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Ornaments for the temple.

Chap. v. The ark placed in the oracle. was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the filver, and the gold, and all the inftruments, put he among the treasures of the houfe of God.

Furthermore, he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

10 And he fet the fea on the right fide of the caft-end, over against the fouth.

11 And Huram made the pots, and the fhovels, and the bafons, and Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God:

12 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars:

13 And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.

14 He made alfo bases; and lavers made be upon the bases;

15 One fea, and twelve oxen under it: 16 The pots alfo, and the shovels, and the flesh hooks, and all their inftruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, of bright brafs.

17 In the plain of Jordan did the king caft them in the clay-ground, between Succoth and Zeredathah.

18 Thus Solomon made all thefe veffels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.

19 And Solomon made all the veffels that were for the house of God, the golden altar alfo, and the tables whereon the fhew-bread was fet;

20 Moreover, the candlesticks with their lamps, that they fhould burn after the manner, before the oracle, of pure gold;

21 And the flowers and the lamps, and the tongs made he of gold, and that perfect gold.

22 And the fnuffers, and the bafons, and the fpoons, and the cenfers, of pure gold and the entry of the houfe, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the houfe of the temple were of gold.

CHAP. V. The dedicated treafures. 2 The bringing up of the ark of the covenant. 11 God praifed giveth a sign of his fa

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2 Then Solomon affembled the elders of Ifrael, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Ifrael unto Jerufalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD, out of the city of David, which is Zion.

3 Wherefore all the men of Ifrael affembled themselves unto the king in the feaft, which was in the seventh month.

4 And all the elders of Ifrael came, and the Levites took up the ark.

5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy veffels that were in the tabernacle, thefe did the priests and the Levites bring up.

6 Alfo king Solomon and all the congregation of Ifrael that were affembled unto him before the ark, facrificed fheep and oxen, which could not be told not numbred for multitude.

And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house into the moft holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.

8 For the cherubims fpread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the ftaves thereof, above.

And they drew out the ftaves of the ark, that the ends of the ftaves were feen from the ark before the oracle, but they were not feen without. And there it is unto this day.

10 There was nothing in the ark fave the two tables which Mofes put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a cove nant with the children of Ifrael, when they came out of Egypt.

11 And it came to pafs when the priefts were come out of the holy place: for all the priests that were prefent were fanctified, and did not then wait by course.

12 Alfo the Levites which were the fingers, all of them of Afaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their fons, and their brethren; being arayed in white linen, having cymbals, and pfalteries, and harps, ftood at the caft-end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priefts, founding with trumpets) peters and fingers were as one, to mak

13 It came even to pass, as the trum

Solomons prayer at the

II. Chronicles.

dedication of the temple. one found to be heard in praifing and of the LORD, in the prefence of all the thanking the LORD; and when they congregation of Ifrael, and spread forth lift up their voice with the trumpets his hands; and cymbals, and inftruments of mufick, and praifed the LORD, Saying, For he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the houfe was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;

14 So that the priests could not ftand to minifter by reafon of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the houfe of God.

CHAP. VI.

Solomon having bleffed the people, bleffeth God: 12 His prayer at the confecration of the temple.

Hen faid Solomon, The LORD hath faid that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

2 But I have built an houfe of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.

And the king turned his face, and bleffed the whole congregation of Ifrael, (and all the congregation of Ifrael ftood)

And he faid, Bleffed be the LORD God of Ifrael, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he fpake with his mouth, to my father David, faying,

5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chofe no city among all the tribes of Ifrael to build an houfe in, that my name might be there, neither chofe I any aman to be ruler over my people Ifrael: 6 But I have chofen Jerufalem, that my name might be there, and have chofen David to be over my people Ifrael. 7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Ifrael.

8 But the LORD faid to David my father, forafmuch as it was in thine heart to build an houfe for my name, thou didft well in that it was in thine heart: 9 Notwithstanding, thou shalt not build the houfe, but thy fon, which fhall come forth out of thy loyns, he fhall build the houfe for my name.

10 The LORD therefore hath perform ed his word that he hath spoken: for I am rifen up in the room of David my father, and am fet on the throne of Ifrael, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Ifrael.

II And in it have I put the ark wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Ifrael.

12 And he ftood before the altar

13 (For Solomon had made a brafen fcaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had fet it in the midft of the court, and upon it he ftood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Ifrael, and spread forth his hands to wards heaven)

14 And faid, O LORD God of Ifrael, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepeft cove nant, and fheweft mercy unto thy fervants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:

15 Thou which haft kept with thy fervant. David my father, that which thou haft promifed him; and fpakeft with thy mouth, and haft fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.

16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Ifrael, keep with thy fervant David my father, that which thou haft promised him, faying, There fhall not fail thee a man in my fight to fit upon the throne of Ifrael; yet fo, that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou haft walked before me.

17 Now then, O LORD God of Ifrael, let thy word be verified, which thou haft fpoken unto thy fervant David.

18 (But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven, and the heaven of heavens_cannot contain thee; how much lefs this houfe which I have built!)

19 Have refpe& therefore to the pray er of thy fervant, and to his fupplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy fervant prayeth before thee:

20 That thine eyes may be open upon this houfe day and night, upon the place whereof thou haft faid, that thou wouldft put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer, which thy fervant prayeth towards this place.

21 Hearken therefore unto the fup. plications of thy fervant, and of thy people Ifrael, which they fhall make towards this place: hear thou from dy dwelling-place, even from heaven ; and when thou heareft, forgive.

22 If a man fin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him, to make him fwear, and the oath come be- ! fore thine altar in this houfe:

23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy fervants, by requiting

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Solomons prayer at the

Chap. vi, vii.

dedication of the temple.

the wicked, by recompenfing his way know that this houfe which I have built upon his own head, and by juftifying the is called by thy name. righteous, by giving him according to his righteoufnels.

24 And if thy people Ifrael be put to the worfe before the enemy, because they have finned against thee; and fhall return and confefs thy name, and pray and make fupplication before thee in this houfe:

25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the fin of thy people Ifrael, and bring them again unto the land which thou gaveft to them, and to their fathers.

26 When the heaven is fhut up, and there is no rain, because they have finned against thee; yet if they pray towards this place, and confefs thy name, and turn from their fin when thou doft afflict them:

27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the fin of thy fervants, and of thy people Ifrael, when thou haft taught them the good way, wherein they fhould walk; and fend rain upon thy land which thou haft given unto thy people for an inheritance.

28 If there be dearth in the land, if there be peftilence, if there be blafting, or mildew, locufts, or caterpillars; if their enemies befiege them in the cities of their land; whatfoever fore, or whatfoever fickness there be :

34 If thy people go out to war a gainst their enemies by the way that thou shalt fend them, and they pray unty thee toward this city which thou haft chofen, and the houfe which I have built for thy name:

35 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their fupplication, and maintain their caufe.

36 If they fin against thee, (for there is no man which finneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;

37 Yet, if they bethink themfelves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, faying, We have finned, we have done amifs, and have dealt wickedly;

38 If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their foul, in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land which thou gaveft unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou haft chofen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:

39 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their fupplications, and main29 Then what prayer, or what fupplica-tain their caufe, and forgive thy people tion foever fhall be made of any man, which have finned against thee. or of all thy people Ifrael, when every one fhall know his own fore, and his own grief, and fhall fpread forth his hands in this house:

30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whofe heart thou knoweft: (for thou only knoweft the hearts of the children of men)

40 Now, my God, let (I beseech thee) thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

41 Now therefore arife, O LORD God, into thy refting-place, thou, and the ark of thy ftrength: let thy priefts, O LORD God be clothed with falvation, and let thy faints rejoyce in goodness.

31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways fo long as they live in the land which thou gaveft unto our fathers. 32 Moreover, concerning the ftran-1 ger, which is not of thy people Ifrael, but is come from a far country for thy great names fake, and thy mighty hand, and thy ftretched out arm; if they come and pray in this houfe:

33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the ftranger callech to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as deth thy people Ifrael, and may

42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy fervant.

CHAP. VII.

God giving teftimony to Solomons prayer, the people worship him. 4 Solomons facrifice.

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JOw when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and confumed the burnt-offering and the facrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.

2 And the priests could not enter into the houfe of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORDS house.

Solomons folemn facrifice.

II. Chronicles. Gods promises and threatnings,

3 And when all the children of Ifrael faw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themfelves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worthipped, and praised the LORD, Saying, For he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever.

14 If my people which are called by my name, fhall humble themfelves and pray, and feek my face, and turn from their wicked ways: then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their fin, and will heal their land.

15 Now mine eyes fhall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is 4 Then the king and all the peo-made in this place. ple offered facrifices before the LORD.

5 And king Solomon offered a facrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand fheep: fo the king and all the people dedicated the houfe of God.

6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites alfo with inftruments of mufick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their miniftry: and the priefts founded trumpets before them, and all Ifrael ftood.

7 Moreover, Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the houfe of the LORD: for there he offered burnt-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brafen altar which Solomon had made, was not able to receive the burnt-offerings, and the meat-offerings, and the fat."

8 Alfo at the fame time Solomon kept the feaft feven days, and all Ifrael with him, a very great congregation, from the entring in of Hamath, unto the river of Egypt.

9 And in the eighth day they made a folemn affembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar feven days, and the feaft feven days.

10 And on the three and twentieth day of the feventh month, he fent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD bad fhewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Ifrael his people.

11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the kings house: and all that came into Solomons heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own houfe, he profperously effected.

12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and faid unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chofen this place to my felf for an houfe of Sacrifice.

13 If I fhut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locufts to vour the land, or if I send peftilence ng my people ;

16 For now have I chosen and fanctified this houfe, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart fhall be there perpetually.

17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and fhalt obferve my ftatutes and my judgments:

18 Then will I ftablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have cove nanted with David thy father, faying, There fhall not fail thee a man to be ru ler in Ifrael.

19 But if ye turn away and forfake my ftatutes and my commandments, which I have fet before you, and fhall go and ferve other gods, and worship them:

20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this houfe which I have fanctified for my name, will I caft out of my fight, and will make it to bea proverb, and a by-word among all nations.

21 And this houfe which is high, fhall be an aftonifhment to every one that paffeth by it; fo that he fhall fay, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?

22 And it fhall be answered, Becaufe they forfook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and ferved them: therefore hah he brought all this evil upon them.

CHAP VIII. 1 Solomons buildings. 7 The Gentiles made tributaries. 12 Solomons yearly facrifices.

Nd it came to pafs (at the end

mon had built the houfe of the LORD, and his own house)

2 That the cities which Huram had reftored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caufed the children of Ifrael to dwell there.

3 And Solomon went to Hamach zobab, and prevailed against it.

4 And he built Tadmor in the wil

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Solomons buildings

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derness, and all the ftore-cities, which he built in Hamath.

5 Alfo he built Bech-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars:

6 And Baalath, and all the ftore-cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot-cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon defired to build in Jerufalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

7 As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebufites which were not of Ifrael;

8 But of their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Ifrael confumed not; them did Solomon make to pay tribute, until this day.

9 But of the children of Ifrael did Solomon make no fervants for his work: but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.

10 And these were the chief of king Solomons officers,even two hundred and fifty, that báre rule over the people.

The queen of Sheba. prepared unto the day of the foundation of the houfe of the LORD, and until it was finished: fo the houfe of the LORD was perfected.

17 Then went Solomon to Ezion geber, and to Eloth, at the fea-fide in the land of Edom.

18 And Huram fent him by the hands of his fervants, fhips, and fervants that had knowledge of the fea; and they went with the fervants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon. CHAP. IX. The queen of Sheba admireth Solomon's wifdom. 13 His riches, 29 and death.

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of the fame of Solomon, the came Nd when the queen of Sheba heard to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerufalem, with a very great compa ny, and camels that bare fpices, and gold in abundance, and precious ftones: and when he was come to Solomon, fhe. communed with him of all that was in her heart.

2 And Solomon told her all her queftions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.

3 And when the queen of Sheba had feen the wisdom of Solomon, and the houfe that he had built.

¶ And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh, out of the city of David, unto the houfe that he had built for her: for he said, My wife fhall not dwell in the houfe of David king of Ifrael, because the places are holy, where- 4 And the meat of his table, and the unto the ark of the LORD hath come. fitting of his fervants, and the attend12 Then Solomon offered burnt-ance of his minifters, and their apparel, offerings unto the LORD, on the altar of his cup-bearers alfo, and their apparel, the LORD, which he had built before and his afcent by which he went up into the porch : the houfe of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

13 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Mofes, on the fabbaths, and on the new-moons, and on the folemn feafts, three times in the year, even in the feaft of unleavened bread, and in the feaft of weeks, and in the feaft of tabernacles.

14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courfes of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minifter before the priefts, as the duty of every day required: the porters alfo by their courfes, at every gate: for fo had David the man of God commanded..

15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priefts and Levites, concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

16 Now all the work of Solomon was

5 And the faid to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine a&ts, and of thy wisdom:

6 Howbeit, I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes bad feen it: and behold, the one half of the greatnefs of thy wildom was not told me for thou exceedeft the fame that I heard.

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7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy fervants, which ftand continu ally before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

8 Bleffed be the LORD thy God which delighted in thee, to let thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Ifrael, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and juftice.

9 And fhe gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of fpices $ 6

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