The feast of the BEFORE CHRIST 1005. * Exod. 37. 10, &c. Exod. 25. 30. Lev. 24. 5 8. ? Heb. ash pans. I. KINGS, VIII. the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was, 49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, 50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the 2 censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple. 51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, 2 Sam. 8. 11. and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD. * Heb. holy things of David. 2 Chron. 5. 1. dedication of the temple. 10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house Exod. 40. 34, 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. X 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, 8 r 35. 2 Chron. 5. 13, 14. & 7.2. 2 Chron. 6. 1, &c. • Lev. 16. 2. Ps. 18. 11. & 97. 2. + 2 Sam. 7. 13. u Ps. 132. 14. 16 Since the day that I brought 2 Sam. 7. 6. 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 dit was in the heart of David my father to build an house 2 Sam. 7.2. for the name of the LORD God of Israel. c c 1 Sam. 16. 1. 2 Sam. 7. 8. 1 Chron. 28.4. 1 Chron. 17.1. Solomon's prayer at the BEFORE CHRIST 1004. * 2 Chron. 6. 8, 9. f 2 Sam. 7.5, 12, 13. ch. 5. 3, 5. 18 And the LORD said unto David thee; how much less this house that my father, Whereas it was in thine I have builded? 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. h ver. 9. Deut. 31. 26. 2 Chron. 6. 12, &c. *Exod. 9. 33. Ezra 9. 5. Isai. 1. 15. Exod. 15. 11. 2 Sam. 7. 22. m Deut. 7. 9. Neh. 1. 5. a Gen. 17. 1. 2 Kings 20. 3. 16. g h 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: m 25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, 2 Sam. 7. 12, saying, 2 There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; 3 so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me. ch. 2. 4. 2 Heb. There shall not be cut off unto 2 Chron. 2. 6. Isai. 66. 1. Acts 7. 49. & 17.24. 3 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: Deut. 12. 11. that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make 2 toward this place. u + Dan. 6. 10. 2 Or, in this place. u 2 Chron. 20. 9. Neh. 1. 6. 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 3 Or, in this 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: place. • Heb. and he require an oath of him, Lev. 5. 1. * Exod. 22. 11. 32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, con- Deut. 25. 1. demning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. 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 Lev. 26. 19. ¶ 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 : Deut. 28. 23. 36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and Ps. 25. 4. & of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they 27. 11. & 94. 12. & 143. 8. 1 Sam. 12.23. 1 Chron. 28. 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: dedication of the temple. 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; 2 m BEFORE CHRIST 1004. 1 12 Chron. 6.36 m Lev. 26. 34, n 47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in Lev. 26. 40. the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; 2 Heb. bring O Neh. 1.6. 13, 14. Dan. 6. 10. 48 And so Preturn unto thee with Jer. 29. 12, 39 Then hear thou in heaven thy all their heart, and with all their dwelling place, and forgive, and do, soul, in the land of their enemies, and give to every man according to which led them away captive, and his ways, whose heart thou know-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: 1 Sam. 16. 7. est; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men ;) 9. Ps. 11.4. Jer. 17. 10. Acts 1. 24. & Ps. 130. 4. Deut. 3. 24. 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; i 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: 1 Sam. 17. 46. 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 name is called I have builded, is called by thy 2 Deut. 31. 6. Josh. 1. 5. Ps. 119. 36. 3 Heb. the thing of a day in his day. b Josh. 4. 24. 1 Sam. 17. 46. 2 Kings 19. 19. c Deut. 4. 35, 39. d ch. 11. 4. & 15. 3, 14. 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: C 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 2 Kings 20.3. 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. • 2 Chron. 7. 4, &c. f2 Chron. 7. 7. e 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 of peace offerings. Gads BEFORE CHRIST 1004. the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, 2 Chron. 4. 1. and the fat of the peace offerings. 65 And at that time Solomon held ha feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the enter- Numb. 34. 8. ing in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, 'seven days and seven days, even fourteen days. m Judg. 3. 3. 2 Kings 14. 25. Gen. 15. 18. 12 Chron. 7. 8. m2 Chron. 7. 9, 10. 66 On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they 2 blessed the king, and went unto their tents joy-Or, thanked. ful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD_had_done for David his servant, and for Israel his people. BEFORE CHRIST 000 7.14 |