Dual Panel1Then <0227> Solomon <08010> said <0559>, “The Lord <03068> has said <0559> that he lives <07931> in thick darkness <06205>.
2O Lord, I <0589> have built <01129> a lofty <02073> temple <01004> for you, a place <04349> where you can live <03427> permanently <05769>.”
3Then the king <04428> turned around <05437> and pronounced a blessing <01288> over the whole <03605> Israelite <03478> assembly <06951> as they stood <05975> there.
4He said <0559>, “The Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> is worthy of praise <01288> because <0834> he has fulfilled <04390> what he promised <01696> my father <01> David <01732>.
5He told David, ‘Since <04480> the day <03117> I brought <03318> my people <05971> out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, I have not <03808> chosen <0977> a city <05892> from all <03605> the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> to build <01129> a temple <01004> in which <08033> to live <08034>. Nor <03808> did I choose <0977> a man <0376> as leader <05057> of <05921> my people <05971> Israel <03478>.
6But now I have chosen <0977> Jerusalem <03389> as a place <08033> to live <08034>, and I have chosen <0977> David <01732> to lead <05921> my people <05971> Israel <03478>.’
7Now my father <01> David <01732> had <01961> a strong desire <03824> to build <01129> a temple <01004> to honor the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>.
8The Lord <03068> told <0559> my father <01> David <01732>, ‘It is <01961> right <02895> for <03588> you to have <01961> a strong desire <03824> to build <01129> a temple <01004> to honor <08034> me.
9But <07535> you <0859> will not <03808> build <01129> the temple <01004>; your very own son <01121> will build <01129> the temple <01004> for my honor <08034>.’
10The Lord <03068> has kept <06965> the promise <01697> he made <01696>. I have taken <06965> my father <01> David’s <01732> place <08478> and have occupied <03427> the throne <03678> of Israel <03478>, as <0834> the Lord <03068> promised <01696>. I have built <01129> this temple <01004> for the honor <08034> of the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>
11and set up <07760> in it a place for the ark <0727> containing the covenant <01285> the Lord <03068> made <03772> with <05973> the Israelites <03478> <01121>.”
12He stood <05975> before <06440> the altar <04196> of the Lord <03068> in front of <05048> the entire <03605> assembly <06951> of Israel <03478> and spread out <06566> his hands <03709>.
13Solomon <08010> had <03588> made <06213> a bronze <05178> platform <03595> and had placed <05414> it in the middle <08432> of the enclosure <05835>. It was seven and one-half feet <0520> <02568> long <0753>, seven and one-half feet <0520> <02568> wide <07341>, and four and one-half feet <07969> <0520> high <06967>. He stood <05975> on <05921> it and then got down <01288> on <05921> his knees <01290> in front <05048> of the entire <03605> assembly <06951> of Israel <03478>. He spread out <06566> his hands <03709> toward the sky <08064>,
14and prayed <0559>: “O Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, there is no <0369> god <0430> like <03644> you in heaven <08064> or on earth <0776>! You maintain <08104> covenantal <01285> loyalty <02617> to your servants <05650> who <03605> obey <06440> <01980> you with sincerity <03820>.
15You have kept <08104> your word <01696> <0834> to <0854> your servant <05650>, my father <01> David <01732>; this <02088> very day <03117> you have fulfilled <04390> what you promised <06310> <01696>.
16Now <06258>, O Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, keep <08104> the promise you made <01696> to your servant <05650>, my father <01> David <01732>, when <0834> you said <0559>, ‘You will never <03808> fail <03772> to have a successor <0376> ruling <03427> before <06440> me on <05921> the throne <03678> of Israel <03478>, provided that <0518> <07535> your descendants <01121> watch <08104> their step <01870> and obey <01980> my law <08451> as <0834> you have done <01980>.’
17Now <06258>, O Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, may the promise <01697> you made to your servant <05650> David <01732> be realized <0539>.
18“God <0430> does not really <0552> live <03427> with <0854> humankind <0120> on <05921> the earth <0776>! Look <02009>, if the sky <08064> and the highest <08064> heaven <08064> cannot <03808> contain <03557> you, how much less <03588> <0637> this <02088> temple <01004> I have built <01129>!
19But respond favorably <06437> to <0413> your servant’s <05650> prayer <08605> and his request for help <08467>, O Lord <03068> my God <0430>. Answer <0413> <08085> the desperate prayer <08605> <07440> your servant <05650> is presenting <06419> to <06440> you.
20Night <03915> and day <03119> may <01961> you watch <06605> <05869> over <0413> this <02088> temple <01004>, the place <04725> where <0834> you promised <0559> you would live <08034> <07760>. May you answer <08085> your servant’s <05650> prayer <08605> for <0413> this <02088> place <04725>.
21Respond <08085> to <0413> the requests <08469> of your servant <05650> and your people <05971> Israel <03478> for <0834> this <02088> place <04725>. Hear <08085> from <04480> your <0859> heavenly <08064> dwelling <03427> place <04725> and respond <08085> favorably and forgive <05545>.
22“When <0518> someone <0376> is accused of sinning <02398> against his neighbor <07453> and the latter pronounces <05375> a curse <0422> on the alleged offender <0423> before <06440> your altar <04196> in this <02088> temple <01004>,
23listen <08085> from <04480> heaven <08064> and make <06213> a just decision <08199> about your servants <05650>’ claims. Condemn <07725> the guilty <07563> party, declare <05414> the other innocent <06662>, and give <05414> both of them what they deserve <06666>.
24“If <0518> your people <05971> Israel <03478> are defeated <05062> by an enemy <0341> because <03588> they sinned <02398> against you, then if they come back <07725> to you, renew <03034> their allegiance <08034> to you, and pray <06419> for your help <02603> before <06440> you in this <02088> temple <01004>,
25then listen <08085> from <04480> heaven <08064>, forgive <05545> the sin <02403> of your people <05971> Israel <03478>, and bring <07725> them back <07725> to <0413> the land <0127> you gave <05414> to them <01992> and their ancestors <01>.
26“The time will come when the skies <08064> are shut up <06113> tightly and no <03808> rain <04306> falls because <03588> your people sinned against <02398> you. When they direct their prayers <06419> toward <0413> this <02088> place <04725>, renew <03034> their allegiance <08034> to you, and turn <07725> away from their sin <02403> because <03588> you punish <06031> them,
27then listen <08085> from heaven <08064> and forgive <05545> the sin <02403> of your servants <05650>, your people <05971> Israel <03478>. Certainly <03588> you will then teach <03384> them the right <02896> way <01870> to live <01980> and send <05414> rain <04306> on <05921> your land <0776> that <0834> you have given <05414> your people <05971> to possess <05159>.
28“The time will come <01961> when <03588> the land <0776> suffers from a famine <07458>, a plague <01698>, blight <07711>, and disease <03420>, or a locust <0697> invasion <02625>, or when <03588> their enemy <0341> lays siege <06696> to the cities <08179> of the land <0776>, or when some other type of plague <05061> or epidemic <04245> occurs.
29When <01961> all <03605> <03605> <03605> <03605> your people <05971> Israel <03478> pray <08605> and ask for help <08467>, as <0834> they acknowledge <03045> their intense pain <04341> <05061> and spread out <06566> their hands <03709> toward <0413> this <02088> temple <01004>,
30then listen <08085> from <04480> your <0859> heavenly <08064> dwelling <03427> place <04349>, forgive <05545> their sin, and act <05414> favorably toward each <0376> one based on <01870> your evaluation <03045> of their motives <03824>. (Indeed <03588> you <0859> are the only <0905> one who can correctly evaluate <03045> the motives <03824> of all people <0120> <01121>.)
31Then they will honor <03372> you by obeying <01870> <01980> you throughout <03605> their lifetimes <03117> as <0834> they <01992> live <02416> on <05921> the land <0127> you gave <05414> to our ancestors <01>.
32“Foreigners <05237>, who <0834> do not <03808> belong to your people <05971> Israel <03478>, will come <0935> from a distant <07350> land <0776> because <04616> of your great <01419> reputation <08034> and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds <05186> <02220> <02389> <03027>; they will come <0935> and direct their prayers <06419> toward <0413> this <02088> temple <01004>.
33Then listen <08085> from <04480> your <0859> heavenly <08064> dwelling <03427> place <04349> and answer <06213> all <03605> the prayers <07121> of <0413> the foreigners <05237>. Then <04616> all <03605> the nations <05971> of the earth <0776> will acknowledge <03045> your reputation <08034>, obey <03372> you like your people <05971> Israel <03478> do, and recognize <03045> that <03588> this <02088> temple <01004> I built <01129> belongs to you.
34“When <03588> you direct your people <05971> to march out <03318> and fight <04421> their enemies <0341>, and they direct <06419> <07971> their prayers <06419> <07971> to <0413> you toward <01870> this <02063> chosen <0977> city <05892> and this temple <01004> I built <01129> for your honor <08034>,
35then listen <08085> from <04480> heaven <08064> to their prayers <08605> for help <08467> and vindicate <04941> <06213> them.
36“The time will come when <03588> your people will sin <02398> against you (for <03588> there is no <0369> one <0120> who <0834> is sinless <02398> <03808>!) and you will be angry <0599> at them and deliver <05414> them over <06440> to their enemies <0341>, who will take <07617> them as prisoners <07617> to <0413> their land <0776>, whether far away <07350> or <0176> close <07138> by.
37When your people come <07725> to <0413> their senses <03824> in the land <0776> where <0834> they are held prisoner <07617>, they will repent <07725> and beg for your mercy <02603> in the land <0776> of their imprisonment <07633>, admitting <0559>, ‘We have sinned <02398> and gone astray <05753>, we have done evil <07561>!’
38When they return <07725> to <0413> you with all <03605> their heart <03820> and being <05315> in the land <0776> where they are held <07633> prisoner <07617> and direct <06419> their prayers <06419> toward <01870> the land <0776> you gave <05414> to their ancestors <01>, your chosen <0977> city <05892>, and the temple <01004> I built <01129> for your honor <08034>,
39then listen <08085> from <04480> your heavenly <08064> dwelling <03427> place <04349> to their prayers <08605> for help <08467>, vindicate <04941> <06213> them, and forgive <05545> your sinful <02398> people <05971>.
40“Now <06258>, my God <0430>, may <04994> you be attentive <06605> and responsive <07183> to the prayers <08605> offered in this <02088> place <04725>.
41Now <06258> ascend <06965>, O Lord <03068> God <0430>, to your resting place <05118>, you <0859> and the ark <0727> of your strength <05797>! May your priests <03548>, O Lord <03068> God <0430>, experience <03847> your deliverance <08668>! May your loyal followers <02623> rejoice <08055> in the prosperity <02896> you give!
42O Lord <03068> God <0430>, do not <0408> reject <07725> your chosen ones <04899>! Remember <02142> the faithful promises <02617> you made to your servant <05650> David <01732>!”