Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
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 king Solomon in Jerusalem, to
bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah
out of the city of David, which is Zion.
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief
of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that
they
might
bring up the ark of the covenant of the
LORD
out of the city of David, which is Zion.
And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast ,
in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
And they brought up the ark of Jehovah
, and the tent
of meeting
, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent;
even these
did the priests and the Levites bring up.
And they brought up the ark of the
LORD
, and the tabernacle
of the
congregation
, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle,
even those
did the priests and the Levites bring up.
And king Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be counted
nor numbered for multitude.
And king Solomon ,
and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told
nor numbered for multitude.
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah
unto its
place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the
LORD
unto his
place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
For the cherubim spread forth their two
wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
And the staves were
so
long
that the ends of the staves were seen from
the holy place before the oracle ;
but
they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.
And they
drew
out
the staves ,
that the ends of the staves were seen out
in
the holy place before the oracle ,
and
they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.
There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah
made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone ,
which Moses put there at Horeb, when the
LORD
made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah
,
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the
LORD
,
so that the priests could not stand to minister by
reason
of the cloud ;
for the glory of Jehovah
filled the house of Jehovah
.
So that the priests could not stand to minister because
of the cloud :
for the glory of the
LORD
had
filled the house of the
LORD
.
Then spake Solomon, Jehovah
hath
said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Then spake Solomon, The
LORD
said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
I have surely built thee a
house of
habitation
, a place for thee to dwell
in for ever.
I have surely built thee an
house to
dwell
in
, a settled
place for thee to abide
in for ever.
And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the assembly
of Israel: and all the assembly
of Israel stood .
And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation
of Israel: (
and all the congregation
of Israel stood ;)
And he said, Blessed be Jehovah,
the God of Israel, who
spake with his mouth unto David thy
father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
And he said, Blessed be the LORD
God of Israel, which
spake with his mouth unto David my
father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a
house, that my name might be there
; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an
house, that my name might be therein
; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
Now
it was in the heart of David my father to build a
house for the name of Jehovah,
the God of Israel.
And
it was in the heart of David my father to build an
house for the name of the LORD
God of Israel.
But
Jehovah
said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy
heart to build a
house for
my name, thou didst well that it was in thy
heart :
And
the
LORD
said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine
heart to build an
house unto
my name, thou didst well that it 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
my name.
Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto
my name.
And Jehovah
hath established
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 Jehovah
promised, and have built the
house for the name of Jehovah,
the God of Israel.
And the
LORD
hath performed
his word that he spake ,
and
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 an
house for the name of the LORD
God of Israel.
And there
have
I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah
, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
And I have
set there
a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the
LORD
, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
And Solomon stood before the altar of Jehovah
in the presence of all the assembly
of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven ;
And Solomon stood before the altar of the
LORD
in the presence of all the congregation
of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven :
and he said, O
Jehovah,
the
God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath ;
who keepest covenant and lovingkindness
with thy servants ,
that walk before thee with all their heart ;
And he said, LORD
God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath ,
who keepest covenant and mercy
with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart :
who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which
thou didst
promise
him: yea,
thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy
hand, as it is this day.
Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst
him: thou spakest also
with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine
hand, as it is this day.
Now
therefore ,
O
Jehovah
, 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 before me as thou hast walked before me.
Therefore now
, LORD
God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst
him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel ;
so
that
thy children take heed to their way, that
they
walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
Now therefore
, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
And
now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
But will God in
very
deed
dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the
heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded !
But will God indeed
dwell on the earth? behold, the
heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded ?
Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Jehovah
my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee this
day ;
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 thy servant prayeth before thee to
day :
that thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place whereof
thou hast said, My name shall be there ;
to
hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray
toward this place.
That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of
which
thou hast said, My name shall be there :
that
thou
mayest
hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make
toward this place.
And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yea,
hear thou in heaven thy dwelling -
place ;
and when thou hearest, forgive.
And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and
hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place :
and when thou hearest, forgive.
If a
man sin
against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he
come `and'
swear
before thine altar in this house ;
If any
man trespass
against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the
oath
come before thine altar in this house :
then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his own
head ,
and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head ;
and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
When thy people Israel are
smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee ;
if
they
turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication unto thee in this house:
When thy people Israel be
smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee ,
and
shall
turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray ,
and make supplication unto thee in this house:
then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
When 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 dost
afflict
them:
When 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 afflictest
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 inheritance.
Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that
thou teach
them the good way wherein they should walk ,
and give
rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if
there
be
blasting `or'
mildew, locust `
or '
caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;
If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting ,
mildew, locust ,
or if
there
be
caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;
what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, `
or '
by all thy people Israel, who
shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which
shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling -
place, and forgive, and do, and render
unto
every man according to all
his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give
to
every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
that they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
Moreover concerning the
foreigner
, that is not of thy people Israel, when
he
shall
come
out of a far country for thy name's sake;
Moreover concerning a
stranger
, that is not of thy people Israel, but
cometh
out of a far country for thy name's sake;
(for they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy mighty
hand, and of thine
outstretched
arm )
; when he shall come and pray toward this house;
(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong
hand, and of thy
stretched
out
arm; )
when he shall come and pray toward this house;
hear thou in heaven thy dwelling -
place, and do according to all that the foreigner
calleth to thee for ;
that all the
peoples
of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as doth
thy people Israel ,
and that they may know that this house which I have built
is called by my
name.
Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger
calleth to thee for :
that all people
of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do
thy people Israel ;
and that they may know that this house ,
which I have builded,
is called by thy
name.
If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by
whatsoever
way
thou shalt send them, and they
pray unto Jehovah
toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which
I have built for thy name ;
If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever
thou shalt send them, and shall
pray unto the
LORD
toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that
I have built for thy name :
then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
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 the land of the enemy, far off
or near;
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 captives
unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are
carried captive
, and turn
again
, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive
, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt
wickedly
;
Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were
carried captives
, and repent
, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives
, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed
wickedness
;
if
they
return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who
carried
them captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
And
so
return unto thee with all their heart ,
and with all their soul ,
in the land of their enemies, which
led
them away
captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling -
place, and maintain their cause ;
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause ,
and forgive thy people who
have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee ;
and give them compassion before those
who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them ;
And forgive thy people that
have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee ,
and give them compassion before them
who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them :
(
for they are
thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron );
For they be
thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron :
that thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them whensoever
they cry
unto thee.
That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in
all
that
they call
for
unto thee.
For thou didst separate them from among all the peoples
of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord Jehovah
.
For thou didst separate them from among all the people
of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the
hand
of
Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O LORD God
.
And it was so, that ,
when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto Jehovah
, he arose from before the altar of Jehovah
, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth
toward
heaven.
And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the
LORD
, he arose from before the altar of the
LORD
, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up
to
heaven.
And he stood, and blessed all the assembly
of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
And he stood, and blessed all the congregation
of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
Blessed be Jehovah
, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.
Blessed be the
LORD
, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the
hand
of
Moses his servant.
Jehovah
our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us ;
The
LORD
our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us :
that he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances
, which he commanded our fathers.
That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments
, which he commanded our fathers.
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before Jehovah
, be nigh unto Jehovah
our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel, as every
day
shall require ;
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the
LORD
, be nigh unto the
LORD
our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at
all
times
, as the
matter
shall require :
that all the peoples
of the earth may know that Jehovah,
he
is God ;
there is none else.
That all the people
of the earth may know that the
LORD
is God ,
and
that
there is none else.
Let your heart therefore be perfect with Jehovah
our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
Let your heart therefore be perfect with the
LORD
our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before Jehovah
.
And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the
LORD
.
And Solomon offered for
the
sacrifice of peace -
offerings, which he offered unto Jehovah
, two and twenty thousand oxen, and a
hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of Jehovah
.
And Solomon offered a
sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the
LORD
, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an
hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the
LORD
.
The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah;
for there he offered the
burnt -offering
, and the
meal-offering
, and the fat of the peace -
offerings ,
because the brazen altar that was before Jehovah
was too little to receive the burnt -offering
, and the
meal-offering
, and the fat of the peace -
offerings.
The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the
LORD:
for there he offered burnt offerings
, and meat
offerings
, and the fat of the peace offerings :
because the brazen altar that was before the
LORD
was too little to receive the burnt offerings
, and meat
offerings
, and the fat of the peace offerings.
So
Solomon
held
the
feast
at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly
, from the entrance
of Hamath unto the brook
of Egypt, before Jehovah
our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
And
at that time Solomon
held
a
feast
, and all Israel with him, a great congregation
, from the entering
in
of Hamath unto the river
of Egypt, before the
LORD
our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
On the eighth day he sent the people away ;
and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that Jehovah
had showed
unto
David his servant, and to
Israel his people.
On the eighth day he sent the people away :
and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the
LORD
had done
for
David his servant, and for
Israel his people.
Scripture text: American Standard Version and King James Version. Public domain.; UK publication rights are administered by the Crown's patentee; public domain in most other jurisdictions..