1
Then
Solomon
assembled
the
elders
of
Israel,
and
all
the
heads
of
the
tribes,
the
chief
of
the
fathers
of
the
children
of
Israel,
unto
king
Solomon
in
Jerusalem,
that
they
might
bring
up
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
LORD
out
of
the
city
of
David,
which
[is]
Zion.
2
And
all
the
men
of
Israel
assembled
themselves
unto
king
Solomon
at
the
feast
in
the
month
Ethanim,
which
[is]
the
seventh
month.
3
And
all
the
elders
of
Israel
came,
and
the
priests
took
up
the
ark.
4
And
they
brought
up
the
ark
of
the
LORD,
and
the
tabernacle
of
the
congregation,
and
all
the
holy
vessels
that
[were]
in
the
tabernacle,
even
those
did
the
priests
and
the
Levites
bring
5
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
told
nor
numbered
for
multitude.
6
And
the
priests
brought
in
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
LORD
unto
his
place,
into
the
oracle
of
the
house,
to
the
most
holy
[place,
even]
under
the
wings
of
the
cherubims.
7
For
the
cherubims
spread
forth
[their]
two
wings
over
the
place
of
the
ark,
and
the
cherubims
covered
the
ark
and
the
staves
thereof
above.
8
And
they
drew
out
the
staves,
that
the
ends
of
the
staves
were
seen
out
in
the
holy
[place]
before
the
oracle,
and
they
were
not
seen
without:
and
there
they
are
unto
this
day.
9
[There
was]
nothing
in
the
ark
save
the
two
tables
of
stone,
which
Moses
put
there
at
Horeb,
when
the
LORD
made
[a
covenant]
with
the
children
of
Israel,
when
they
came
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
10
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
priests
were
come
out
of
the
holy
[place],
that
the
cloud
filled
the
house
of
the
LORD,
11
So
that
the
priests
could
not
stand
to
minister
because
of
the
cloud:
for
the
glory
of
the
LORD
had
filled
the
house
of
the
LORD.
12
Then
spake
Solomon,
The
LORD
said
that
he
would
dwell
in
the
thick
darkness.
13
I
have
surely
built
thee
an
house
to
dwell
in,
a
settled
place
for
thee
to
abide
in
for
ever.
14
And
the
king
turned
his
face
about,
and
blessed
all
the
congregation
of
Israel:
(and
all
the
congregation
of
Israel
stood;)
15
And
he
said,
Blessed
[be]
the
LORD
God
of
Israel,
which
spake
with
his
mouth
unto
David
my
father,
and
hath
with
his
hand
fulfilled
[it],
saying,
16
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
an
house,
that
my
name
might
be
therein;
but
I
chose
David
to
be
over
my
people
Israel.
17
And
it
was
in
the
heart
of
David
my
father
to
build
an
house
for
the
name
of
the
LORD
God
of
Israel.
18
And
the
LORD
said
unto
David
my
father,
Whereas
it
was
in
thine
heart
to
build
an
house
unto
my
name,
thou
didst
well
that
it
was
in
thine
heart.
19
Nevertheless
thou
shalt
not
build
the
house;
but
thy
son
that
shall
come
forth
out
of
thy
loins,
he
shall
build
the
house
unto
my
name.
20
And
the
LORD
hath
performed
his
word
that
he
spake,
and
I
am
risen
up
in
the
room
of
David
my
father,
and
sit
on
the
throne
of
Israel,
as
the
LORD
promised,
and
have
built
an
house
for
the
name
of
the
LORD
God
of
Israel.
21
And
I
have
set
there
a
place
for
the
ark,
wherein
[is]
the
covenant
of
the
LORD,
which
he
made
with
our
fathers,
when
he
brought
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
22
And
Solomon
stood
before
the
altar
of
the
LORD
in
the
presence
of
all
the
congregation
of
Israel,
and
spread
forth
his
hands
toward
heaven:
23
And
he
said,
LORD
God
of
Israel,
[there
is]
no
God
like
thee,
in
heaven
above,
or
on
earth
beneath,
who
keepest
covenant
and
mercy
with
thy
servants
that
walk
before
thee
with
all
their
heart:
24
Who
hast
kept
with
thy
servant
David
my
father
that
thou
promisedst
him:
thou
spakest
also
with
thy
mouth,
and
hast
fulfilled
[it]
with
thine
hand,
as
[it
is]
this
day.
25
Therefore
now,
LORD
God
of
Israel,
keep
with
thy
servant
David
my
father
that
thou
promisedst
him,
saying,
There
shall
not
fail
thee
a
man
in
my
sight
to
sit
on
the
throne
of
Israel;
so
that
thy
children
take
heed
to
their
way,
that
they
walk
before
me
as
thou
hast
walked
before
26
And
now,
O
God
of
Israel,
let
thy
word,
I
pray
thee,
be
verified,
which
thou
spakest
unto
thy
servant
David
my
father.
27
But
will
God
indeed
dwell
on
the
earth?
behold,
the
heaven
and
heaven
of
heavens
cannot
contain
thee;
how
much
less
this
house
that
I
have
builded?
28
Yet
have
thou
respect
unto
the
prayer
of
thy
servant,
and
to
his
supplication,
O
LORD
my
God,
to
hearken
unto
the
cry
and
to
the
prayer,
which
thy
servant
prayeth
before
thee
to
day:
29
That
thine
eyes
may
be
open
toward
this
house
night
and
day,
[even]
toward
the
place
of
which
thou
hast
said,
My
name
shall
be
there:
that
thou
mayest
hearken
unto
the
prayer
which
thy
servant
shall
make
toward
this
place.
30
And
hearken
thou
to
the
supplication
of
thy
servant,
and
of
thy
people
Israel,
when
they
shall
pray
toward
this
place:
and
hear
thou
in
heaven
thy
dwelling
place:
and
when
thou
hearest,
forgive.
31
If
any
man
trespass
against
his
neighbour,
and
an
oath
be
laid
upon
him
to
cause
him
to
swear,
and
the
oath
come
before
thine
altar
in
this
house:
32
Then
hear
thou
in
heaven,
and
do,
and
judge
thy
servants,
condemning
the
wicked,
to
bring
his
way
upon
his
head;
and
justifying
the
righteous,
to
give
him
according
to
his
righteousness.
33
When
thy
people
Israel
be
smitten
down
before
the
enemy,
because
they
have
sinned
against
thee,
and
shall
turn
again
to
thee,
and
confess
thy
name,
and
pray,
and
make
supplication
unto
thee
in
this
house:
34
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.
35
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
afflictest
them:
36
Then
hear
thou
in
heaven,
and
forgive
the
sin
of
thy
servants,
and
of
thy
people
Israel,
that
thou
teach
them
the
good
way
wherein
they
should
walk,
and
give
rain
upon
thy
land,
which
thou
hast
given
to
thy
people
for
an
inheritance.
37
If
there
be
in
the
land
famine,
if
there
be
pestilence,
blasting,
mildew,
locust,
[or]
if
there
be
caterpiller;
if
their
enemy
besiege
them
in
the
land
of
their
cities;
whatsoever
plague,
whatsoever
sickness
[there
be];
38
What
prayer
and
supplication
soever
be
[made]
by
any
man,
[or]
by
all
thy
people
Israel,
which
shall
know
every
man
the
plague
of
his
own
heart,
and
spread
forth
his
hands
toward
this
house:
39
Then
hear
thou
in
heaven
thy
dwelling
place,
and
forgive,
and
do,
and
give
to
every
man
according
to
his
ways,
whose
heart
thou
knowest;
(for
thou,
[even]
thou
only,
knowest
the
hearts
of
all
the
children
of
men;)
40
That
they
may
fear
thee
all
the
days
that
they
live
in
the
land
which
thou
gavest
unto
our
fathers.
41
Moreover
concerning
a
stranger,
that
[is]
not
of
thy
people
Israel,
but
cometh
out
of
a
far
country
for
thy
name’s
sake;
42
(For
they
shall
hear
of
thy
great
name,
and
of
thy
strong
hand,
and
of
thy
stretched
out
arm;)
when
he
shall
come
and
pray
toward
this
house;
43
Hear
thou
in
heaven
thy
dwelling
place,
and
do
according
to
all
that
the
stranger
calleth
to
thee
for:
that
all
people
of
the
earth
may
know
thy
name,
to
fear
thee,
as
[do]
thy
people
Israel;
and
that
they
may
know
that
this
house,
which
I
have
builded,
is
called
by
thy
name.
44
If
thy
people
go
out
to
battle
against
their
enemy,
whithersoever
thou
shalt
send
them,
and
shall
pray
unto
the
LORD
toward
the
city
which
thou
hast
chosen,
and
[toward]
the
house
that
I
have
built
for
thy
name:
45
Then
hear
thou
in
heaven
their
prayer
and
their
supplication,
and
maintain
their
cause.
46
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
captives
unto
the
land
of
the
enemy,
far
or
near;
47
[Yet]
if
they
shall
bethink
themselves
in
the
land
whither
they
were
carried
captives,
and
repent,
and
make
supplication
unto
thee
in
the
land
of
them
that
carried
them
captives,
saying,
We
have
sinned,
and
have
done
perversely,
we
have
committed
wickedness;
48
And
[so]
return
unto
thee
with
all
their
heart,
and
with
all
their
soul,
in
the
land
of
their
enemies,
which
led
them
away
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:
49
Then
hear
thou
their
prayer
and
their
supplication
in
heaven
thy
dwelling
place,
and
maintain
their
cause,
50
And
forgive
thy
people
that
have
sinned
against
thee,
and
all
their
transgressions
wherein
they
have
transgressed
against
thee,
and
give
them
compassion
before
them
who
carried
them
captive,
that
they
may
have
compassion
on
them:
51
For
they
[be]
thy
people,
and
thine
inheritance,
which
thou
broughtest
forth
out
of
Egypt,
from
the
midst
of
the
furnace
of
iron:
52
That
thine
eyes
may
be
open
unto
the
supplication
of
thy
servant,
and
unto
the
supplication
of
thy
people
Israel,
to
hearken
unto
them
in
all
that
they
call
for
unto
thee.
53
For
thou
didst
separate
them
from
among
all
the
people
of
the
earth,
[to
be]
thine
inheritance,
as
thou
spakest
by
the
hand
of
Moses
thy
servant,
when
thou
broughtest
our
fathers
out
of
Egypt,
O
Lord
GOD.
54
And
it
was
[so],
that
when
Solomon
had
made
an
end
of
praying
all
this
prayer
and
supplication
unto
the
LORD,
he
arose
from
before
the
altar
of
the
LORD,
from
kneeling
on
his
knees
with
his
hands
spread
up
to
heaven.
55
And
he
stood,
and
blessed
all
the
congregation
of
Israel
with
a
loud
voice,
saying,
56
Blessed
[be]
the
LORD,
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
the
hand
of
Moses
his
servant.
57
The
LORD
our
God
be
with
us,
as
he
was
with
our
fathers:
let
him
not
leave
us,
nor
forsake
58
That
he
may
incline
our
hearts
unto
him,
to
walk
in
all
his
ways,
and
to
keep
his
commandments,
and
his
statutes,
and
his
judgments,
which
he
commanded
our
fathers.
59
And
let
these
my
words,
wherewith
I
have
made
supplication
before
the
LORD,
be
nigh
unto
the
LORD
our
God
day
and
night,
that
he
maintain
the
cause
of
his
servant,
and
the
cause
of
his
people
Israel
at
all
times,
as
the
matter
shall
require:
60
That
all
the
people
of
the
earth
may
know
that
the
LORD
[is]
God,
[and
that
there
is]
none
else.
61
Let
your
heart
therefore
be
perfect
with
the
LORD
our
God,
to
walk
in
his
statutes,
and
to
keep
his
commandments,
as
at
this
day.
62
And
the
king,
and
all
Israel
with
him,
offered
sacrifice
before
the
LORD.
63
And
Solomon
offered
a
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
which
he
offered
unto
the
LORD,
two
and
twenty
thousand
oxen,
and
an
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
sheep.
So
the
king
and
all
the
children
of
Israel
dedicated
the
house
of
the
LORD.
64
The
same
day
did
the
king
hallow
the
middle
of
the
court
that
[was]
before
the
house
of
the
LORD:
for
there
he
offered
burnt
offerings,
and
meat
offerings,
and
the
fat
of
the
peace
offerings:
because
the
brasen
altar
that
[was]
before
the
LORD
[was]
too
little
to
receive
the
burnt
offerings,
and
meat
offerings,
and
the
fat
of
the
peace
offerings.
65
And
at
that
time
Solomon
held
a
feast,
and
all
Israel
with
him,
a
great
congregation,
from
the
entering
in
of
Hamath
unto
the
river
of
Egypt,
before
the
LORD
our
God,
seven
days
and
seven
days,
[even]
fourteen
days.
66
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
the
LORD
had
done
for
David
his
servant,
and
for
Israel
his
people.