2Chronicles 6
6THEN SOLOMON said, The Lord has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness;H559H8010H3068H559H7931H62052I have built You a house, [in which the dark Holy of Holies seems] a [fitting] abode for You, a place for You to dwell in forever.H1129H1004H2073H4349H3427H57693And the king turned his face and blessed all the assembly of Israel, and they all stood.H4428H5437H6440H1288H6951H3478H6951H3478H59754And he said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, Who has fulfilled with His hands what He promised with His mouth to David my father, saying,H559H1288H3068H430H3478H3027H4390H1696H6310H1H1732H5595Since the day that I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that My Name might be there, neither chose I any man to be a ruler over My people Israel;H3117H3318H5971H776H4714H977H5892H7626H3478H1129H1004H8034H977H376H5057H5971H34786But I have chosen Jerusalem, that My Name [and the symbol of My presence] might be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.H977H3389H8034H977H1732H5971H34787Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the Name {and} renown of the Lord, the God of Israel.H3824H1732H1H1129H1004H8034H3068H430H34788But the Lord said to David my father, Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name {and} renown, you did well that it was in your heart.H3068H559H1732H1H3824H1129H1004H8034H2895H38249Yet you shall not build the house, but your son, who shall be born to you--he shall build the house for My Name.H7535H1129H1004H1121H3318H2504H1129H1004H803410The Lord therefore has performed His word that He has spoken, for I have risen up in the place of David my father and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel.H3068H6965H1697H1696H6965H1732H1H3427H3678H3478H3068H1696H1129H1004H8034H3068H430H347811In it have I put the ark [the symbol of His presence], in which is the covenant of the Lord [the Ten Commandments] which He made with the people of Israel.H8033H7760H727H1285H3068H3772H1121H347812And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread forth his hands.H5975H6440H4196H3068H6951H3478H6566H370913For he had made a bronze scaffold, five cubits square and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; upon it he stood, and he knelt upon his knees before all the assembly of Israel and spread forth his hands toward heaven,H8010H6213H5178H3595H2568H520H753H2568H520H7341H7969H520H6967H5414H8432H5835H5975H1288H1290H6951H3478H6566H3709H806414And said, O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like You in the heavens or in the earth, keeping covenant and showing mercy {and} loving-kindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts,H559H3068H430H3478H430H8064H776H8104H1285H2617H5650H1980H6440H382015You Who have kept Your promises to my father David and fulfilled with Your hand what You spoke with Your mouth, as it is today.H8104H5650H1732H1H1696H1696H6310H4390H3027H311716Now therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father that which You promised him, saying, There shall not fail a man in My sight to sit on the throne of Israel, provided your children are careful to walk in My law as you, David, have walked before Me.H3068H430H3478H8104H5650H1732H1H1696H559H3772H376H6440H3427H3678H3478H7535H1121H8104H1870H3212H8451H1980H644017Now then, O Lord, God of Israel, let Your word to Your servant David be verified.H3068H430H3478H1697H539H1696H5650H173218But will God actually dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built!H430H552H3427H120H776H8064H8064H8064H3557H1004H112919Yet have respect for the prayer of Your servant and for his supplication, O Lord my God, to listen to the cry and the prayer which Your servant prays before You,H6437H8605H5650H8467H3068H430H8085H7440H8605H5650H6419H644020That Your eyes may be open upon this house day and night, toward the place in which You have said You would put Your Name [and the symbol of your presence], to listen to {and} heed the prayer which Your servant prays facing this place.H5869H6605H1004H3119H3915H4725H559H7760H8034H8085H8605H5650H6419H472521So listen to {and} heed the requests of Your servant and Your people Israel which they shall make facing this place. Hear from Your dwelling place, heaven; and when You hear, forgive.H8085H8469H5650H5971H3478H6419H4725H8085H3427H4725H8064H8085H554522If a man sins against his neighbor, and he is required to take an oath, and the oath comes before Your altar in this house,H376H2398H7453H423H5375H422H423H935H6440H4196H100423Then hear from heaven and do; and judge Your servants, requiting the wicked by bringing his conduct upon his own head, and justifying the [uncompromisingly] righteous by giving him according to his righteousness (his uprightness and right standing with God).H8085H8064H6213H8199H5650H7725H7563H5414H1870H7218H6663H6662H5414H666624If Your people Israel have been defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against You, and shall return, confess Your name [and You Yourself], and pray and make supplication before You in this house,H5971H3478H5062H6440H341H2398H7725H3034H8034H6419H2603H6440H100425Then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel and bring them again to the land which You gave to them and their fathers.H8085H8064H5545H2403H5971H3478H7725H127H5414H126When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, yet if they pray toward this place, confess your name [and You Yourself], and turn from their sin when You afflict them,H8064H6113H4306H2398H6419H4725H3034H8034H7725H2403H603127Then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, [all of] Your people Israel, when You have taught them the good way in which they should walk. And send rain upon Your land which You have given to Your people for an inheritance.H8085H8064H5545H2403H5650H5971H3478H3384H2896H1870H3212H5414H4306H776H5414H5971H515928If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, blight, mildew, locusts, or caterpillars, if their enemies besiege them in any of their cities, whatever plague or sickness there may be,H7458H776H1698H7711H3420H697H2625H341H6887H8179H776H5061H424529Then whatever prayer or supplication any man or all of Your people Israel shall make--each knowing his own affliction and his own sorrow and stretching out his hands toward this house--H8605H8467H120H5971H3478H376H3045H5061H4341H6566H3709H100430Then hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart You know; for You, You only, know men's hearts,H8085H8064H3427H4349H5545H5414H376H1870H3824H3045H3045H3824H1121H12031That they may fear You and walk in Your ways as long as they live in the land which You gave to our fathers.H3372H3212H1870H3117H2416H6440H127H5414H132Also concerning the stranger who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a far country for Your great name's sake and Your mighty power and Your outstretched arm--if he comes and prays toward this house,H5237H5971H3478H935H7350H776H1419H8034H2389H3027H5186H2220H935H6419H100433Hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place, and do all for which the stranger calls to You, that all peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You [reverently and worshipfully], as do Your people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by Your Name.H8085H8064H3427H4349H6213H5237H7121H5971H776H3045H8034H3372H5971H3478H3045H1004H1129H7121H803434If Your people go out to war against their enemies by the way that You send them, and they pray to You facing this city [Jerusalem] which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your Name,H5971H3318H4421H341H1870H7971H6419H1870H5892H977H1004H1129H803435Then hear from heaven their prayer and supplication, and maintain their cause.H8085H8064H8605H8467H6213H494136If they sin against You--for there is no man who does not sin--and You are angry with them and give them to enemies who take them captive to a land far or near;H2398H120H2398H599H5414H6440H341H7617H7617H776H7350H713837Yet if they repent in the land to which they have been carried captive, and turn and pray there, saying, We have sinned, we have done wrong, and have dealt wickedly;H7725H3824H776H7617H7725H2603H776H7628H559H2398H5753H756138If they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of their captivity, and pray facing their land which You gave to their fathers and toward the city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your Name;H7725H3820H5315H776H7628H7617H6419H1870H776H5414H1H5892H977H1004H1129H803439Then hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and supplications, and maintain their cause; and forgive Your people, who have sinned against You.H8085H8064H3427H4349H8605H8467H6213H4941H5545H5971H239840Now, O my God, I beseech You, let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this temple.H430H5869H6605H241H7183H8605H472541So now arise, O Lord God, and come into Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength {and} power. Let Your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let Your saints (Your zealous ones) rejoice in good {and} in Your goodness.H6965H3068H430H5118H727H5797H3548H3068H430H3847H8668H2623H8055H289642O Lord God, turn not away the face of [me] Your anointed one; [earnestly] remember Your good deeds, mercy, {and} steadfast love for David Your servant.H3068H430H7725H6440H4899H2142H2617H1732H5650
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