> He commanded<6680> our fathers<1>.
59"And may these<428> words<1697> of mine, with which<834> I have made<2603> supplication<2603> before<6440> the LORD<3068>, be near<7138> to the LORD<3068> our God<430> day<3119> and night<3915>, that He may maintain<6213> the cause<4941> of His servant<5650> and the cause<4941> of His people<5971> Israel<3478>, as each<3117> day<3117> requires<1697>,
60so<4616> that all<3605> the peoples<5971> of the earth<776> may know<3045> that the LORD<3068> is God<430>; there<369> is no<369> one<369> else<5750>.
61"Let your heart<3824> therefore be wholly<8003> devoted<8003> to the LORD<3068> our God<430>, to walk<1980> in His statutes<2706> and to keep<8104> His commandments<4687>, as at this<2088> day<3117>."
62Now the king<4428> and all<3605> Israel<3478> with him offered<2076> sacrifice<2077> before<6440> the LORD<3068>.
63Solomon<8010> offered<2076> for the sacrifice<2077> of peace<8002> offerings<8002>, which<834> he offered<2076> to the LORD<3068>, 22,000 <6242><8147><505> oxen<1241> and 120,000 <3967><6242><505> sheep<6629>. So the king<4428> and all<3605> the sons<1121> of Israel<3478> dedicated<2596> the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>.
64On the same<1931> day<3117> the king<4428> consecrated<6942> the middle<8432> of the court<2691> that was before<6440> the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>, because<3588> there<8033> he offered<6213> the burnt<5930> offering<5930> and the grain offering<4503> and the fat<2459> of the peace<8002> offerings<8002>; for the bronze<5178> altar<4196> that was before<6440> the LORD<3068> was too<4480> small<6996> to hold<3557> the burnt<5930> offering<5930> and the grain offering<4503> and the fat<2459> of the peace<8002> offerings<8002>.
65So Solomon<8010> observed<6213> the feast<2282> at that time<6256>, and all<3605> Israel<3478> with him, a great<1419> assembly<6951> from the entrance<935> of Hamath<2574> to the brook<5158> of Egypt<4714>, before<6440> the LORD<3068> our God<430>, for seven<7651> days<3117> and seven<7651> more days<3117>, even fourteen<702><6240> days<3117>.
66On the eighth<8066> day<3117> he sent<7971> the people<5971> away<7971> and they blessed<1288> the king<4428>. Then they went<1980> to their tents<168> joyful<8056> and glad<2896> of heart<3820> for all<3605> the goodness<2899> that the LORD<3068> had shown<6213> to David<1732> His servant<5650> and to Israel<3478> His people<5971>.