4) deal with me. Behold, I build an house for the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices', and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of the LORD our God. This is an or5 dinance for ever to Israel. And the house which I build is great: for 6 great is our God above all gods. But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and 'the' heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him 'an' house, save only to burn incense be7) fore him? Now therefore send me a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave all manner of gravings, to be with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father * 8 did provide. Send me also cedar

trees, fir trees, and 3algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with 9 thy servants, even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be 10 wonderful great. And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty 11 thousand baths of oil. Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD 'loveth' his people, he hath 12 made thee king over them. Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD, 'the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with 'discretion and understanding, that Ishould build an' house for the LORD, 13 and 'an house for his kingdom.

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now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram 14 my father's, the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron,

in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to devise any device: that there may be a place appointed unto him with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord 15 David thy father. Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants: 16 and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up 17 to Jerusalem. And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. 18 98And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people awork.

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"Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, 10 which he made ready in the place that David had appointed', in the thresh2 ing-floor of 12Örnan the Jebusite. And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth 3 year of his reign. Now 13these are the 'foundations which1 Solomon "laid' for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and (4) the breadth twenty cubits. And the porch that was before the house, the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure 5 gold. And the greater house he cieled with 2fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought 6 thereon palm trees and chains.

And

he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was 7 gold of Parvaim. He overlaid also the house, the beams, the 'thresholds', and the walls thereof, and the doors

place which David had prepared, in the threshing-floor &c.

11 Heb. in the place of David. 12 In 2 Sam. xxiv. 16, &c., Araunah. 13 Or, these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for

III. 1 prepared;

thereof, with gold; and graved 'cheru8) bim on the walls. And he made the most holy house; the length 'thereof, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amount9 ing to six hundred talents. And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper 10 chambers with gold. And in the most holy house he made two 'cherubim' of image work; and they over11 laid them with gold. And the wings of the 'cherubim were twenty cubits long the wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the 12 wing of the other cherub. And 'the'

wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the 13 other cherub. The wings of these Icherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were to14 ward the house. And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought Icheru15 bim thereon. °2Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was (16 five cubits. And he made chains in the oracle, and put them on the 'tops' of the pillars; and 'he' made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on 17 the chains. And he set up the

pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of 41 that on the left "Boaz. Moreover he

made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the 2) height thereof. Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits 'compassed' it 3) round about. And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about, for ten 'cubits',

1 Or, inward

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2 See 1 Kings vii. 15, &c.

3 See 1 Kings vii. 21.

That is, He shall establish.

compassing the sea round about. The oxen were in two rows, cast 4) when it was cast. "It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east and the sea was set upon them above, and all their hinder parts 5 were inward. And it was 'an' handbreadth 'thick'; and the brim 'thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received 6 and held three thousand baths. He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as 'belonged to the burnt offering they washed in them: but the sea was for 1 the priests to wash in. And he made the ten candlesticks of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and 8 five on the left. He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons 9 of gold. 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. And he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south. And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. Sol Huram made an end of doing the work that he wrought for king Solo(12) mon 'in' the house of God: the two pillars, and the bowls, and the two chapiters which were on the top of the pillars; and the two 'networks to cover the two bowls of the chapiters

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that were on the top of the pillars; 13 and the four hundred pomegranates Ifor the two networks; two rows of pomegranates 'for each 'network', to cover the two bowls' of the chapiters 14 that were upon the pillars. He

made also the bases, and 'the' lavers 15 made he upon the bases; one sea, 16 and the twelve oxen under it. The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all the vessels thereof, did 10Huram his father make for king Solomon for the house of the

8 Or, ten in a cubit Heb. upon the face of the pillars. 10 See ch. ii. 13.

17 LORD of bright brass. In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and 18 Zeredah'. 01Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not (19) be found out. And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon was the shewbread; 20 and the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn 'according to the ordinance before the *(21 oracle, of pure gold; and the flowers,

and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, 22 and that perfect gold; and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the 'firepans', of pure gold: and las for the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house, 'to wit, of the temple, were of gold. 5(1 Thus all the work that Solomon Iwrought for the house of the LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated; 'even' the silver, and the gold, and all the 'vessels, and put Ithem in the 'treasuries of the house of God.

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Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the 'fathers' houses of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city 3 of David, which is Zion. And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king at the feast, which was in the seventh month. 4 And all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark. (5 And they brought up the ark, and the tent of 'meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the 'Tent'; these did the priests the Levites bring up. 6 And king Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, 'were before the ark, Isacrificing sheep and oxen, 'that could not be told nor numbered for 7) multitude. And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the 'cheru8 bim'. For the cherubim' spread

1 See 1 Kings vii. 47.

2 Or, Iwas not searched out 3 See 1 Kings viii. 1, &c.

forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above. (9 °And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without: and there it 10 is, unto this day. There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put 'there at Horeb, "when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of 11 Egypt. And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, (for all the priests that were present had sanctified themselves', and did not keep their courses'; (12 also the Levites which were the singers, all of them, leven1 Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brethren, arrayed in 'fine! linen, with cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with. 13 trumpets :) it came even to pass,

when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they 'lifted' up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, (14 even the house of the LORD, so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God. 61 Then 'spake! Solomon, The LORD

hath said that he would dwell in the (2) thick darkness. "But I have built thee an house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever. 3 And the king turned his face, and blessed all the congregation of Israel and all the congregation of (4) Israel stood. And he said, Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, which spake with his mouth 'unto David my father, 'and' hath with his 5 hands fulfilled 'it', saying, °Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any Or, for song! 7 See Kings viii. 12, &c.

man to be prince over my people 6 Israel: but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my 7 people Israel. Now it was in the heart of David my father to build 'an' house for the name of the LORD, 'the' (8 God of Israel. But the LORD said Junto David my father, 'Whereas it was in thine heart to build 'an' house for my name, thou didst well that it 9 was in thine heart: nevertheless! thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for 10 my name. And the LORD hath performed his word that he 'spake'; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and 'sit' on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of 11 the LORD, the God of Israel. And

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Ithere have I 'set' the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, 'which he made with the children of Israel.

And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth 13 his hands: (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 :) (14 and he said, O LORD, 'the' God of

Israel, there is no God like thee, in the heaven, or in the earth; who' keepest covenant and mercy with! thy servants, that walk before thee 15) with all their heart: who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promisel him: 'yea', thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine 16 hand, as it is this day. Now therefore, O LORD, the 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 on the throne of Israel; if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as thou hast walked before me. 17 Now 'therefore, O LORD, 'the' God of Israel, let thy word be verified,

1 Or, leader 3 Heb. There shall not be cut off unto 2 Or, I for thee a man from my sight.

which thou 'spakest! unto thy servant 18 David. "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 builded!! 19 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 20 thy servant prayeth before thee: that thine eyes may be open Itoward this house day and night, leven toward the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant 'shall pray toward! 21 this place. And hearken thou tol the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, 'when' they shall pray toward this place: yea1, hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, 22 forgive. If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to 'cause him 'to' swear, and he' come and swear before thine altar (23 in this house: then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, requiting the wicked, 'to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him 24 according to his righteousness.

And

if thy people Israel be "smitten' 'down' before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall turn again and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in 25 this house; then hear thou from 'heaven1, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to (26 them and to their fathers. When the heaven is shut up, and 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 27 dost afflict them: then hear thou

in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou 'teachest' them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an 28) inheritance. If there be in the land 'famine', if there be pestilence, if there

Or, Whereinsoever↓ a man \shall\ 5 Or, because sin Or, lanswerest】

be blasting or mildew, locust' or caterpiller; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their 'cities; whatsoever plague or whatsoever sickness (29) there be; what prayer 'and' supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man his

Own

plague and his own sorrow', and shall spread forth his hands toward' 30 this house: then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according Ito all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of the children of 31 men;) that they may fear thee, to

walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto 32 our fathers. Moreover concerning the stranger, 'that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; when they shall come and 33 pray toward this house: then hear thou from heaven', even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they' may know that this house which I 34 have built is called by thy name.

°If

thy people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I 35 have built for thy name: then hear

thou from heaven' their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their 36 3cause. 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 captive unto 37 a land far off or near; yet if they

shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication1 unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely', and have dealt (38 wickedly; if they return 'unto thee

with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity,

whither they have carried them 'captive, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built 39 for thy name: then hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their 'cause; and forgive thy people which have sinned against 40 thee. Now, O 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 05Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. 42 °O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the 'mercies of David thy servant.

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Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house. (2 And the priests could not enter into

the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD filled the LORD'S 3) house. And all the children of Israel

looked on', when the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD was upon the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and gave thanks unto the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy A endureth for ever. 08Then the king

and all the people offered 'sacrifice 5 before the LORD. And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house 6 of God. And the priests 'stood, according to their offices; the Levites also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made to give thanks unto the LORD, 'for' his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry: and the priests sounded trumpets before 7 them; and all Israel stood. 10Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD; for there he offered 'the'