1Then Solomon said, “The LORD has said that…
2But I have built you a house and…
3The king turned his face, and blessed all…
4He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God…
5‘Since the day that I brought my people…
6but now I have chosen Jerusalem, that my…
7Now it was in the heart of David…
8But the LORD said to David my father,…
9nevertheless you shall not build the house, but…
10“The LORD has performed his word that he…
11There I have set the ark, in which…
12He stood before the LORD’s altar in the…
13(for Solomon had made a bronze platform, five…
14Then he said, “LORD, the God of Israel,…
15who have kept with your servant David my…
16“Now therefore, LORD, the God of Israel, keep…
17Now therefore, LORD, the God of Israel, let…
18“But will God indeed dwell with men on…
19Yet have respect for the prayer of your…
20that your eyes may be open toward this…
21Listen to the petitions of your servant and…
22“If a man sins against his neighbor, and…
23then hear from heaven, act, and judge your…
24“If your people Israel are struck down before…
25then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin…
26“When the sky is shut up and there…
27then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin…
28“If there is famine in the land, if…
29whatever prayer and supplication is made by any…
30then hear from heaven your dwelling place and…
31that they may fear you, to walk in…
32“Moreover, concerning the foreigner, who is not of…
33then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling…
34“If your people go out to battle against…
35then hear from heaven their prayer and their…
36“If they sin against you (for there is…
37yet if they come to their senses in…
38if they return to you with all their…
39then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling…
40“Now, my God, let, I beg you, your…
41“Now therefore arise, LORD God, into your resting…
42“LORD God, don’t turn away the face of…
