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The feast of the

1 KINGS, VIII. B. C. 1005.

v Ex.37.25.

w Le.24.5-8. 20 ash pans. 21 holy things

of David.

48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar v of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the show-bread w was, 49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold; 50 And the bowls, and the snuff-x 2Sa.8.11. ers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the 20 censers, of pure gold; and the hinges of gold both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple. 51 So was ended all the work that b 25a.6.17. king Solomon made for the house c 2Sa.5.79. of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the 21 things which David r his d Lev.23.34. father had dedicated; even the sile Nu.4. 15. ver, and the gold, and the vessels, 1 Ch.15.14. did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD. f2Ch.1.3.

CHAPTER VIII.

(CHAP. 8.)

c 2Ch.5.2,&c. princes.

g 2Sa.6.13.

h Ex.26.33.

ch.6.27. 2 heads.

1 The feast of the dedication of the temple. 22 Solomon's prayer. Telves of Israel, and all the HEN a Solomon assembled the heads of the tribes, the 1 chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, anto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that b they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city c of David, which is Zion. 2 And all the men of Israel as-k Ex.25.21. sembled themselves unto king SoloInon at the feast d in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

3 or, ark, 2Ch.5.9.

40.20. De. 10.2,5. Heb.9.4.

4 or, where.

i Ex.34.27,28.

m Ex.40.34. Lev. 16.2.

3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests e took up the ark. 4 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle ƒ of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, n 2Ch. VI. even those did the priests and the o Ps.97.2. Levites bring up.

Is.45.15.

q Ps. 132. 14.

5 And King Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were p 2Sa.7.13. assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing g sheep and oxen, that could not be toldr 1Sa.6.18. nor numbered for multitude.

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

s Lu. 1.68.
t 25a 7.5,&c.
u IS1. 16. 1.

ICh.17.1,
&c.

7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of w 1Ch.28.5,6. the ark, and the cherubins cover-x ver.9. ed the ark, and the staves thereof De.31.26. above.

Is. 1.15.

8 And they drew out the staves, y Ex.9.33. that the 2 ends of the staves were seen out in the 3 holy place before l

dedication of the temple. the oracle, and they were not seen without and there they are unto this day.

9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there k at Horeb, 4 when the LORD made a covenant l with

the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud m filled the house of the LORD,

11 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.

12 Then n spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.o

13 Ip have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place q for thee to abide in for ever.

14 And the king turned his face about, and blessed r all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood ;)

15 And he said, blessed s be the LORD God of Israel, which spake t with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

16 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 u to be over my people Israel. 17 And v it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

18 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.

19 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.

20 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 w the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein a is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread y forth his hands toward heaven:

Solomon's prayer at the

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B. C. 1004.

23 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there z is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, z Ex. 15.11. who a keepest covenant and mercy 2Sa.7.22. with thy servants that walk b be-, a Ne. 1.5. fore thee with all their heart: Dan.9.4. 21 Who hast kept with thy ser- b ch.3.6. vant David my father that thou pro- e ch.2.4. misedst him thou spakest also 5 There shall with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled at with thine hand, as it is this day. 25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, c saying, 5 There shall not fails thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; 6 so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

26 And now, O God of Israel, let d thy word, (I pray thee,) be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.

27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven e and heaven of heavens ƒ cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!

28 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:

not be cut
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d Ps. 119.49.
e 2Ch.2.6.
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Jer.23.24.
Acts 17.24.
f 2Cor. 12.2.

Deut. 12.11.
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dedication of the temple. [land which thou gavest unto their fathers.

35 When heaven n 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:

36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach o them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

37 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 10 cities: whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;

38 What prayer and supplication soever be muude 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:

39 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 a thou, even thou only, Lev.26.40-knowest the hearts of all the child 42. ren of men ;)

1 De.28.25.

m

Ne. 1.8,9.

29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, 9 or, toward. even toward the place of which thou hast said, g My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make 7 toward this place.

40 That they may fearr thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

41 Moreover concerning a stranLev.26.19.ger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;

o 1Sa. 12.23.
Ps. 25.8.

30 And h hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy p people Israel, when they shall pray 7 toward this place; and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place: and when thou hearest, forgive. 31 9 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and 8 an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:

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42 (For they shall hear of thy Lev.26.16, great name, and of thy s strong hand, and of thy stretched-out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;

&c. De.28.21,

&c.
2Ch.20.9.

10 or, juris-
diction.
q 1Ch.28.9.
Ps. 11.4.
Jer. 17.10.
Heb.4.12.

32 Then hear thou in heaven, andr Fs. 130.4. do, and judge thy servants, i con- s Deut.4.34. demning the wicked, to bring his t 2Ki. 19.19. way upon his head; and justify- Ps.67.2. ing k the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

102.15.

is called

43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that t all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee. as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that 11 this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.

44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever 11 thy name thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward 12 the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:

upon this
house.

33 When thy people Israel bel smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn m again to thee, 12 the way of and confess thy name, and pray, and 13 or, right. the city. make supplication unto thee in this house:

31 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Isael, and bring them again unto the

u Ec.7.20.

James 3.2.
1Jno.1.8,

10.

45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their 13 cause.

46 if they sin against thee, (foru there is no man that siuneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and

Solomon's prayer. deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away v captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;

47 Yet if they shall 14 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, w We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;

48 And so return z 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 towards y their land! which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

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Ps. 106.46.

a De.9.29.

b De.4.20. Jer. 11.4.

49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaventhy dwelling-place, and maintain c Ex. 19.5,6. their 15 cause. Deut. 14.2.

d 2Sa.6,18.

50 And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they e Jos.23.14. have transgressed against thee, and 16 fallen. give z them compassion before them who carried them captive, f De. 12. 10,11. that they may have compassion on them :

h Ps. 119.36. 17 the thing of a day in his day.

51 For a they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou g Deut.31.6. broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the b furnace of iron: 52 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.

i ver.43.

Jos.4.24.

7 De. 18. 13.

59 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 17 at all times, as the matter shall require :

60 That i all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.

61 Let your heart therefore be l perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day. 62 And m the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.

63 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.

61 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 n altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt-offerings and meat-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings. 65 And at that time Solomon held

53 For thou didst separate them k De.4.35,39. a feast, o and all Israel with him, a from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest c by the hand of Mo-m 1Ch.7.4, ses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.

&c.

n 2Ch.4.1.

o ver.2.

54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto P Nu.34.5-8. the LORD, he arose from before the 18 or thank altar of the LORD, from kneeling ed. on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.

55 And he stood, and blessedd all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

q Ps. 106.4,5. 122.6-9.

(CHAP. 9.)

great congregation, from the entering p in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.

66 On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they 18 blessed the king, and went unto their tents

joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness q that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.

CHAPTER IX. God's covenant in a vision with Solomon.

56 Blessed be the LORD, that hath a 2Ch.7.11, AND it came to pass, when Solo

b ch.7.1.

&c.

given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there e hath not 16 failed one word of all his good promise, which he c 2Ch.8.6. promised by the hand of Moses his servant.

57 The LORD our God be with us,

d ch.3.5.

mon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, b and all c Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do, 2 That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had d appeared unto him at Gibeon.

3 And the LORD said unto him, I

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5 Then I will establish the throne 1 2S3.7.14. of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised k to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee am man upon the throne of Israel. 6 But ifl ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

o De.28.37.

Ps. 44. 14. p De.29.24

26. Je.22.8,9. q Zep.1.4,5. Jer. 12 7,8. 2Ch.8.1,&c. were not right in his eyes.

7 Then m will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them;s and this house n which I have hal-1 lowed for my naine, will I cast out of my sight and Israel shall be a proverb o and a by-word among all people:

8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why p hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?

9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook q the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore r hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.

i. e. dis pleasing, or, dirty. t Jos. 19.27. u ch.5.13. v 2Sam.5.9.

w Ps.51.18. Jos.19.36. y Jos.17.11.

z Jos. 16.10. Ju. 1.29.

a Jos. 16.3. b Jos. 19.44. 2Ch.8.4,6, &c.

c ch.4.26.

Solomon's yearly sacrifice. the wall w of Jerusalem, and Hazor, z and Megiddo, y and z Gezer.

16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer,and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.

17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon a the nether,

18 And Baalath, b and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,

19 And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, c and cities for his horsemen, and 3 that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel, 21 Their children that were left d after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able e utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice f unto this day.

22 But of the children of Israelg did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.

23 These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.

21 T Buth Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her i house which Solomon had built for her: thenk did he build Millo.

10 And s it came to pass at the 3 the desire of 25 And three times in a year

end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house, 11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees, and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they 1 pleased him

not.

13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them

Solomon which he desired.

d Ju.3.1.

e Jos. 15.63.

17.12,

Ju.1.28.

Ezra 2.58. g Le.25.39. ch.3.1. i ch.7.8. k ver. 15.

ch.11.27. 2Ch.32.5. upon it. 7 2Ch.8.12,

4

&c.

did Solomon offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense 4 upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.

26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, m which is beside Eloth,on the 5 shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.

27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

28 And n they came to Ophir, 0 and fetched from thence gold, four the land of 2 Cabul unto this day. Deut.2.8. hundred and twenty talents, and

14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.

5 lip. n ch. 10.11. o Job 22.24.

15 And this is the reason of the u(CHAP. 10.) levy which king Solomon raised; a 2Ch.9.1,&c. for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, v and

Mat. 12.42.

brought it to king Solomon. CHAPTER X.

The queen of Sheba admireth the wisdom of Solomon.

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b Pr.1.5,6. 2 And she came to Jerusalem with 1 words. a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

3 And Solomon told her all her 1 questions: there was not any thing hid from the king which he told her not.

2 standing. or, butlers. word.

5 or, sayings. 6 thou hast added wisdom and goodness to.

c Pr.8.34.

e Ps.72.2.

Pr.8.15. f Ps.72. 10,15.

4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, d ch.5.7. and the house that he had built, 5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the 2 attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his 3 cup-bear-5 ch.9.27. ers, and his ascent by which he 7 algum went up unto the house of the: trees, 2Ch.2.8. LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

6 And she said to the king, It was a true 4 report that I heard in mine own land of thy 5 acts and of thy wisdom.

7 Howbeit I believed not the. words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: 6 thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.

8 Happy c are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

9 Blessed d be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to e do judgment and justice.

10 And ƒ she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

9

9.10,11.

a prop, or, rails.

which he gave her, according to the hand of king Solomon.

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tains.

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k Ge. 10.4. 2Ch.20.36. 15 or, elephants' teeth.

7 ch.3. 12. 13. 4.29-34.

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11 And the navy g also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of Falmug trees,and precious stones. 12 And the king made of the al- 16 the face of mug trees pillars for the house of m Pr.2.6. the LORD, and for the king's house, James 1.5. harps also and psalteries for sing-n 2Ch.1.14, ers: there came no such almug, trees, nor were seen unto this day. 17 gave. 13 And king Solomon gave unto 18 And the the queen of Sheba all her desire, going forth whatsoever she asked, beside that of the 9 which Solomon gave her of his horses royal bounty. So she turned and which was went to her own country, she and Solomon's. er servants.

admireth Solomon's wisdom.

14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold.

15 Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffic of the spice-merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the 10 governors of the country.

16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.

17 And he made three hundred h shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house i of the forest of Lebanon.

18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overland it with the best gold.

19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round 11 behind: and there were 12 stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.

20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not 13 the like made in any kingdom.

21 ¶ And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; 14 none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish k with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, 15 ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

23 Sol king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.

24 And all the earth sought 16 to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which m God had put in his heart. 25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

26 And Solomon gathered together chariots n and horsemen : and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.

27 And the king 17 made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.

28 18 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen

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