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1 Koningen 8
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1 Koningen 8
Het Boek
De ark in het Heilige der Heiligen
8 Salomo riep alle leiders van Israël—de stamhoofden en familiehoofden—naar Jeruzalem om er getuige van te zijn hoe de ark van het verbond van de Here vanuit het heiligdom in Sion, de Stad van David, naar de tempel werd overgebracht. 2 Deze feestelijke gebeurtenis had plaats in de tijd van het Loofhuttenfeest, in de zevende maand. 3,4 Toen alle leiders van het volk Israël aanwezig waren, droegen de priesters de ark van de Here naar de tempel, samen met alle heilige voorwerpen uit de tabernakel. 5 Koning Salomo en alle andere mensen kwamen voor de ark bij elkaar en offerden een ontelbaar aantal schapen en runderen. 6 Daarna droegen de priesters de ark het Heilige der Heiligen binnen en zetten hem neer onder de vleugels van de engelen. 7 Die engelen waren zo gemaakt dat hun vleugels zich uitstrekten over de plaats waar de ark zou komen te staan, hun vleugels overschaduwden dus de ark en zijn draagstokken. 8 Die stokken waren zo lang dat zij terzijde van de engelen uitstaken en vanuit de andere kamer te zien waren. Vanuit de buitenste voorhof kon men ze echter niet zien. Zij bleven daar liggen tot op de dag van vandaag. 9 Er lag in die tijd niets in de ark dan de twee stenen plaquettes die Mozes erin had gelegd toen de Here bij de berg Horeb zijn verbond had gesloten met het volk Israël, na het vertrek uit Egypte.
10 Terwijl de priesters terugkeerden uit het binnenste heiligdom, vulde een heldere wolk de tempel 11 en daardoor konden de priesters niet meer de tempel in om er hun diensten te verrichten. De heerlijkheid en glorie van de Here vulde het hele gebouw.
12 Toen riep koning Salomo de Here aan met de volgende woorden: ‘De Here heeft gezegd dat Hij in de dichte wolk zou wonen. 13 Maar, Here, ik heb op aarde een prachtig huis voor U gebouwd. Een plaats waar U voor altijd kunt verblijven.’ 14 De koning draaide zich om naar de mensen die om hem heen stonden en zegende hen. 15 ‘Gezegend zij de Here, de God van Israël,’ zei hij, ‘die vandaag heeft gedaan wat Hij mijn vader David had beloofd. 16 Want Hij zei tegen hem: “Toen Ik mijn volk uit Egypte haalde, wees Ik geen plaats aan voor mijn tempel, maar Ik wees wel een man aan als leider van mijn volk.” 17 Die man was mijn vader David. Hij had altijd al de wens een tempel te bouwen voor de Here, de God van Israël. 18 Maar de Here zei tegen mijn vader David: “U hebt er goed aan gedaan dat u van plan was een tempel te bouwen voor mijn naam. 19 Toch mag u die tempel niet bouwen, maar uw zoon zal dat doen.” 20 Nu is de Here zijn belofte nagekomen, ik ben mijn vader opgevolgd als koning van Israël en nu is deze tempel gebouwd voor de Here, de God van Israël. 21 En in die tempel heb ik een plaats bestemd voor de ark waarin het verbond rust dat de Here met onze voorouders sloot, toen Hij hen uit het land Egypte bevrijdde.’
Salomo draagt de tempel op aan God
22 Terwijl de mensen toekeken, ging Salomo voor het altaar van de Here staan, spreidde zijn handen uit naar de hemel en zei: 23 ‘O Here, God van Israël, er is geen God zoals U in de hemel of op aarde, want U bent liefdevol en trouw en U houdt uw beloften aan uw volk als het uw wil doet. 24 Vandaag bent U de belofte aan mijn vader David nagekomen, die uw dienaar was. Wat uw mond heeft gesproken, heeft uw hand in vervulling laten gaan. Dat hebben wij vandaag kunnen zien. 25 En, Here, God van Israël, vervul nu ook uw verdere beloften aan David: dat van zijn nakomelingen altijd één op de troon van Israël zal zitten, zolang zij uw wegen volgen en hun best doen uw wil te doen. 26 Ja, God van Israël, vervul ook deze belofte die U mijn vader David hebt gedaan. 27 Is het echt wel mogelijk dat U op aarde zou willen wonen? Zelfs de hoogste hemelen kunnen U niet bevatten, laat staan deze tempel die ik heb gebouwd. 28 Hoor nu mijn gebed en luister naar mijn smeken, Here, mijn God. Beantwoord mijn roepen en luister naar het gebed van uw dienaar. 29 Waak alstublieft dag en nacht over deze tempel, deze plaats waarin U, zoals U hebt beloofd, zult wonen om naar mij te luisteren wanneer ik tot U bid. 30 Luister naar elke smeekbede van het volk Israël wanneer de mensen naar deze plaats komen om te bidden. Ja, luister vanuit de hemel, waar U woont en als U het hoort, vergeeft U dan alstublieft. 31 Als een man wordt beschuldigd van een misdaad en hier, staande voor uw altaar, zweert dat hij het niet heeft gedaan, 32 luister dan vanuit de hemel naar hem en doe wat juist is: geef de schuldige zijn verdiende loon en beloon de oprechte naar zijn verdienste. 33,34 En als uw onderdanen zondigen en hun vijanden verslaan hen, luister dan vanuit de hemel naar hen en vergeef hen als zij zich willen bekeren en opnieuw belijden dat U hun God bent. Breng hen dan terug naar dit land dat U hun voorouders hebt gegeven.
35,36 Als de hemelen zijn gesloten en er geen regen valt wegens hun zonde, luister dan vanuit de hemel en vergeef hen als zij op deze plaats bidden en uw naam aanroepen. Help hen dan om—nadat U hen hebt gestraft—de goede wegen te bewandelen en stuur regen naar het land dat U uw volk hebt gegeven.
37 Als in het land hongersnood heerst of het wordt getroffen door plantenziekten of schadelijke insecten, zoals sprinkhanen of kevers, of als Israëls vijanden haar steden belegeren of als de mensen lijden onder een epidemie of een plaag—of wat voor problemen ook maar— 38,39 luister dan als zij hun zonde beseffen en bij deze tempel bidden, luister vanuit de hemel, vergeef en antwoord hen die een eerlijke bekentenis hebben afgelegd. U kent immers ieders hart. 40 Op die manier zullen zij leren ontzag voor U te hebben, terwijl zij wonen in dit land dat U hun voorouders gaf.
41,42 En als buitenlanders uw naam horen noemen en uit verre landen komen om U te aanbidden (want zij zullen horen vertellen over uw grote naam en machtige wonderen) en bij deze tempel te bidden, 43 luister dan naar hen vanuit de hemel en geef antwoord op hun gebeden. Alle volken van de aarde zullen uw naam kennen en ontzag voor U hebben, net als uw volk Israël, en de hele wereld zal weten dat U in deze tempel in ons midden bent.
44 Als U uw volk laat vechten tegen zijn vijanden en het bidt tot U, terwijl zijn blik gericht is naar uw uitverkoren stad Jeruzalem en naar deze tempel die ik voor uw naam heb gebouwd, 45 luister dan naar zijn gebed en help het.
46 Als zij tegen U zondigen (en wie doet dat niet?) en U boos op hen wordt en toelaat dat hun vijanden hen als gevangenen wegleiden naar een ander land, dichtbij of veraf, 47 en als zij daar beseffen wat zij hebben gedaan en U roepen met de woorden: “Wij hebben gezondigd, wij hebben het helemaal verkeerd gedaan,” 48 als zij eerlijk naar U terugkeren en bidden in de richting van de stad Jeruzalem die U hebt gekozen en in de richting van deze tempel die ik voor uw naam heb gebouwd, 49 luister dan naar hun bidden en smeken vanuit de hemel waar U woont en kom hen te hulp. 50 Vergeef uw onderdanen al hun slechte daden waarmee zij tegen U zondigen en laten hun overwinnaars goed voor hen zijn. 51 Want zij zijn uw volk, uw erfdeel, dat U bevrijdde uit de Egyptische oven. 52 Mogen uw ogen geopend zijn en uw oren luisteren naar hun smeekbeden. O Here, luister naar hen en geef antwoord als zij tot U roepen. 53 Want, Here God, toen U onze voorouders uit Egypte bevrijdde, hebt U door uw dienaar Mozes gezegd dat U uit alle volken op aarde Israël had uitgekozen om uw eigen volk te zijn.’
54,55 Salomo zat geknield met zijn handen uitgestrekt naar de hemel. Na zijn gebed stond hij op uit zijn geknielde houding voor het altaar van de Here en sprak luid de volgende zegen uit over het volk van Israël: 56 ‘Gezegend zij de Here, die zijn belofte heeft gehouden en zijn volk Israël rust heeft gegeven. Elk woord van zijn beloften die zijn dienaar Mozes afkondigde, is waarheid geworden. 57 Moge de Here, onze God, met ons zijn zoals Hij met onze voorouders was, moge Hij ons nooit verlaten. 58 Moge Hij ons het verlangen geven in alles zijn wil te doen en alle geboden en aanwijzingen te gehoorzamen die Hij onze voorouders heeft gegeven. 59 En mogen deze woorden van mijn gebed de Here dag en nacht voor ogen staan, zodat Hij mij en heel Israël helpt en geeft wat wij dagelijks nodig hebben. 60 Mogen de volken over de hele aarde weten dat de Here God is en dat geen enkele andere God bestaat. 61 O mijn volk, leid een goed en oprecht leven voor de Here, onze God. Gehoorzaam altijd zijn wetten en geboden, net zoals u momenteel doet.’
62,63 Daarna wijdden de koning en alle aanwezigen de tempel in door het brengen van vredeoffers aan de Here, in totaal tweeëntwintigduizend runderen en honderdtwintigduizend schapen! 64 Als tijdelijke maatregel heiligde de koning de hof vóór de tempel voor het brengen van brandoffers, spijsoffers en het vet van de vredeoffers, want het koperen altaar was te klein om zoveel offers ineens te verwerken.
65 Voor deze gelegenheid vierden Salomo en het hele volk Israël veertien dagen lang feest en uit het hele land kwamen grote groepen mensen naar Jeruzalem, vanaf de Hamatpas in het noorden tot de beek bij de grens met Egypte. 66 Na afloop stuurde Salomo de mensen terug naar huis.
Zij waren blij met de goedheid die de Here had getoond aan zijn dienaar David en het volk Israël. En bij hun afscheid zegenden zij de koning.
1 Kings 8
King James Version
1 Kings 8
King James Version
8 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.
2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
4 And they brought up the ark of the Lord, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.
5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
8 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.
9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord,
11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.
12 Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
13 I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
14 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)
15 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
18 And the Lord said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
20 And the Lord hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
23 And he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:
24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
25 Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.
30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
31 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:
32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
33 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;
38 What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
42 (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
43 Hear thou in heaven 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, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
48 And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
50 And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.
53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.
54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
56 Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
57 The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
58 That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
59 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
60 That all the people of the earth may know that the Lord is God, and that there is none else.
61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
62 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the Lord.
63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.
64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
66 On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
1 Kings 8
New International Version
1 Kings 8
New International Version
The Ark Brought to the Temple(A)
8 Then King Solomon summoned into his presence at Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs(B) of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark(C) of the Lord’s covenant from Zion, the City of David.(D) 2 All the Israelites came together to King Solomon at the time of the festival(E) in the month of Ethanim, the seventh month.(F)
3 When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests(G) took up the ark, 4 and they brought up the ark of the Lord and the tent of meeting(H) and all the sacred furnishings in it. The priests and Levites(I) carried them up, 5 and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the ark, sacrificing(J) so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted.
6 The priests then brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant(K) to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place,(L) and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim.(M) 7 The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed(N) the ark and its carrying poles. 8 These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today.(O) 9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets(P) that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt.
10 When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud(Q) filled the temple of the Lord. 11 And the priests could not perform their service(R) because of the cloud, for the glory(S) of the Lord filled his temple.
12 Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud;(T) 13 I have indeed built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell(U) forever.”
14 While the whole assembly of Israel was standing there, the king turned around and blessed(V) them. 15 Then he said:
“Praise be to the Lord,(W) the God of Israel, who with his own hand has fulfilled what he promised with his own mouth to my father David. For he said, 16 ‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt,(X) I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to have a temple built so that my Name(Y) might be there, but I have chosen(Z) David(AA) to rule my people Israel.’
17 “My father David had it in his heart(AB) to build a temple(AC) for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 18 But the Lord said to my father David, ‘You did well to have it in your heart to build a temple for my Name. 19 Nevertheless, you(AD) are not the one to build the temple, but your son, your own flesh and blood—he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.’(AE)
20 “The Lord has kept the promise he made: I have succeeded(AF) David my father and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the Lord promised, and I have built(AG) the temple for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 21 I have provided a place there for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt.”
Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication(AH)
22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands(AI) toward heaven 23 and said:
“Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like(AJ) you in heaven above or on earth below—you who keep your covenant of love(AK) with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way. 24 You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it—as it is today.
25 “Now Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises(AL) you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me faithfully as you have done.’ 26 And now, God of Israel, let your word that you promised(AM) your servant David my father come true.
27 “But will God really dwell(AN) on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven,(AO) cannot contain(AP) you. How much less this temple I have built! 28 Yet give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy, Lord my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence this day. 29 May your eyes be open(AQ) toward(AR) this temple night and day, this place of which you said, ‘My Name(AS) shall be there,’ so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place. 30 Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray(AT) toward this place. Hear(AU) from heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.(AV)
31 “When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath and they come and swear the oath(AW) before your altar in this temple, 32 then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.(AX)
33 “When your people Israel have been defeated(AY) by an enemy because they have sinned(AZ) against you, and when they turn back to you and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication to you in this temple,(BA) 34 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.
35 “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain(BB) because your people have sinned(BC) against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them, 36 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach(BD) them the right way(BE) to live, and send rain(BF) on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.
37 “When famine(BG) or plague(BH) comes to the land, or blight(BI) or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers,(BJ) or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come, 38 and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of the afflictions of their own hearts, and spreading out their hands(BK) toward this temple— 39 then hear(BL) from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive(BM) and act; deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know(BN) their hearts (for you alone know every human heart), 40 so that they will fear(BO) you all the time they live in the land(BP) you gave our ancestors.
41 “As for the foreigner(BQ) who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name— 42 for they will hear(BR) of your great name and your mighty hand(BS) and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple, 43 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know(BT) your name and fear(BU) you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.(BV)
44 “When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray(BW) to the Lord toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name, 45 then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.(BX)
46 “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin(BY)—and you become angry with them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive(BZ) to their own lands, far away or near; 47 and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead(CA) with you in the land of their captors and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly’;(CB) 48 and if they turn back(CC) to you with all their heart(CD) and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray(CE) to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and the temple(CF) I have built for your Name;(CG) 49 then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause. 50 And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses they have committed against you, and cause their captors to show them mercy;(CH) 51 for they are your people and your inheritance,(CI) whom you brought out of Egypt, out of that iron-smelting furnace.(CJ)
52 “May your eyes be open(CK) to your servant’s plea and to the plea of your people Israel, and may you listen to them whenever they cry out to you.(CL) 53 For you singled them out from all the nations of the world to be your own inheritance,(CM) just as you declared through your servant Moses when you, Sovereign Lord, brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”
54 When Solomon had finished all these prayers and supplications to the Lord, he rose from before the altar of the Lord, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven. 55 He stood and blessed(CN) the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying:
56 “Praise be to the Lord, who has given rest(CO) to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises(CP) he gave through his servant Moses. 57 May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us nor forsake(CQ) us. 58 May he turn our hearts(CR) to him, to walk in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees and laws he gave our ancestors. 59 And may these words of mine, which I have prayed before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel according to each day’s need, 60 so that all the peoples(CS) of the earth may know that the Lord is God and that there is no other.(CT) 61 And may your hearts(CU) be fully committed(CV) to the Lord our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time.”
The Dedication of the Temple(CW)
62 Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices(CX) before the Lord. 63 Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the Lord: twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated(CY) the temple of the Lord.
64 On that same day the king consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple of the Lord, and there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings and the fat(CZ) of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar(DA) that stood before the Lord was too small to hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings.(DB)
65 So Solomon observed the festival(DC) at that time, and all Israel with him—a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath(DD) to the Wadi of Egypt.(DE) They celebrated it before the Lord our God for seven days and seven days more, fourteen days in all. 66 On the following day he sent the people away. They blessed the king and then went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good(DF) things the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.
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