1st Kings Chapter 8 - King James Strong Number Version

1: Then Solomon <H8010> assembled <H6950> the elders <H2205> of Israel, <H3478> and all the heads <H7218> of the tribes, <H4294> the chief <H5387> of the fathers <H0001> of the children <H1121> of Israel, <H3478> unto king <H4428> Solomon <H8010> in Jerusalem, <H3389> that they might bring up <H5927> the ark <H0727> of the covenant <H1285> of the LORD <H3068> out of the city <H5892> of David, <H1732> which [is] Zion. <H6726>
2: And all the men <H0376> of Israel <H3478> assembled <H6950> themselves unto king <H4428> Solomon <H8010> at the feast <H2282> in the month <H3391> Ethanim, <H0388><H0386> which [is] the seventh <H7637> month. <H2320>
3: And all the elders <H2205> of Israel <H3478> came, <H0935> and the priests <H3548> took up <H5375> the ark. <H0727>
4: And they brought up <H5927> the ark <H0727> of the LORD, <H3068> and the tabernacle <H0168> of the congregation, <H4150> and all the holy <H6944> vessels <H3627> that [were] in the tabernacle, <H0168> even those did the priests <H3548> and the Levites <H3881> bring up. <H5927>
5: And king <H4428> Solomon, <H8010> and all the congregation <H5712> of Israel, <H3478> that were assembled <H3259> unto him, [were] with him before <H6440> the ark, <H0727> sacrificing <H2076> sheep <H6629> and oxen, <H1241> that could not be told <H5608> nor numbered <H4487> for multitude. <H7230>
6: And the priests <H3548> brought in <H0935> the ark <H0727> of the covenant <H1285> of the LORD <H3068> unto his place, <H4725> into the oracle <H1687> of the house, <H1004> to the most <H6944> holy <H6944> [place, even] under the wings <H3671> of the cherubims. <H3742>
7: For the cherubims <H3742> spread <H6566> forth [their] two wings <H3671> over the place <H4725> of the ark, <H0727> and the cherubims <H3742> covered <H5526> the ark <H0727> and the staves <H0905> thereof above. <H4605>
8: And they drew out <H0748> the staves, <H0905> that the ends <H7218> of the staves <H0905> were seen <H7200> out in the holy <H6944> [place] before <H6440> the oracle, <H1687> and they were not seen <H7200> without: <H2351> and there they are unto this day. <H3117>
9: [There was] nothing in the ark <H0727> save <H7535> the two <H8147> tables <H3871> of stone, <H0068> which Moses <H4872> put <H3240> there at Horeb, <H2722> when the LORD <H3068> made <H3772> [a covenant] with the children <H1121> of Israel, <H3478> when they came out <H3318> of the land <H0776> of Egypt. <H4714>
10: And it came to pass, when the priests <H3548> were come out <H3318> of the holy <H6944> [place], that the cloud <H6051> filled <H4390> the house <H1004> of the LORD, <H3068>
11: So that the priests <H3548> could <H3201> not stand <H5975> to minister <H8334> because <H6440> of the cloud: <H6051> for the glory <H3519> of the LORD <H3068> had filled <H4390> the house <H1004> of the LORD. <H3068>
12: Then spake <H0559> Solomon, <H8010> The LORD <H3068> said <H0559> that he would dwell <H7931> in the thick darkness. <H6205>
13: I have surely <H1129> built <H1129> thee an house <H1004> to dwell in, <H2073> a settled place <H4349> for thee to abide in <H3427> for ever. <H5769>
14: And the king <H4428> turned his face <H6440> about, <H5437> and blessed <H1288> all the congregation <H6951> of Israel: <H3478> (and all the congregation <H6951> of Israel <H3478> stood;) <H5975>
15: And he said, <H0559> Blessed <H1288> [be] the LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of Israel, <H3478> which spake <H1696> with his mouth <H6310> unto David <H1732> my father, <H0001> and hath with his hand <H3027> fulfilled <H4390> [it], saying, <H0559>
16: Since the day <H3117> that I brought forth <H3318> my people <H5971> Israel <H3478> out of Egypt, <H4714> I chose <H0977> no city <H5892> out of all the tribes <H7626> of Israel <H3478> to build <H1129> an house, <H1004> that my name <H8034> might be therein; but I chose <H0977> David <H1732> to be over my people <H5971> Israel. <H3478>
17: And it was in the heart <H3824> of David <H1732> my father <H0001> to build <H1129> an house <H1004> for the name <H8034> of the LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of Israel. <H3478>
18: And the LORD <H3068> said <H0559> unto David <H1732> my father, <H0001> Whereas <H3282> <H0834> it was in thine heart <H3824> to build <H1129> an house <H1004> unto my name, <H8034> thou didst well <H2895> that it was in thine heart. <H3824>
19: Nevertheless <H7535> thou shalt not build <H1129> the house; <H1004> but thy son <H1121> that shall come forth <H3318> out of thy loins, <H2504> he shall build <H1129> the house <H1004> unto my name. <H8034>
20: And the LORD <H3068> hath performed <H6965> his word <H1697> that he spake, <H1696> and I am risen up <H6965> in the room of David <H1732> my father, <H0001> and sit <H3427> on the throne <H3678> of Israel, <H3478> as the LORD <H3068> promised, <H1696> and have built <H1129> an house <H1004> for the name <H8034> of the LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of Israel. <H3478>
21: And I have set <H7760> there a place <H4725> for the ark, <H0727> wherein [is] the covenant <H1285> of the LORD, <H3068> which he made <H3772> with our fathers, <H0001> when he brought them out <H3318> of the land <H0776> of Egypt. <H4714>
22: And Solomon <H8010> stood <H5975> before <H6440> the altar <H4196> of the LORD <H3068> in the presence of <H5048> all the congregation <H6951> of Israel, <H3478> and spread forth <H6566> his hands <H3709> toward heaven: <H8064>
23: And he said, <H0559> LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of Israel, <H3478> [there is] no God <H0430> like thee, in heaven <H8064> above, <H4605> or on earth <H0776> beneath, who keepest <H8104> covenant <H1285> and mercy <H2617> with thy servants <H5650> that walk <H1980> before <H6440> thee with all their heart: <H3820>
24: Who hast kept <H8104> with thy servant <H5650> David <H1732> my father <H0001> that thou promisedst <H1696> him: thou spakest <H1696> also with thy mouth, <H6310> and hast fulfilled <H4390> [it] with thine hand, <H3027> as [it is] this day. <H3117>
25: Therefore now, LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of Israel, <H3478> keep <H8104> with thy servant <H5650> David <H1732> my father <H0001> that thou promisedst <H1696> him, saying, <H0559> There shall not fail <H3772> thee a man <H0376> in my sight <H6440> to sit <H3427> on the throne <H3678> of Israel; <H3478> so <H7535> that thy children <H1121> take heed <H8104> to their way, <H1870> that they walk <H3212> before <H6440> me as thou hast walked <H1980> before <H6440> me.
26: And now, O God <H0430> of Israel, <H3478> let thy word, <H1697> I pray thee, be verified, <H0539> which thou spakest <H1696> unto thy servant <H5650> David <H1732> my father. <H0001>
27: But will God <H0430> indeed <H0552> dwell <H3427> on the earth? <H0776> behold, the heaven <H8064> and heaven <H8064> of heavens <H8064> cannot contain <H3557> thee; how much less <H0637> this house <H1004> that I have builded? <H1129>
28: Yet have thou respect <H6437> unto the prayer <H8605> of thy servant, <H5650> and to his supplication, <H8467> O LORD <H3068> my God, <H0430> to hearken <H8085> unto the cry <H7440> and to the prayer, <H8605> which thy servant <H5650> prayeth <H6419> before <H6440> thee to day: <H3117>
29: That thine eyes <H5869> may be open <H6605> toward this house <H1004> night <H3915> and day, <H3117> [even] toward the place <H4725> of which thou hast said, <H0559> My name <H8034> shall be there: that thou mayest hearken <H8085> unto the prayer <H8605> which thy servant <H5650> shall make <H6419> toward this place. <H4725>
30: And hearken <H8085> thou to the supplication <H8467> of thy servant, <H5650> and of thy people <H5971> Israel, <H3478> when they shall pray <H6419> toward this place: <H4725> and hear <H8085> thou in heaven <H8064> thy dwelling <H3427> place: <H4725> and when thou hearest, <H8085> forgive. <H5545>
31: If any man <H0376> trespass <H2398> against his neighbour, <H7453> and an oath <H0423> be laid <H5375> upon him to cause him to swear, <H0422> and the oath <H0423> come <H0935> before <H6440> thine altar <H4196> in this house: <H1004>
32: Then hear <H8085> thou in heaven, <H8064> and do, <H6213> and judge <H8199> thy servants, <H5650> condemning <H7561> the wicked, <H7563> to bring <H5414> his way <H1870> upon his head; <H7218> and justifying <H6663> the righteous, <H6662> to give <H5414> him according to his righteousness. <H6666>
33: When thy people <H5971> Israel <H3478> be smitten down <H5062> before <H6440> the enemy, <H0341> because they have sinned <H2398> against thee, and shall turn <H7725> again to thee, and confess <H3034> thy name, <H8034> and pray, <H6419> and make supplication <H2603> unto thee in this house: <H1004>
34: Then hear <H8085> thou in heaven, <H8064> and forgive <H5545> the sin <H2403> of thy people <H5971> Israel, <H3478> and bring them again <H7725> unto the land <H0127> which thou gavest <H5414> unto their fathers. <H0001>
35: When heaven <H8064> is shut up, <H6113> and there is no rain, <H4306> because they have sinned <H2398> against thee; if they pray <H6419> toward this place, <H4725> and confess <H3034> thy name, <H8034> and turn <H7725> from their sin, <H2403> when thou afflictest <H6031> them:
36: Then hear <H8085> thou in heaven, <H8064> and forgive <H5545> the sin <H2403> of thy servants, <H5650> and of thy people <H5971> Israel, <H3478> that thou teach <H3384> them the good <H2896> way <H1870> wherein they should walk, <H3212> and give <H5414> rain <H4306> upon thy land, <H0776> which thou hast given <H5414> to thy people <H5971> for an inheritance. <H5159>
37: If there be in the land <H0776> famine, <H7458> if there be pestilence, <H1698> blasting, <H7711> mildew, <H3420> locust, <H0697> [or] if there be caterpiller; <H2625> if their enemy <H0341> besiege <H6887> them in the land <H0776> of their cities; <H8179> whatsoever plague, <H5061> whatsoever sickness <H4245> [there be];
38: What prayer <H8605> and supplication <H8467> soever be [made] by any man, <H0120> [or] by all thy people <H5971> Israel, <H3478> which shall know <H3045> every man <H0376> the plague <H5061> of his own heart, <H3824> and spread forth <H6566> his hands <H3709> toward this house: <H1004>
39: Then hear <H8085> thou in heaven <H8064> thy dwelling <H3427> place, <H4349> and forgive, <H5545> and do, <H6213> and give <H5414> to every man <H0376> according to his ways, <H1870> whose heart <H3824> thou knowest; <H3045> (for thou, [even] thou only, knowest <H3045> the hearts <H3824> of all the children <H1121> of men;) <H0120>
40: That they may fear <H3372> thee all the days <H3117> that they live <H2416> in <H6440> the land <H0127> which thou gavest <H5414> unto our fathers. <H0001>
41: Moreover concerning a stranger, <H5237> that [is] not of thy people <H5971> Israel, <H3478> but cometh <H0935> out of a far <H7350> country <H0776> for thy name's <H8034> sake; <H4616>
42: (For they shall hear <H8085> of thy great <H1419> name, <H8034> and of thy strong <H2389> hand, <H3027> and of thy stretched out <H5186> arm;) <H2220> when he shall come <H0935> and pray <H6419> toward this house; <H1004>
43: Hear <H8085> thou in heaven <H8064> thy dwelling <H3427> place, <H4349> and do <H6213> according to all that the stranger <H5237> calleth <H7121> to thee for: that all people <H5971> of the earth <H0776> may know <H3045> thy name, <H8034> to fear <H3372> thee, as [do] thy people <H5971> Israel; <H3478> and that they may know <H3045> that this house, <H1004> which I have builded, <H1129> is called <H7121> by thy name. <H8034>
44: If thy people <H5971> go out <H3318> to battle <H4421> against their enemy, <H0341> whithersoever <H1870> thou shalt send <H7971> them, and shall pray <H6419> unto the LORD <H3068> toward <H1870> the city <H5892> which thou hast chosen, <H0977> and [toward] the house <H1004> that I have built <H1129> for thy name: <H8034>
45: Then hear <H8085> thou in heaven <H8064> their prayer <H8605> and their supplication, <H8467> and maintain <H6213> their cause. <H4941>
46: If they sin <H2398> against thee, (for [there is] no man <H0120> that sinneth <H2398> not,) and thou be angry <H0599> with them, and deliver <H5414> them to <H6440> the enemy, <H0341> so that they carry them away <H7617> captives <H7617> unto the land <H0776> of the enemy, <H0341> far <H7350> or near; <H7138>
47: [Yet] if they shall bethink <H7725> <H3820> themselves in the land <H0776> whither they were carried captives, <H7617> and repent, <H7725> and make supplication <H2603> unto thee in the land <H0776> of them that carried them captives, <H7617> saying, <H0559> We have sinned, <H2398> and have done perversely, <H5753> we have committed wickedness; <H7561>
48: And [so] return <H7725> unto thee with all their heart, <H3824> and with all their soul, <H5315> in the land <H0776> of their enemies, <H0341> which led them away captive, <H7617> and pray <H6419> unto thee toward <H1870> their land, <H0776> which thou gavest <H5414> unto their fathers, <H0001> the city <H5892> which thou hast chosen, <H0977> and the house <H1004> which I have built <H1129> for thy name: <H8034>
49: Then hear <H8085> thou their prayer <H8605> and their supplication <H8467> in heaven <H8064> thy dwelling <H3427> place, <H4349> and maintain <H6213> their cause, <H4941>
50: And forgive <H5545> thy people <H5971> that have sinned <H2398> against thee, and all their transgressions <H6588> wherein they have transgressed <H6586> against thee, and give <H5414> them compassion <H7356> before <H6440> them who carried them captive, <H7617> that they may have compassion <H7355> on them:
51: For they [be] thy people, <H5971> and thine inheritance, <H5159> which thou broughtest forth <H3318> out of Egypt, <H4714> from the midst <H8432> of the furnace <H3564> of iron: <H1270>
52: That thine eyes <H5869> may be open <H6605> unto the supplication <H8467> of thy servant, <H5650> and unto the supplication <H8467> of thy people <H5971> Israel, <H3478> to hearken <H8085> unto them in all that they call <H7121> for unto thee.
53: For thou didst separate <H0914> them from among all the people <H5971> of the earth, <H0776> [to be] thine inheritance, <H5159> as thou spakest <H1696> by the hand <H3027> of Moses <H4872> thy servant, <H5650> when thou broughtest our fathers <H0001> out <H3318> of Egypt, <H4714> O Lord <H0136> GOD. <H3069>
54: And it was [so], that when Solomon <H8010> had made an end <H3615> of praying <H6419> all this prayer <H8605> and supplication <H8467> unto the LORD, <H3068> he arose <H6965> from before <H6440> the altar <H4196> of the LORD, <H3068> from kneeling <H3766> on his knees <H1290> with his hands <H3709> spread <H6566> up to heaven. <H8064>
55: And he stood, <H5975> and blessed <H1288> all the congregation <H6951> of Israel <H3478> with a loud <H1419> voice, <H6963> saying, <H0559>
56: Blessed <H1288> [be] the LORD, <H3068> that hath given <H5414> rest <H4496> unto his people <H5971> Israel, <H3478> according to all that he promised: <H1696> there hath not failed <H5307> one <H0259> word <H1697> of all his good <H2896> promise, <H1697> which he promised <H1696> by the hand <H3027> of Moses <H4872> his servant. <H5650>
57: The LORD <H3068> our God <H0430> be with us, as he was with our fathers: <H0001> let him not leave <H5800> us, nor forsake <H5203> us:
58: That he may incline <H5186> our hearts <H3824> unto him, to walk <H3212> in all his ways, <H1870> and to keep <H8104> his commandments, <H4687> and his statutes, <H2706> and his judgments, <H4941> which he commanded <H6680> our fathers. <H0001>
59: And let these my words, <H1697> wherewith I have made supplication <H2603> before <H6440> the LORD, <H3068> be nigh <H7138> unto the LORD <H3068> our God <H0430> day <H3119> and night, <H3915> that he maintain <H6213> the cause <H4941> of his servant, <H5650> and the cause <H4941> of his people <H5971> Israel <H3478> at all times, <H3117> <H3117> as the matter <H1697> shall require:
60: That all the people <H5971> of the earth <H0776> may know <H3045> that the LORD <H3068> [is] God, <H0430> [and that there is] none else.
61: Let your heart <H3824> therefore be perfect <H8003> with the LORD <H3068> our God, <H0430> to walk <H3212> in his statutes, <H2706> and to keep <H8104> his commandments, <H4687> as at this day. <H3117>
62: And the king, <H4428> and all Israel <H3478> with him, offered <H2076> sacrifice <H2077> before <H6440> the LORD. <H3068>
63: And Solomon <H8010> offered <H2076> a sacrifice <H2077> of peace offerings, <H8002> which he offered <H2076> unto the LORD, <H3068> two <H8147> and twenty <H6242> thousand <H0505> oxen, <H1241> and an hundred <H3967> and twenty <H6242> thousand <H0505> sheep. <H6629> So the king <H4428> and all the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> dedicated <H2596> the house <H1004> of the LORD. <H3068>
64: The same day <H3117> did the king <H4428> hallow <H6942> the middle <H8432> of the court <H2691> that [was] before <H6440> the house <H1004> of the LORD: <H3068> for there he offered <H6213> burnt offerings, <H5930> and meat offerings, <H4503> and the fat <H2459> of the peace offerings: <H8002> because the brasen <H5178> altar <H4196> that [was] before <H6440> the LORD <H3068> [was] too little <H6996> to receive <H3557> the burnt offerings, <H5930> and meat offerings, <H4503> and the fat <H2459> of the peace offerings. <H8002>
65: And at that time <H6256> Solomon <H8010> held <H6213> a feast, <H2282> and all Israel <H3478> with him, a great <H1419> congregation, <H6951> from the entering in <H0935> of Hamath <H2574> unto the river <H5158> of Egypt, <H4714> before <H6440> the LORD <H3068> our God, <H0430> seven <H7651> days <H3117> and seven <H7651> days, <H3117> [even] fourteen <H0702> <H6240> days. <H3117>
66: On the eighth <H8066> day <H3117> he sent the people <H5971> away: <H7971> and they blessed <H1288> the king, <H4428> and went <H3212> unto their tents <H0168> joyful <H8056> and glad <H2896> of heart <H3820> for all the goodness <H2896> that the LORD <H3068> had done <H6213> for David <H1732> his servant, <H5650> and for Israel <H3478> his people. <H5971>