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1. Then King Solomon told all the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, and the leaders of the families of Israel to come together in Jerusalem. Solomon wanted them to join in moving the Box of the Agreement from the City of David up to the Temple.
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1. Then H227 Solomon H8010 assembled H6950 H853 the elders H2205 of Israel H3478 , and H853 all H3605 the heads H7218 of the tribes H4294 , the chief H5387 of the fathers H1 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , unto H413 king H4428 Solomon H8010 in Jerusalem H3389 , that they might bring up H5927 H853 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 out of the city H4480 H5892 of David H1732 , which H1931 is Zion H6726 .
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2. So during the special festival in the month of Ethanim, the seventh month of the year, all the men of Israel came to the meeting with King Solomon.
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2. And all H3605 the men H376 of Israel H3478 assembled themselves H6950 unto H413 king H4428 Solomon H8010 at the feast H2282 in the month H3391 Ethanim H388 , which H1931 is the seventh H7637 month H2320 .
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3. When all the elders of Israel arrived, the priests and Levites carried the Holy Box of the Lord up to the Temple. They also carried the Meeting Tent and all the holy things that were in it up to the Temple.
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3. And all H3605 the elders H2205 of Israel H3478 came H935 , and the priests H3548 took up H5375 H853 the ark H727 .
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4. And they brought up H5927 H853 the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 , and the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150 , and all H3605 the holy H6944 vessels H3627 that H834 were in the tabernacle H168 , even those did the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 bring up H5927 .
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5. King Solomon and all Israel met together before the Box of the Agreement and sacrificed so many sheep and cattle that no one was able to count them all.
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5. And king H4428 Solomon H8010 , and all H3605 the congregation H5712 of Israel H3478 , that were assembled H3259 unto H5921 him, were with H854 him before H6440 the ark H727 , sacrificing H2076 sheep H6629 and oxen H1241 , that H834 could not H3808 be told H5608 nor H3808 numbered H4487 for multitude H4480 H7230 .
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6. The priests carried the Box of the Agreement of the Lord to its proper place inside the Most Holy Place in the Temple, under the wings of the Cherub angels.
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6. And the priests H3548 brought in H935 H853 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 unto H413 his place H4725 , into H413 the oracle H1687 of the house H1004 , to H413 the most H6944 holy H6944 place, even under H413 H8478 the wings H3671 of the cherubims H3742 .
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7. The wings of the Cherub angels spread out over the Holy Box, and they covered the Holy Box and its carrying poles.
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7. For H3588 the cherubims H3742 spread forth H6566 their two wings H3671 over H413 the place H4725 of the ark H727 , and the cherubims H3742 covered H5526 H5921 the ark H727 and the staves H905 thereof above H4480 H4605 .
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8. The poles are still there today. They are too long for the Most Holy Place, so anyone standing in the Holy Place can see the ends of the poles, although no one outside can see them.
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8. And they drew out H748 the staves H905 , that the ends H7218 of the staves H905 were seen H7200 out H4480 in the holy H6944 place before H5921 H6440 the oracle H1687 , and they were not H3808 seen H7200 without H2351 : and there H8033 they are H1961 unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 .
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9. The only things inside the Holy Box are the two tablets that Moses put there at Mt. Horeb. This is where the Lord made his agreement with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt.
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9. There was nothing H369 in the ark H727 save H7535 the two H8147 tables H3871 of stone H68 , which H834 Moses H4872 put H5117 there H8033 at Horeb H2722 , when H834 the LORD H3068 made H3772 a covenant with H5973 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , when they came out H3318 of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 .
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10. When the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the Lord's Temple.
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10. And it came to pass H1961 , when the priests H3548 were come out H3318 of H4480 the holy H6944 place , that the cloud H6051 filled H4390 H853 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 ,
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11. The priests could not continue their work because the Temple was filled with the Glory of the Lord.
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11. So that the priests H3548 could H3201 not H3808 stand H5975 to minister H8334 because H4480 H6440 of the cloud H6051 : for H3588 the glory H3519 of the LORD H3068 had filled H4390 H853 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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12. Then Solomon said: "The Lord makes the sun shine in the sky, but he chose to live in a dark cloud.
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12. Then H227 spoke H559 Solomon H8010 , The LORD H3068 said H559 that he would dwell H7931 in the thick darkness H6205 .
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13. But, Lord, I have built a beautiful Temple, where you may live forever."
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13. I have surely built H1129 H1129 thee a house H1004 to dwell in H2073 , a settled place H4349 for thee to abide in H3427 forever H5769 .
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14. Then King Solomon turned toward all of the Israelites who were standing there and asked God to bless them.
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14. And the king H4428 turned H5437 H853 his face H6440 about , and blessed H1288 H853 all H3605 the congregation H6951 of Israel H3478 : (and all H3605 the congregation H6951 of Israel H3478 stood H5975 ;)
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15. King Solomon prayed this long prayer to the Lord: "The Lord, the God of Israel, is great. He has done what he promised my father David. The Lord told my father,
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15. And he said H559 , Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , which H834 spoke H1696 with his mouth H6310 unto H854 David H1732 my father H1 , and hath with his hand H3027 fulfilled H4390 it , saying H559 ,
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16. 'I brought my people, Israel, out of Egypt, but I had not yet chosen a city from among the tribes of Israel for a temple to honor me. And I had not chosen a man to be leader over my people, Israel. But now I have chosen Jerusalem to be the city where I will be honored. And I have chosen David to rule over my people, Israel.'
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16. Since H4480 the day H3117 that H834 I brought forth H3318 H853 my people H5971 H853 Israel H3478 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 , I chose H977 no H3808 city H5892 out of all H4480 H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 to build H1129 a house H1004 , that my name H8034 might be H1961 therein H8033 ; but I chose H977 David H1732 to be H1961 over H5921 my people H5971 Israel H3478 .
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17. "My father David wanted very much to build a temple to honor the Lord, the God of Israel.
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17. And it was H1961 in H5973 the heart H3824 of David H1732 my father H1 to build H1129 a house H1004 for the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 .
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18. But the Lord said to my father David, 'I know that you want very much to build a temple to honor me, and it is good that you want to build it.
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18. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 David H1732 my father H1 , Whereas H3282 H834 it was H1961 in H5973 thine heart H3824 to build H1129 a house H1004 unto my name H8034 , thou didst well H2895 that H3588 it was H1961 in H5973 thine heart H3824 .
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19. But you are not the one to build my temple. Your son will build my temple.'
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19. Nevertheless H7535 thou H859 shalt not H3808 build H1129 the house H1004 ; but H3588 H518 thy son H1121 that shall come forth H3318 out of thy loins H4480 H2504 , he H1931 shall build H1129 the house H1004 unto my name H8034 .
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20. "So the Lord has kept his promises. I am the king now in place of my father David. I rule the people of Israel as the Lord promised. And I have built the Temple for the Lord, the God of Israel.
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20. And the LORD H3068 hath performed H6965 H853 his word H1697 that H834 he spoke H1696 , and I am risen up H6965 in the room H8478 of David H1732 my father H1 , and sit H3427 on H5921 the throne H3678 of Israel H3478 , as H834 the LORD H3068 promised H1696 , and have built H1129 a house H1004 for the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 .
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21. I have made a place in the Temple for the Holy Box. Inside that Holy Box is the agreement that the Lord made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt."
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21. And I have set H7760 there H8033 a place H4725 for the ark H727 , wherein H834 H8033 is the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 , which H834 he made H3772 with H5973 our fathers H1 , when he brought them out H3318 H853 of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 .
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22. Then Solomon stood in front of whole assembly of Israel and faced the Lord's altar. Solomon spread his hands and looked toward heaven
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22. And Solomon H8010 stood H5975 before H6440 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 in the presence H5048 of all H3605 the congregation H6951 of Israel H3478 , and spread forth H6566 his hands H3709 toward heaven H8064 :
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23. and said: "Lord, God of Israel, there is no other god like you in heaven or on the earth. You keep the agreement that you made with your people. You are kind and loyal to those who follow you with all their heart.
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23. And he said H559 , LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , there is no H369 God H430 like thee H3644 , in heaven H8064 above H4480 H4605 , or on H5921 earth H776 beneath H4480 H8478 , who keepest H8104 covenant H1285 and mercy H2617 with thy servants H5650 that walk H1980 before H6440 thee with all H3605 their heart H3820 :
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24. You made a promise to your servant, my father David, and you kept that promise. You made that promise with your own mouth, and with your own hands you made it come true today.
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24. Who H834 hast kept H8104 with thy servant H5650 David H1732 my father H1 H853 that H834 thou promisedst H1696 him : thou spakest H1696 also with thy mouth H6310 , and hast fulfilled H4390 it with thine hand H3027 , as it is this H2088 day H3117 .
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25. Now, Lord, God of Israel, keep the other promises you made to your servant David, my father. You said, 'David, if your sons carefully obey me as you did, you will always have someone from your family ruling the people of Israel.'
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25. Therefore now H6258 , LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , keep H8104 with thy servant H5650 David H1732 my father H1 H853 that H834 thou promisedst H1696 him, saying H559 , There shall not H3808 fail H3772 thee a man H376 in my sight H4480 H6440 to sit H3427 on H5921 the throne H3678 of Israel H3478 ; so H7535 that H518 thy children H1121 take heed to H8104 H853 their way H1870 , that they walk H1980 before H6440 me as H834 thou hast walked H1980 before H6440 me.
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26. Again, Lord, God of Israel, I ask you to keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David.
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26. And now H6258 , O God H430 of Israel H3478 , let thy word H1697 , I pray thee H4994 , be verified H539 , which H834 thou spakest H1696 unto thy servant H5650 David H1732 my father H1 .
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27. "But, God, will you really live here with us on the earth? The whole sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you. Certainly this house that I built cannot contain you either.
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27. But H3588 will God H430 indeed H552 dwell H3427 on H5921 the earth H776 ? behold H2009 , the heaven H8064 and heaven H8064 of heavens H8064 cannot H3808 contain H3557 thee ; how much less H637 H3588 this H2088 house H1004 that H834 I have built H1129 ?
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28. But please listen to my prayer and my request. I am your servant, and you are the Lord my God. Hear this prayer that I am praying to you today.
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28. Yet have thou respect H6437 unto H413 the prayer H8605 of thy servant H5650 , and to H413 his supplication H8467 , O LORD H3068 my God H430 , to hearken H8085 unto H413 the cry H7440 and to H413 the prayer H8605 , which H834 thy servant H5650 prayeth H6419 before H6440 thee today H3117 :
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29. In the past you said, 'I will be honored there.' So please watch over this Temple, night and day. And please listen to my prayer as I turn toward this Temple and pray to you.
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29. That thine eyes H5869 may be H1961 open H6605 toward H413 this H2088 house H1004 night H3915 and day H3117 , even toward H413 the place H4725 of which H834 thou hast said H559 , My name H8034 shall be H1961 there H8033 : that thou mayest hearken H8085 unto H413 the prayer H8605 which H834 thy servant H5650 shall make H6419 toward H413 this H2088 place H4725 .
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30. And Lord, please listen to our prayers in the future when I and your people Israel turn to this place and pray to you. We know that you live in heaven. We ask you to hear our prayer there and forgive us.
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30. And hearken H8085 thou to H413 the supplication H8467 of thy servant H5650 , and of thy people H5971 Israel H3478 , when H834 they shall pray H6419 toward H413 this H2088 place H4725 : and hear H8085 thou H859 in H413 heaven H8064 thy dwelling H3427 place H4725 : and when thou hearest H8085 , forgive H5545 .
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31. "Those who wrong others will be brought to this altar. If they are not guilty, they will make an oath and promise that they are innocent.
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31. H853 If H834 any man H376 trespass H2398 against his neighbor H7453 , and an oath H423 be laid H5377 upon him to cause him to swear H422 , and the oath H422 come H935 before H6440 thine altar H4196 in this H2088 house H1004 :
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32. Please listen from heaven and judge them. If they are guilty, please show us that they are guilty. And if they are innocent, please show us that they are not guilty.
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32. Then hear H8085 thou H859 in heaven H8064 , and do H6213 , and judge H8199 H853 thy servants H5650 , condemning H7561 the wicked H7563 , to bring H5414 his way H1870 upon his head H7218 ; and justifying H6663 the righteous H6662 , to give H5414 him according to his righteousness H6666 .
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33. "Sometimes your people Israel will sin against you, and their enemies will defeat them. Then the people will come back to you and praise you. They will pray to you in this Temple.
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33. When thy people H5971 Israel H3478 be smitten down H5062 before H6440 the enemy H341 , because H834 they have sinned H2398 against thee , and shall turn again H7725 to H413 thee , and confess H3034 H853 thy name H8034 , and pray H6419 , and make supplication H2603 unto H413 thee in this H2088 house H1004 :
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34. Please listen in heaven, please listen to the prayers of your people Israel. Forgive them for their sins and let them have their land again. You gave this land to their ancestors.
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34. Then hear H8085 thou H859 in heaven H8064 , and forgive H5545 the sin H2403 of thy people H5971 Israel H3478 , and bring them again H7725 unto H413 the land H127 which H834 thou gavest H5414 unto their fathers H1 .
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35. "Sometimes they will sin against you, and you will stop the rain from falling on their land. Then they will pray toward this place and praise your name. You make them suffer, and they will be sorry for their sins.
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35. When heaven H8064 is shut up H6113 , and there is H1961 no H3808 rain H4306 , because H3588 they have sinned H2398 against thee ; if they pray H6419 toward H413 this H2088 place H4725 , and confess H3034 H853 thy name H8034 , and turn H7725 from their sin H4480 H2403 , when H3588 thou afflictest H6031 them:
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36. So please listen in heaven to their prayer. Then forgive us for our sins. Teach the people to live right. Then, Lord, please send rain to the land you gave them.
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36. Then hear H8085 thou H859 in heaven H8064 , and forgive H5545 the sin H2403 of thy servants H5650 , and of thy people H5971 Israel H3478 , that H3588 thou teach H3384 them H853 the H834 good H2896 way H1870 wherein they should walk H1980 , and give H5414 rain H4306 upon H5921 thy land H776 , which H834 thou hast given H5414 to thy people H5971 for an inheritance H5159 .
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37. "The land might become very dry and no food will grow on it. Or maybe a great sickness will spread among the people. Maybe all the food that is growing will be destroyed by insects. Or your people might be attacked in some of their cities by their enemies. Or many of your people might get sick.
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37. If H3588 there be H1961 in the land H776 famine H7458 , if H3588 there be H1961 pestilence H1698 , blasting H7711 , mildew H3420 , locust H697 , or if H3588 there be H1961 caterpillar H2625 ; if H3588 their enemy H341 besiege H6887 them in the land H776 of their cities H8179 ; whatsoever H3605 plague H5061 , whatsoever H3605 sickness H4245 there be ;
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38. When any of these things happen, and people feel compelled in their hearts to spread their hands in prayer toward this Temple,
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38. What H3605 prayer H8605 and supplication H8467 soever H3605 H834 be H1961 made by any H3605 man H120 , or by all H3605 thy people H5971 Israel H3478 , which H834 shall know H3045 every man H376 the plague H5061 of his own heart H3824 , and spread forth H6566 his hands H3709 toward H413 this H2088 house H1004 :
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39. please listen to their prayer. Listen while you are in your home in heaven and forgive them and help them. Only you know what people are really thinking, so only you can judge then fairly.
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39. Then hear H8085 thou H859 in heaven H8064 thy dwelling H3427 place H4349 , and forgive H5545 , and do H6213 , and give H5414 to every man H376 according to H3605 his ways H1870 , whose H834 H853 heart H3824 thou knowest H3045 ; ( for H3588 thou H859 , even thou only H905 , knowest H3045 H853 the hearts H3824 of all H3605 the children H1121 of men H120 ;)
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40. Do this so that your people will fear and respect you all the time that they live in this land that you gave to our ancestors.
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40. That H4616 they may fear H3372 thee all H3605 the days H3117 that H834 they H1992 live H2416 in H5921 H6440 the land H127 which H834 thou gavest H5414 unto our fathers H1 .
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41. "People from other places will hear about your greatness and your power. They will come from far away to pray at this Temple.
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41. Moreover H1571 concerning H413 a stranger H5237 , that H834 is not H3808 of thy people H4480 H5971 Israel H3478 , but cometh H935 out of a far country H4480 H776 H7350 for thy name's sake H4616 H8034 ;
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42. ( For H3588 they shall hear of H8085 H853 thy great H1419 name H8034 , and of thy strong H2389 hand H3027 , and of thy stretched out H5186 arm H2220 ;) when he shall come H935 and pray H6419 toward H413 this H2088 house H1004 ;
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43. From your home in heaven please listen to their prayers. Please do everything the people from other places ask you. Then they will fear and respect you the same as your people in Israel. Then all people everywhere will know that I built this Temple to honor you.
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43. Hear H8085 thou H859 in heaven H8064 thy dwelling H3427 place H4349 , and do H6213 according to all H3605 that H834 the stranger H5237 calleth H7121 to H413 thee for: that H4616 all H3605 people H5971 of the earth H776 may know H3045 H853 thy name H8034 , to fear H3372 thee , as do thy people H5971 Israel H3478 ; and that they may know H3045 that H3588 this H2088 house H1004 , which H834 I have built H1129 , is called H7121 by H5921 thy name H8034 .
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44. "Sometimes you will command your people to go and fight against their enemies. Then your people will turn toward the city that you have chosen and the Temple that I built in your honor, and they will pray to you.
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44. If H3588 thy people H5971 go out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5921 their enemy H341 , whithersoever H1870 H834 thou shalt send H7971 them , and shall pray H6419 unto H413 the LORD H3068 toward H1870 the city H5892 which H834 thou hast chosen H977 , and toward the house H1004 that H834 I have built H1129 for thy name H8034 :
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45. Listen to their prayers from your home in heaven, and help them.
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45. Then hear H8085 thou in heaven H8064 H853 their prayer H8605 and their supplication H8467 , and maintain H6213 their cause H4941 .
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46. "Your people will sin against you. I know this because everyone sins. And you will be angry with your people. You will let their enemies defeat them. Their enemies will make them prisoners and carry them to some faraway land.
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46. If H3588 they sin H2398 against thee, ( for H3588 there is no H369 man H120 that H834 sinneth H2398 not H3808 ,) and thou be angry H599 with them , and deliver H5414 them to H6440 the enemy H341 , so that they carry them away H7617 captives H7617 unto H413 the land H776 of the enemy H341 , far H7350 or H176 near H7138 ;
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47. In that faraway land, your people will think about what happened. They will be sorry for their sins, and they will pray to you. They will say, 'We have sinned and done wrong.'
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47. Yet if they shall bethink themselves H7725 H413 H3820 in the land H776 whither H834 H8033 they were carried captives H7617 , and repent H7725 , and make supplication H2603 unto H413 thee in the land H776 of them that carried them captives H7617 , saying H559 , We have sinned H2398 , and have done perversely H5753 , we have committed wickedness H7561 ;
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48. They will be in that faraway land of their enemies, but they will turn back to you. They will feel sorry for their sins with their whole heart and soul. They will turn toward the land you gave their ancestors. They will look toward the city you chose and toward the Temple I built, and they will pray to you.
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48. And so return H7725 unto H413 thee with all H3605 their heart H3824 , and with all H3605 their soul H5315 , in the land H776 of their enemies H341 , which H834 led them away captive H7617 H853 , and pray H6419 unto H413 thee toward H1870 their land H776 , which H834 thou gavest H5414 unto their fathers H1 , the city H5892 which H834 thou hast chosen H977 , and the house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 for thy name H8034 :
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49. Please listen from your home in heaven.
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49. Then hear H8085 thou H853 their prayer H8605 and their supplication H8467 in heaven H8064 thy dwelling H3427 place H4349 , and maintain H6213 their cause H4941 ,
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50. Forgive your people of all their sins and for turning against you. Make their enemies be kind to them.
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50. And forgive H5545 thy people H5971 that H834 have sinned H2398 against thee , and all H3605 their transgressions H6588 wherein H834 they have transgressed H6586 against thee , and give H5414 them compassion H7356 before H6440 them who carried them captive H7617 , that they may have compassion on H7355 them:
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51. Remember that they are your people and that you brought them out of Egypt. It was as if you saved them by pulling them out of a hot oven!
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51. For H3588 they H1992 be thy people H5971 , and thine inheritance H5159 , which H834 thou broughtest forth H3318 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 , from the midst H4480 H8432 of the furnace H3564 of iron H1270 :
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52. "Lord God, please listen to my prayers and to the prayers of your people Israel. Listen to their prayers any time that they ask you for help.
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52. That thine eyes H5869 may be H1961 open H6605 unto H413 the supplication H8467 of thy servant H5650 , and unto H413 the supplication H8467 of thy people H5971 Israel H3478 , to hearken H8085 unto H413 them in all H3605 that they call H7121 for unto H413 thee.
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53. You have chosen them from all the peoples of the earth to be your own special people. Lord, you promised to do that for us. You used your servant Moses to make that promise when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt."
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53. For H3588 thou H859 didst separate H914 them from among all H4480 H3605 the people H5971 of the earth H776 , to be thine inheritance H5159 , as H834 thou spakest H1696 by the hand H3027 of Moses H4872 thy servant H5650 , when thou broughtest H3318 H853 our fathers H1 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 , O Lord H136 GOD H3068 .
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54. Solomon prayed that prayer to God. He was on his knees in front of the altar. He prayed with his arms raised toward heaven. When he finished praying, he stood up.
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54. And it was H1961 so , that when Solomon H8010 had made an end H3615 of praying H6419 H853 all H3605 this H2063 prayer H8605 and supplication H8467 unto H413 the LORD H3068 , he arose H6965 from before H4480 H6440 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 , from kneeling H4480 H3766 on H5921 his knees H1290 with his hands H3709 spread up H6566 to heaven H8064 .
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55. Then, in a loud voice, he asked God to bless all the people of Israel. Solomon said:
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55. And he stood H5975 , and blessed H1288 H853 all H3605 the congregation H6951 of Israel H3478 with a loud H1419 voice H6963 , saying H559 ,
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56. "Praise the Lord! He promised to give rest to his people, Israel. And he has given us rest! He used his servant Moses and made many good promises to the people of Israel. And he has kept every one of them!
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56. Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068 , that H834 hath given H5414 rest H4496 unto his people H5971 Israel H3478 , according to all H3605 that H834 he promised H1696 : there hath not H3808 failed H5307 one H259 word H1697 of all H4480 H3605 his good H2896 promise H1697 , which H834 he promised H1696 by the hand H3027 of Moses H4872 his servant H5650 .
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57. I pray that the Lord our God will be with us, as he was with our ancestors. I pray that he will never leave us.
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57. The LORD H3068 our God H430 be H1961 with H5973 us, as H834 he was H1961 with H5973 our fathers H1 : let him not H408 leave H5800 us, nor H408 forsake H5203 us:
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58. I pray that we will turn to him and follow him. Then we will obey all the laws, decisions, and commands that he gave our ancestors.
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58. That he may incline H5186 our hearts H3824 unto H413 him , to walk H1980 in all H3605 his ways H1870 , and to keep H8104 his commandments H4687 , and his statutes H2706 , and his judgments H4941 , which H834 he commanded H6680 H853 our fathers H1 .
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59. I pray that the Lord our God will always remember this prayer and what I have asked. I pray that he will do these things for his servant, the king, and for his people, Israel. I pray that he will do this every day.
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59. And let these H428 my words H1697 , wherewith H834 I have made supplication H2603 before H6440 the LORD H3068 , be H1961 nigh H7138 unto H413 the LORD H3068 our God H430 day H3119 and night H3915 , that he maintain H6213 the cause H4941 of his servant H5650 , and the cause H4941 of his people H5971 Israel H3478 at all times H3117 , as the matter H1697 shall require H3117 :
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60. If he will do these things, all the people of the world will know that the Lord is the only true God.
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60. That H4616 all H3605 the people H5971 of the earth H776 may know H3045 that H3588 the LORD H3068 is God H430 , and that there is none H369 else H5750 .
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61. You people must be loyal and true to the Lord our God. You must always follow and obey all of his laws and commands. You must continue to obey in the future as you do now."
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61. Let your heart H3824 therefore be H1961 perfect H8003 with H5973 the LORD H3068 our God H430 , to walk H1980 in his statutes H2706 , and to keep H8104 his commandments H4687 , as at this H2088 day H3117 .
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62. Then King Solomon and all the Israelites with him offered sacrifices to the Lord.
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62. And the king H4428 , and all H3605 Israel H3478 with H5973 him, offered H2076 sacrifice H2077 before H6440 the LORD H3068 .
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63. Solomon killed 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep for fellowship offerings. In this way the king and the people showed that they had dedicated the Temple to the Lord.
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63. And Solomon H8010 offered H2076 H853 a sacrifice H2077 of peace offerings H8002 , which H834 he offered H2076 unto the LORD H3068 , two H8147 and twenty H6242 thousand H505 oxen H1241 , and a hundred H3967 and twenty H6242 thousand H505 sheep H6629 . So the king H4428 and all H3605 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 dedicated H2596 H853 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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64. King Solomon also dedicated the yard in front of the Temple. He offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat from the animals that were used as fellowship offerings. King Solomon made these offerings there in the yard. He did this because the bronze altar in front of the Lord was too small to hold them all.
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64. The same H1931 day H3117 did the king H4428 hallow H6942 H853 the middle H8432 of the court H2691 that H834 was before H6440 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 : for H3588 there H8033 he offered H6213 H853 burnt offerings H5930 , and meat offerings H4503 , and the fat H2459 of the peace offerings H8002 : because H3588 the brazen H5178 altar H4196 that H834 was before H6440 the LORD H3068 was too little H6996 to receive H4480 H3557 H853 the burnt offerings H5930 , and meat offerings H4503 , and the fat H2459 of the peace offerings H8002 .
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65. So there at the Temple, King Solomon and all the people of Israel celebrated the festival. People came from as far away as Hamath Pass in the north and the border of Egypt in the south. This huge crowd of people ate, drank, and enjoyed themselves together with the Lord for seven days. Then they stayed for another seven days. They celebrated for a total of 14 days.
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65. And at that H1931 time H6256 Solomon H8010 held H6213 H853 a feast H2282 , and all H3605 Israel H3478 with H5973 him , a great H1419 congregation H6951 , from the entering in H4480 H935 of Hamath H2574 unto H5704 the river H5158 of Egypt H4714 , before H6440 the LORD H3068 our God H430 , seven H7651 days H3117 and seven H7651 days H3117 , even fourteen H702 H6240 days H3117 .
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66. The next day Solomon told the people to go home. All the people thanked the king, said goodbye, and went home. They were happy because of all the good things that the Lord had done for David his servant and for his people Israel.
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66. On the eighth H8066 day H3117 he sent H7971 H853 the people H5971 away : and they blessed H1288 H853 the king H4428 , and went H1980 unto their tents H168 joyful H8056 and glad H2896 of heart H3820 for H5921 all H3605 the goodness H2896 that H834 the LORD H3068 had done H6213 for David H1732 his servant H5650 , and for Israel H3478 his people H5971 .
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