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B.C.1004.{ % And when all the-schildren_of} 17 And as for thee, if thou wilt_walk| B.C. 1004. s. SOnS. Israél saw how the fire came_down, and | before Me, acas David thy father walked, | ac. accora- j. Jehovah. |the_glory_of J the Lorp upon the house, |and do according_to all that I have) ing as. they bowed_themselves with their faces | commanded thee, and shalt_observe My to the ground upon the pavement, and | statutes and My judgments ; worshipped, and -praised Jthe Lorp,| 8 Then -will_I-stablish -the_throne_|1s. ch. 6. 16. Iloving- |saying, “For He is good; for His|of thy kingdom, according as I have Kindness. |i mercy endureth for ever.” ecovenanted with David thy father, |. confrm- THe GkEAT| * Then the king and all the people | saying, ‘There_shall not fail thee a| ed-by- SACRIFICE. | sa soffered sacrifices before Jthe LorD. | ‘man +to_be_ruler in Israél.’ pavenane 46 1KIN.S.) 5 And xking Solomon s«offered a} 19 But if pe turn_away, and forsake) {o thee. oO rsacrifice_of twenty and two thousand | My statutes and My commandments, |i. is. xoxen, and a hundred and twenty | which I -have-set before you, and -shall_ thousand sheep: so the king and all/|go and ‘serve other gods, and «worship the people dedicated -the_house_of | them; x=God. 20 Then -will_I_pluck_them_up_by_ 6 And the priests +waited on their | the_rootsout of My land which I -haye_ offices: the Levites also with instru-| given them ; and *this ‘house, which I ments_of music_of Jthe Lorp, which | have sanctified for My name, will_I_ Dayid the king had_made to praise / the | cast_out of My sight, and will_make it Lorp, because His ! mercy endureth for | to be a proverb and a byword among all ever, when David praised by their | P xnations. Pp, peoples. hministry; and the priests ssounded_| *! And xthis xhouse, which «is high, |. Deut. 29. trumpets before them, and all Israél | shall_be_an_astonishment to every_| 4. Jer. 2 ae one sthat_passeth_by it; so that he| %° 7 Moreover Solomon hallowed -the_ | ‘shall_say, ‘Why -hath 4 the Lorp done’ 5. Jehovah.
-|middle_of the court that was before | thus unto xthis «land, and unto «this the_house_of J the Lorn: for there he | xhouse?’
P offered «xburnt_offerings, and -the.| ™ And it -shall_be_answered, ‘ Be-
“|fat_of the peace_offerings, because the | cause they forsook /-the Lorp =God_of brazen altar which Solomon had_made | their fathers, which brought_them_ was not able to receive «the 2burnt_| forth out_of the_land_of Egypt, and offerings, and -the 9 meat_offerings, and | laid_hold on other gods, and worshipped the fat. them, and served them: therefore
8 Also at the_same xtime Solomon | :hath_He_brought +all this evil upon . |Kept cthe feast® seven days, and all| them.”
. |Israél with him, a very great os congre- | gation,from the_entering_in_of Hamath | unto the_river_of Egypt. AND it came_to_pass at the_end_of|" Gimmes |
» And in the eighth «day they made a twenty years, wherein Solomon had_| Burtr THat
-|rsolemn_assembly : for they kept the_ | built -the_house_of / the Lorp, and his_ aa dedication_of the altar seven days, and | own -house, © the feast seven days. ? That the cities which Huram had_|, 9 } Kyy
10 And on the three and twentieth day_ | grestored to Solomon, Solomon built} $1023. of the seventh «month he sent «the peo-|them, and caused -the_s children_of|J. Jehovah. | ple away into their tents, glad and | Israél to_dwell there. eae ae! merry in heart for the goodness that| *% And Solomon went to Hamath-|————— 4 the Lorp had_shewed unto David, and | zobah, and prevailed against it. SOLOMON 8 to Solomon, and to Israél His people. + And he built -Tadmor in the wilder-| ¢jryes.
11 Thus Solomon finished -the_house_ | ness, and all the store «cities, which he}2-+¢ } Kin. 9. of / the Lorp, and the king’s ~house: | built in *Hamath. 15-19. and -all that came into Solomon’sheart| ° Also he built -Beth-horon the to make in the_house_of/ the Lorp, and | upper, and in his_own house, he prosperously_| fenced cities, with_walls, ¢gates, and|d. double- effected. bars ; doors.
12 And ! the Lorp appeared to Solo-| ® And -Baalath, and call the store mon by «night, and said unto him, “I | «cities that Solomon had, and -all the |
-|-have_heard thy -prayer, and -have_|chariot cities, and chosen xthis xplace to Myself for a| horsemen, and house_of sacrifice. sired to build in Jerusalem, and in
13 Tf I shut_up ‘heaven that there| Lebanon, and throughout all the_ be no rain, or if I ‘command the | land_of his dominion. aetna locusts to devour the land, or ifI tsend| 7 As for all the -people that were| Trisv- pestilence among My people; xleft “of the Hittites, and the Amorites, TABIES cAND
14 If My people, « which are_called by | and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and 7-10. ae My name, shall _humble_themselves,|the Jebusites, which were not Jof|‘9 x23 | and pray, and seek My face, and turn | Israél, J. from. from their xwicked ways; then will £| § But / of their s children, who were-|s. sons. hear from ‘ “heaven, and _will_forgive | left after them in the land, whom the_ their sin, and will_heal their -land. schildren_of Israél deconsumed not, | de. destroy-
15 Now Mine eyes shall_be open, and | them did Solomon make to pay_tribute| &
Mine ears attent unto the prayer that | until «this xday. ts made in «this xplace. ° But of the_schildren_of Israél did
_J6 For now -have_I_chosen and sanc- | Solomon make no servants for his work ; tified xthis house, that My name may-_ | but thep were « men_of war, and chief_| @. anah- be there for ever: and Mine eyes and|of his captains, and captains_of his} ‘2™- Mine heart -shall_bethere « perpetually. | chariots and horsemen.
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