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1 Regi 8
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
1 Regi 8
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
Chivotul este aşezat în Casa Domnului
8 Atunci Solomon a convocat la Ierusalim sfatul bătrânilor lui Israel[a], toate căpeteniile seminţiilor şi conducătorii clanurilor israelite ca să mute Chivotul Legământului cu Domnul din Cetatea lui David, adică din Sion. 2 Toţi bărbaţii lui Israel s-au adunat la regele Solomon cu prilejul sărbătorii din luna Etanim[b], adică luna a şaptea. 3 După ce au venit toţi cei din sfatul bătrânilor lui Israel, preoţii au ridicat Chivotul. 4 Preoţii şi leviţii au mutat Chivotul Domnului, Cortul Întâlnirii şi toate obiectele sfinte care erau în cort. 5 Regele Solomon şi toată adunarea lui Israel, care se adunase înaintea lui, au stat împreună înaintea Chivotului şi au jertfit atât de multe oi şi vite, încât n-au putut fi numărate sau socotite. 6 Preoţii au adus Chivotul Legământului cu Domnul la locul lui, în sanctuarul interior[c] al Casei, adică în Locul Preasfânt, sub aripile heruvimilor. 7 Heruvimii aveau aripile întinse deasupra locului unde se afla Chivotul, astfel încât heruvimii acopereau atât Chivotul, cât şi drugii acestuia. 8 Drugilor li se dăduse o asemenea lungime, încât să li se vadă capetele din Locul Sfânt care era în faţa sanctuarului interior, dar să nu se vadă de afară; ei sunt acolo şi astăzi. 9 În Chivot nu se mai aflau decât cele două table de piatră puse de Moise la Horeb, atunci când Domnul a încheiat legământ cu israeliţii, după ce aceştia au ieşit din ţara Egiptului. 10 Când preoţii au ieşit din Locul Sfânt, norul a acoperit Casa Domnului. 11 Preoţii n-au putut rămâne să-şi îndeplinească slujba din cauza norului, căci slava Domnului umpluse Casa Domnului.
12 Atunci Solomon a zis: „Domnul a spus că va locui în negură. 13 Eu am zidit o Casă măreaţă pentru Tine, un loc unde vei locui pe vecie!“ 14 Apoi regele s-a întors cu faţa spre întreaga adunare a lui Israel şi a binecuvântat-o. Întreaga adunare a lui Israel stătea în picioare. 15 El a zis:
„Binecuvântat să fie Domnul, Dumnezeul lui Israel, Care a împlinit prin puterea Sa ceea ce i-a promis tatălui meu, David, când a zis: 16 «Din ziua în care l-am scos pe poporul Meu, Israel, din Egipt, nu am ales nici o cetate din toate seminţiile lui Israel ca să-Mi zidesc acolo o Casă pentru Numele Meu, ci l-am ales pe David ca să domnească peste poporul Meu, Israel.» 17 Tatăl meu, David, avea de gând să zidească o Casă pentru Numele Domnului, Dumnezeul lui Israel. 18 Dar Domnul i-a zis tatălui meu, David: «Tu te-ai gândit să zideşti o Casă Numelui Meu şi este bine că te-ai gândit în felul acesta! 19 Totuşi, nu tu vei zidi Casa, ci fiul tău; cel ce ţi s-a născut va zidi o Casă Numelui Meu.» 20 Domnul a împlinit ceea ce a promis. Eu m-am ridicat în locul tatălui meu, David, m-am aşezat pe tronul lui Israel, aşa cum a promis Domnul, şi am zidit Casa pentru Numele Domnului, Dumnezeul lui Israel. 21 Am pregătit acolo un loc pentru Chivotul în care se află legământul Domnului, pe care l-a încheiat cu strămoşii noştri după ce i-a scos din ţara Egiptului.“
Rugăciunea lui Solomon
22 După aceea, Solomon s-a aşezat înaintea altarului Domnului şi, stând în prezenţa întregii adunări a lui Israel, şi-a întins mâinile spre cer 23 şi a zis:
„Doamne, Dumnezeul lui Israel, nu este nici un dumnezeu asemenea Ţie, nici sus în ceruri, nici jos pe pământ: Tu păstrezi legământul şi îndurarea[d] faţă de slujitorii Tăi, care umblă înaintea Ta din toată inima lor! 24 Tu Ţi-ai ţinut promisiunea faţă de robul Tău, tatăl meu, David; ce ai spus cu gura Ta, ai împlinit cu mâna Ta, cum se vede astăzi. 25 Doamne, Dumnezeul lui Israel, împlineşte ce ai promis robului Tău, tatăl meu, David, când ai zis: «Nu vei fi lipsit niciodată de un urmaş care să stea înaintea Mea pe tronul lui Israel, dacă fiii tăi vor veghea la calea lor şi vor umbla înaintea Mea tot aşa cum ai umblat şi tu.» 26 Acum, Dumnezeul lui Israel, împlinească-se promisiunea pe care ai făcut-o robului Tău David, tatăl meu.
27 Dar va locui într-adevăr Dumnezeu pe pământ? Iată că nici chiar cerurile şi cerurile cerurilor nu Te pot cuprinde, cu atât mai puţin Casa aceasta pe care am zidit-o eu! 28 Doamne, Dumnezeul meu, ia aminte la rugăciunea slujitorului Tău şi la cererea lui! Ascultă strigătul şi rugăciunea pe care Ţi-o face slujitorul Tău astăzi! 29 Fie ca ochii Tăi să vegheze zi şi noapte asupra acestei Case, asupra locului despre care ai zis: «Acolo va fi Numele Meu!» Ascultă rugăciunea pe care Ţi-o face slujitorul Tău cu privire la acest loc. 30 Ascultă cererea slujitorului Tău şi a poporului Tău, Israel, când se va ruga înspre acest loc. Ascultă din tărâmul locuinţei Tale, din ceruri, ascultă şi iartă.
31 Când va păcătui cineva împotriva semenului său şi va fi obligat apoi să facă un jurământ, când va veni să jure înaintea altarului din Casa aceasta, 32 ascultă din ceruri, lucrează şi judecă-i pe slujitorii Tăi, condamnându-l pe cel nelegiuit, aruncând asupra capului lui faptele lui, şi îndreptăţindu-l pe cel drept, răsplătindu-i potrivit cu dreptatea lui!
33 Când poporul Tău, Israel, fiind biruit de duşman pentru că a păcătuit împotriva Ta, se va întoarce la Tine, va da slavă Numelui Tău, Ţi se va ruga şi va căuta bunăvoinţa Ta în Casa aceasta, 34 ascultă din ceruri, iartă păcatul poporului Tău, Israel, şi adu-l înapoi în ţara pe care le-ai dat-o strămoşilor lui!
35 Când cerul va fi închis şi nu va mai fi ploaie pentru că au păcătuit împotriva Ta, iar ei se vor ruga înspre acest loc, vor da slavă Numelui Tău şi se vor întoarce de la păcatul lor pentru că i-ai pedepsit, 36 ascultă din ceruri şi iartă păcatul slujitorilor Tăi şi al poporului Tău, Israel. Învaţă-i calea cea bună pe care trebuie să meargă şi trimite ploaie peste ţara Ta, pe care i-ai dat-o ca moştenire poporului Tău! 37 Când va fi în ţară foamete, molimă, filoxeră, mană, lăcuste sau omizi, când duşmanul lor le va asedia cetăţile, orice urgie sau boală ar veni, 38 dacă cineva din popor sau dacă tot poporul Tău, Israel, va face rugăciuni şi cereri, recunoscându-şi fiecare întinarea inimii lui şi va întinde mâinile spre Casa aceasta, 39 ascultă din ceruri, tărâmul locuinţei Tale, şi iartă-l! Lucrează şi răsplăteşte-i fiecăruia după faptele lui, Tu Care cunoşti inima fiecăruia, căci numai Tu cunoşti inimile tuturor oamenilor. 40 Astfel, ei se vor teme de Tine în tot timpul cât vor trăi în ţara pe care le-ai dat-o strămoşilor noştri.
41 De asemenea, când străinul, care nu este din poporul Tău, Israel, va veni dintr-o ţară îndepărtată datorită Numelui Tău, 42 căci oamenii vor auzi despre Numele Tău cel mare, despre mâna Ta cea tare şi despre braţul Tău cel întins, deci când va veni şi se va ruga înspre această Casă, 43 ascultă din ceruri, tărâmul locuinţei Tale, şi dă-i acelui străin tot ceea ce-Ţi va cere, pentru ca toate popoarele pământului să-Ţi cunoască Numele, să se teamă de Tine aşa cum se teme poporul Tău, Israel, şi să ştie că Numele Tău este chemat peste această Casă, pe care am zidit-o eu.
44 Când poporul Tău va merge la război împotriva duşmanului său, acolo unde îl vei trimite, şi se va ruga Domnului cu mâinile îndreptate înspre cetatea pe care ai ales-o Tu şi înspre Casa pe care am zidit-o pentru Numele Tău, 45 ascultă din ceruri rugăciunea lor şi cererea lor şi fă-le dreptate.
46 Când vor păcătui împotriva Ta – căci nu este om care să nu păcătuiască – şi, mâniindu-Te pe ei, îi vei da pe mâna duşmanilor lor care îi vor duce captivi într-o ţară vrăjmaşă, îndepărtată sau apropiată, 47 dacă acolo, în ţara în care au fost luaţi captivi, îşi vor cerceta inimile, dacă se vor întoarce la Tine şi vor căuta bunăvoinţa Ta în ţara celor ce i-au luat captivi, spunând: «Am păcătuit, am greşit şi am săvârşit răul!», 48 dacă de acolo, din ţara duşmanilor lor care i-au luat captivi, se vor întoarce la Tine din toată inima lor şi din tot sufletul lor, dacă Ţi se vor ruga cu mâinile îndreptate înspre ţara lor, pe care le-ai dat-o strămoşilor lor, înspre cetatea pe care Tu ai ales-o şi înspre Casa pe care am zidit-o eu pentru Numele Tău, 49 atunci ascultă din ceruri, tărâmul locuinţei Tale, rugăciunea lor şi cererea lor şi fă-le dreptate. 50 Iartă poporul Tău, cel ce a păcătuit faţă de Tine! Iartă toate fărădelegile pe care le-au săvârşit împotriva Ta şi fă să găsească îndurare la cei ce i-au luat captivi, ca să le arate milă; 51 căci ei sunt poporul Tău şi moştenirea Ta, poporul pe care l-ai scos din Egipt, din mijlocul cuptorului de fier!
52 Fie ca ochii Tăi să fie deschişi la cererea slujitorului Tău şi la cererea poporului Tău, Israel, ca să-i asculţi ori de câte ori vor striga către Tine după ajutor, 53 căci Tu, Stăpâne Doamne, i-ai pus deoparte dintre toate popoarele pământului pentru a fi moştenirea Ta, după cum i-ai spus robului Tău Moise când i-ai scos pe strămoşii noştri din Egipt!“
54 Când Solomon a terminat de spus toată această rugăciune şi cerere Domnului, s-a ridicat dinaintea altarului Domnului, unde stătuse îngenuncheat, cu mâinile ridicate spre cer 55 şi, stând în picioare, a binecuvântat întreaga adunare a lui Israel cu voce tare, zicând:
56 „Binecuvântat să fie Domnul Care i-a dat odihnă poporului Său, Israel, potrivit cu tot ceea ce a promis. Dintre toate promisiunile bune pe care le-a rostit prin robul Său Moise, nici una n-a rămas neîmplinită. 57 Domnul, Dumnezeul nostru, să fie cu noi aşa cum a fost cu strămoşii noştri; să nu ne părăsească şi să nu ne lase, 58 ci să ne aplece inimile spre El ca să umblăm în toate căile Lui şi să păzim poruncile, legile şi hotărârile Lui, pe care le-a dat strămoşilor noştri. 59 Fie ca aceste cuvinte ale mele, pe care le-am adus înaintea Domnului, să fie zi şi noapte înaintea Domnului, Dumnezeul nostru, pentru a face dreptate slujitorului Său şi poporului Său, Israel, după nevoile zilnice 60 şi pentru ca toate popoarele pământului să ştie că Domnul este Dumnezeu şi că nu este altul. 61 Dar inimile trebuie să vă fie în întregime ale Domnului, Dumnezeul nostru, trăind după hotărârile Lui şi păzind poruncile Lui ca şi astăzi.“
Inaugurarea Casei Domnului
62 Apoi, regele împreună cu tot Israelul au adus jertfe înaintea Domnului. 63 Solomon I-a adus Domnului douăzeci şi două de mii de boi şi o sută douăzeci de mii de oi ca jertfă de pace[e]. Astfel, regele şi tot poporul Israel au sfinţit Casa Domnului. 64 În aceeaşi zi, regele a sfinţit mijlocul curţii, locul din faţa Casei Domnului, întrucât acolo a adus arderile de tot, darurile de mâncare şi grăsimea jertfelor de pace, deoarece altarul de bronz dinaintea Domnului era prea mic pentru a cuprinde arderile de tot, darurile de mâncare şi grăsimea jertfelor de pace.
65 Solomon a ţinut atunci sărbătoarea împreună cu tot Israelul. O mare mulţime de oameni veniţi de la Lebo-Hamat[f] şi până dinspre Râul Egiptului[g] au sărbătorit înaintea Domnului, Dumnezeul nostru, timp de şapte zile şi apoi alte şapte zile, adică paisprezece zile. 66 În ziua a opta[h] Solomon a trimis poporul acasă. Ei l-au binecuvântat pe rege şi au plecat la corturile lor bucuroşi şi cu inimile mulţumite pentru tot binele făcut de Domnul robului Său David şi poporului Său, Israel.
Footnotes
- 1 Regi 8:1 Lit.: bătrânii lui Israel, şefi de familii şi de clanuri, recunoscuţi ca autoritate la toate popoarele orientale; rol de judecători în cadrul comunităţii locale (Deut. 19:12; 21:1-9; 18-21; 22:13-21; 25:5-10) sau lideri militari (Ios. 8:10). Ca instituţie, Sfatul Bătrânilor lui Israel (lit. bătrânii lui Israel) este atestat în special în perioada monarhiei, cu rol de consiliu (2 Sam. 3:17; 5:3; 17:4; 1 Regi 20:7); peste tot în carte
- 1 Regi 8:2 Numele canaanit al lunii Tişri; era vorba cel mai probabil de Sărbătoarea Corturilor, şi în v. 65
- 1 Regi 8:6 Vezi nota de la 6:5; şi în v. 8
- 1 Regi 8:23 Sau: păstrezi cu loialitate legământul; sau: păstrezi legământul dragostei
- 1 Regi 8:63 Vezi nota de la 3:15; şi în v. 64
- 1 Regi 8:65 Sau: intrarea în Hamat
- 1 Regi 8:65 Modernul Wadi el-Arish, în NE Sinaiului, sau chiar braţul răsăritean al Deltei Nilului
- 1 Regi 8:66 Sau: în ziua următoare, ziua a opta după ultimele şapte zile
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.
1 Kings 8
English Standard Version
1 Kings 8
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The Ark Brought into the Temple
8 (A)Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, (B)the leaders of the fathers' houses of the people of Israel, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, (C)to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of (D)the city of David, which is Zion. 2 And all the men of Israel assembled to King Solomon at (E)the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 3 And all the elders of Israel came, and (F)the priests took up the ark. 4 And they brought up the ark of the Lord, (G)the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; the priests and the Levites brought them up. 5 And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were with him before the ark, (H)sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered. 6 (I)Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord (J)to its place in (K)the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim. 7 For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles. 8 (L)And the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the Holy Place before (M)the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside. And they are there to this day. 9 There was nothing in the ark except (N)the two tablets of stone that Moses put there at Horeb, where (O)the Lord made a covenant with the people of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. 10 And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, (P)a 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 filled the house of the Lord.
Solomon Blesses the Lord
12 (Q)Then Solomon said, “The Lord[a] has said that he would dwell (R)in thick darkness. 13 (S)I have indeed built you an exalted house, (T)a place for you to dwell in forever.” 14 Then the king turned around and (U)blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood. 15 And he said, (V)“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled (W)what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying, 16 (X)‘Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, (Y)that my name might be there. (Z)But I chose David to be over my people Israel.’ 17 (AA)Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 18 But 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 (AB)Nevertheless, you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’ 20 Now the Lord has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, (AC)as the Lord promised, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 21 And there I have provided a place for the ark, (AD)in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
Solomon's Prayer of Dedication
22 Then Solomon (AE)stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and (AF)spread out his hands toward heaven, 23 and said, “O Lord, God of Israel, (AG)there is no God like you, in heaven above or on earth beneath, (AH)keeping covenant and showing steadfast love to your servants who walk before you with all their heart; 24 you have kept with your servant David my father what you declared to him. (AI)You spoke with your mouth, and with your hand have fulfilled it this day. 25 Now therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father what you have promised him, saying, (AJ)‘You shall not lack a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.’ 26 (AK)Now therefore, O God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you have spoken to your servant David my father.
27 “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, (AL)heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built! 28 Yet have regard to the prayer of your servant and to his plea, O Lord my God, listening to the cry and to the prayer that your servant prays before you this day, 29 (AM)that your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you have said, (AN)‘My name shall be there,’ that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place. 30 And listen to the plea of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. And listen in heaven your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.
31 “If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take (AO)an oath and comes and swears his oath before your altar in this house, 32 then hear in heaven and act and judge your servants, (AP)condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
33 (AQ)“When your people Israel are defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and (AR)if they turn again to you and acknowledge your name and pray and plead with you in this house, 34 then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them again to the land that you gave to their fathers.
35 (AS)“When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and acknowledge your name 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 (AT)you teach them (AU)the good way in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance.
37 (AV)“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence or blight or mildew or locust or caterpillar, if their enemy besieges them in the land at their gates,[b] whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, 38 whatever prayer, whatever plea is made by any man or by all your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart and stretching out his hands toward this house, 39 then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways ((AW)for you, you only, know the hearts of all the children of mankind), 40 that they may fear you (AX)all the days that they live in the land that you gave to our fathers.
41 “Likewise, when a foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, comes from a far country for your name's sake 42 (for they shall hear of your great name (AY)and your mighty hand, and of your outstretched arm), when he comes and prays toward this house, 43 hear in heaven your dwelling place and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to you, in order (AZ)that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and (BA)fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house that I have built is called by your name.
44 “If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to the Lord (BB)toward the city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name, 45 then hear in heaven their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause.
46 “If they sin against you—(BC)for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive (BD)to the land of the enemy, far off or near, 47 yet (BE)if they turn their heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captors, saying, (BF)‘We have sinned and have acted perversely and wickedly,’ 48 (BG)if they repent with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you (BH)toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city that you have chosen, and the house that I have built for your name, 49 then hear in heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause 50 and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions that they have committed against you, and (BI)grant them compassion in the sight of those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them 51 ((BJ)for they are your people, and your heritage, which you brought out of Egypt, (BK)from the midst of the iron furnace). 52 (BL)Let your eyes be open to the plea of your servant and to the plea of your people Israel, giving ear to them whenever they call to you. 53 For you separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be your heritage, (BM)as you declared through Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.”
Solomon's Benediction
54 (BN)Now as Solomon finished offering all this prayer and plea to the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, where he had (BO)knelt with hands outstretched toward heaven. 55 And he stood and (BP)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. (BQ)Not one word has failed of all his good promise, which he spoke by Moses his servant. 57 The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. (BR)May he not leave us or forsake us, 58 that he may (BS)incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his rules, which he commanded our fathers. 59 Let these words of mine, with which I have pleaded before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, and may he maintain the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel, as each day requires, 60 that (BT)all the peoples of the earth may know that (BU)the Lord is God; there is no other. 61 (BV)Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the Lord our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day.”
Solomon's Sacrifices
62 (BW)Then (BX)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 people of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord. 64 The same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord, for there he offered the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings, because (BY)the bronze altar that was before the Lord was too small to receive the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings.
65 So Solomon held (BZ)the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from (CA)Lebo-hamath to (CB)the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days.[c] 66 On the eighth day he sent the people away, and they blessed the king and went to their homes joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had shown to David his servant and to Israel his people.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 8:12 Septuagint The Lord has set the sun in the heavens, but
- 1 Kings 8:37 Septuagint, Syriac in any of their cities
- 1 Kings 8:65 Septuagint; Hebrew seven days and seven days, fourteen days
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