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1. King Solomon called for the older leaders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, and the leaders of the families to come to him in Jerusalem. He wanted them to bring the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord from the older part of the city.
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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 all the Israelites came together with King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim, the seventh month.
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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 older leaders of Israel arrived, the priests lifted up the Ark.
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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. They carried the Ark of the Lord, the Meeting Tent, and the holy utensils; the priests and the Levites brought them up.
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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 the Israelites gathered before the Ark and sacrificed so many sheep and cattle no one could 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. Then the priests put the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord in its place inside the Most Holy Place in the Temple, under the wings of the golden creatures.
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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 these creatures were spread out over the place for the Ark, covering it 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 carrying poles were so long that anyone standing in the Holy Place in front of the Most Holy Place could see the ends of the poles, but no one could see them from outside the Holy Place. The poles are still there today.
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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 Ark were two stone tabletsn that Moses had put in the Ark at Mount Sinai. That was 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 left the Holy Place, a cloud filled the Temple of the Lord.
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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 said he would 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. Lord, I have truly built a wonderful Temple for you -- a place for you to 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. While all the Israelites were standing there, King Solomon turned to them and blessed 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. Then he said, "Praise the Lord, the God of Israel. He has done what he promised to my father David. The Lord said,
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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. 'Since the time I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel where a temple will be built for me. But I have chosen David to lead 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 to build a temple for 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, 'It was good that you wanted to build a temple for me.
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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 it. Your son, who comes from your own body, is the one who 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. "Now the Lord has kept his promise. I am the king now in place of David my father. Now I rule 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 there for the Ark, in which is the Agreement 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 facing the Lord's altar, and all the Israelites were standing behind him. He spread out his hands toward the sky
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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 god like you in heaven above or on earth below. You keep your agreement of love with your servants who truly follow you.
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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 have kept the promise you made to your servant David, my father. You spoke it with your own mouth and finished it with your hands 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 promise you made to your servant David, my father. You said, 'If your sons are careful to obey me as you have obeyed me, there will always be someone from your family ruling 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. Now, God of Israel, please continue to keep that promise you made to your servant David, my father.
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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, can you really live here on the earth? The sky and the highest place in heaven cannot contain you. Surely this house which I have built cannot contain you.
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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, because I am your servant. Lord my God, hear this prayer your servant prays 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. Night and day please watch over this Temple where you have said, 'I will be worshiped there.' Hear the prayer I pray facing this Temple.
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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. Hear my prayers and the prayers of your people Israel when we pray facing this place. Hear from your home in heaven, and when you hear, 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. "If someone wrongs another person, he will be brought to the altar in this Temple. If he swears an oath that he is not guilty,
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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. then hear in heaven. Judge the case, punish the guilty, but declare that the innocent person is 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. "When your people, the Israelites, sin against you, their enemies will defeat them. But if they come back to you and praise you and 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. then hear them in heaven. Forgive the sins of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave 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. "When they sin against you, you will stop the rain from falling on their land. Then they will pray, facing this place and praising you; they will stop sinning when you make them suffer.
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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. When this happens, please hear their prayer in heaven, and forgive the sins of your servants, the Israelites. Teach them to do what is right. Then please send rain to this land you have given particularly to 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. "At times the land will become so dry that no food will grow, or a great sickness will spread among the people. Sometimes all the crops will be destroyed by locusts or grasshoppers. Your people will be attacked in their cities by their enemy or will become 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, the people will become truly sorry. If your people 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. then hear their prayers from your home in heaven. Forgive and treat each person as he should be treated because you know what is in a person's heart. Only you know what is in everyone's heart.
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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. Then your people will respect you as long as they live in this land 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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