1Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel with…
2All the men of Israel assembled themselves to…
3All the elders of Israel came, and the…
4They brought up the LORD’s ark, the Tent…
5King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel,…
6The priests brought in the ark of the…
7For the cherubim spread their wings out over…
8The poles were so long that the ends…
9There was nothing in the ark except the…
10It came to pass, when the priests had…
11so that the priests could not stand to…
12Then Solomon said, “The LORD has said that…
13I have surely built you a house of…
14The king turned his face around and blessed…
15He said, “Blessed is the LORD, the God…
16‘Since the day that I brought my people…
17“Now it was in the heart of David…
18But the LORD said to David my father,…
19Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but…
20The LORD has established his word that he…
21There I have set a place for the…
22Solomon stood before the LORD’s altar in the…
23and he said, “LORD, the God of Israel,…
24who has kept with your servant David my…
25Now therefore, may LORD, the God of Israel,…
26“Now therefore, God of Israel, please let your…
27But will God in very deed dwell on…
28Yet have respect for the prayer of your…
29that your eyes may be open toward this…
30Listen to the supplication of your servant, and…
31“If a man sins against his neighbor, and…
32then hear in heaven, and act, and judge…
33“When your people Israel are struck down before…
34then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin…
35“When the sky is shut up and there…
36then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin…
37“If there is famine in the land, if…
38whatever prayer and supplication is made by any…
39then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and…
40that they may fear you all the days…
41“Moreover, concerning the foreigner, who is not of…
42(for they shall hear of your great name…
43hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and do…
44“If your people go out to battle against…
45then hear in heaven their prayer and their…
46If they sin against you (for there is…
47yet if they repent in the land where…
48if they return to you with all their…
49then hear their prayer and their supplication in…
50and forgive your people who have sinned against…
51(for they are your people and your inheritance,…
52that your eyes may be open to the…
53For you separated them from among all the…
54It was so, that when Solomon had finished…
55He stood and blessed all the assembly of…
56“Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest…
57May the LORD our God be with us…
58that he may incline our hearts to him,…
59Let these my words, with which I have…
60that all the peoples of the earth may…
61“Let your heart therefore be perfect with the…
62The king, and all Israel with him, offered…
63Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings,…
64The same day the king made the middle…
65So Solomon held the feast at that time,…
66On the eighth day he sent the people…
