1Ki 8 | ABEn | STEP | Then [ 3 held an assembly 1 king 2 Solomon] of all the elders of Israel, and all rulers of tribes, leaders of the families of the sons of Israel, for king Solomon in Jerusalem to bear the ark of the covenant of the lord from out of the city of David -- this is Zion,

1 Kings 8

CHAPTER 8 Solomon Holds an Assembly

1 Then [³held an assembly ¹king ²Solomon] of all the elders of Israel, and all rulers of tribes, leaders of the families of the sons of Israel, for king Solomon in Jerusalem to bear the ark of the covenant of the lord from out of the city of David -- this is Zion, 2 in the month Athanim during its holiday, this is [²month ¹the seventh]. And [⁵came ¹all ²the ³elders ⁴of Israel]. 3 And [³lifted ¹the ²priests] the ark, 4 and the tent of the testimony, and all the [²items ¹holy], the ones for the tent of the testimony. 5 And the king and all the people of Israel were before the ark sacrificing oxen and sheep -- innumerable. 6 And [³carried ¹the ²priests] the ark of the covenant of the lord unto its place, into the dabir of the house, into the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubim. 7 For the cherubim were being opened and spread out in the wings over the place of the ark. And [³covered all ¹the ²cherubim] over the ark, and over its holy things from above. 8 And [³projected ¹the ²sanctified staves], and [⁵looked out ¹the ²heads ³of the ⁴sanctified staves] from the holies unto the front of the dabir. And they were not seen outside, and they were there until this day. 9 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone, tablets of the covenant, which [²put ³there ¹Moses] in Horeb, which the lord ordained with the sons of Israel in their going forth from out of the land of Egypt.

God's Glory Fills the House

10 And it happened as [³came forth ¹the ²priests] from out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house. 11 And [³were not ⁴able ¹the ²priests] to stand to officiate in front of the cloud, for [³filled ¹the glory ²of the lord] the house of the lord. 12 Then Solomon said, The lord spoke of encamping in dimness. 13 And I built a house to your name, holy to you, and readied, and to your chair [²to encamp ¹for you] in it into the eons. 14 And [³turned ¹the ²king] his face, and blessed all Israel. And all the assembly of Israel stood. 15 And he said, Blessed be the lord God of Israel, who spoke by his mouth concerning David my father, and by his hands fulfilled, saying, 16 From which day I led out my people Israel from Egypt, I have not chosen a city in one chiefdom of Israel to build a house [³to be ²name ¹for my] there. But I chose in David to be the one leading over my people Israel. 17 And it was upon the heart of David my father to build a house to the name of the lord God of Israel. 18 And the lord said to David my father, That it was upon your heart to construct a house to my name [²well ¹you did], for it was upon your heart. 19 Except you shall not build the house, but your son, the one coming forth from out of your sides, this one shall build the house to my name. 20 And the lord raised up his word which he spoke. And I am risen up instead of David my father, and I sat down upon the throne of Israel, as the lord spoke. And I built the house to the name of the lord God of Israel. 21 And I established there a place for the ark, in which is there the covenant of the lord, which the lord ordained with our fathers, in his leading them from out of the land of Egypt.

Solomon's Prayer

22 And Solomon stood in front of the altar of the lord before all the assembly of Israel. And he opened and spread out his hands into the heaven. 23 And he said, O lord God of Israel, there is no [²as ³you ¹God] in the heaven upward and upon the earth below, guarding covenant and mercy with your servant, to the one going before you with [²entire ³heart ¹his]; 24 which you kept with your servant David, my father, which you have spoken by your mouth; and by your hands you fulfilled as even this day. 25 And now, O lord God of Israel, keep with your servant David, my father, that which you spoke to him! saying, There shall not be lifted away from you a man from my face sitting upon the throne of Israel, except that [²shall guard ¹your sons] their ways to go before me, as you went before me. 26 And now, O lord God of Israel, trustworthy indeed is your word to David my father. 27 But shall truly God dwell with men upon the earth? Shall the heaven and the heavens of the heavens be sufficient for you? How then also this house which I built to your name? 28 And should you look also upon my prayer, upon my supplication, O lord God of Israel, to hear the supplication and the prayer which your servant prays before you, to you today. 29 For [²to be ¹your eyes] open towards this house day and night, to this place which you said, [²shall be ¹My name] there. To listen to the prayer which [²prays ¹your servant] in this place. 30 Then you shall hearken to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, as many things as they should pray in this place. And you should hear in [²place ¹your dwelling] in heaven, and you shall do; and you shall be propitious, 31 as many things as [²should sin ¹a man] against his neighbor. And if he should take upon himself an oath to curse him, and he should come and should declare openly in front of your altar in this house; 32 then you shall listen from the heaven, and shall act, and shall judge your people Israel -- to act as lawless with the lawless, to impute his way upon his head; and to do justice with the just, to impute to him according to his righteousness. 33 And in the failing of your people Israel before their enemies -- because they shall sin against you, and shall return and shall acknowledge your name, and shall pray and beseech in this house; 34 then you shall hearken from the heaven, and shall be propitious to the sins of your people Israel, and shall turn towards them in the land which you gave to their fathers. 35 And in the holding together the heaven and there not being rain because they shall sin against you, and if they shall pray in this place, and shall acknowledge your name, and [²from ³their sins ¹shall turn], whenever you should humble them; 36 then you shall listen from the heaven, and shall be propitious to the sins of your servant, and your people Israel, for you shall manifest to them the [²way ¹good] to go by it; and you shall give rain upon your land, which you gave to your people for an inheritance. 37 And if famine happens, if plague happens, when there will be a combustion, or the grasshopper, if blight happens, and if [²shall afflict ³him ¹his enemy] in one of their cities, every event, every misery, 38 every prayer, every supplication, if it should happen to any man, whenever [²should know ¹each one] the infection of his heart, and should open and spread out his hands in this house, 39 then you shall hearken from the heaven, from out of [²prepared ³home ¹your], and you will be propitious, and you will act, and you will impute to a man according to all his ways, as you know his heart; for you alone know the heart of all of the sons of men; 40 so that they should fear you all the days which they live upon the earth which you gave to our fathers. 41 And to the alien who is not from your people -- this Israel, that shall come from a land far off on account of your name, 42 for they shall hear [³name ¹your ²great], and [³hand ¹your ²strong], and [³arm ¹your ²high], and shall come and pray to this place; 43 then you shall listen from the heaven, from [²prepared ³home ¹your], and you shall act according to all what [³should call upon ⁴you ¹the ²alien], so that [⁶should know ¹all ²the ³peoples ⁴of the ⁵land] your name, so that they should fear you, as your people Israel, and should know that your name has been called upon in this house, which I built. 44 And if [²should go forth ¹your people] to war against their enemies, in the way which you shall send them, and they shall pray in the name of the lord by way of the city which you chose in it, and the house which I built to your name; 45 then you shall listen from the heaven to their supplication, and their prayer, and shall do justice to them. 46 If it be that they shall sin against you, for there is no man who shall not sin, and if you should strike upon them, and should deliver them up before their enemies, and [³should take them captive ¹the ones ²taking captive] into a land far or near; 47 and they shall turn their hearts in the land which they were led away there, and they shall turn and beseech you in the land of their displacement, saying, We sinned, we acted lawlessly, we did wrong; 48 and they shall turn to you with [²entire ³heart ¹their], and with [²entire ³soul ¹their] in the land of their enemies who led them away, and should pray to you by way of their land which you gave to their fathers, and of the city which you chose, and of the house of which I constructed to your name; 49 then you shall listen from the heaven, from [²prepared ³home ¹your], of their prayer and their supplication, and you shall do the just thing for them, 50 and you shall be propitious to their iniquities which they sinned against you, and according to all their wickednesses which ever they disregarded. And you shall appoint them for compassions before the ones capturing them, and they shall pity them. 51 For they are your people, and your inheritance, whom you led out of the land of Egypt, from out of the midst of the foundry furnace of iron. 52 And let [⁴be ¹your eyes ²and ³your ears] open to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel! to hearken to them in all what ever they should call upon you. 53 For you drew them apart unto yourself for an inheritance from out of all the peoples of the earth, as you spoke by the hand of your servant Moses, in your leading out our fathers from the land of Egypt, O Lord, O lord. 54 And it came to pass as Solomon completed praying to the lord all the prayer, and this supplication, that he rose up in front of the altar of the lord, having kneeled upon his knees, and his hands being opened and spread out unto the heaven. 55 And he stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel [²voice ¹with a great], saying, 56 Blessed be the lord who gave today rest to his people Israel, according to all as many things as he spoke. Not [³perished ²word ¹one] in all [³words ¹of his ²good] which he spoke by the hand of Moses his servant. 57 May [³be ¹the lord ²our God] with us as he was with our fathers. May he not abandon us, nor turn from us; 58 but to incline our heart to himself, to go in all his ways, and to guard all his commandments, and his orders, and his judgments, which he gave charge to our fathers. 59 And let [²be ¹these words] which I have beseeched before the lord our God today, approaching to the lord our God day and night, to do the right action for your servant, and the right action for your people Israel -- [²matter ¹a days] in its day! 60 How that [⁶should know ¹all ²the ³peoples ⁴of the ⁵earth] that the lord God -- he is God, and is there no other. 61 And let [²be ¹our hearts] perfect to the lord our God! [²sacredly ¹to go] by his orders, and to keep his commandments as this day. 62 And the king, and all the sons of Israel sacrificed a sacrifice before the lord. 63 And [³sacrificed ¹king ²Solomon] the sacrifices of the peace offerings which he sacrificed to the lord -- [⁵oxen ¹two ²and ³twenty ⁴thousand], and [⁵sheep ¹a hundred ²and ³twenty ⁴thousand]. And [³dedicated ⁴the ⁵house ⁶of the lord ¹the ²king], and with all the sons of Israel. 64 In that day [³sanctified ¹the ²king] the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the lord; for he prepared there the whole burnt-offering, and the sacrifice offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the altar of brass before the lord was small so as to not be able to receive the whole burnt-offering, and the gift offering, and the sacrifices of the peace offerings. 65 And Solomon observed the holiday feast in that day, and Israel with him, [²assembly ¹a great] from the entering of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the lord our God seven days and seven days -- four and ten days. 66 And on the [²day ¹eighth] he sent out the people, and they blessed the king. And [²went forth ¹each] unto his tent rejoicing, and with good heart over the good things which the lord did to David his servant, and to Israel his people.