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Then said Solomon, The L
ORD
hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
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But I have
built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
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And the king turned
his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
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And he said, Blessed
be
the L
ORD
God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled
that
which he
spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,
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Since the day that I brought forth my people
out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my
name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:
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But I have
chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people
Israel.
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Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the L
ORD
God
of Israel.
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But the L
ORD
said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an
house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
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Notwithstanding thou shalt not
build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for
my name.
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The L
ORD
therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in
the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the L
ORD
promised, and have
built the house for the name of the L
ORD
God of Israel.
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And in it have I put the ark, wherein
is
the covenant of the L
ORD
, that he made with the children of Israel.
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And he stood before the altar of the L
ORD
in the presence of all the congregation of Israel,
and spread forth his hands:
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For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and
five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood,
and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands
toward heaven,
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And said, O L
ORD
God of Israel,
there is
no God like thee in the heaven, nor in
the earth; which keepest covenant, and
shewest
mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with
all their hearts:
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Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast
promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled
it
with thine hand, as
it is
this day.
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Now therefore, O L
ORD
God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou
hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of
Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before
me.
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Now then, O L
ORD
God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy
servant David.
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But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the
heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
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Have respect
therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O L
ORD
my God, to hearken unto the
cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:
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That thine eyes may be open upon this
house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there;
to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
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Hearken therefore unto
the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place:
hear thou from thy dwelling place,
even
from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
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If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the
oath come before thine altar in this house;
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Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy
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