6Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.H559H8010H3068H559H7931H6205

2But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.H1129H1004H2073H4349H3427H5769

3And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.H4428H5437H6440H1288H6951H3478H6951H3478H5975

4And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,H559H1288H3068H430H3478H3027H4390H1696H6310H1H1732H559

5Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:H3117H3318H5971H776H4714H977H5892H7626H3478H1129H1004H8034H977H376H5057H5971H3478

6But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.H977H3389H8034H977H1732H5971H3478

7Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.H3824H1732H1H1129H1004H8034H3068H430H3478

8But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:H3068H559H1732H1H3824H1129H1004H8034H2895H3824

9Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.H7535H1129H1004H1121H3318H2504H1129H1004H8034

10The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.H3068H6965H1697H1696H6965H1732H1H3427H3678H3478H3068H1696H1129H1004H8034H3068H430H3478

11And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.H8033H7760H727H1285H3068H3772H1121H3478

12And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:H5975H6440H4196H3068H6951H3478H6566H3709

13For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven.H8010H6213H5178H3595H2568H520H753H2568H520H7341H7969H520H6967H5414H8432H5835H5975H1288H1290H6951H3478H6566H3709H8064

14And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:H559H3068H430H3478H430H8064H776H8104H1285H2617H5650H1980H6440H3820

15Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.H8104H5650H1732H1H1696H1696H6310H4390H3027H3117

16Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.H3068H430H3478H8104H5650H1732H1H1696H559H3772H376H6440H3427H3678H3478H7535H1121H8104H1870H3212H8451H1980H6440

17Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.H3068H430H3478H1697H539H1696H5650H1732

18But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!H430H552H3427H120H776H8064H8064H8064H3557H1004H1129

19Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:H6437H8605H5650H8467H3068H430H8085H7440H8605H5650H6419H6440

20That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.H5869H6605H1004H3119H3915H4725H559H7760H8034H8085H8605H5650H6419H4725

21Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.H8085H8469H5650H5971H3478H6419H4725H8085H3427H4725H8064H8085H5545

22If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;H376H2398H7453H423H5375H422H423H935H6440H4196H1004

23Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.H8085H8064H6213H8199H5650H7725H7563H5414H1870H7218H6663H6662H5414H6666

24And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;H5971H3478H5062H6440H341H2398H7725H3034H8034H6419H2603H6440H1004

25Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.H8085H8064H5545H2403H5971H3478H7725H127H5414H1

26When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;H8064H6113H4306H2398H6419H4725H3034H8034H7725H2403H6031

27Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.H8085H8064H5545H2403H5650H5971H3478H3384H2896H1870H3212H5414H4306H776H5414H5971H5159

28If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:H7458H776H1698H7711H3420H697H2625H341H6887H8179H776H5061H4245

29Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:H8605H8467H120H5971H3478H376H3045H5061H4341H6566H3709H1004

30Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)H8085H8064H3427H4349H5545H5414H376H1870H3824H3045H3045H3824H1121H120

31That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.H3372H3212H1870H3117H2416H6440H127H5414H1

32Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;H5237H5971H3478H935H7350H776H1419H8034H2389H3027H5186H2220H935H6419H1004

33Then hear thou from the heavens, even from 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, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.H8085H8064H3427H4349H6213H5237H7121H5971H776H3045H8034H3372H5971H3478H3045H1004H1129H7121H8034

34If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;H5971H3318H4421H341H1870H7971H6419H1870H5892H977H1004H1129H8034

35Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.H8085H8064H8605H8467H6213H4941

36If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;H2398H120H2398H599H5414H6440H341H7617H7617H776H7350H7138

37Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;H7725H3824H776H7617H7725H2603H776H7628H559H2398H5753H7561

38If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:H7725H3820H5315H776H7628H7617H6419H1870H776H5414H1H5892H977H1004H1129H8034

39Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.H8085H8064H3427H4349H8605H8467H6213H4941H5545H5971H2398

40Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.H430H5869H6605H241H7183H8605H4725

41Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.H6965H3068H430H5118H727H5797H3548H3068H430H3847H8668H2623H8055H2896

42O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.H3068H430H7725H6440H4899H2142H2617H1732H5650