<vn='1'><sn="227">Then</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="559">said</s> that he would <sn="7931">dwell</s> in the thick <sn="6205">darkness</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>But <sn="589">I</s> have <sn="1129">built</s> a <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="2073">habitation</s> for thee, and a <sn="4349">place</s> for thy <sn="3427">dwelling</s><sn="5769">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5437">turned</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="6440">face</s>, and <sn="1288">blessed</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="6951">congregation</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6951">congregation</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5975">stood</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1288">Blessed</s> be the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, who hath with his <sn="3027">hands</s><sn="4390">fulfilled</s> that <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="1696">spoke</s> with his <sn="6310">mouth</s><sn="854">to</s> my <sn="1">father</s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='5'><sn="4480">Since</s> the <sn="3117">day</s><sn="834">that</s> I brought <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5971">people</s> out of the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s> I <sn="977">chose</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="5892">city</s> among <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="7626">tribes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> to <sn="1129">build</s> a <sn="1004">house</s> in, that my <sn="8034">name</s> might <sn="1961">be</s><sn="8033">there</s>; <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="977">chose</s> I any <sn="376">man</s> to <sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="5057">ruler</s><sn="5921">over</s> my <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>: </v>
<vn='6'>But I have <sn="977">chosen</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, that my <sn="8034">name</s> might <sn="1961">be</s><sn="8033">there</s>; and have <sn="977">chosen</s><sn="1732">David</s> to <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5921">over</s> my <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Now it <sn="1961">was</s><sn="5973">in</s> the <sn="3824">heart</s> of <sn="1732">David</s> my <sn="1">father</s> to <sn="1129">build</s> a <sn="1004">house</s> for the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>But the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="1732">David</s> my <sn="1">father</s>, <sn="3588 834">Forasmuch</s> as it <sn="1961">was</s><sn="5973">in</s> thine <sn="3824">heart</s> to <sn="1129">build</s> a <sn="1004">house</s> for my <sn="8034">name</s>, thou didst <sn="2895">well</s> in <sn="3588">that</s> it <sn="1961">was</s><sn="5973">in</s> thine <sn="3824">heart</s>: </v>
<vn='9'><sn="7535">Notwithstanding</s><sn="859">thou</s> shalt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1129">build</s> the <sn="1004">house</s>; <sn="3588">but</s> thy <sn="1121">son</s> which shall come <sn="3318">forth</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> thy <sn="2504">loins</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> shall <sn="1129">build</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> for my <sn="8034">name</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s> therefore hath <sn="6965">performed</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1697">word</s><sn="834">that</s> he hath <sn="1696">spoken</s>: for I am risen <sn="6965">up</s> in the <sn="8478">room</s> of <sn="1732">David</s> my <sn="1">father</s>, and am <sn="3427">set</s><sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="3678">throne</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="834">as</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1696">promised</s>, and have <sn="1129">built</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> for the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And in <sn="8033">it</s> have I <sn="7760">put</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s>, <sn="834 8033">wherein</s> is the <sn="1285">covenant</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">that</s> he <sn="3772">made</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And he <sn="5975">stood</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> in the presence <sn="5048">of</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6951">congregation</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and spread <sn="6566">forth</s> his <sn="3709">hands</s>: </v>
<vn='13'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s> had <sn="6213">made</s> a <sn="5178">brazen</s><sn="3595">scaffold</s>, of <sn="2568">five</s><sn="520">cubits</s><sn="753">long</s>, and <sn="2568">five</s><sn="520">cubits</s><sn="7341">broad</s>, and <sn="7969">three</s><sn="520">cubits</s><sn="6967">high</s>, and had <sn="5414">set</s> it in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of the <sn="5835">court</s>: and <sn="5921">upon</s> it he <sn="5975">stood</s>, and kneeled <sn="1288">down</s><sn="5921">upon</s> his <sn="1290">knees</s><sn="5048">before</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6951">congregation</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and spread <sn="6566">forth</s> his <sn="3709">hands</s> toward <sn="8064">heaven</s>, </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="559">said</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, there is <sn="369">no</s><sn="430">God</s> like <sn="3644">thee</s> in the <sn="8064">heaven</s>, nor in the <sn="776">earth</s>; which <sn="8104">keepest</s><sn="1285">covenant</s>, and showest <sn="2617">mercy</s> unto thy <sn="5650">servants</s>, that <sn="1980">walk</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee with <sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="3820">hearts</s>: </v>
<vn='15'>Thou <sn="834">which</s> hast <sn="8104">kept</s> with thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="1732">David</s> my <sn="1">father</s><sn="*853"></s> that <sn="834">which</s> thou hast <sn="1696">promised</s> him; and <sn="1696">spakest</s> with thy <sn="6310">mouth</s>, and hast <sn="4390">fulfilled</s> it with thine <sn="3027">hand</s>, as it is <sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore, O <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="8104">keep</s> with thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="1732">David</s> my <sn="1">father</s><sn="*853"></s> that <sn="834">which</s> thou hast <sn="1696">promised</s> him, <sn="559">saying</s>, There shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3772">fail</s> thee a <sn="376">man</s> in my <sn="4480 6440">sight</s> to <sn="3427">sit</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="3678">throne</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; yet <sn="7535">so</s> that thy <sn="1121">children</s> take <sn="8104">heed</s><sn="*853"></s> to their <sn="1870">way</s> to <sn="1980">walk</s> in my <sn="8451">law</s>, <sn="834">as</s> thou hast <sn="1980">walked</s><sn="6440">before</s> me. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="6258">Now</s> then, O <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, let thy <sn="1697">word</s> be <sn="539">verified</s>, <sn="834">which</s> thou hast <sn="1696">spoken</s> unto thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="1732">David</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="3588">But</s> will <sn="430">God</s> in very <sn="552">deed</s><sn="3427">dwell</s><sn="854">with</s><sn="120">men</s><sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="776">earth</s>? <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="8064">heaven</s> and the <sn="8064">heaven</s> of <sn="8064">heavens</s><sn="3808">cannot</s><sn="3557">contain</s> thee; how much <sn="637">less</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1004">house</s><sn="834">which</s> I have <sn="1129">built</s>! </v>
<vn='19'>Have <sn="6437">respect</s> therefore <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="8605">prayer</s> of thy <sn="5650">servant</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> his <sn="8467">supplication</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s> my <sn="430">God</s>, to <sn="8085">hearken</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="7440">cry</s> and the <sn="8605">prayer</s><sn="834">which</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="6419">prayeth</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee: </v>
<vn='20'>That thine <sn="5869">eyes</s> may <sn="1961">be</s><sn="6605">open</s><sn="413">upon</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1004">house</s><sn="3119">day</s> and <sn="3915">night</s>, <sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="4725">place</s><sn="834">whereof</s> thou hast <sn="559">said</s> that thou wouldest <sn="7760">put</s> thy <sn="8034">name</s><sn="8033">there</s>; to <sn="8085">hearken</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="8605">prayer</s><sn="834">which</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="6419">prayeth</s><sn="413">toward</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="4725">place</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="8085">Hearken</s> therefore <sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="8469">supplications</s> of thy <sn="5650">servant</s>, and of thy <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="834">which</s> they shall <sn="6419">make</s><sn="413">toward</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="4725">place</s>: <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="859">thou</s> from thy <sn="3427">dwelling</s><sn="4480 4725">place</s>, even <sn="4480">from</s><sn="8064">heaven</s>; and when thou <sn="8085">hearest</s>, <sn="5545">forgive</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="518">If</s> a <sn="376">man</s><sn="2398">sin</s> against his <sn="7453">neighbor</s>, and an <sn="423">oath</s> be <sn="5375">laid</s> upon him to make him <sn="422">swear</s>, and the <sn="423">oath</s><sn="935">come</s><sn="6440">before</s> thine <sn="4196">altar</s> in <sn="2088">this</s><sn="1004">house</s>; </v>
<vn='23'>Then <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="4480">from</s><sn="8064">heaven</s>, and <sn="6213">do</s>, and <sn="8199">judge</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="5650">servants</s>, by <sn="7725">requiting</s> the <sn="7563">wicked</s>, by <sn="5414">recompensing</s> his <sn="1870">way</s> upon his own <sn="7218">head</s>; and by <sn="6663">justifying</s> the <sn="6662">righteous</s>, by <sn="5414">giving</s> him according to his <sn="6666">righteousness</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="518">if</s> thy <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> be put to the <sn="5062">worse</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="341">enemy</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> they have <sn="2398">sinned</s> against thee; and shall <sn="7725">return</s> and <sn="3034">confess</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="8034">name</s>, and <sn="6419">pray</s> and make <sn="2603">supplication</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee in <sn="2088">this</s><sn="1004">house</s>; </v>
<vn='25'>Then <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="8064">heavens</s>, and <sn="5545">forgive</s> the <sn="2403">sin</s> of thy <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and bring them <sn="7725">again</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="127">land</s><sn="834">which</s> thou <sn="5414">gavest</s> to them and to their <sn="1">fathers</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>When the <sn="8064">heaven</s> is shut <sn="6113">up</s>, and there <sn="1961">is</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="4306">rain</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> they have <sn="2398">sinned</s> against thee; yet if they <sn="6419">pray</s><sn="413">toward</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="4725">place</s>, and <sn="3034">confess</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="8034">name</s>, and <sn="7725">turn</s> from their <sn="4480 2403">sin</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> thou dost <sn="6031">afflict</s> them; </v>
<vn='27'>Then <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="859">thou</s> from <sn="8064">heaven</s>, and <sn="5545">forgive</s> the <sn="2403">sin</s> of thy <sn="5650">servants</s>, and of thy <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> thou hast <sn="3384">taught</s> them the <sn="2896">good</s><sn="1870">way</s>, <sn="834">wherein</s> they should <sn="1980">walk</s>; and <sn="5414">send</s><sn="4306">rain</s><sn="5921">upon</s> thy <sn="776">land</s>, <sn="834">which</s> thou hast <sn="5414">given</s> unto thy <sn="5971">people</s> for an <sn="5159">inheritance</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="3588">If</s> there <sn="1961">be</s><sn="7458">dearth</s> in the <sn="776">land</s>, <sn="3588">if</s> there <sn="1961">be</s><sn="1698">pestilence</s>, <sn="3588">if</s> there <sn="1961">be</s><sn="7711">blasting</s>, or <sn="3420">mildew</s>, <sn="697">locusts</s>, or <sn="2625">caterpillars</s>; <sn="3588">if</s> their <sn="341">enemies</s><sn="6887">besiege</s> them in the <sn="8179">cities</s> of their <sn="776">land</s>; <sn="3605">whatsoever</s><sn="5061">sore</s> or <sn="3605">whatsoever</s><sn="4245">sickness</s> there be: </v>
<vn='29'> Then <sn="3605">what</s><sn="8605">prayer</s> or <sn="3605">what</s><sn="8467">supplication</s><sn="834">soever</s> shall be <sn="1961">made</s> of <sn="3605">any</s><sn="120">man</s>, or of <sn="3605">all</s> thy <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="834">when</s> every <sn="376">one</s> shall <sn="3045">know</s> his own <sn="5061">sore</s> and his own <sn="4341">grief</s>, and shall spread <sn="6566">forth</s> his <sn="3709">hands</s><sn="413">in</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1004">house</s>: </v>
<vn='30'>Then <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="4480">from</s><sn="8064">heaven</s> thy <sn="3427">dwelling</s><sn="4349">place</s>, and <sn="5545">forgive</s>, and <sn="5414">render</s> unto every <sn="376">man</s> according unto <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="1870">ways</s>, <sn="*853"></s> whose <sn="3824">heart</s> thou <sn="3045">knowest</s>; ( <sn="3588">for</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="905">only</s><sn="3045">knowest</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3824">hearts</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="120">men</s>:) </v>
<vn='31'><sn="4616">That</s> they may <sn="3372">fear</s> thee, to <sn="1980">walk</s> in thy <sn="1870">ways</s>, so <sn="3605 3117">long</s><sn="834">as</s><sn="1992">they</s><sn="2416">live</s><sn="5921 6440">in</s> the <sn="127">land</s><sn="834">which</s> thou <sn="5414">gavest</s> unto our <sn="1">fathers</s>. </v>
<vn='32'><sn="1571">Moreover</s><sn="413">concerning</s> the <sn="5237">stranger</s>, <sn="834">which</s> is <sn="3808">not</s> of thy <sn="4480 5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, but is <sn="935">come</s> from a <sn="7350">far</s><sn="4480 776">country</s> for thy great name's <sn="4616 1419 8034">sake</s>, and thy <sn="2389">mighty</s><sn="3027">hand</s>, and thy stretched <sn="5186">out</s><sn="2220">arm</s>; if they <sn="935">come</s> and <sn="6419">pray</s><sn="413">in</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1004">house</s>; </v>
<vn='33'>Then <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="8064">heavens</s>, even from thy <sn="3427">dwelling</s><sn="4480 4349">place</s>, and <sn="6213">do</s> according to <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> the <sn="5237">stranger</s><sn="7121">calleth</s><sn="413">to</s> thee for; <sn="4616">that</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s> may <sn="3045">know</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="8034">name</s>, and <sn="3372">fear</s> thee, as doth thy <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and may <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1004">house</s><sn="834">which</s> I have <sn="1129">built</s> is <sn="7121">called</s> by thy <sn="8034">name</s>. </v>
<vn='34'><sn="3588">If</s> thy <sn="5971">people</s> go <sn="3318">out</s> to <sn="4421">war</s><sn="5921">against</s> their <sn="341">enemies</s> by the <sn="1870">way</s><sn="834">that</s> thou shalt <sn="7971">send</s> them, and they <sn="6419">pray</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee <sn="1870">toward</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s><sn="834">which</s> thou hast <sn="977">chosen</s>, and the <sn="1004">house</s><sn="834">which</s> I have <sn="1129">built</s> for thy <sn="8034">name</s>; </v>
<vn='35'>Then <sn="8085">hear</s> thou <sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="8064">heavens</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="8605">prayer</s> and their <sn="8467">supplication</s>, and <sn="6213">maintain</s> their <sn="4941">cause</s>. </v>
<vn='36'><sn="3588">If</s> they <sn="2398">sin</s> against thee, ( <sn="3588">for</s> there is <sn="369">no</s><sn="120">man</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="2398">sinneth</s><sn="3808">not</s>,) and thou be <sn="599">angry</s> with them, and <sn="5414">deliver</s> them over <sn="6440">before</s> their <sn="341">enemies</s>, and they carry them away <sn="7617 7617">captives</s><sn="413">unto</s> a <sn="776">land</s> far <sn="7350">off</s><sn="176">or</s><sn="7138">near</s>; </v>
<vn='37'>Yet if they bethink <sn="7725 413 3824">themselves</s> in the <sn="776">land</s><sn="834 8033">whither</s> they are carried <sn="7617">captive</s>, and <sn="7725">turn</s> and <sn="2603">pray</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee in the <sn="776">land</s> of their <sn="7628">captivity</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, We have <sn="2398">sinned</s>, we have done <sn="5753">amiss</s>, and have dealt <sn="7561">wickedly</s>; </v>
<vn='38'>If they <sn="7725">return</s><sn="413">to</s> thee with <sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="3820">heart</s> and with <sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="5315">soul</s> in the <sn="776">land</s> of their <sn="7628">captivity</s>, <sn="834">whither</s> they have carried them <sn="7617 *853">captives</s>, and <sn="6419">pray</s><sn="1870">toward</s> their <sn="776">land</s>, <sn="834">which</s> thou <sn="5414">gavest</s> unto their <sn="1">fathers</s>, and toward the <sn="5892">city</s><sn="834">which</s> thou hast <sn="977">chosen</s>, and toward the <sn="1004">house</s><sn="834">which</s> I have <sn="1129">built</s> for thy <sn="8034">name</s>: </v>
<vn='39'>Then <sn="8085">hear</s> thou <sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="8064">heavens</s>, even from thy <sn="3427">dwelling</s><sn="4480 4349">place</s>, <sn="*853"></s> their <sn="8605">prayer</s> and their <sn="8467">supplications</s>, and <sn="6213">maintain</s> their <sn="4941">cause</s>, and <sn="5545">forgive</s> thy <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">which</s> have <sn="2398">sinned</s> against thee. </v>
<vn='40'><sn="6258">Now</s>, my <sn="430">God</s>, let, I beseech <sn="4994">thee</s>, thine <sn="5869">eyes</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="6605">open</s>, and let thine <sn="241">ears</s> be <sn="7183">attent</s> unto the <sn="8605">prayer</s> that is made in <sn="2088">this</s><sn="4725">place</s>. </v>
<vn='41'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="6965">arise</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s>, into thy resting <sn="5118">place</s>, <sn="859">thou</s>, and the <sn="727">ark</s> of thy <sn="5797">strength</s>: let thy <sn="3548">priests</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s>, be <sn="3847">clothed</s> with <sn="8668">salvation</s>, and let thy <sn="2623">saints</s><sn="8055">rejoice</s> in <sn="2896">goodness</s>. </v>
<vn='42'>O <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s>, turn not <sn="7725 408">away</s> the <sn="6440">face</s> of thine <sn="4899">anointed</s>: <sn="2142">remember</s> the <sn="2617">mercies</s> of <sn="1732">David</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s>. </v>