Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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,
unto
king
Solomon
in
Jerusalem,
to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah
out
of
the city of David ,
which
is
Zion
.
At
that
time
Solomon assembled before
him
in
Jerusalem
the elders of Israel —
all the tribal
heads and
family
leaders
of the Israelites—
to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD
from
Zion,
the
City of David.
And all the men of Israel assembled
themselves
unto
king Solomon at the feast ,
in the month Ethanim
, which
is
the seventh
month.
And all the men of Israel came
together
to
King Solomon at the feast in the seventh
month, the month of
Ethanim
.
And
all the elders of Israel came
, and
the priests took up the ark .
When
all the elders of Israel had
arrived
, the priests took up the ark ,
And they brought up the ark of Jehovah,
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.
and they brought up the ark of the
LORD
and the Tent of Meeting with
all its
sacred
furnishings.
So
the priests and Levites carried
them
up.
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 counted nor
numbered for
multitude
.
There,
before
the
ark,
King Solomon and the whole
congregation of Israel who
had
assembled with him sacrificed
so
many
sheep and oxen that they
could not be counted or
numbered.
And
the priests brought in
the ark of the covenant of Jehovah
unto
its place ,
into
the oracle
of the house
, to
the most holy place, even
under
the wings of the cherubim.
Then
the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the
LORD
to
its place in
the inner
sanctuary
of the temple
, the Most Holy Place, beneath
the wings of the cherubim.
For the cherubim spread forth
their wings over the place of the ark ,
and the
cherubim
covered
the ark and the
staves
thereof
above
.
For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed
the ark and its
poles
.
And
the staves
were
so
long
that the
ends of
the
staves
were seen
from the holy place before
the oracle;
but they
were
not seen
without:
and there
they are unto
this day.
The poles
extended
far
enough
that their
ends were visible
from the Holy Place in
front
of
the inner
sanctuary,
but not from
outside
the
Holy
Place;
and they are there
to
this day.
There was nothing in the ark save
the two tables
of
stone which
Moses put
there
at Horeb, when
Jehovah
made a covenant with the children
of
Israel,
when
they came
out of the land of Egypt.
There was nothing in the ark except
the two stone tablets
that
Moses had
placed
in
it
at Horeb, where
the
LORD
had
made a covenant with the Israelites
after
they had
come
out of the land of Egypt.
And it
came
to
pass,
when the priests were
come
out of the holy place, that
the cloud filled the house of Jehovah,
And when the priests came
out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the
LORD
so that the priests could not stand to minister by
reason
of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah
filled the house of Jehovah
.
so that the priests could not stand there
to minister because
of the cloud; for the glory of the
LORD
filled the house of the
LORD
.
Then spake
Solomon ,
Jehovah
hath
said that he would dwell in the thick darkness
.
Then Solomon declared:
“The
LORD
has
said that He would dwell in the thick cloud
.
I have surely
built thee
a
house of
habitation
, a place for thee
to dwell in
for
ever
.
I have indeed
built You
an
exalted
house, a place for You
to dwell forever
. ”
And the
king
turned
his
face
about,
and
blessed
all
the assembly of Israel :
and all the
assembly
of
Israel
stood.
And as
the whole
assembly of Israel stood
there,
the
king
turned
around
and blessed
them
all
And he
said ,
Blessed be Jehovah
, the God of Israel, who spake
with his mouth
unto
David
thy
father,
and
hath
with his hand
fulfilled
it
, saying,
and said :
“
Blessed be the
LORD
, the God of Israel, who has
fulfilled
with His own
hand
what
He
spoke
with His mouth
to
my
father
David
, saying,
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.
‘
Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have
not
chosen
a
city from
any
tribe
of Israel in
which
to build a house so
that My Name would
be there .
But I have
chosen
David to be over My people Israel. ’
Now it was in the heart of David
my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah
, the God of Israel.
Now it was in the heart of my father David
to build a house for the Name of the
LORD
, the God of Israel.
But Jehovah
said unto
David
my father, Whereas
it was in thy
heart to build a house for my name, thou
didst
well that
it
was
in thy
heart :
But the
LORD
said to
my father David
, ‘Since
it was in your
heart to build a house for My Name, you
have
done
well to
have
this
in your
heart .
nevertheless thou
shalt
not build
the house
; but thy
son that
shall
come
forth
out
of
thy
loins
, he
shall
build the house for my name.
Nevertheless ,
you
are
not the one
to
build
it
; but your
son, your
own
offspring,
will
build the house for My Name. ’
And
Jehovah
hath
established
his
word that he spake;
for
I am
risen
up
in
the
room
of
David
my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah
promised ,
and
have built the house for the name of Jehovah
, the God of Israel.
Now
the
LORD
has
fulfilled
the
word that He spoke.
I have
succeeded
my father David
, and I
sit on the throne of Israel, as the
LORD
promised .
I
have built the house for the Name of the
LORD
, the God of Israel.
And there have
I set
a place for the ark, wherein
is
the covenant of Jehovah,
which
he made with our fathers ,
when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
And there I have
provided
a place for the ark, which
contains
the covenant of the
LORD
that
He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. ”
And
Solomon stood before the altar of Jehovah
in
the presence
of all
the assembly of Israel, and
spread forth
his hands toward heaven ;
Then
Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD
in
front
of the whole
assembly of Israel, spread out
his hands toward heaven ,
and he
said ,
O Jehovah
, the
God of Israel, there is no God like thee,
in heaven above ,
or on earth beneath;
who
keepest
covenant and
lovingkindness
with thy
servants ,
that
walk before thee
with all their heart;
and said :
“
O LORD
, God of Israel, there is no God like You
in heaven above or on earth below,
keeping
Your
covenant of
loving
devotion
with Your
servants who
walk before You
with all their hearts.
who
hast
kept with
thy
servant David
my father that
which
thou
didst
promise
him:
yea,
thou
spakest
with thy
mouth ,
and
hast
fulfilled it
with thy
hand ,
as
it
is
this day.
You
have
kept Your
promise
to
Your
servant ,
my father David.
What
You
spoke
with Your
mouth You
have
fulfilled with Your
hand this day.
Now
therefore, O Jehovah
, the
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 on the throne of Israel, if only thy
children
take
heed
to
their way ,
to walk before me as thou
hast
walked
before
me
.
Therefore now
, O LORD
, God of Israel, keep for
Your
servant ,
my father David
, what
You
promised
when
You
said:
‘You
will
never
fail to
have
a man to sit before
Me
on the throne of Israel, if only your
descendants
guard
their way to walk before Me as you
have
done
. ’
Now therefore
, O God of Israel, let
thy
word,
I
pray
thee,
be
verified,
which
thou
spakest
unto
thy
servant David
my father.
And
now, O God of Israel, please
confirm
what
You
promised
to
Your
servant ,
my father David
.
But will God in
very
deed
dwell on
the earth? behold,
heaven and
the heaven of
heavens
cannot contain thee;
how
much less this house
that
I have builded!
But will God indeed
dwell upon
the earth? Even
heaven ,
the highest
heaven ,
cannot contain You,
much less this temple
I have built.
Yet have
thou
respect
unto
the prayer of thy
servant, and
to
his
supplication,
O Jehovah
my God, to
hearken
unto
the cry and to
the prayer which
thy
servant prayeth
before thee
this
day;
Yet regard
the prayer and
plea
of Your
servant, O LORD
my God, so
that
You
may
hear
the cry and the prayer that
Your
servant is
praying
before You
today.
that
thine
eyes
may be open toward this house
night and day, even
toward the place whereof
thou
hast
said, My name shall be there ;
to
hearken
unto
the prayer which
thy
servant shall
pray
toward this place.
May Your
eyes
be open toward this temple
night and day, toward the place of
which
You
said, ‘
My Name shall be there ,’
so
that
You
may
hear
the prayer that
Your
servant prays
toward this place.
And
hearken
thou
to
the supplication
of thy
servant ,
and of thy
people Israel ,
when they shall
pray toward this place :
yea,
hear thou
in
heaven thy
dwelling -
place ;
and when
thou
hearest,
forgive.
Hear
the plea
of Your
servant and of Your
people Israel when they pray toward this place .
May
You
hear from
heaven ,
Your
dwelling place .
May
You
hear
and forgive.
If
a man sin
against his neighbor ,
and an oath be
laid
upon
him
to
cause
him
to
swear
, and he come
`and'
swear
before thine
altar in this house;
When
a man sins
against his neighbor and is
required
to
take
an oath, and he comes
to
take
an
oath
before Your
altar in this temple,
then hear thou
in
heaven ,
and do,
and
judge thy
servants, condemning the wicked ,
to
bring
his
way
upon
his own head, and justifying the righteous ,
to
give
him according to his righteousness.
then may
You
hear from
heaven and act.
May
You
judge Your
servants, condemning the wicked man
by
bringing
down
on
his own head what
he
has
done
, and justifying the righteous man
by
rewarding
him according to his righteousness.
When thy
people Israel are smitten
down
before the
enemy ,
because they have sinned against thee;
if
they turn
again
to thee,
and confess thy
name, and
pray
and make
supplication
unto
thee
in this house:
When Your
people Israel are defeated
before an
enemy because they have sinned against You,
and
they return
to You
and confess Your
name, praying
and pleading
with
You
in this temple,
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.
then may
You
hear from
heaven and forgive the sin of Your
people Israel .
May
You
restore
them to
the land You
gave
to
their fathers.
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
dost
afflict
them :
When the
skies
are
shut and there is no rain because Your
people
have sinned against You,
and
they pray toward this place and confess Your
name, and they
turn from their sins
because
You
have
afflicted
them ,
then hear thou
in
heaven ,
and forgive the sin of thy
servants, and
of
thy
people Israel, when
thou
teachest
them the good way wherein
they should walk ;
and
send rain upon
thy
land ,
which
thou
hast
given
to
thy
people for
an inheritance.
then may
You
hear from
heaven and forgive the sin of Your
servants, Your
people Israel, so
that
You
may
teach
them the good way in
which
they should walk .
May
You
send rain on
the
land that
You
gave
Your
people as
an inheritance.
If
there
be
in
the land famine
, if
there
be
pestilence,
if
there
be
blasting
`
or '
mildew, locust
`
or '
caterpillar;
if
their enemy besiege
them in the
land
of
their cities ;
whatsoever
plague
, whatsoever
sickness there
be;
When
famine
or
plague
comes
upon
the land, or blight
or
mildew or
locusts
or
grasshoppers
, or when
their enemy besieges
them in their cities, whatever
plague
or
sickness may
come,
what
prayer and
supplication
soever
be
made
by
any
man,
`
or '
by
all
thy
people Israel ,
who
shall
know
every
man
the
plague
of
his own heart,
and spread
forth
his hands toward this house:
then
may
whatever
prayer or petition
Your
people Israel make—each
knowing
his own afflictions
and spreading
out
his hands toward this temple—
then
hear
thou
in
heaven thy
dwelling -
place ,
and forgive ,
and do
, and render
unto
every
man according to all his ways, whose
heart thou
knowest;
(
for thou,
even
thou
only,
knowest
the hearts of all the
children
of
men ;)
be
heard
by
You
from
heaven ,
Your
dwelling place .
And may
You
forgive and act
, and repay
each
man according to all his ways, since
You
know
his
heart —
for You
alone
know
the hearts of all men —
that they may fear thee
all the days that
they live in the land which
thou
gavest
unto
our fathers.
so
that they may fear You
all the days they live in the land that
You
gave
to
our fathers.
Moreover
concerning
the foreigner ,
that
is not of thy
people Israel ,
when
he
shall
come out
of
a far
country
for
thy
name's
sake;
And
as
for
the foreigner who
is not of Your
people Israel but
has
come from
a distant
land
because
of
Your
name—
(
for they shall
hear of thy
great name ,
and of
thy
mighty hand ,
and of
thine
outstretched arm );
when he shall
come
and pray
toward this house;
for they will
hear of Your
great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm —
when he comes
and prays
toward this temple,
hear thou
in
heaven thy
dwelling -
place, and do according to all that
the foreigner calleth
to thee
for;
that
all the peoples of the earth may
know thy
name ,
to
fear thee
, as doth
thy
people Israel, and that
they may
know that this house which
I have built is called by my
name.
then
may
You
hear from
heaven ,
Your
dwelling place, and do according to all for
which
the foreigner calls
to You.
Then
all the peoples of the earth will
know Your
name and
fear You
, as do
Your
people Israel, and they will
know that this house I have built is called by Your
Name.
If
thy
people go out
to battle
against their enemy
, by
whatsoever
way
thou
shalt
send them, and they pray unto
Jehovah
toward
the city which
thou
hast
chosen ,
and toward
the house which
I have built for thy
name ;
When
Your
people go to war
against their enemies
, wherever
You
send them, and when
they pray to
the LORD
in
the
direction
of
the
city You
have
chosen and the house I have built for Your
Name ,
then hear thou
in
heaven their prayer and their supplication
, and maintain
their cause.
then may
You
hear from
heaven their prayer and their plea
, and may
You
uphold
their cause.
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
captive
unto
the
land of
the
enemy
, far off
or near ;
When
they sin against You—
for there is no one
who
does
not sin—
and You
become
angry with them and deliver them to an
enemy who
takes
them as
captives
to
his
own
land, whether
far or near ,
yet
if
they shall
bethink
themselves
in the land whither
they are
carried
captive
, and turn
again,
and make
supplication
unto
thee
in the land of them
that
carried
them
captive
, saying, We have sinned ,
and have
done perversely,
we have dealt
wickedly ;
and
when
they come
to
their
senses
in the land to
which
they were
taken
, and they
repent
and plead
with
You
in the land of their
captors
, saying, ‘
We have sinned and done wrong;
we have acted
wickedly ,’
if
they return unto
thee
with all their heart and with
all
their
soul in the land of their
enemies ,
who carried
them 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 :
and
when
they return to
You
with all their heart and soul in the land of the
enemies who took
them captive, and when
they
pray to
You
in
the
direction
of
the
land that
You
gave
to
their fathers, the city You
have
chosen, and the house I have built for Your
Name ,
then hear thou
their
prayer
and
their
supplication
in
heaven thy
dwelling -
place, and maintain
their cause ;
then may
You
hear from
heaven ,
Your
dwelling place, their
prayer
and petition,
and
may
You
uphold
their cause .
and
forgive thy
people who have sinned against thee,
and all their
transgressions wherein
they have transgressed
against thee;
and
give
them
compassion
before
those
who
carried
them
captive
, that
they
may have
compassion on
them ;
May
You
forgive Your
people who have sinned against You
and all the
transgressions they have committed
against You
, and
may You
grant
them
compassion in
the
eyes
of
their
captors
to
show
them mercy.
(
for they are thy
people ,
and thine
inheritance ,
which
thou
broughtest
forth
out of Egypt, from
the
midst
of the furnace of
iron );
For they are Your
people and Your
inheritance ;
You
brought
them
out of Egypt, out
of the furnace for
iron .
that
thine
eyes
may be open unto
the supplication
of thy
servant ,
and unto
the
supplication
of thy
people Israel, to hearken
unto
them whensoever
they cry
unto
thee
.
May Your
eyes
be open to
the pleas
of Your
servant and of Your
people Israel, and
may
You
listen
to them whenever
they call
to
You
.
For thou
didst
separate
them from among
all the peoples of the earth, to
be
thine
inheritance,
as thou
spakest
by
Moses
thy
servant ,
when thou
broughtest
our fathers out of Egypt ,
O
Lord
Jehovah
.
For You,
O
Lord
GOD,
as
Your
inheritance,
have
set
them apart
from all the peoples of the earth, as You
spoke
through
Your
servant Moses
when You
brought
our fathers out of Egypt. ”
And
it
was
so,
that,
when Solomon had made
an
end
of
praying all
this prayer and supplication
unto
Jehovah
, he arose
from
before the altar of Jehovah
, from
kneeling on
his
knees
with his hands spread forth
toward heaven.
Now
when Solomon had finished
praying this entire
prayer and petition
to
the
LORD
, he got
up
before the altar of the
LORD
, where
he
had
been
kneeling with his hands spread out
toward heaven.
And he stood ,
and blessed all
the assembly of Israel with
a loud voice, saying ,
And he stood and blessed the whole
assembly of Israel in
a loud voice, saying :
Blessed be Jehovah
, 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
Moses
his servant.
“
Blessed be the
LORD
, who
has
given rest to
His people Israel according to all that He promised .
Not one word has
failed
of all the
good promises
He made
through
His servant Moses
.
Jehovah
our God be with us, as he was with our fathers :
let
him
not
leave us ,
nor forsake us ;
May
the
LORD
our God be with us, as He was with our fathers .
May
He
never
leave us nor forsake us .
that
he
may incline our hearts unto
him
, to walk in all his ways ,
and to keep his
commandments ,
and his
statutes ,
and his
ordinances ,
which
he commanded our fathers.
May He
incline our hearts to
Himself
, to walk in all His ways and to keep the
commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.
And let
these my
words ,
wherewith
I have made supplication
before Jehovah,
be nigh
unto
Jehovah
our God day and night, that he maintain
the cause of his servant ,
and the
cause
of his people Israel ,
as every
day shall
require;
And may
these words with
which
I have made my
petition
before the
LORD
be near
to
the
LORD
our God day and night, so
that He may
uphold
the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each
day requires,
that all the peoples of the earth may know that Jehovah,
he
is God ;
there is none
else.
so
that all the peoples of the earth may know that the
LORD
is God .
There is no
other!
Let your heart therefore
be perfect
with
Jehovah
our God, to walk in his statutes ,
and to keep his commandments ,
as
at
this
day
.
So
let your heart be fully
devoted
to
the
LORD
our God, as
it
is
this
day,
to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments. ”
And
the king ,
and all Israel with him ,
offered sacrifice
before Jehovah
.
Then
the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices
before the
LORD
.
And Solomon offered for
the
sacrifice
of
peace -
offerings ,
which
he
offered
unto
Jehovah
, two
and
twenty
thousand
oxen ,
and a
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
sheep. So the king and all the children
of
Israel
dedicated the house of Jehovah
.
And Solomon offered as
peace offerings to
the
LORD
22
, 000
oxen and 120,000
sheep. So the king and all the Israelites
dedicated the house of the
LORD
.
The
same day did
the king hallow
the middle of the court
that
was
before
the house of Jehovah;
for
there he offered the burnt -offering
, and
the meal-offering
, and the fat of the peace -
offerings, because
the brazen
altar that
was
before Jehovah
was too little
to receive
the
burnt-offering,
and
the
meal-offering,
and
the
fat
of
the
peace-
offerings.
On
that
same day the king consecrated
the middle of the courtyard
in
front
of
the house of the
LORD,
and
there he offered the burnt offerings
, the grain
offerings
, and the fat of the peace offerings, since
the bronze
altar before the
LORD
was too small
to contain
all
these
offerings.
So Solomon
held
the
feast
at that time ,
and all Israel with him ,
a great assembly ,
from
the
entrance
of Hamath unto
the brook of Egypt ,
before Jehovah
our God ,
seven days and seven days ,
even
fourteen days.
So at that time Solomon
and all Israel with him —
a great assembly of people
from
Lebo-
hamath to
the Brook of Egypt —kept
the
feast
before the
LORD
our God for
seven days and seven more
days —
fourteen days in
all
.
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 Jehovah
had showed
unto
David
his servant ,
and to
Israel
his people.
On the fifteenth
day Solomon
sent the people away .
So
they blessed the king and went home,
joyful and glad in
heart for all the good
things
that the
LORD
had done
for
His servant David
and for
His people Israel
.
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