6Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he lives shrouded in darkness.H559H8010H3068H559H7931H6205 2Now I have constructed a magnificent temple dedicated to you that will serve as a place for you to inhabit forever."H1129H1004H2073H4349H3427H5769 3Then the king turned to face the entire congregation of Israel while the congregation of Israel remained standing.H4428H5437H6440H1288H6951H3478H6951H3478H5975 4Then Solomon prayed: "Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who made a commitment to my father David and then personally fulfilled what he had promised when he said:H559H1288H3068H430H3478H3027H4390H1696H6310H1H1732H559 5'From the day I brought out my people from the land of Egypt I never chose a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple where my name might reside. And I never chose any man to become commander-in-chief over my people Israel.H3117H3318H5971H776H4714H977H5892H7626H3478H1129H1004H8034H977H376H5057H5971H3478 6But I have chosen Jerusalem, where my name will reside. And I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'H977H3389H8034H977H1732H5971H3478 7"My father David wanted to build a temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel.H3824H1732H1H1129H1004H8034H3068H430H3478 8The Lord said to my father David: 'Therefore, since you determined to build a temple for my name, you acted well, because it was your choice to do so.H3068H559H1732H1H3824H1129H1004H8034H2895H3824 9Nevertheless, you are not to build the temple, but your son who will be born to you are to build a temple for my name.'H7535H1129H1004H1121H3318H2504H1129H1004H8034 10"The Lord has brought to fulfillment what he promised, and now here I stand, having succeeded my father David to sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built the temple for the name of the Lord God of Israel.H3068H6965H1697H1696H6965H1732H1H3427H3678H3478H3068H1696H1129H1004H8034H3068H430H3478 11I have placed in it the ark in which the covenant is stored that the Lord made with the Israelites."H8033H7760H727H1285H3068H3772H1121H3478 12Then Solomon took his place in front of the Lord's altar in the presence of the entire congregation of Israel and spread out his hands.H5975H6440H4196H3068H6951H3478H6566H3709 13Solomon had a bronze platform constructed seven and a half feet square and four and a half feet high. He had it erected in the middle of the courtyard, and stood on it. Then he knelt down on his knees in front of the entire congregation of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,H8010H6213H5178H3595H2568H520H753H2568H520H7341H7969H520H6967H5414H8432H5835H5975H1288H1290H6951H3478H6566H3709H8064 14and said: "Lord God of Israel, there is no one like you, God of heaven and earth, who watches over his covenant, showing gracious love to your servants who live their lives in your presence with all their hearts.H559H3068H430H3478H430H8064H776H8104H1285H2617H5650H1980H6440H3820 15It is you, Lord God, who has kept your promise to my father, your servant David, that you made to him. Indeed, you made a commitment to my father David and then personally fulfilled what you had promised today.H8104H5650H1732H1H1696H1696H6310H4390H3027H3117 16"Now therefore, Lord God of Israel, keep your promise that you made to my father, your servant David, when you said, 'You are to not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants will watch their lives, to live according to my Law, just as you have lived in my presence.'H3068H430H3478H8104H5650H1732H1H1696H559H3772H376H6440H3427H3678H3478H7535H1121H8104H1870H3212H8451H1980H6440 17"Now therefore, Lord God of Israel, may your promise that you made to your servant David be fulfilled…H3068H430H3478H1697H539H1696H5650H1732 18and yet, will God truly reside on earth with human beings?Look! Neither the sky nor the highest heaven can contain you! How much less this temple that I have built!H430H552H3427H120H776H8064H8064H8064H3557H1004H1129 19Pay attention to the prayer of your servant and to his request, Lord my God, and listen to the cry and prayer that your servant is praying in your presence.H6437H8605H5650H8467H3068H430H8085H7440H8605H5650H6419H6440 20Let your eyes always look toward this temple day and night, toward the location where you have said you would place your name. Listen to the prayer that your servant prays in this direction.H5869H6605H1004H3119H3915H4725H559H7760H8034H8085H8605H5650H6419H4725 21Listen to the requests from your servant and from your people Israel as they pray in this direction, and listen from the place where you reside - from heaven! - then hear and forgive.H8085H8469H5650H5971H3478H6419H4725H8085H3427H4725H8064H8085H5545 22"If a man sins against his neighbor and he is required to take an oath, and he then comes to take an oath in front of your altar in this temple,H376H2398H7453H423H5375H422H423H935H6440H4196H1004 23then listen from heaven, act, and judge your servants, recompensing the wicked by bringing back to him the consequences of his choices and by justifying the righteous by recompensing him according to his righteousness.H8085H8064H6213H8199H5650H7725H7563H5414H1870H7218H6663H6662H5414H6666 24"If your people Israel are defeated in a battle with their enemy because they have sinned against you, when they return to you and confess to you, pray, and in this temple they ask you to show grace to them,H5971H3478H5062H6440H341H2398H7725H3034H8034H6419H2603H6440H1004 25then hear from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and return them to the soil that you gave to them and to their ancestors.H8085H8064H5545H2403H5971H3478H7725H127H5414H1 26"When the skies remain closed, and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, and they pray in the direction of this place, confessing your name and turning from their sin when you afflict them,H8064H6113H4306H2398H6419H4725H3034H8034H7725H2403H6031 27then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants and of your people Israel. Indeed, teach them the best way to live and send rain on your land that you have given to your people as an inheritance.26H8085H8064H5545H2403H5650H5971H3478H3384H2896H1870H3212H5414H4306H776H5414H5971H5159 28"If a famine comes to the land, or if there comes plant diseases, mildew, locust, or grasshoppers, or if their enemies attack them in their settlements of the land, no matter what the epidemic or illness is,H7458H776H1698H7711H3420H697H2625H341H6887H8179H776H5061H4245 29whatever prayer or request is made, no matter whether it's made by a single man or by all of your people Israel, each praying out of his own illness and anguish and stretching out their hands toward this temple,H8605H8467H120H5971H3478H376H3045H5061H4341H6566H3709H1004 30then hear from heaven, the place where you reside, and forgive, repaying each person according to all of his ways, since you know their hearts - for you alone know the hearts of human beings?H8085H8064H3427H4349H5545H5414H376H1870H3824H3045H3045H3824H1121H120 31so they will fear you and live life your way as long as they live in the land that you have given to our ancestors.H3372H3212H1870H3117H2416H6440H127H5414H1 32"Now concerning the foreigner who is not from your people Israel, when he comes from a land far away for the sake of your great name, your mighty acts, and your obvious power, when they come and pray in the direction of this temple,H5237H5971H3478H935H7350H776H1419H8034H2389H3027H5186H2220H935H6419H1004 33then hear from heaven where you reside, and do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the people of the earth may know your name, fear you as do your people Israel, and so they may know that this temple that I have built is called by your name.H8085H8064H3427H4349H6213H5237H7121H5971H776H3045H8034H3372H5971H3478H3045H1004H1129H7121H8034 34"When your people go out to war against their enemies, no matter what way you send them, and they pray to you in the direction of this city that you have chosen and in the direction of the temple that I have built for your name,H5971H3318H4421H341H1870H7971H6419H1870H5892H977H1004H1129H8034 35then hear their prayer and their request from heaven, and fight for their cause.H8085H8064H8605H8467H6213H4941 36"When they sin against you - because there isn't a single human being who doesn't sin - and you become angry with them and deliver them over to their enemy, who takes them away captive to a land that's near or far away,H2398H120H2398H599H5414H6440H341H7617H7617H776H7350H7138 37if they turn their hearts back to you in the land where they have been taken captive, repent, and pray to you - even if they do so in the land where they have been taken captive - confessing, 'We have sinned, we have committed abominations, and practiced wickedness,'H7725H3824H776H7617H7725H2603H776H7628H559H2398H5753H7561 38if they return to you with all of their heart and with all of their soul in the land where they have been taken captive, as they pray in the direction of their land that you have given to their ancestors and to the city that you have chosen, and to the temple that I have built for your name,H7725H3820H5315H776H7628H7617H6419H1870H776H5414H1H5892H977H1004H1129H8034 39then hear their prayer and requests from heaven, where you reside, and fight for their cause, forgiving your people who have sinned against you.H8085H8064H3427H4349H8605H8467H6213H4941H5545H5971H2398 40"And now, my God, please let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers that are uttered in this place.6H430H5869H6605H241H7183H8605H4725 41"And now may the Lord God arise, to your place of rest, you, and the ark of your power! Let your priests, Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and cause your godly ones to find their joy in what is good.6H6965H3068H430H5118H727H5797H3548H3068H430H3847H8668H2623H8055H2896 42"Lord God, do not turn your face away from your anointed one. Remember your gracious love to your servant David."H3068H430H7725H6440H4899H2142H2617H1732H5650
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