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1 Re 8
La Nuova Diodati
1 Re 8
La Nuova Diodati
8 Allora Salomone radunò alla sua presenza a Gerusalemme gli anziani d'Israele e tutti i capi delle tribú, i principi delle famiglie dei figli d'Israele per portare su l'arca del patto dell'Eterno dalla città di Davide, cioè da Sion.
2 Tutti gli uomini d'Israele si radunarono presso il re Salomone per la festa nel mese di Ethanim, che è il settimo mese.
3 Cosí tutti gli anziani d'Israele vennero e i sacerdoti presero l'arca;
4 e portarono su l'arca dell'Eterno, la tenda di convegno e tutti gli utensili sacri che erano nella tenda. I sacerdoti e i Leviti trasportarono queste cose.
5 Il re Salomone e tutta l'assemblea d'Israele, radunata attorno a lui, si raccolsero con lui davanti all'arca e immolarono una tale quantità di pecore e buoi che non si potevano né contare né calcolare.
6 Poi i sacerdoti portarono l'arca del patto dell'Eterno al suo posto, nel santuario del tempio, nel luogo santissimo sotto le ali dei cherubini.
7 I cherubini infatti stendevano le loro ali sopra il luogo dell'arca e coprivano dall'alto l'arca e le sue stanghe.
8 Le stanghe erano cosí lunghe che le loro estremità si vedevano dal luogo santo, davanti al santuario, ma non si vedevano dal di fuori. Esse sono rimaste là fino al giorno d'oggi.
9 Nell'arca non c'era nient'altro che le due tavole di pietra che Mosè vi aveva deposto al monte Horeb, quando l'Eterno fece un patto con i figli d'Israele, dopo che questi erano usciti dal paese d'Egitto.
10 Or avvenne che, mentre i sacerdoti uscivano dal luogo santo, la nuvola riempí la casa dell'Eterno,
11 e i sacerdoti non poterono rimanere a servire a motivo della nuvola, perché la gloria dell'Eterno riempiva la casa dell'Eterno.
12 Allora Salomone disse: «L'Eterno ha dichiarato che abiterebbe nella densa nuvola,
13 Io ho costruito per te una casa sontuosa, un luogo nel quale tu dimorerai per sempre».
14 Poi il re si voltò e benedisse tutta l'assemblea d'Israele, mentre tutta l'assemblea d'Israele stava in piedi.
15 E disse: «Benedetto sia l'Eterno, il DIO d'Israele, che ha promesso con la sua propria bocca a mio padre Davide, e l'ha adempiuto con la sua potenza, dicendo:
16 "Dal giorno in cui feci uscire il mio popolo Israele dall'Egitto, io non ho scelto alcuna città fra tutte le tribú d'Israele, per edificare una casa, dove il mio nome dimorasse, ma ho scelto Davide perché regnasse sul mio popolo d'Israele".
17 Or Davide mio padre aveva in cuore di costruire una casa al nome dell'Eterno, il DIO d'Israele;
18 ma l'Eterno disse a Davide mio padre: "Tu avevi in cuore di costruire una casa al mio nome, e hai fatto bene ad avere questo in cuore;
19 ma non sarai tu che costruirai il tempio, sarà invece il figlio che uscirà dai tuoi lombi; sarà lui che costruirà il tempio al mio nome.
20 Cosí l'Eterno ha adempiuto la parola che aveva pronunciato, e io ho preso il posto di Davide mio padre e mi sono seduto sul trono d'Israele, come l'Eterno aveva detto, e ho costruito il tempio al nome dell'Eterno, il DIO d'Israele.
21 Là ho preparato un posto per l'arca in cui si trova il patto dell'Eterno che egli fece con i nostri padri, quando li fece uscire dal paese d'Egitto».
22 Poi Salomone si pose davanti all'altare dell'Eterno di fronte a tutta l'assemblea d'Israele, stese le mani verso il cielo
23 e disse: «O Eterno, DIO d'Israele, non c'è alcun DIO simile a te né lassú nel cielo né quaggiú in terra! Tu mantieni il patto e usi misericordia con i tuoi servi che camminano davanti a te con tutto il loro cuore.
24 Tu hai mantenuto nei confronti del tuo servo Davide, mio padre, ciò che gli avevi promesso; sí, oggi hai compiuto con la tua mano ciò che avevi promesso con la tua bocca.
25 Ora dunque, o Eterno, DIO d'Israele, mantieni al tuo servo Davide mio padre ciò che gli hai promesso, dicendo: "A te non mancherà mai alcuno che sieda davanti a me sul trono d'Israele, purché i tuoi figli veglino sulla loro condotta e camminino davanti a me come hai camminato tu".
26 Ora dunque ti prego, o DIO d'Israele, si adempia la parola che hai detto al tuo servo Davide mio padre!
27 Ma è proprio vero che DIO abita sulla terra? Ecco, i cieli e i cieli dei cieli non possono contenerti; tanto meno questo tempio che io ho costruito!
28 Nondimeno, o Eterno, DIO mio, presta attenzione alla preghiera del tuo servo e alla sua supplica, ascoltando il grido e la preghiera che il tuo servo innalza oggi davanti a te.
29 I tuoi occhi siano rivolti notte e giorno verso questo tempio, verso il luogo di cui hai detto: "Lí sarà il mio nome", per ascoltare la preghiera che il tuo servo farà rivolto a questo luogo!.
30 Ascolta la supplica del tuo servo e del tuo popolo Israele quando pregheranno rivolti a questo luogo. Ascolta dal luogo della dimora nei cieli; ascolta e perdona.
31 Se uno pecca contro il suo prossimo e, perché costretto a giurare, viene a giurare davanti al tuo altare in questo tempio,
32 tu ascolta dal cielo, intervieni e giudica i tuoi servi; condanna il colpevole facendo ricadere sul suo capo la sua condotta e dichiara giusto l'innocente col rendergli secondo la sua giustizia.
33 Quando il tuo popolo Israele sarà sconfitto davanti al nemico perché ha peccato contro di te, se torna a te e loda il tuo nome, se ti prega e ti supplica in questo tempio,
34 tu ascolta dal cielo e perdona il peccato del tuo popolo Israele, e fallo tornare nel paese che hai dato ai suoi padri.
35 Quando il cielo sarà chiuso e non vi sarà pioggia perché hanno peccato contro di te, se essi pregano rivolti a questo luogo, se lodano il tuo nome e si convertono dal loro peccato perché li hai afflitti,
36 tu ascolta dal cielo, perdona il peccato dei tuoi servi e del tuo popolo Israele, insegnando loro la buona strada per la quale devono camminare, e manda la pioggia sulla terra che hai dato in eredità al tuo popolo.
37 Quando nel paese vi sarà carestia o peste, ruggine o carbonchio, invasione di locuste o di bruchi, quando il nemico assedierà il tuo popolo nel paese delle sue città, quando scoppierà una calamità o un'epidemia qualsiasi,
38 ogni preghiera, ogni supplica che ti sarà rivolta da qualsiasi individuo o dall'intero tuo popolo Israele, quando ciascuno ha riconosciuto la piaga del proprio cuore e ha steso le mani verso questo tempio,
39 tu ascolta dal cielo, il luogo della tua dimora, e perdona, intervieni e rendi a ciascuno secondo la sua condotta, tu che conosci il cuore di ognuno; (tu solo infatti conosci il cuore di tutti i figli degli uomini),
40 affinché essi ti temano per tutto il tempo che vivranno nel paese che hai dato ai nostri padri.
41 Anche lo straniero, che non appartiene al tuo popolo Israele, quando verrà da un paese lontano a motivo del tuo nome,
42 (perchè si sentirà parlare del tuo grande nome, della tua mano potente e del tuo braccio disteso) quando verrà a pregarti rivolto a questo tempio,
43 tu ascolta dal cielo, il luogo della tua dimora, e concedi allo straniero tutto ciò che ti domanda, affinché tutti i popoli della terra conoscano il tuo nome per temerti, come fa il tuo popolo Israele e sappiano che il tuo nome è invocato su questo tempio che io ho costruito.
44 Quando il tuo popolo uscirà in guerra contro il suo nemico, seguendo la via per cui l'hai mandato, se pregano l'Eterno rivolti verso la città da te scelta e verso il tempio che io ho costruito al tuo nome,
45 ascolta dal cielo la loro preghiera e la loro supplica e sostieni la loro causa.
46 Quando peccheranno contro di te (perché non c'è alcun uomo che non pecchi) e tu, adirato contro di loro, li abbandonerai in balìa del nemico e saranno deportati nel paese del nemico lontano o vicino,
47 se nel paese in cui sono stati deportati rientrano in sé, se tornano a te e ti supplicano nel paese di quelli che li hanno portati in prigionia e dicono: "Abbiamo peccato, abbiamo agito iniquamente, abbiamo fatto del male",
48 se tornano a te con tutto il loro cuore e con tutta la loro anima nel paese dei loro nemici che li hanno deportati e ti pregano rivolti al loro paese che tu hai dato ai loro padri, alla città che tu hai scelto e al tempio che io ho costruito al tuo nome,
49 tu ascolta dal cielo, il luogo della tua dimora, la loro preghiera e la loro supplica e sostieni la loro causa,
50 e perdona al tuo popolo che ha peccato contro di te tutte le trasgressioni che ha commesso contro di te e fa' che trovino compassione presso coloro che li hanno deportati, affinché questi usino misericordia con loro,
51 (perché essi sono il tuo popolo e la tua eredità, coloro che hai fatto uscire dall'Egitto, da una fornace di ferro).
52 Siano aperti i tuoi occhi alla supplica del tuo servo e alla supplica del tuo popolo Israele, per esaudirli in tutto ciò che ti chiedono,
53 perché tu li hai appartati da tutti i popoli della terra per essere la tua eredità, secondo quanto hai dichiarato per mezzo del tuo servo Mosè, quando facesti uscire dall'Egitto i nostri padri, o Signore, o Eterno!».
54 Quando Salomone ebbe terminato di rivolgere all'Eterno tutta questa preghiera e supplica, si alzò davanti all'altare dell'Eterno dove era inginocchiato con le mani tese verso il cielo.
55 Poi si alzò e benedisse tutta l'assemblea d'Israele ad alta voce, dicendo:
56 «Benedetto sia l'Eterno, che ha dato riposo al suo popolo Israele, secondo tutto ciò che ha promesso; non una sola parola è venuta meno di tutte le belle promesse da lui fatte per mezzo del suo servo Mosè.
57 L'Eterno, il nostro DIO, sia con noi come è stato con i nostri padri; non ci lasci e non ci abbandoni,
58 ma volga i nostri cuori verso di lui, affinché camminiamo in tutte le sue vie e osserviamo i suoi comandamenti, i suoi statuti e i suoi decreti che ha prescritto ai nostri padri.
59 Possano queste mie parole, che ho rivolto in supplicazione all'Eterno, rimanere vicine all'Eterno, il nostro DIO, giorno e notte, perché sostenga la causa del suo servo e la causa del suo popolo, secondo il bisogno di ogni giorno,
60 affinché tutti i popoli della terra riconoscano che l'Eterno è DIO e non ve n'è alcun altro.
61 Sia dunque il vostro cuore dato interamente all'Eterno, il nostro DIO, per seguire i suoi statuti e osservare i suoi comandamenti, come fate oggi!».
62 Poi il re e tutto Israele con lui offrirono sacrifici davanti all'Eterno.
63 Salomone immolò come sacrificio di ringraziamento, che egli offrí all'Eterno, ventiduemila buoi e centoventimila pecore. Cosí il re e tutti i figli d'Israele dedicarono la casa dell'Eterno.
64 In quel giorno il re consacrò la parte centrale del cortile, che è davanti alla casa dell'Eterno; là infatti egli offrí gli olocausti, le oblazioni di cibo e il grasso dei sacrifici di ringraziamento, perché l'altare di bronzo, che è davanti all'Eterno, era troppo piccolo per contenere gli olocausti, le oblazioni di cibo e il grasso dei sacrifici di ringraziamento.
65 In quel tempo Salomone celebrò una festa davanti all'Eterno, il nostro DIO, e tutto Israele con lui. A lui si uní una grande assemblea di gente, venuta dai dintorni di Hamath fino al torrente d'Egitto, per sette giorni e per altri sette giorni, in tutto quattordici giorni.
66 L'ottavo giorno congedò il popolo, e quelli convenuti benedirono il re e tornarono alle loro tende allegri e col cuore contento per tutto il bene che l'Eterno aveva fatto al suo servo Davide e a Israele, suo popolo.
1 Kings 8
King James Version
1 Kings 8
King James Version
8 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.
2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
4 And they brought up the ark of the Lord, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.
5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
8 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.
9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord,
11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.
12 Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
13 I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
14 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)
15 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
18 And the Lord said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
20 And the Lord hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
23 And he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:
24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
25 Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.
30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
31 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:
32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
33 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;
38 What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
42 (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
48 And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
50 And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.
53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.
54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
56 Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
57 The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
58 That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
59 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
60 That all the people of the earth may know that the Lord is God, and that there is none else.
61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
62 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the Lord.
63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.
64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
66 On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
1 Kings 8
New International Version
1 Kings 8
New International Version
The Ark Brought to the Temple(A)
8 Then King Solomon summoned into his presence at Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs(B) of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark(C) of the Lord’s covenant from Zion, the City of David.(D) 2 All the Israelites came together to King Solomon at the time of the festival(E) in the month of Ethanim, the seventh month.(F)
3 When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests(G) took up the ark, 4 and they brought up the ark of the Lord and the tent of meeting(H) and all the sacred furnishings in it. The priests and Levites(I) carried them up, 5 and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the ark, sacrificing(J) so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted.
6 The priests then brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant(K) to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place,(L) and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim.(M) 7 The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed(N) the ark and its carrying poles. 8 These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today.(O) 9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets(P) that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt.
10 When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud(Q) filled the temple of the Lord. 11 And the priests could not perform their service(R) because of the cloud, for the glory(S) of the Lord filled his temple.
12 Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud;(T) 13 I have indeed built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell(U) forever.”
14 While the whole assembly of Israel was standing there, the king turned around and blessed(V) them. 15 Then he said:
“Praise be to the Lord,(W) the God of Israel, who with his own hand has fulfilled what he promised with his own mouth to my father David. For he said, 16 ‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt,(X) I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to have a temple built so that my Name(Y) might be there, but I have chosen(Z) David(AA) to rule my people Israel.’
17 “My father David had it in his heart(AB) to build a temple(AC) for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 18 But the Lord said to my father David, ‘You did well to have it in your heart to build a temple for my Name. 19 Nevertheless, you(AD) are not the one to build the temple, but your son, your own flesh and blood—he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.’(AE)
20 “The Lord has kept the promise he made: I have succeeded(AF) David my father and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the Lord promised, and I have built(AG) the temple for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 21 I have provided a place there for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt.”
Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication(AH)
22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands(AI) toward heaven 23 and said:
“Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like(AJ) you in heaven above or on earth below—you who keep your covenant of love(AK) with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way. 24 You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it—as it is today.
25 “Now Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises(AL) you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me faithfully as you have done.’ 26 And now, God of Israel, let your word that you promised(AM) your servant David my father come true.
27 “But will God really dwell(AN) on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven,(AO) cannot contain(AP) you. How much less this temple I have built! 28 Yet give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy, Lord my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence this day. 29 May your eyes be open(AQ) toward(AR) this temple night and day, this place of which you said, ‘My Name(AS) shall be there,’ so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place. 30 Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray(AT) toward this place. Hear(AU) from heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.(AV)
31 “When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath and they come and swear the oath(AW) before your altar in this temple, 32 then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.(AX)
33 “When your people Israel have been defeated(AY) by an enemy because they have sinned(AZ) against you, and when they turn back to you and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication to you in this temple,(BA) 34 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.
35 “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain(BB) because your people have sinned(BC) against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them, 36 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach(BD) them the right way(BE) to live, and send rain(BF) on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.
37 “When famine(BG) or plague(BH) comes to the land, or blight(BI) or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers,(BJ) or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come, 38 and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of the afflictions of their own hearts, and spreading out their hands(BK) toward this temple— 39 then hear(BL) from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive(BM) and act; deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know(BN) their hearts (for you alone know every human heart), 40 so that they will fear(BO) you all the time they live in the land(BP) you gave our ancestors.
41 “As for the foreigner(BQ) who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name— 42 for they will hear(BR) of your great name and your mighty hand(BS) and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple, 43 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know(BT) your name and fear(BU) you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.(BV)
44 “When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray(BW) to the Lord toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name, 45 then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.(BX)
46 “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin(BY)—and you become angry with them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive(BZ) to their own lands, far away or near; 47 and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead(CA) with you in the land of their captors and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly’;(CB) 48 and if they turn back(CC) to you with all their heart(CD) and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray(CE) to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and the temple(CF) I have built for your Name;(CG) 49 then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause. 50 And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses they have committed against you, and cause their captors to show them mercy;(CH) 51 for they are your people and your inheritance,(CI) whom you brought out of Egypt, out of that iron-smelting furnace.(CJ)
52 “May your eyes be open(CK) to your servant’s plea and to the plea of your people Israel, and may you listen to them whenever they cry out to you.(CL) 53 For you singled them out from all the nations of the world to be your own inheritance,(CM) just as you declared through your servant Moses when you, Sovereign Lord, brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”
54 When Solomon had finished all these prayers and supplications to the Lord, he rose from before the altar of the Lord, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven. 55 He stood and blessed(CN) the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying:
56 “Praise be to the Lord, who has given rest(CO) to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises(CP) he gave through his servant Moses. 57 May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us nor forsake(CQ) us. 58 May he turn our hearts(CR) to him, to walk in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees and laws he gave our ancestors. 59 And may these words of mine, which I have prayed before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel according to each day’s need, 60 so that all the peoples(CS) of the earth may know that the Lord is God and that there is no other.(CT) 61 And may your hearts(CU) be fully committed(CV) to the Lord our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time.”
The Dedication of the Temple(CW)
62 Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices(CX) before the Lord. 63 Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the Lord: twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated(CY) the temple of the Lord.
64 On that same day the king consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple of the Lord, and there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings and the fat(CZ) of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar(DA) that stood before the Lord was too small to hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings.(DB)
65 So Solomon observed the festival(DC) at that time, and all Israel with him—a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath(DD) to the Wadi of Egypt.(DE) They celebrated it before the Lord our God for seven days and seven days more, fourteen days in all. 66 On the following day he sent the people away. They blessed the king and then went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good(DF) things the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.
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