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The feast of the dedication.

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a 2 Chron. 5. 2, &c.

↑ Heb. princes.

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CHAP. VIII.

CHAP. VIII.

1 The feast of the dedication of the temple. 12, 54 Solomon's blessing. 22 Solomon's prayer. 62 His sacrifice of peace offerings. THEN Solomon assembled the elders

Tof 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.

2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the dfeast in the month Ethanim, which is 34 2Chroa. the seventh month.

d Lev. 23.

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15. Deut. 31. 9. Josh. 3.3,

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5 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

4 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.

5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, ga Sam.6.13. sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 6 And the priests brought in the ark iExod. 26. 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

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Solomon's prayer.

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k Exod.9.33. Isai. 1. 15.

22 And Solomon stood before the i2 Chron. 6. altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven: 23 And he said, 'LORD God of Israel, 12 Mac. 2. & 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:

24 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.

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25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying,+There sh shall not fail thee a man in my sight to 16. sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy shall not be children take heed to their way, that the man they walk before me as thou hast walked from my before me. 26 And O God of Israel, let thy now, word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou 25 spakest unto thy servant David my father. 27 But will God indeed dwell on the r2 Chron 2. earth? behold, the heaven and 'heaven Jer. 23. 24. of heavens cannot contain thee; how 17. 24. 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

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42 (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of i Deut. 3, 24 thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;

dedication of the temple. CHRIST thy servant prayeth before thee to day: | eth out of a far country for thy name's CHRIST 1004. 29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, Deut. 12.11. My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make "|| toward this place. 30 And hearken thou to the suppli20.9. Neb. cation of thy servant, and of thy people Or, in this Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

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31 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and '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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32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, z Deut. 25.1. 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.

a Lev. 26. 17. Deut. 28. 25

40. Neh. 1.

33 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they b Lev. 26.39, have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee Or, toward in this house:

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c Lev. 26. 19.

34 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.

35 When heaven is shut up, and Deut. 28. 23. 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 1.24 people Israel, that thou teach them the 12. & 13.8 good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

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43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all 1 Sam. 17. people of the earth may know thy name, 19 19 P. to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; 1Ps. 102. 15and that they may know that this house, Heb. the which I have builded, is called by thy ed upon this

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48 And so return unto thee with all Jer.§. 12, their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and 'pray unto thee toward r Dan. 6.10. their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their || cause,

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37 If there be in the land famine, 221, 22, 27, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, Chron. 20. locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever 50 And forgive thy people that have sickness there be; sinned against thee, and all their trans38 What prayer and supplication so-gressions wherein they have transgressed ever be made by any man, or by all thy against thee, and 'give them compassion Ezra 7.6 people Israel, which shall know every before them who carried them captive, man the plague of his own heart, and that they may have compassion on them: 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 thou, even thou only, "knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)

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Solomon's sacrifice.

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10 Josh. 21.

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the hand of Moses thy servant, when | of heart for all the goodness that the
thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, LORD had done for David his servant,
O Lord GOD.
and for Israel his people.

54¶ 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.

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

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rest unto his people Israel, according to 1 Deut 12, all that he promised: there hath not 6&34+failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.

+ Heb. fullen.

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b.Ps. 119.36.

58 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.

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 at all times, as the matter shall require: 60 That all the people of the earth Josh. 4.24 may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.

+ Heb. the thing of a day in his day.

1 Sam. 17. 45. 2 Kings 19. 19

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61 Let your heart therefore be per25.39. fect with the LORD our God, to walk in ech 1.4&his statutes, and to keep his commandKings 203. ments, as at this day.

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62 And'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.

64 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: behaChron. cause the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and 1.2 Lev. the fat of the peace offerings.

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house of the LORD, and the king's house, b ch. 7. and all Solomon's desire which he was c 2 Chron. pleased to do,

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2 That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appear- d ch. 3.5ed unto him at Gibeon.

3 And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

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5 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I k2 Sam. 7. promised to David thy father, saying, 2.4.& 6. 12. There shall not fail thee a man upon throne of Israel.

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1 Chron. 22.

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89. 30, &c.

61 But if 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: 7 m Then will I cut off Israel out of m Dent. 4. the land which I have given them; and 17. 23. & 25this house, which I have hallowed " for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a by- o Dent. 28. word among all people:

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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 hath the LORD done thus unto this a Deut. 29. land, and to this house?

9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook 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 hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.

24, 25, 26. Jer. 22. 8, 9.

r ch. 6. 37, 38.87.1.

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10 And 'it came to pass at the end Chron. 8. 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

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Solomon's yearly sacrifices.

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The queen of Sheba admireth. 27 "And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of cit. 992. the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

1 KINGS. furnished Solomon with cedar trees and cir. 992. 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 pleased him not.

+ Heb. were not right in..

his eyes.

t Josh. 19. 27.

That is, displeasing, or, dirty.

u ch. 5. 13.

x ver. 24.
2 Sam. 5-9.

y Josh. 19.

36.

13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of || Cabul unto this day.

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

And this is the reason of "the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and * Millo, and the wall of Jerusacir. 992. lem,and Hazor,and 'Megiddo,and "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 the nether,

z Josh. 17.

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28 And they came to Ophir, and x Job 22. 24. fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

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3 And Solomon told her all her + ques- + Heb tions: there was not any thing hid from 18 And Baalath, and Tadmor in the the king, which he told her not.

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19 And all the cities of store that So4.2 Chron. lomon had, and cities for his chariots, ech. 4. 26. and cities for his horsemen, and † that 5 And the meat of his table, and the desire of So. which Solomon desired to build in Je-sitting of his servants, and the attend- + Heb rusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the ance of his ministers, and their apparel, land of his dominion. and his || cupbearers, and his ascent by Orters. which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. 6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own +Heb. word. land of thy || acts and of thy wisdom.

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9 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which ech. 5-7 delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, 'to do judgment and justice.

10 ¶ And 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.

11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of || almug trees, and precious stones.

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