¹ Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

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

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

⁴ And 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,

⁵ Since 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:

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

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

⁸ But 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:

⁹ Notwithstanding 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.

¹⁰ The 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.

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

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

¹³ For Solomon had made a brazen 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.

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

¹⁵ Thou 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.

¹⁶ Now 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.

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

¹⁸ But 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!

¹⁹ Have 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:

²⁰ That 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.

²¹ Hearken 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.

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

²³ Then 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.

²⁴ And 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;

²⁵ Then 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.

²⁶ When 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;

²⁷ Then 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.

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

²⁹ Then 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:

³⁰ Then 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:)

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

³² Moreover 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;

³³ Then 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.

³⁴ If 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;

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

³⁶ If 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;

³⁷ Yet 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;

³⁸ If 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:

³⁹ Then 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.

⁴⁰ Now, 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.

⁴¹ Now 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.

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

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¹ Then said ^H559 Solomon, ^H8010 The LORD ^H3068 hath said ^H559 that he would dwell ^H7931 in the thick darkness. ^H6205

² But I have built ^H1129 an house ^H1004 of habitation ^H2073 for thee, and a place ^H4349 for thy dwelling ^H3427 for ever. ^H5769

³ And the king ^H4428 turned ^H5437 his face, ^H6440 and blessed ^H1288 the whole congregation ^H6951 of Israel: ^H3478 and all the congregation ^H6951 of Israel ^H3478 stood. ^H5975

⁴ And he said, ^H559 Blessed ^H1288 be the LORD ^H3068 God ^H430 of Israel, ^H3478 who hath with his hands ^H3027 fulfilled ^H4390 that which he spake ^H1696 with his mouth ^H6310 to my father ^H1 David, ^H1732 saying, ^H559

⁵ Since the day ^H3117 that I brought forth ^H3318 my people ^H5971 out of the land ^H776 of Egypt ^H4714 I chose ^H977 no city ^H5892 among all the tribes ^H7626 of Israel ^H3478 to build ^H1129 an house ^H1004 in, that my name ^H8034 might be there; neither chose ^H977 I any man ^H376 to be a ruler ^H5057 over my people ^H5971 Israel: ^H3478

⁶ But I have chosen ^H977 Jerusalem, ^H3389 that my name ^H8034 might be there; and have chosen ^H977 David ^H1732 to be over my people ^H5971 Israel. ^H3478

⁷ Now it was in the heart ^H3824 of David ^H1732 my father ^H1 to build ^H1129 an house ^H1004 for the name ^H8034 of the LORD ^H3068 God ^H430 of Israel. ^H3478

⁸ But the LORD ^H3068 said ^H559 to David ^H1732 my father, ^H1 Forasmuch as it was in thine heart ^H3824 to build ^H1129 an house ^H1004 for my name, ^H8034 thou didst well ^H2895 in that it was in thine heart: ^H3824

⁹ Notwithstanding ^H7535 thou shalt not build ^H1129 the house; ^H1004 but thy son ^H1121 which shall come forth ^H3318 out of thy loins, ^H2504 he shall build ^H1129 the house ^H1004 for my name. ^H8034

¹⁰ The LORD ^H3068 therefore hath performed ^H6965 his word ^H1697 that he hath spoken: ^H1696 for I am risen up ^H6965 in the room of David ^H1732 my father, ^H1 and am set ^H3427 on the throne ^H3678 of Israel, ^H3478 as the LORD ^H3068 promised, ^H1696 and have built ^H1129 the house ^H1004 for the name ^H8034 of the LORD ^H3068 God ^H430 of Israel. ^H3478

¹¹ And in it ^H8033 have I put ^H7760 the ark, ^H727 wherein is the covenant ^H1285 of the LORD, ^H3068 that he made ^H3772 with the children ^H1121 of Israel. ^H3478

¹² And he stood ^H5975 before ^H6440 the altar ^H4196 of the LORD ^H3068 in the presence of all the congregation ^H6951 of Israel, ^H3478 and spread forth ^H6566 his hands: ^H3709

¹³ For Solomon ^H8010 had made ^H6213 a brasen ^H5178 scaffold, ^H3595 of five ^H2568 cubits ^H520 long, ^H753 and five ^H2568 cubits ^H520 broad, ^H7341 and three ^H7969 cubits ^H520 high, ^H6967 and had set ^H5414 it in the midst ^H8432 of the court: ^H5835 and upon it he stood, ^H5975 and kneeled down ^H1288 upon his knees ^H1290 before all the congregation ^H6951 of Israel, ^H3478 and spread forth ^H6566 his hands ^H3709 toward heaven, ^H8064

¹⁴ And said, ^H559 O LORD ^H3068 God ^H430 of Israel, ^H3478 there is no God ^H430 like thee in the heaven, ^H8064 nor in the earth; ^H776 which keepest ^H8104 covenant, ^H1285 and shewest mercy ^H2617 unto thy servants, ^H5650 that walk ^H1980 before ^H6440 thee with all their hearts: ^H3820

¹⁵ Thou which hast kept ^H8104 with thy servant ^H5650 David ^H1732 my father ^H1 that which thou hast promised ^H1696 him; and spakest ^H1696 with thy mouth, ^H6310 and hast fulfilled ^H4390 it with thine hand, ^H3027 as it is this day. ^H3117

¹⁶ Now therefore, O LORD ^H3068 God ^H430 of Israel, ^H3478 keep ^H8104 with thy servant ^H5650 David ^H1732 my father ^H1 that which thou hast promised ^H1696 him, saying, ^H559 There shall not fail ^H3772 thee a man ^H376 in my sight ^H6440 to sit ^H3427 upon the throne ^H3678 of Israel; ^H3478 yet so ^H7535 that thy children ^H1121 take heed ^H8104 to their way ^H1870 to walk ^H3212 in my law, ^H8451 as thou hast walked ^H1980 before ^H6440 me.

¹⁷ Now then, O LORD ^H3068 God ^H430 of Israel, ^H3478 let thy word ^H1697 be verified, ^H539 which thou hast spoken ^H1696 unto thy servant ^H5650 David. ^H1732

¹⁸ But will God ^H430 in very deed ^H552 dwell ^H3427 with men ^H120 on the earth? ^H776 behold, heaven ^H8064 and the heaven ^H8064 of heavens ^H8064 cannot contain ^H3557 thee; how much less this house ^H1004 which I have built! ^H1129

¹⁹ Have respect ^H6437 therefore to the prayer ^H8605 of thy servant, ^H5650 and to his supplication, ^H8467 O LORD ^H3068 my God, ^H430 to hearken ^H8085 unto the cry ^H7440 and the prayer ^H8605 which thy servant ^H5650 prayeth ^H6419 before ^H6440 thee:

²⁰ That thine eyes ^H5869 may be open ^H6605 upon this house ^H1004 day ^H3119 and night, ^H3915 upon the place ^H4725 whereof thou hast said ^H559 that thou wouldest put ^H7760 thy name ^H8034 there; to hearken ^H8085 unto the prayer ^H8605 which thy servant ^H5650 prayeth ^H6419 toward this place. ^H4725

²¹ Hearken ^H8085 therefore unto the supplications ^H8469 of thy servant, ^H5650 and of thy people ^H5971 Israel, ^H3478 which they shall make ^H6419 toward this place: ^H4725 hear ^H8085 thou from thy dwelling ^H3427 place, ^H4725 even from heaven; ^H8064 and when thou hearest, ^H8085 forgive. ^H5545

²² If a man ^H376 sin ^H2398 against his neighbour, ^H7453 and an oath ^H423 be laid ^H5375 upon him to make him swear, ^H422 and the oath ^H423 come ^H935 before ^H6440 thine altar ^H4196 in this house; ^H1004

²³ Then hear ^H8085 thou from heaven, ^H8064 and do, ^H6213 and judge ^H8199 thy servants, ^H5650 by requiting ^H7725 the wicked, ^H7563 by recompensing ^H5414 his way ^H1870 upon his own head; ^H7218 and by justifying ^H6663 the righteous, ^H6662 by giving ^H5414 him according to his righteousness. ^H6666

²⁴ And if thy people ^H5971 Israel ^H3478 be put to the worse ^H5062 before ^H6440 the enemy, ^H341 because they have sinned ^H2398 against thee; and shall return ^H7725 and confess ^H3034 thy name, ^H8034 and pray ^H6419 and make supplication ^H2603 before ^H6440 thee in this house; ^H1004

²⁵ Then hear ^H8085 thou from the heavens, ^H8064 and forgive ^H5545 the sin ^H2403 of thy people ^H5971 Israel, ^H3478 and bring them again ^H7725 unto the land ^H127 which thou gavest ^H5414 to them and to their fathers. ^H1

²⁶ When the heaven ^H8064 is shut up, ^H6113 and there is no rain, ^H4306 because they have sinned ^H2398 against thee; yet if they pray ^H6419 toward this place, ^H4725 and confess ^H3034 thy name, ^H8034 and turn ^H7725 from their sin, ^H2403 when thou dost afflict ^H6031 them;

²⁷ Then hear ^H8085 thou from heaven, ^H8064 and forgive ^H5545 the sin ^H2403 of thy servants, ^H5650 and of thy people ^H5971 Israel, ^H3478 when thou hast taught ^H3384 them the good ^H2896 way, ^H1870 wherein they should walk; ^H3212 and send ^H5414 rain ^H4306 upon thy land, ^H776 which thou hast given ^H5414 unto thy people ^H5971 for an inheritance. ^H5159

²⁸ If there be dearth ^H7458 in the land, ^H776 if there be pestilence, ^H1698 if there be blasting, ^H7711 or mildew, ^H3420 locusts, ^H697 or caterpillers; ^H2625 if their enemies ^H341 besiege ^H6887 them in the cities ^H8179 of their land; ^H776 whatsoever sore ^H5061 or whatsoever sickness ^H4245 there be:

²⁹ Then what prayer ^H8605 or what supplication ^H8467 soever shall be made of any man, ^H120 or of all thy people ^H5971 Israel, ^H3478 when every one ^H376 shall know ^H3045 his own sore ^H5061 and his own grief, ^H4341 and shall spread forth ^H6566 his hands ^H3709 in this house: ^H1004

³⁰ Then hear ^H8085 thou from heaven ^H8064 thy dwelling ^H3427 place, ^H4349 and forgive, ^H5545 and render ^H5414 unto every man ^H376 according unto all his ways, ^H1870 whose heart ^H3824 thou knowest; ^H3045 (for thou only knowest ^H3045 the hearts ^H3824 of the children ^H1121 of men:) ^H120

³¹ That they may fear ^H3372 thee, to walk ^H3212 in thy ways, ^H1870 so long as ^H3117 they live ^{H2416 H6440} in the land ^H127 which thou gavest ^H5414 unto our fathers. ^H1

³² Moreover concerning the stranger, ^H5237 which is not of thy people ^H5971 Israel, ^H3478 but is come ^H935 from a far ^H7350 country ^H776 for thy great ^H1419 name's ^H8034 sake, and thy mighty ^H2389 hand, ^H3027 and thy stretched out ^H5186 arm; ^H2220 if they come ^H935 and pray ^H6419 in this house; ^H1004

³³ Then hear ^H8085 thou from the heavens, ^H8064 even from thy dwelling ^H3427 place, ^H4349 and do ^H6213 according to all that the stranger ^H5237 calleth ^H7121 to thee for; that all people ^H5971 of the earth ^H776 may know ^H3045 thy name, ^H8034 and fear ^H3372 thee, as doth thy people ^H5971 Israel, ^H3478 and may know ^H3045 that this house ^H1004 which I have built ^H1129 is called ^H7121 by thy name. ^H8034

³⁴ If thy people ^H5971 go out ^H3318 to war ^H4421 against their enemies ^H341 by the way ^H1870 that thou shalt send ^H7971 them, and they pray ^H6419 unto thee toward ^H1870 this city ^H5892 which thou hast chosen, ^H977 and the house ^H1004 which I have built ^H1129 for thy name; ^H8034

³⁵ Then hear ^H8085 thou from the heavens ^H8064 their prayer ^H8605 and their supplication, ^H8467 and maintain ^H6213 their cause. ^H4941

³⁶ If they sin ^H2398 against thee, (for there is no man ^H120 which sinneth ^H2398 not,) and thou be angry ^H599 with them, and deliver ^H5414 them over before ^H6440 their enemies, ^H341 and they carry them away ^H7617 captives ^H7617 unto a land ^H776 far off ^H7350 or near; ^H7138

³⁷ Yet if they bethink ^{H7725 H3824} themselves in the land ^H776 whither they are carried captive, ^H7617 and turn ^H7725 and pray ^H2603 unto thee in the land ^H776 of their captivity, ^H7628 saying, ^H559 We have sinned, ^H2398 we have done amiss, ^H5753 and have dealt wickedly; ^H7561

³⁸ If they return ^H7725 to thee with all their heart ^H3820 and with all their soul ^H5315 in the land ^H776 of their captivity, ^H7628 whither they have carried them captives, ^H7617 and pray ^H6419 toward ^H1870 their land, ^H776 which thou gavest ^H5414 unto their fathers, ^H1 and toward the city ^H5892 which thou hast chosen, ^H977 and toward the house ^H1004 which I have built ^H1129 for thy name: ^H8034

³⁹ Then hear ^H8085 thou from the heavens, ^H8064 even from thy dwelling ^H3427 place, ^H4349 their prayer ^H8605 and their supplications, ^H8467 and maintain ^H6213 their cause, ^H4941 and forgive ^H5545 thy people ^H5971 which have sinned ^H2398 against thee.

⁴⁰ Now, my God, ^H430 let, I beseech thee, thine eyes ^H5869 be open, ^H6605 and let thine ears ^H241 be attent ^H7183 unto the prayer ^H8605 that is made in this place. ^H4725

⁴¹ Now therefore arise, ^H6965 O LORD ^H3068 God, ^H430 into thy resting ^H5118 place, thou, and the ark ^H727 of thy strength: ^H5797 let thy priests, ^H3548 O LORD ^H3068 God, ^H430 be clothed ^H3847 with salvation, ^H8668 and let thy saints ^H2623 rejoice ^H8055 in goodness. ^H2896

⁴² O LORD ^H3068 God, ^H430 turn not away ^H7725 the face ^H6440 of thine anointed: ^H4899 remember ^H2142 the mercies ^H2617 of David ^H1732 thy servant. ^H5650

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¹ Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

² But I have built thee a house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever.

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

⁴ And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hands fulfilled it, saying,

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

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

⁷ Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

⁸ But Jehovah said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart:

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

¹⁰ And Jehovah hath performed his word that he spake; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and have built the house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

¹¹ And there have I set the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with the children of Israel.

¹² And he stood before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands;

¹³ (for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, 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 assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;)

¹⁴ and he said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven, or on earth; who keepest covenant and lovingkindness with thy servants, that walk before thee with all their heart;

¹⁵ who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him: yea, thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day.

¹⁶ Now therefore, O Jehovah, the 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 on the throne of Israel, if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as thou hast walked before me.

¹⁷ Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David.

¹⁸ But 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 builded!

¹⁹ Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Jehovah my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee;

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

²¹ And hearken thou to the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yea, hear thou from thy dwelling-place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest forgive.

²² If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he come `and' swear before thine altar in this house;

²³ then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

²⁴ And if thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;

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

²⁶ When the heavens are 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 dost afflict them:

²⁷ then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

²⁸ If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague or whatsoever sickness there be;

²⁹ what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, who shall know every man his own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house:

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

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

³² Moreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thine outstretched arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house:

³³ then hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

³⁴ If thy people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatsoever way 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;

³⁵ then hear thou from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

³⁶ 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 captive unto a land far off or near;

³⁷ yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;

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

³⁹ then hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee.

⁴⁰ Now, O 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.

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

⁴² O Jehovah God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember `thy' lovingkindnesses to David thy servant.

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¹ Then said Solomon, `Jehovah said -- to dwell in thick darkness,

² and I -- I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a fixed place for Thy dwelling to the ages.'

³ And the king turneth round his face, and blesseth the whole assembly of Israel, and the whole assembly of Israel is standing,

⁴ and he saith, `Blessed `is' Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath spoken with His mouth with David my father, and with His hands hath fulfilled `it', saying:

⁵ `From the day that I brought out My people from the land of Egypt, I have not fixed on a city out of any of the tribes of Israel to build a house for my name being there, and I have not fixed on a man to be leader over My people Israel;

⁶ and I fix on Jerusalem for My name being there, and I fix on David to be over My people Israel.

⁷ `And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah God of Israel,

⁸ and Jehovah saith unto David my father, Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house for My name, thou hast done well that it hath been with thy heart,

⁹ but thou dost not build the house, for thy son who cometh forth out from thy loins, he doth build the house for My name.

¹⁰ `And Jehovah doth establish His word that He spake, and I rise up in the stead of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah spake, and I build the house for the name of Jehovah, God of Israel,

¹¹ and I place there the ark, where `is' the covenant of Jehovah that He made with the sons of Israel.'

¹² And he standeth before the altar of Jehovah, over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth out his hand, --

¹³ for Solomon hath made a scaffold of brass, and putteth it in the midst of the court, five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth, and three cubits its height, and he standeth upon it, and kneeleth on his knees over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth forth his hands towards the heavens --

¹⁴ and saith, `O Jehovah God of Israel, there is not like Thee a god in the heavens and in the earth, keeping the covenant and the kindness for Thy servants who are walking before Thee with all their heart;

¹⁵ who hast kept for Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst speak to him; yea, Thou dost speak with Thy mouth, and with Thy hand hast fulfilled `it', as at this day.

¹⁶ `And now, O Jehovah, God of Israel, keep for Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst speak to him, saying, There is not cut off to thee a man from before Me, sitting on the throne of Israel, only, if thy sons watch their way to walk in My law, as thou hast walked before Me.

¹⁷ `And now, O Jehovah, God of Israel, is Thy word stedfast that Thou hast spoken to Thy servant, to David,

¹⁸ (for is it true? -- God dwelleth with man on the earth! Lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Thee, how much less this house that I have built?)

¹⁹ `And Thou hast turned unto the prayer of Thy servant, and unto his supplication, O Jehovah my God, to hearken unto the cry and unto the prayer that Thy servant is praying before Thee,

²⁰ for Thine eyes being open towards this house by day and by night, towards the place that Thou hast said to put Thy name there, to hearken unto the prayer that Thy servant prayeth towards this place.

²¹ `And Thou hast hearkened unto the supplications of Thy servant, and of Thy people Israel, that they pray towards this place, and Thou dost hear from the place of Thy dwelling, from the heavens, and hast hearkened, and forgiven.

²² `If a man doth sin against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up on him an oath to cause him to swear, and the oath hath come in before Thine altar in this house --

²³ then Thou dost hear from the heavens, and hast done, and hast judged Thy servants, to give back to the wicked, to put his way on his head, and to declare righteous the righteous, to give to him according to his righteousness.

²⁴ `And if Thy people Israel is smitten before an enemy, because they sin against Thee, and they have turned back and confessed Thy name, and prayed and made supplication before Thee in this house --

²⁵ then Thou dost hear from the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy people Israel, and caused them to turn back unto the ground that Thou hast given to them, and to their fathers.

²⁶ `In the heavens being restrained, and there is no rain, because they sin against Thee, and they have prayed towards this place, and confessed Thy name -- from their sin they turn back because Thou dost afflict them --

²⁷ then Thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, because Thou directest them unto the good way in which they walk, and hast given rain on Thy land that Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance.

²⁸ `Famine, when it is in the land, pestilence, when it is, blasting, and mildew, locust, and caterpillar, when they are, when its enemies have distressed it in the land -- its gates, any plague and any sickness;

²⁹ any prayer, any supplication that is for any man, and for all Thy people Israel, when they know each his own plague, and his own pain, and he hath spread out his hands towards this house:

³⁰ then Thou dost hear from the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast forgiven, and hast given to each according to all his ways (because Thou knowest his heart, for Thou -- Thou only -- hast known the heart of the sons of men),

³¹ so that they fear Thee, to walk in Thy ways, all the days that they are living on the face of the ground that Thou hast given to our fathers.

³² `And also, unto the stranger who is not of Thy people Israel, and he hath come from a land afar off for the sake of Thy great name, and Thy strong hand, and Thy stretched-out arm, and they have come in and prayed towards this house:

³³ then Thou dost hear from the heavens, from the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast done according to all that the stranger calleth unto Thee for: so that all the peoples of the earth do know Thy name, so as to fear Thee, as Thy people Israel, and to know that Thy name is called on this house that I have built.

³⁴ `When Thy people doth go out to battle against its enemies in the way that Thou dost send them, and they have prayed unto Thee the way of this city that Thou hast fixed on, and the house that I have built for Thy name:

³⁵ then Thou hast heard from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and hast maintained their cause.

³⁶ `When they sin against Thee -- for there is not a man who sinneth not -- and Thou hast been angry with them, and hast given them before an enemy, and taken them captive have their captors, unto a land far off or near;

³⁷ and they have turned `it' back unto their heart in the land whither they have been taken captive, and have turned back, and made supplication unto Thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have done wickedly;

³⁸ yea, they have turned back unto Thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their captivity, whither they have taken them captive, and they have prayed the way of their land that Thou hast given to their fathers, and of the city that Thou hast chosen, and of the house that I have built for Thy name:

³⁹ then Thou hast heard from the heavens, from the settled place of Thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplications, and hast maintained their cause, and forgiven Thy people who have sinned against Thee.

⁴⁰ `Now, my God, let, I beseech Thee, Thine eyes be open, and Thine ears attentive, to the prayer of this place:

⁴¹ and now, rise, O Jehovah God, to Thy rest, Thou, and the ark of Thy strength; Thy priests, O Jehovah God, are clothed with salvation, and Thy saints rejoice in the goodness,

⁴² O Jehovah God, turn not back the face of Thine anointed, be mindful of the kind acts of David Thy servant.'

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¹ Then said Solomon: Jehovah said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

² But I have built a house of habitation for thee, even a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.

³ And the king turned his face and blessed the whole congregation of Israel; and the whole congregation of Israel stood.

⁴ And he said: Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hands fulfilled it, saying,

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

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

⁷ And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house unto the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.

⁸ But Jehovah said to David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart;

⁹ 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.

¹⁰ And Jehovah has performed his word which he spoke; and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and I have built the house unto the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.

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

¹² And he stood before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of the whole congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands.

¹³ For Solomon had made a platform of bronze, 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 he kneeled down on his knees before the whole congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward the heavens,

¹⁴ and said, Jehovah, God of Israel! there is no God like thee, in the heavens or on the earth, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart;

¹⁵ who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him; thou spokest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled [it] with thy hand as at this day.

¹⁶ And now, Jehovah, 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 on the throne of Israel, if only thy sons take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

¹⁷ And now, Jehovah, God of Israel, let thy word be verified which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.

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

¹⁹ Yet have respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, Jehovah, my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee;

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

²¹ And hearken unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall pray toward this place, and hear thou from thy dwelling-place, from the heavens, and when thou hearest, forgive.

²² If a man have sinned against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to adjure him, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;

²³ then hear thou from the heavens, and do, and judge thy servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, giving him according to his righteousness.

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

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

²⁶ When the heavens are 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, because thou hast afflicted them;

²⁷ then hear thou in the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

²⁸ If there be famine in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their gates; whatever plague or whatever sickness there be:

²⁹ what prayer, what supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, when they shall know every man his own plague, and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house;

³⁰ then hear thou from the heavens, the settled place of thy dwelling, and forgive, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest (for thou, thou only, knowest the hearts of the children of men),

³¹ that they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, all the days that they live upon the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

³² And as to the stranger also, who is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand and thy stretched-out arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house,

³³ then hear thou from the heavens, the settled place of thy dwelling, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; in order that all peoples of the earth may know thy name, and may fear thee as do thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

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

³⁵ then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right.

³⁶ If they have sinned against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and give them up to the enemy, and they have carried them away captives unto a land far off or near;

³⁷ and if they shall take it to heart in the land whither they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done iniquity and have dealt perversely;

³⁸ and if they return unto 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 the city that thou hast chosen, and the house that I have built unto thy name;

³⁹ then hear thou from the heavens, from the settled place of thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their right, and forgive thy people their sin against thee.

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

⁴¹ And now, arise, Jehovah Elohim, into thy resting-place, thou and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, Jehovah Elohim, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in [thy] goodness.

⁴² Jehovah Elohim, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember mercies to David thy servant.

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¹ Then spoke Solomon, Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

² But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever.

³ The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.

⁴ He said, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hands fulfilled it, saying,

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

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

⁷ Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

⁸ But Yahweh said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart:

⁹ nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your loins, he shall build the house for my name.

¹⁰ Yahweh has performed his word that he spoke; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

¹¹ There have I set the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which he made with the children of Israel.

¹² He stood before the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands

¹³ (for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and on it he stood, and kneeled down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;)

¹⁴ and he said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven, or on earth; who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart;

¹⁵ who have kept with your servant David my father that which you did promise him: yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.

¹⁶ Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.

¹⁷ Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David.

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

¹⁹ Yet have you respect to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you;

²⁰ that your eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place where you have said that you would put your name there; to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray toward this place.

²¹ Listen you to the petitions of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yes, hear from your dwelling-place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive.

²² If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house;

²³ then hear from heaven, and do, and judge your servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

²⁴ If your people Israel be struck down before the enemy, because they have sinned against you, and shall turn again and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this house;

²⁵ then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers.

²⁶ When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you do afflict them:

²⁷ then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.

²⁸ If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague or whatever sickness there be;

²⁹ whatever prayer and supplication be made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall know every man his own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house:

³⁰ then hear from heaven, your dwelling-place and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of the children of men;)

³¹ that they may fear you, to walk in your ways, so long as they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.

³² Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for your great name's sake, and your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house:

³³ then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, and fear you, as does your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.

³⁴ If your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;

³⁵ then hear from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

³⁶ If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn't sin), and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to a land far off or near;

³⁷ yet if they shall repent themselves in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;

³⁸ if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, and the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name:

³⁹ then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling-place, their prayer and their petitions, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.

⁴⁰ Now, my God, let, I beg you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.

⁴¹ Now therefore arise, Yahweh God, into your resting-place, you, and the ark of your strength: let your priests, Yahweh God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in goodness.

⁴² Yahweh God, don't turn away the face of your anointed: remember [your] loving kindnesses to David your servant.

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¹ Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men,

² So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

³ Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together.

⁴ And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to my father David, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,

⁵ From the day when I took my people out of the land of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; and I took no man to be a ruler over my people Israel;

⁶ But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.

⁷ Now it was in the heart of my father David to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

⁸ But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name:

⁹ But you yourself will not be the builder of the house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.

¹⁰ And the Lord has kept his word; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made the house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel.

¹¹ And there I have put the ark, in which is the agreement of the Lord, which he made with the people of Israel.

¹² Then he took his place in front of the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present,

¹³ (For Solomon had made a brass stage, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had put it in the middle of the open space; on this he took his place and went down on his knees before all the meeting of Israel, stretching out his hands to heaven.)

¹⁴ And he said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth; keeping faith and mercy unchanging for your servants, while they go in your ways with all their hearts;

¹⁵ For you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said it and with your hand you have made it come true this day.

¹⁶ So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place before me on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; if only your children give attention to their ways, walking in my law, as you have done before me.

¹⁷ So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, make your word come true which you said to your servant David.

¹⁸ But is it truly possible that God may be housed with men on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place: how much less this house which I have made:

¹⁹ Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant and to his prayer for grace, O Lord my God, and give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant makes before you;

²⁰ That your eyes may be open to this house day and night, to this place of which you have said that you would put your name there; to give ear to the prayer which your servant may make, turning to this place.

²¹ And give ear to the prayers of your servant and of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear from heaven your living-place; and hearing have mercy.

²² If a man does wrong to his neighbour and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:

²³ Then let your ear be open in heaven, and be the judge of your servants, giving punishment to the wrongdoer, so that his sin may come on his head; and, by your decision, keeping from evil him who has done no wrong.

²⁴ And if your people Israel are overcome in war, because of their sin against you; if they are turned to you again, honouring your name, making prayers and requesting your grace in this house:

²⁵ Then give ear from heaven, and let the sin of your people Israel have forgiveness, and take them back again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers.

²⁶ When heaven is shut up and there is no rain, because of their sin against you: if they make prayers with their faces turned to this place, honouring your name and turning away from their sin when you send trouble on them:

²⁷ Then give ear from heaven, so that the sin of your servants and the sin of your people Israel may have forgiveness, when you make clear to them the good way in which they are to go; and send rain on your land which you have given to your people for their heritage.

²⁸ If there is no food in the land, if there is disease, if the fruits of the earth are damaged by heat or water, locust or worm; if their towns are shut in by their attackers: whatever trouble or whatever disease there may be:

²⁹ Whatever prayer or request for your grace is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, whatever his trouble may be, whose hands are stretched out to this house:

³⁰ Then give ear from heaven your living-place, answering with forgiveness, and give to every man, whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; (for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of the children of men;)

³¹ So that they may give you worship, walking in your ways, as long as they are living in the land which you gave to our fathers.

³² And as for the man from a strange land, who is not of your people Israel but comes from a far country because of the glory of your name and your strong hand and your outstretched arm; when he comes to make his prayer, turning to this house:

³³ Then give ear from heaven your living-place, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and may see that this house which I have made is truly named by your name.

³⁴ If your people go out to war against their attackers, by whatever way you may send them, if they make their prayers to you turning their faces to this town of yours and to this house which I have put up for your name:

³⁵ Then give ear from heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them.

³⁶ If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin,) and you are angry with them, and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away prisoners to a land far off or near;

³⁷ And if they take thought, in the land where they are prisoners, turning again to you, crying out in prayer to you in that land, and saying, We are sinners, we have done wrong, we have done evil;

³⁸ If with all their heart and soul they are turned again to you, in the land where they are prisoners, the land where they have been taken, and make their prayers, turning their eyes to their land which you gave to their fathers, and to the town which you took for yourself, and the house which I have made for your name:

³⁹ Then give ear from heaven your living-place to their prayer and their cry, and see right done to them, answering with forgiveness your people who have done wrong against you.

⁴⁰ Now, O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears awake to the prayers made in this place.

⁴¹ Up! now, O Lord God, come back to your resting-place, you and the ark of your strength: let your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints be glad in what is good.

⁴² O Lord God, let him whom you have taken for yourself never be given up by you: keep in mind your mercies to David your servant.