Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
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.
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,
to king
Solomon
in
Jerusalem,
to
bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh
out
of
the city of David ,
which
is
Zion
.
And
all the men of Israel came
together
to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh
month, the month of
Ethanim
.
All the men of Israel assembled
themselves
to king Solomon at the feast ,
in the month Ethanim
, which
is
the seventh
month.
When
all the elders of Israel had
arrived
, the priests took up the ark ,
All the elders of Israel came
, and
the priests took up the ark .
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.
They brought up the ark of Yahweh,
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.
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.
King Solomon and all
the congregation of Israel ,
who were
assembled to
him,
were
with him before
the
ark,
sacrificing
sheep and oxen ,
that could not be counted nor
numbered for
multitude
.
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.
The priests brought in
the ark of the covenant of Yahweh
to its place ,
into
the oracle
of the house
, to
the most holy place, even
under
the wings of the cherubim.
For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed
the ark and its
poles.
For the cherubim spread forth
their wings over the place of the ark ,
and the cherubim
covered
the
ark and the
poles of
it
above
.
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.
The poles were
so
long
that the
ends of
the
poles
were seen
from the holy place before
the oracle;
but they
were
not seen
outside :
and there
they are to this day.
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.
There was nothing in the ark save
the two tables
of
stone which
Moses put
there
at Horeb, when
Yahweh
made a covenant with the children
of
Israel,
when
they came
out of the land of Egypt.
And
when the priests came
out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the
LORD
It
came
to
pass,
when the priests were
come
out of the holy place, that
the cloud filled the house of Yahweh,
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
.
so that the priests could not stand to minister by
reason
of the cloud; for the glory of Yahweh
filled the house of Yahweh
.
Then Solomon declared:
“The
LORD
has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud
.
Then spoke
Solomon ,
Yahweh
has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness
.
I have indeed
built You an
exalted
house, a place for You to dwell forever. ”
I have surely
built you a
house of
habitation
, a place for you to dwell in
forever.
And as
the whole
assembly of Israel stood
there,
the
king
turned
around
and blessed
them
all
The
king
turned
his
face
about,
and blessed
all
the assembly of Israel :
and all the
assembly
of
Israel
stood.
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,
He
said ,
Blessed be Yahweh
, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your
father
, and
has
with
his
hand
fulfilled
it,
saying,
‘
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. ’
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.
Now it was in the heart of my father David
to build a house for the Name of the
LORD
, the God of Israel.
Now it was in the heart of David
my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh
, the God of Israel.
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 .
But Yahweh
said to David
my father, Whereas
it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did
well that
it
was
in your heart :
Nevertheless ,
you are
not the
one
to
build it
; but your son ,
your own
offspring
, will
build the house for My Name. ’
nevertheless you shall
not build the
house
; but your son who
shall
come
forth
out
of
your loins
, he
shall
build the house for my name.
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.
Yahweh
has established
his
word that he spoke ;
for
I am
risen
up
in
the
room
of
David
my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh
promised ,
and
have built the house for the name of Yahweh
, the God of Israel.
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. ”
There have I
set
a place for the ark, in
which is
the covenant of Yahweh,
which
he made with our fathers ,
when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
Then
Solomon stood before the altar of the
LORD
in front
of the whole
assembly of Israel, spread out
his hands toward heaven ,
Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh
in the
presence
of all
the assembly of Israel, and
spread forth
his hands toward heaven ;
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.
and he
said, Yahweh,
the
God of Israel, there is no God like you ,
in heaven above ,
or on earth beneath;
who
keep
covenant and
loving kindness
with your servants ,
who walk before you with all their heart;
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.
who
have kept with
your servant David
my father that
which
you did
promise
him:
yes,
you
spoke with your mouth ,
and
have fulfilled it
with your hand ,
as
it
is
this day.
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
, Yahweh
, the
God of Israel, keep with
your servant David
my father that
which
you have
promised him,
saying,
There
shall
not
fail you
a man in
my
sight
to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children
take
heed
to
their way ,
to walk before me as you have walked
before
me
.
And
now, O
God of Israel, please confirm
what
You promised
to Your servant ,
my father David
.
Now therefore
, God of Israel, Please let
your
word
be
verified,
which
you spoke
to your servant David
my father.
But will God indeed
dwell upon
the earth? Even
heaven
, the highest
heaven ,
cannot
contain You ,
much less this temple
I have built .
But will God in
very
deed
dwell on
the earth? behold
, heaven
and
the heaven of
heavens
can't
contain you ;
how
much less this house
that
I have built !
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.
Yet have
respect
for
the prayer of your servant, and
for
his
supplication,
Yahweh
my God, to
listen
to
the cry and to
the prayer which
your servant prays
before you this
day;
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.
that
your eyes may
be open toward this house
night and day, even
toward the place of which you have
said, My name shall be there ;
to
listen
to
the prayer which
your servant shall
pray
toward this place.
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.
Listen
you
to
the supplication
of your servant ,
and of your people Israel ,
when they shall
pray toward this place :
yes,
hear in
heaven, your dwelling -
place ;
and
when
you hear ,
forgive.
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,
If
a man sin
against his neighbor ,
and an oath be
laid
on
him
to
cause
him
to
swear
, and he come
[and]
swear
before your altar in this house;
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.
then hear you
in
heaven ,
and do,
and
judge your servants, condemning the wicked ,
to
bring
his
way
on his own head, and justifying the righteous ,
to
give
him according to his righteousness.
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,
When your people Israel are struck
down
before the
enemy ,
because they have sinned against you ;
if
they turn
again
to you ,
and confess your name, and pray
and
make
supplication
to
you in this house:
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.
then hear you
in
heaven ,
and forgive the sin of your people Israel ,
and
bring
them again
to the land which
you gave to their fathers.
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 ,
When the sky
is
shut up,
and there is no rain ,
because they
have sinned against you ;
if
they pray toward this place ,
and confess your name, and turn from their sin,
when
you do
afflict
them :
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.
then hear in
heaven ,
and forgive the sin of your servants, and
of
your people Israel, when
you teach them the good way in which they should walk ;
and
send rain on your
land ,
which
you have
given
to
your people for
an inheritance.
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
,
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 ;
whatever plague, whatever
sickness
there
be;
then
may
whatever prayer or petition
Your people Israel make—each
knowing
his own afflictions
and spreading
out
his hands toward this temple—
whatever prayer and
supplication
be
made
by
any
man,
[
or ]
by
all
your people Israel ,
who
shall
know
every
man
the
plague
of
his own heart,
and spread
forth
his hands toward this house:
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 —
then
hear
in
heaven, your dwelling -
place ,
and forgive ,
and do
, and render
to
every
man according to all his ways, whose
heart
you know ;
(
for you ,
even
you
only,
know the hearts of all the
children
of
men ;)
so
that they may fear You all the days they live in the land that
You gave to our fathers.
that they may fear you all the days that
they live in the land which
you gave to our fathers.
And
as
for
the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but
has
come from
a
distant
land
because
of Your name—
Moreover
concerning
the foreigner ,
who is not of your people Israel ,
when
he
shall
come out
of a
far
country
for
your name's
sake
for they will
hear of Your great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm —
when he comes
and prays
toward this temple,
(
for they shall
hear of your great name ,
and of
your
mighty hand ,
and of
your
outstretched arm );
when he shall
come
and pray
toward this house;
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.
hear in
heaven, your dwelling -
place, and do according to all that
the foreigner calls to you for;
that
all the peoples of the earth may
know your name ,
to
fear you, as does
your people Israel, and that
they may
know that this house which
I have built is called by my
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 ,
If
your people go out
to battle
against their enemy
, by
whatever
way
you shall
send them, and they pray to Yahweh
toward
the city which
you have chosen ,
and toward
the house which
I have built for your name ;
then may
You
hear from
heaven their prayer and their plea
, and may
You
uphold
their cause.
then hear in
heaven their prayer and their supplication
, and maintain
their cause.
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 ,
If
they sin against you (
for there is no man
who doesn't
sin ),
and you are
angry with them ,
and deliver them to the
enemy ,
so
that
they
carry
them away
captive
to the
land of
the
enemy
, far off
or near ;
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 ,’
yet
if
they shall
repent
themselves
in the land where
they are
carried
captive
, and turn
again,
and make
supplication
to
you in the land of those
who
carried
them
captive
, saying, We have sinned ,
and have
done perversely,
we have dealt
wickedly ;
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 ,
if
they return to you with all their heart and with
all
their
soul in the land of their
enemies ,
who carried
them captive, and pray to you toward
their
land ,
which
you gave to their fathers, the city which
you have chosen, and the house which
I have built for your name :
then may
You
hear from
heaven, Your dwelling place, their
prayer
and petition,
and
may
You
uphold
their cause .
then hear you
their
prayer
and
their
supplication
in
heaven, your dwelling -
place, and maintain
their cause ;
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.
and
forgive your people who have sinned against you ,
and all their
transgressions in
which
they have transgressed
against you ;
and give
them compassion before
those
who
carried
them captive,
that
they
may
have
compassion
on
them
For they are Your people and Your inheritance ;
You brought them
out of Egypt, out
of the furnace for
iron .
(
for they are your people ,
and your inheritance ,
which
you brought forth
out of Egypt, from
the
midst
of the furnace of
iron );
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.
that
your eyes may
be open to the supplication
of your servant ,
and to
the
supplication
of your people Israel, to
listen to them whenever they cry
to you.
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. ”
For you did
separate
them from among
all the peoples of the earth, to
be
your
inheritance,
as you spoke by
Moses
your servant ,
when you brought our fathers out of Egypt ,
Lord
Yahweh
.
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.
It
was
so,
that
when Solomon had made
an
end
of
praying all
this prayer and supplication
to Yahweh
, he arose
from
before the altar of Yahweh
, from
kneeling on
his
knees
with his hands spread forth
toward heaven.
And
he stood and blessed the whole
assembly of Israel in
a loud voice, saying :
He stood ,
and blessed all
the assembly of Israel with
a loud voice, saying ,
“
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
.
Blessed be Yahweh
, who has given rest to his people Israel ,
according to all that he promised :
there
has
not failed
one word of all his
good promise,
which
he promised
by
Moses
his servant.
May
the
LORD
our God be with us, as He was with our fathers .
May
He
never
leave us nor forsake us .
Yahweh
our God be with us, as he was with our fathers :
let
him
not
leave us ,
nor forsake us ;
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.
that
he may
incline our hearts to him
, to walk in all his ways ,
and to keep his
commandments ,
and his
statutes ,
and his
ordinances ,
which
he commanded our fathers.
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,
Let
these my
words ,
with which I have made supplication
before Yahweh,
be near to Yahweh
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;
so
that all the peoples of the earth may know that the
LORD
is God .
There is no
other!
that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh,
he
is God ;
there is none
else.
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. ”
Let your heart therefore
be perfect
with
Yahweh
our God, to walk in his statutes ,
and to keep his commandments ,
as
at
this
day
.
Then
the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices
before the
LORD
.
The king ,
and all Israel with him ,
offered sacrifice
before Yahweh
.
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
.
Solomon offered for
the
sacrifice
of
peace -
offerings ,
which
he
offered
to Yahweh
, two
and twenty
thousand
oxen
, and
one
hundred
twenty
thousand
sheep. So the king and all the children
of
Israel
dedicated the house of Yahweh
.
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.
The
same day did
the king make
the middle of the court
holy
that
was
before
the house of Yahweh;
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 Yahweh
was too little
to receive
the
burnt
offering,
and
the
meal-offering,
and
the
fat
of
the
peace-
offerings.
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
.
So Solomon
held
the
feast
at that time ,
and all Israel with him ,
a great assembly ,
from the
entrance
of
Hamath to the brook of Egypt ,
before Yahweh
our God ,
seven days and seven days ,
even
fourteen days.
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
.
On the eighth
day he
sent the people away ;
and
they blessed the king ,
and went to
their
tents
joyful and glad of
heart for all the goodness
that Yahweh
had shown
to
David
his servant ,
and to
Israel
his people.
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