1 Mga Hari 8
Ang Dating Biblia (1905)
8 Nang magkagayo'y pinisan ni Salomon ang mga matanda ng Israel at ang lahat na pangulo sa mga lipi, ang mga prinsipe sa mga sangbahayan ng mga magulang ng mga anak ni Israel, sa haring Salomon sa Jerusalem, upang iahon ang kaban ng tipan ng Panginoon mula sa bayan ni David na siyang Sion.
2 At ang lahat na lalake sa Israel ay nagpisan kay haring Salomon sa kapistahan, sa buwan ng Ethanim, na siyang ikapitong buwan.
3 At ang lahat na matanda sa Israel ay naparoon, at binuhat ng mga saserdote ang kaban.
4 At kanilang iniahon ang kaban ng Panginoon, at ang tabernakulo ng kapisanan, at ang lahat na banal na kasangkapan na nasa Tolda; iniahon nga ang mga ito ng mga saserdote at ng mga Levita.
5 At ang haring Salomon at ang buong kapulungan ng Israel na nangagpisan sa kaniya, ay mga kasama niya sa harap ng kaban, na naghahain ng mga tupa at mga baka, na di masasaysay o mabibilang man dahil sa karamihan.
6 At ipinasok ng mga saserdote ang kaban ng tipan ng Panginoon sa karoroonan, sa loob ng sanggunian ng bahay, sa kabanalbanalang dako, sa ilalim ng mga pakpak ng mga querubin.
7 Sapagka't nangakabuka ang mga pakpak ng mga querubin sa dako ng kaban, at ang mga querubin ay nagbibigay kanlong sa kaban at sa mga pingga niyaon sa ibabaw.
8 At ang mga pingga ay nangapakahaba, na ang mga dulo ng mga pingga ay nakikita mula sa dakong banal sa harap ng sanggunian; nguni't hindi nangakikita sa labas: at nandoon hanggang sa araw na ito.
9 Walang anomang bagay sa kaban liban sa dalawang tapyas na bato na inilagay ni Moises doon sa Horeb, nang ang Panginoon ay makipagtipan sa mga anak ni Israel, nang sila'y lumabas sa lupain ng Egipto.
10 At nangyari, nang ang mga saserdote ay magsilabas sa dakong banal, na napuno ng ulap ang bahay ng Panginoon.
11 Na anopa't ang mga saserdote ay hindi makatayo upang mangasiwa dahil sa ulap: sapagka't napuno ng kaluwalhatian ng Panginoon ang bahay ng Panginoon.
12 Nang magkagayo'y nagsalita si Salomon, Ang Panginoo'y nagsabi na siya'y tatahan sa salimuot na kadiliman.
13 Tunay na ipinagtayo kita ng isang bahay na tahanan, ng isang dako upang iyong tahanan magpakailan man.
14 At ipinihit ng hari ang kaniyang mukha, at binasbasan ang buong kapisanan ng Israel: at ang buong kapisanan ng Israel ay tumayo.
15 At kaniyang sinabi, Purihin ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel, na nagsalita ng kaniyang bibig kay David na aking ama, at tinupad ng kaniyang kamay, na sinasabi,
16 Mula nang araw na aking ilabas ang aking bayang Israel sa Egipto, hindi ako pumili ng bayan sa lahat ng mga lipi ng Israel upang magtayo ng bahay, upang ang aking pangalan ay dumoon; nguni't aking pinili si David upang maging pangulo sa aking bayang Israel.
17 Nasa puso nga ni David na aking ama ang ipagtayo ng isang bahay ang pangalan ng Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel.
18 Nguni't sinabi ng Panginoon kay David na aking ama, Sa paraang nasa iyong puso ang ipagtayo ng isang bahay ang aking pangalan, mabuti ang iyong ginawa na inakala mo sa iyong puso;
19 Gayon ma'y hindi mo itatayo ang bahay; kundi ang iyong anak na lalabas sa iyong mga balakang, siyang magtatayo ng bahay na ukol sa aking pangalan.
20 At pinagtibay ng Panginoon ang kaniyang salita na kaniyang sinalita: sapagka't ako'y bumangon na kahalili ni David na aking ama, at nakaupo sa luklukan ng Israel, gaya ng ipinangako ng Panginoon, at nagtayo ako ng bahay na ukol sa pangalan ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng Israel.
21 At doo'y aking ipinaghanda ng isang dako ang kaban, na kinaroroonan ng tipan ng Panginoon na kaniyang ginawa sa ating mga magulang, nang kaniyang ilabas sila sa lupain ng Egipto.
22 At si Salomon ay tumayo sa harap ng dambana ng Panginoon, sa harapan ng buong kapisanan ng Israel, at iginawad ang kaniyang mga kamay sa dakong langit:
23 At kaniyang sinabi, Oh Panginoong Dios ng Israel, walang Dios na gaya mo, sa langit sa itaas, o sa lupa sa ibaba; na siyang nagiingat ng tipan at ng kaawaan sa iyong mga lingkod, na lumalakad sa harap mo ng kanilang buong puso.
24 Na siyang nagingat sa iyong lingkod na kay David na aking ama ng iyong ipinangako sa kaniya: oo, ikaw ay nagsalita ng iyong bibig, at ginanap mo ng iyong kamay, gaya sa araw na ito.
25 Ngayon nga, Oh Panginoon, na Dios ng Israel, tuparin mo sa iyong lingkod na kay David na aking ama ang iyong ipinangako sa kaniya, na iyong sinasabi, Hindi magkukulang sa iyo ng lalake sa aking paningin, na uupo sa luklukan ng Israel, kung ang iyong mga anak lamang ay magsisipagingat ng kanilang lakad, na magsisilakad sa harap ko na gaya ng inilakad mo sa harap ko.
26 Ngayon nga, Oh Dios ng Israel, idinadalangin ko sa iyo na papangyarihin mo ang iyong salita na iyong sinalita sa iyong lingkod na kay David na aking ama.
27 Nguni't katotohanan bang tatahan ang Dios sa lupa? Narito, sa langit at sa langit ng mga langit ay hindi ka magkasiya; gaano pa sa bahay na ito na aking itinayo!
28 Gayon ma'y iyong pakundanganan ang dalangin ng iyong lingkod at ang kaniyang pamanhik, Oh Panginoon kong Dios, na dinggin ang daing at dalangin na idinadalangin ng iyong lingkod sa harap mo sa araw na ito:
29 Na anopa't ang iyong mga mata ay idilat sa dako ng bahay na ito gabi at araw, sa dakong iyong sinabi, Ang aking pangalan ay doroon; upang dinggin ang panalangin na idadalangin ng iyong lingkod sa dakong ito.
30 At dinggin mo ang pamanhik ng iyong lingkod, at ng iyong bayang Israel, pagka sila'y mananalangin sa dakong ito: oo, dinggin mo sa langit na iyong tahanang dako; at pagka iyong narinig patawarin mo.
31 Kung ang isang tao ay magkasala laban sa kaniyang kapuwa, at papanumpain siya upang siya'y sumumpa, at siya'y pumarito at manumpa sa harap ng iyong dambana sa bahay na ito:
32 Dinggin mo nga sa langit, at iyong gawin, at hatulan mo ang iyong mga lingkod, na iyong parusahan ang masama, upang iyong dalhin ang kaniyang lakad sa kaniyang sariling ulo; at ariing-ganap ang matuwid, upang bigyan siya ng ayon sa kaniyang katuwiran.
33 Pagka ang iyong bayang Israel ay nasaktan sa harap ng kaaway, dahil sa sila'y nagkasala laban sa iyo; kung sila'y bumalik sa iyo, at ipahayag ang iyong pangalan, at dumalangin at pumanhik sa iyo sa bahay na ito:
34 Dinggin mo nga sa langit, at ipatawad mo ang sala ng iyong bayang Israel, at dalhin mo sila uli sa lupain na iyong ibinigay sa kanilang mga magulang.
35 Pagka ang langit ay nasarhan, at walang ulan, dahil sa sila'y nagkasala laban sa iyo; kung sila'y dumalangin sa dakong ito, at ipahayag ang iyong pangalan, at talikdan ang kanilang kasalanan, pagka iyong pinighati sila:
36 Dinggin mo nga sa langit, at ipatawad mo ang sala ng iyong mga lingkod, at ng iyong bayang Israel, pagka iyong tuturuan sila ng mabuting daan na kanilang dapat lakaran; at paulanan mo ang iyong lupain na iyong ibinigay sa iyong bayan na pinakamana.
37 Kung magkaroon ng kagutom sa lupain, kung magkaroon ng salot, kung magkaroon ng pagkakatuyot, o amag, balang o tipaklong, kung kulungin sila ng kanilang kaaway sa lupain ng kanilang mga bayan; anomang salot, anomang sakit na magkaroon,
38 Anomang dalangin at pamanhik na gawin ng sinomang tao, o ng iyong buong bayang Israel, na makikilala ng bawa't tao ang salot sa kaniyang sariling puso, at iuunat ang kaniyang mga kamay sa dako ng bahay na ito:
39 Dinggin mo nga sa langit na iyong tahanang dako, at ikaw ay magpatawad at gumawa, at gumanti ka sa bawa't tao ayon sa lahat niyang mga lakad na ang puso ay iyong natataho; (sapagka't ikaw, ikaw lamang ang nakakataho ng mga puso ng lahat ng mga anak ng mga tao;)
40 Upang sila'y matakot sa iyo sa lahat ng kaarawan na kanilang ikabubuhay sa lupain na iyong ibinigay sa aming mga magulang.
41 Bukod dito'y tungkol sa taga ibang lupa, na hindi sa iyong bayang Israel, pagka siya'y magbubuhat sa isang malayong lupain dahil sa iyong pangalan;
42 (Sapagka't kanilang mababalitaan ang iyong dakilang pangalan, at ang iyong makapangyarihang kamay, at ang iyong unat na bisig:) pagka siya'y paririto at dadalangin sa dako ng bahay na ito;
43 Dinggin mo nga sa langit na iyong tahanang dako, at gawin mo ang ayon sa lahat na idalangin sa iyo ng taga ibang lupa; upang makilala ng lahat ng mga bayan sa lupa ang iyong pangalan, upang matakot sa iyo, gaya ng iyong bayang Israel, at upang kanilang makilala na ang bahay na ito na aking itinayo ay tinatawag sa pamamagitan ng iyong pangalan.
44 Kung ang iyong bayan ay lumabas sa pakikipagbaka laban sa kaniyang mga kaaway, saan mo man sila suguin, at manalangin sa Panginoon sa dako ng bayan na iyong pinili, at sa dako ng bahay na aking itinayo na ukol sa iyong pangalan:
45 Dinggin mo nga sa langit ang kanilang dalangin at ang kanilang pamanhik, at alalayan mo ang kanilang usap.
46 Kung sila'y magkasala laban sa iyo, (sapagka't walang tao na di nagkakasala,) at ikaw ay magalit sa kanila, at ibigay mo sila sa kaaway, na anopa't sila'y dalhing bihag sa lupain ng kaaway sa malayo o sa malapit;
47 Gayon ma'y kung sila'y magbulay sa kanilang sarili sa lupain na pagdadalhang bihag sa kanila, at magbalik-loob, at mamanhik sa iyo sa lupaing pinagdalhan sa kanila na bihag, na magsabi, Kami ay nagkasala, at kami ay gumawa ng kalikuan, kami ay gumawa ng kasamaan;
48 Kung sila'y bumalik sa iyo ng buong puso nila at ng buong kaluluwa nila sa lupain ng kanilang mga kaaway, na nagdala sa kanilang bihag, at manalangin sa iyo sa dako ng kanilang lupain, na iyong ibinigay sa kanilang mga magulang, na bayang pinili mo, at bahay na aking itinayo na ukol sa iyong pangalan:
49 Dinggin mo nga ang kanilang dalangin at ang kanilang pamanhik sa langit na iyong tahanang dako, at alalayan mo ang kanilang usap;
50 At patawarin mo ang iyong bayan, na nagkasala laban sa iyo, at ang lahat nilang pagsalangsang na kanilang isinalangsang laban sa iyo; at mahabag ka sa kanila sa harap niyaong mga nagdalang bihag sa kanila, upang sila'y mahabag sa kanila:
51 (Sapagka't sila'y iyong bayan at iyong mana, na iyong inilabas sa Egipto sa gitna ng hurnong bakal):
52 Upang ang iyong mga mata'y madilat sa dalangin ng iyong lingkod, at sa dalangin ng iyong bayang Israel, upang iyong dinggin sila sa anomang panahong kanilang idaing sa iyo.
53 Sapagka't iyong inihiwalay sila sa gitna ng lahat ng mga bayan sa lupa upang maging iyong mana, gaya ng iyong sinalita sa pamamagitan ni Moises na iyong lingkod nang iyong ilabas ang aming mga magulang sa Egipto, Oh Panginoong Dios.
54 At nangyari, na pagkatapos ni Salomon na makapanalangin nitong lahat na dalangin at pamanhik sa Panginoon, siya'y tumindig mula sa harap ng dambana ng Panginoon, sa pagkaluhod ng kaniyang mga tuhod na ang kaniyang mga kamay ay nakagawad sa dakong langit.
55 At siya'y tumayo, at binasbasan ang buong kapisanan ng Israel ng malakas na tinig, na sinasabi,
56 Purihin ang Panginoon na nagbigay kapahingahan sa kaniyang bayang Israel, ayon sa lahat na kaniyang ipinangako: walang nagkulang na isang salita sa lahat niyang mabuting pangako, na kaniyang ipinangako sa pamamagitan ni Moises na kaniyang lingkod.
57 Sumaatin nawa ang Panginoon nating Dios, kung paanong siya'y sumaating mga magulang: huwag niya tayong iwan o pabayaan man;
58 Upang kaniyang ihilig ang ating mga puso sa kaniya, upang magsilakad sa lahat ng kaniyang mga daan, at ingatan ang kaniyang mga utos, at ang kaniyang mga palatuntunan, at ang kaniyang mga kahatulan, na kaniyang iniutos sa ating mga magulang.
59 At ang mga salitang ito na aking idinalangin sa harap ng Panginoon ay malapit nawa sa Panginoon nating Dios sa araw at gabi, na kaniyang alalayan ang usap ng kaniyang lingkod, at ang usap ng kaniyang bayang Israel, ayon sa kailangan sa araw araw;
60 Upang maalaman ng lahat na bayan sa lupa, na ang Panginoon ay siyang Dios: walang iba.
61 Kaya't maging sakdal nawa ang inyong puso sa Panginoon nating Dios, na magsilakad sa kaniyang mga palatuntunan, at ingatan ang kaniyang mga utos, gaya sa araw na ito.
62 At ang hari, at ang buong Israel na kasama niya, ay naghandog ng hain sa harap ng Panginoon.
63 At naghandog si Salomon ng haing mga handog tungkol sa kapayapaan ng kaniyang inihandog sa Panginoon, na dalawang pu't dalawang libong baka, at isang daan at dalawang pung libong tupa. Ganito itinalaga ng hari at ng lahat ng mga anak ni Israel ang bahay ng Panginoon.
64 Nang araw ding yaon ay pinapaging banal ng hari ang gitna ng looban na nasa harap ng bahay ng Panginoon: sapagka't doon niya inihandog ang handog na susunugin, at ang handog na harina, at ang taba ng mga handog tungkol sa kapayapaan, sapagka't ang tansong dambana na nasa harap ng Panginoon ay totoong maliit na hindi magkasya roon ang handog na susunugin, at ang handog na harina, at ang taba ng mga handog tungkol sa kapayapaan.
65 Sa gayo'y ipinagdiwang ni Salomon ang kapistahan nang panahong yaon at ang buong Israel na kasama niya, isang malaking kapisanan na mula sa pasukan sa Hamath hanggang sa batis ng Egipto sa harap ng Panginoon nating Dios, na pitong araw, at pitong araw, sa makatuwid baga'y labing apat na araw.
66 Nang ikawalong araw, ay kaniyang pinapagpaalam ang bayan: at kanilang pinuri ang hari, at naparoon sa kanilang mga tolda na galak at may masayang puso dahil sa lahat na kabutihan na ipinakita ng Panginoon kay David na kaniyang lingkod, at sa Israel na kaniyang bayan.
1 Kings 8
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
8 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers’ houses of the Israelites, before the king in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Zion, the City of David.
2 All the men of Israel assembled themselves before King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, Ethanim.
3 All the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
4 And they brought up the ark of the Lord, the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; the priests and the Levites brought them up.
5 King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel who had assembled before him were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, so many that they could not be reported or counted.
6 And the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place in the Holy of Holies of the house, under the wings of the cherubim.
7 For the cherubim spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles.
8 The poles were so long that the ends of them were seen from the Holy Place before the Holy of Holies, but they were not seen outside; they are there to this day.
9 There was nothing in the ark except the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt.(A)
10 When the priests had come out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the Lord’s house,
11 So the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord’s house.
12 Then Solomon said, The Lord said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.
13 I have surely built You a house of habitation, a settled place for You to dwell in forever.
14 And the king turned his face about and blessed all the assembly of Israel, and all the assembly of Israel stood.
15 He said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, Who spoke with His mouth to David my father and has 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 in which to build a house that My Name [and My Presence] might be in it, but I chose David to be over My people Israel.
17 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the Name [the Presence] of the Lord, the God of Israel.
18 And the Lord 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.
19 Yet you shall not build the house, but your son, who shall be born to you, shall build it to My Name [and My actively present Person].
20 And the Lord has fulfilled His promise which He made: I have risen up in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built a house for the Name (renown) of the Lord, the God of Israel.
21 And I have made there a place for the ark [the token of [a]His presence], in which is the covenant [the Ten Commandments] of the Lord which He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.(B)
22 Then Solomon stood [in the court] before the Lord’s burnt offering altar in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven
23 And he said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing mercy and loving-kindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart.
24 You have kept what You promised Your servant David my father. You also spoke with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day.
25 Therefore now, O Lord, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father what You promised him when You said, There shall not fail you a man before Me to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, that they walk before Me as you have done.
26 Now, O God of Israel, let Your word which You spoke to Your servant David my father be confirmed [by experience].
27 But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, the heavens and heaven of heavens [in its most extended compass] cannot contain You; how much less this house that I have built?
28 Yet graciously consider the prayer and supplication of Your servant, O Lord my God, to hearken to the [loud] cry and prayer which he prays before You today,
29 That Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which You have said, My Name [and the token of My presence] shall be there, that You may hearken to the prayer which Your servant shall make in [or facing toward] this place.
30 Hearken to the prayer of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray in or toward this place. Hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, and when You hear, forgive.
31 Whenever a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath and comes and swears the oath before Your altar in this house,
32 Then hear in heaven and do and judge Your servants, condemning the wicked by bringing his guilt upon his own head and justifying the [uncompromisingly] righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness (his uprightness, right standing with God).
33 When Your people Israel are struck down before the enemy because they have sinned against You, and they turn again to You, confess Your [b]name (Your revelation of Yourself), and pray, beseeching You in this house,
34 Then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel and return them to the land You gave to their fathers.
35 When heaven is shut up and no rain falls because they have sinned against You, if they pray in [or toward] this place and confess Your name (Your revelation of Yourself) and turn from their sin when You afflict them,
36 Then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, when You teach them the good way in which they should walk. And give rain upon Your land which You have given to Your people as an inheritance.
37 If there is famine in the land or pestilence, blight, mildew, locust, or caterpillar, if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is,
38 Whatever prayer or supplication is made by any or all of Your people Israel—each man knowing the affliction of his own heart, and spreading forth his hands toward this house [and its pledge of Your presence]—
39 Then hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, and forgive and act and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart You know, for You and You only know the hearts of all the children of men,
40 That they may fear and revere You all the days that they live in the land which You gave to our fathers.
41 Moreover, concerning a stranger who is not of Your people Israel but comes from a far country for the sake of Your name [and Your active Presence]—
42 For they will hear of Your great name (Your revelation of Yourself), Your strong hand, and outstretched arm—when he shall pray in [or toward] this house,
43 Hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger asks of You, so that all peoples of the earth may know Your name [and [c]Your revelation of Your presence] and fear and revere You, as do Your people Israel, and may know and comprehend that this house which I have built is called by Your Name [and contains the token of Your presence].
44 If Your people go out to battle against their enemy, wherever You shall send them, and shall pray to the Lord toward the city which You have chosen and the house that I have built for Your Name [and Your revelation of Yourself],
45 Then hear in heaven their prayer and supplication, and defend their cause and maintain their right.
46 If they sin against You—for there is no man who does not sin—and You are angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the enemy’s land, far or near;
47 Yet if they think and consider in the land where they were carried captive, and repent and make supplication to You there, saying, We have sinned and have done perversely and wickedly;
48 If they repent and turn to You with all their mind and with all their heart in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to You toward their land which You gave to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your Name;
49 Then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven, Your dwelling place, and defend their cause and maintain their right.
50 And forgive Your people, who have sinned against You, and all their transgressions against You, and grant them compassion before those who took them captive, that they may have pity and be merciful to them;
51 For they are Your people and Your heritage, which You brought out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace.
52 Let Your eyes be open to the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, to hearken to them in all for which they call to You.
53 For You separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be Your heritage, as You declared through Moses Your servant when You brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.
54 When Solomon finished offering all this prayer and supplication to the Lord, he arose from before the Lord’s altar, where he had knelt with hands stretched toward heaven.
55 And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
56 Blessed be the Lord, Who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all His good promise which He promised through Moses His servant.
57 May the Lord our God be with us as He was with our fathers; may He not leave us or forsake us,
58 That He may incline our hearts to Him, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His precepts which He commanded our fathers.
59 Let these my words, with which I have made supplication before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, that He may maintain the cause and right of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,
60 That all the earth’s people may know that the Lord is God and that there is no other.
61 Let your hearts therefore be blameless and wholly true to the Lord our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as today.
62 And the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifice before the Lord.
63 Solomon offered as peace offerings to the Lord: 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the Lord.
64 On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was before the Lord’s house; there he offered burnt offerings, cereal offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was before the Lord was too small to receive [all] the offerings.
65 So at that time Solomon held the feast, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, for seven days [for the dedication] and seven days [for the Feast of Tabernacles], fourteen days in all.
66 On the eighth day he sent the people away; they blessed the king and went to their tents with greatest joy and gratitude for all the goodness the Lord had shown to David His servant and Israel His people.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 8:21 God acknowledged the ark as a token of His presence (Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Holy Bible). The ark of the covenant is the pledge of the divine gracious presence, and the cloud that filled the house (I Kings 8:10) is the sign that Yahweh will dwell here (J.P. Lange, A Commentary).
- 1 Kings 8:33 See footnote on Exod. 3:15.
- 1 Kings 8:43 See footnote on Exod. 3:15.
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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