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2Chronicles 6
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Solomon’s Address to the People

6Then King Solomon prayed, "LORD, you have chosen to live in clouds and darkness.H559H8010H3068H559H7931H6205
2Now I have built a majestic temple for you, a place for you to live in forever."H1129H1004H2073H4349H3427H5769
3All the people of Israel were standing there. The king turned to face them and asked God's blessing on them.H4428H5437H6440H1288H6951H3478H6951H3478H5975
4He said, "Praise the LORD God of Israel! He has kept the promise he made to my father David when he said to him,H559H1288H3068H430H3478H3027H4390H1696H6310H1H1732H559
5'From the time I brought my people out of Egypt until now, I did not choose any city in the land of Israel as the place to build a temple where I would be worshiped, and I did not choose anyone to lead my people Israel.H3117H3318H5971H776H4714H977H5892H7626H3478H1129H1004H8034H977H376H5057H5971H3478
6But now I have chosen Jerusalem as the place where I will be worshiped, and you, David, to rule my people.' "H977H3389H8034H977H1732H5971H3478
7And Solomon continued, "My father David planned to build a temple for the worship of the LORD God of Israel,H3824H1732H1H1129H1004H8034H3068H430H3478
8but the LORD said to him, 'You were right in wanting to build a temple for me,H3068H559H1732H1H3824H1129H1004H8034H2895H3824
9but you will never build it. It is your son, your own son, who will build my temple.'H7535H1129H1004H1121H3318H2504H1129H1004H8034
10"Now the LORD has kept his promise: I have succeeded my father as king of Israel, and I have built a temple for the worship of the LORD God of Israel.H3068H6965H1697H1696H6965H1732H1H3427H3678H3478H3068H1696H1129H1004H8034H3068H430H3478
11I have placed in the Temple the Covenant Box, which contains the stone tablets of the covenant which the LORD made with the people of Israel."H8033H7760H727H1285H3068H3772H1121H3478

Solomon’s Prayer

12Then in the presence of the people Solomon went and stood in front of the altar and raised his arms in prayer.H5975H6440H4196H3068H6951H3478H6566H3709
13(Solomon had made a bronze platform and put it in the middle of the courtyard. It was eight feet square and five feet high. He mounted this platform, knelt down where everyone could see him, and raised his hands toward heaven.)H8010H6213H5178H3595H2568H520H753H2568H520H7341H7969H520H6967H5414H8432H5835H5975H1288H1290H6951H3478H6566H3709H8064
14He prayed, " LORD God of Israel, in all heaven and earth there is no god like you. You keep your covenant with your people and show them your love when they live in wholehearted obedience to you.H559H3068H430H3478H430H8064H776H8104H1285H2617H5650H1980H6440H3820
15You have kept the promise you made to my father David; today every word has been fulfilled.H8104H5650H1732H1H1696H1696H6310H4390H3027H3117
16Now, LORD God of Israel, keep the other promise you made to my father when you told him that there would always be one of his descendants ruling as king of Israel, provided that they carefully obeyed your Law just as he did.H3068H430H3478H8104H5650H1732H1H1696H559H3772H376H6440H3427H3678H3478H7535H1121H8104H1870H3212H8451H1980H6440
17So now, LORD God of Israel, let everything come true that you promised to your servant David.H3068H430H3478H1697H539H1696H5650H1732
18"But can you, O God, really live on earth among men and women? Not even all of heaven is large enough to hold you, so how can this Temple that I have built be large enough?H430H552H3427H120H776H8064H8064H8064H3557H1004H1129
19LORD my God, I am your servant. Listen to my prayer and grant the requests I make to you.H6437H8605H5650H8467H3068H430H8085H7440H8605H5650H6419H6440
20Watch over this Temple day and night. You have promised that this is where you will be worshiped, so hear me when I face this Temple and pray.H5869H6605H1004H3119H3915H4725H559H7760H8034H8085H8605H5650H6419H4725
21Hear my prayers and the prayers of your people Israel when they face this place and pray. In your home in heaven hear us and forgive us.H8085H8469H5650H5971H3478H6419H4725H8085H3427H4725H8064H8085H5545
22"When people are accused of wronging others and are brought to your altar in this Temple to take an oath that they are innocent,H376H2398H7453H423H5375H422H423H935H6440H4196H1004
23O LORD, listen in heaven and judge your servants. Punish the guilty ones as they deserve and acquit the innocent.H8085H8064H6213H8199H5650H7725H7563H5414H1870H7218H6663H6662H5414H6666
24"When your people Israel are defeated by their enemies because they have sinned against you and then when they turn to you and come to this Temple, humbly praying to you for forgiveness,H5971H3478H5062H6440H341H2398H7725H3034H8034H6419H2603H6440H1004
25listen to them in heaven. Forgive the sins of your people and bring them back to the land which you gave to them and to their ancestors.H8085H8064H5545H2403H5971H3478H7725H127H5414H1
26"When you hold back the rain because your people have sinned against you and then when they repent and face this Temple, humbly praying to you,H8064H6113H4306H2398H6419H4725H3034H8034H7725H2403H6031
27O LORD, listen to them in heaven and forgive the sins of your servants, the people of Israel, and teach them to do what is right. Then, O LORD, send rain on this land of yours, which you gave to your people as a permanent possession.H8085H8064H5545H2403H5650H5971H3478H3384H2896H1870H3212H5414H4306H776H5414H5971H5159
28"When there is famine in the land or an epidemic or the crops are destroyed by scorching winds or swarms of locusts, or when your people are attacked by their enemies, or when there is disease or sickness among them,H7458H776H1698H7711H3420H697H2625H341H6887H8179H776H5061H4245
29listen to their prayers. If any of your people Israel, out of heartfelt sorrow, stretch out their hands in prayer toward this Temple,H8605H8467H120H5971H3478H376H3045H5061H4341H6566H3709H1004
30hear their prayer. Listen to them in your home in heaven and forgive them. You alone know the thoughts of the human heart. Deal with each of us as we deserve,H8085H8064H3427H4349H5545H5414H376H1870H3824H3045H3045H3824H1121H120
31so that your people may honor you and obey you all the time they live in the land which you gave to our ancestors.H3372H3212H1870H3117H2416H6440H127H5414H1
32"When foreigners who live in a distant land hear how great and powerful you are and how you are always ready to act, and then they come to pray at this Temple,H5237H5971H3478H935H7350H776H1419H8034H2389H3027H5186H2220H935H6419H1004
33listen to their prayers. In heaven, where you live, hear them and do what they ask you to do, so that all the peoples of the world may know you and obey you, as your people Israel do. Then they will know that this Temple I have built is where you are to be worshiped.H8085H8064H3427H4349H6213H5237H7121H5971H776H3045H8034H3372H5971H3478H3045H1004H1129H7121H8034
34"When you command your people to go into battle against their enemies and they pray to you, wherever they are, facing this city which you have chosen and this Temple which I have built for you,H5971H3318H4421H341H1870H7971H6419H1870H5892H977H1004H1129H8034
35listen to their prayers. Hear them in heaven and give them victory.H8085H8064H8605H8467H6213H4941
36"When your people sin against you - and there is no one who does not sin - and in your anger you let their enemies defeat them and take them as prisoners to some other land, even if that land is far away,H2398H120H2398H599H5414H6440H341H7617H7617H776H7350H7138
37listen to your people's prayers. If there in that land they repent and pray to you, confessing how sinful and wicked they have been, hear their prayers, O LORD.H7725H3824H776H7617H7725H2603H776H7628H559H2398H5753H7561
38If in that land they truly and sincerely repent and pray to you as they face toward this land which you gave to our ancestors, this city which you have chosen, and this Temple which I have built for you,H7725H3820H5315H776H7628H7617H6419H1870H776H5414H1H5892H977H1004H1129H8034
39then listen to their prayers. In your home in heaven hear them and be merciful to them and forgive all the sins of your people.H8085H8064H3427H4349H8605H8467H6213H4941H5545H5971H2398
40"Now, O my God, look on us and listen to the prayers offered in this place.H430H5869H6605H241H7183H8605H4725
41Rise up now, LORD God, and with the Covenant Box, the symbol of your power, enter the Temple and stay here forever. Bless your priests in all they do, and may all your people be happy because of your goodness to them.H6965H3068H430H5118H727H5797H3548H3068H430H3847H8668H2623H8055H2896
42LORD God, do not reject the king you have chosen. Remember the love you had for your servant David."H3068H430H7725H6440H4899H2142H2617H1732H5650


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