Hello, and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and when
we were last together we were
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reading that King Solomon
had completed the temple that he
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built for God and was laying
the furniture around and we had
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left as he was putting
the ark of the covenant into
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the most holy place. We'll pick
up there but let's pray together
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before we start. Dear
Lord, thank you for your
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word that is to us, life
and light. We ask that you will
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prepare in our hearts, the
dwelling place of your spirit;
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that you may be with us always,
just as Solomon prepared a
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house for you in the days
of Israel, come now and do your
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work in us that we may welcome
you to be a part of our lives
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and our hearts for ever. We
love you so much and thank you
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for loving us. Amen.
Picking up in 2nd Chronicles,
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chapter 5, and verse 10, in
describing the most holy place
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of the ark of the covenant.
There was nothing in the ark
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save the 2 tables which
Moses put therein at Horeb,
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when the Lord made a covenant
with the children of Israel,
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when they came out of Egypt.
And it came to pass, when the
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priests were come out of the
holy place: for all the priests
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that were present were
sanctified, and did not then
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wait by course. Also the
Levites which were the singers,
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all of them of Asaph, of Heman,
of Jeduthun, with their sons
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and their brethren,
being arrayed in white linen,
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having cymbals and psalteries
and harps, stood at the east end
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of the altar, and with them
an hundred and twenty priests
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sounding with trumpets: It came
even to pass, as the trumpeters
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and singers were as one,
to make one sound to be heard
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in praising and thanking the
Lord; and when they lifted up
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their voice with the trumpets
and cymbals and instruments of
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music, and praised the
Lord, saying, For he is good;
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for his mercy endureth for ever:
that then the house was filled
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with a cloud, even the house
of the Lord; So that the priests
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could not stand to
minister by reason of the cloud:
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for the glory of the Lord
had filled the house of God.
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Continuing in 2nd Chronicles,
chapter 6, and this is the
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King James
Version. Then said Solomon,
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The Lord has said that he would
dwell in the thick darkness.
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But I have built an house of
habitation for thee, and a place
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for thy dwelling for ever.
And the king turned his face,
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and blessed the whole
congregation of Israel:
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and all the congregation
of Israel stood. And he said,
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Blessed be the Lord God of
Israel, who hath with his hands
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fulfilled that which he spake
with his mouth to my father,
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David, saying, Since the day
that I brought forth my people
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out of the land of Egypt I chose
no city among all the tribes of
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Israel to build an house
in, that my name might be there;
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neither chose I any man to be
a ruler over my people Israel:
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But I have chosen Jerusalem,
that my name might be there;
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and have chosen David to
be over my people Israel.
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Now it was in the heart of
David my father to build an
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house for the name of the Lord
God of Israel. But the Lord said
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to David my father, Forasmuch as
it was in thine heart to build
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and house my name, thou didst
well in that it was in thine
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heart: Notwithstanding
thou shalt not build the house;
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but thy son which shall
come forth out of thy loins,
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he shall build the house for
my name. The Lord therefore hath
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performed his word that he hath
spoken: for I am risen up in the
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room of David my father, and
am set on the throne of Israel,
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as the Lord promised, and have
built the house for the name
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of the Lord God of Israel.
And in it have I put the ark,
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wherein is the covenant of
the Lord, that he made with the
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children of Israel. And he stood
before the altar of the Lord in
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the presence of all
the congregation of Israel,
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and spread forth his hands:
For Solomon had made a brasen
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scaffold, of 5 cubits long,
and 5 cubits broad, and 3 cubits
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high, and had set it in the
midst of the court: and upon it
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he stood, and kneeled down
upon his knees before all the
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congregation of Israel, and
spread forth his hands toward
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heaven, and said, O Lord God
of Israel, there is no God like
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thee in the heaven, nor in the
earth: which keepest covenant,
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and shewest mercy unto thy
servants, that walk before thee
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with all their hearts: Thou
which has kept with thy servant
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David my father that which thou
hast promised him; and spakest
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with thy mouth, and hast
fulfilled it with thine hand,
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as it is this day. Now therefore
O Lord God of Israel, keep with
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thy servant David my father that
which thou hast promised him,
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saying, There shall not fail
thee a man in my sight to sit
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upon the throne of Israel; yet
so that thy children take heed
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to their way to walk in my law,
as thou hast walked before me.
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Now then, O Lord God of Israel,
let thy word be verified, which
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thou hast spoken
unto thy servant David.
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But will God in very deed
dwell with men on the earth?
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behold, heaven and the heaven
of heavens cannot contain thee;
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how much less this house
which I have built! Have respect
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therefore to the prayer of thy
servant and to his supplication,
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O Lord my God, to hearken unto
the cry and the prayer which
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thy servant prayeth before
thee: That thine eyes may be
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open upon this house day and
night, upon the place whereof
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thou hast said that thou
wouldest put thy name there;
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to hearken unto the prayer which
thy servant prayeth toward this
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place. Hearken therefore unto
the supplications of thy servant
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and of thy people Israel, which
they shall make toward this
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place: hear thou from thy
dwelling place, even from heaven
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and when thou hearest,
forgive. If a man sin against
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his neighbor, and an oath be
laid upon him to make him swear,
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and the oath come before thine
altar in this house; Then hear
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thou from heaven, and do, and
judge thy servants by requiting
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the wicked, by recompensing
his way upon his own head;
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and by justifying the righteous,
by giving him according to his
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righteousness. And if thy people
Israel be put to the worse
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before the enemy, because
they have sinned against thee;
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and shall return and confess
thy name, and pray and make
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supplication before thee
in this house; Then hear thou
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from the heavens, and forgive
the sin of thy people Israel,
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and bring them again unto the
land which thou gavest to them
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and to their fathers.
When the heaven is shut up,
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and there is no rain, because
they have sinned against thee;
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yet if they pray toward this
place, and confess thy name,
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and turn from their sin,
when thou dost afflict them;
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Then hear thou from heaven, and
forgive the sin of thy servants,
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and of thy people Israel, when
thou hast taught them the good
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way, wherein they should walk;
and send rain upon thy land,
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which thou hast given unto
thy people for an inheritance.
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If there be dearth in the
land, if there be pestilence,
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if there be blasting, or mildew,
locusts, or caterpillars;
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if their enemies besiege them
in the cities of their land;
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whatsoever sore or
whatsoever sickness there be:
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Then what prayer or what
supplication soever shall be
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made of any man, or of all thy
people Israel, when every one
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shall know his own sore and
his own grief, and shall spread
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forth his hands in this house:
Then hear thou from heaven
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thy dwelling place, and forgive,
and render unto every man
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according unto all his
ways, whose heart thou knowest;
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for thou only knowest the
hearts of the children of men:
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That they may fear thee, to walk
in thy ways so long as they live
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in the land which thou gavest
unto our fathers. Moreover
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concerning the stranger, which
is not of thy people Israel,
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which is come from a far country
for thy great name's sake,
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and thy mighty hand,
and thy stretched out arm;
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if they come and pray in this
house; Then hear thou from thy
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heavens, even from thy dwelling
place, and do according to all
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that the stranger calleth
to thee for; that all people
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of the earth may know thy name,
and fear thee as doth thy people
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Israel, and may know that
this house which I have built
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is called by thy name. If
thy people go out to war against
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their enemies by the way
that thou shalt send them,
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and they pray unto thee toward
this city which thou hast chosen
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and the house which I have built
for thy name; then hear thou
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from the heavens their prayer
and their supplication, and
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maintain their cause. If they
sin against thee, for there is
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no man which sinneth not,
and thou be angry with them,
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and deliver them over before
their enemies, and they carry
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them away captives unto a land
far off or near; yet if they
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bethink themselves in the land
whither they are carried captive
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and turn and pray unto thee
in the land of their captivity,
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saying, We have sinned, we
have done amiss, and have dealt
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wickedly; If they return
to thee with all their heart
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and with all their soul in
the land of their captivity,
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whither they have carried them
captives, and pray toward their
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land which thou gavest unto
their fathers, and toward the
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city which thou hast chosen, and
toward the house which I have
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built for thy name: Then
hear thou from the heavens,
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even from thy dwelling
place, their prayer and their
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supplications, and maintain
their cause, and forgive thy
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people which have sinned against
thee. Now, my God, let I beseech
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thee, thine eyes be open, and
let thine ears be attent unto
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the prayer that is made in
this place. Now therefore arise,
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O Lord God, into thy resting
place, thou, and the ark of
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thy strength: let thy priests,
O Lord God, be clothed with
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salvation, and let thy
saints rejoice in goodness.
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O Lord God, turn not away
the face of thine anointed:
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remember the mercies
of David thy servant.
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Continuing in 2nd Chronicles,
chapter 7, and this is the
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King James Version. Now
when Solomon had made an
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end of praying, the fire came
down from heaven, and consumed
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the burnt offering and the
sacrifices; and the glory of the
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Lord filled the house. And
the priests could not enter into
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the house of the Lord, because
the glory of the Lord had filled
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the Lord's house. And when all
the children of Israel saw how
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the fire came down, and the
glory of the Lord upon the house
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they bowed themselves with their
faces to the ground upon the
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pavement, and worshipped, and
praised the Lord, saying, For he
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is good; for his mercy endureth
for ever. Then the king and all
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the people offered
sacrifices before the Lord.
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And king Solomon offered
a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen,
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and an hundred and
twenty thousand sheep:
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so the king an all the people
dedicated the house of God.
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And the priests waited on their
offices: the Levites also with
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instruments of music of the Lord
which David the king had made
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to praise the Lord, because
his mercy endureth for ever,
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when David praised by their
ministry and the priests sounded
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the trumpets before them,
and all Israel stood. Moreover
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Solomon hallowed the middle
of the court that was before the
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house of the Lord: for
there he offered burnt offerings
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and the fat of the peace
offerings, because the brasen
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altar which Solomon had
made was not able to receive the
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burnt offerings, and the
meat offerings, and the fat.
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Also at the same time Solomon
kept the feast seven days,
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and all Israel with him,
a very great congregation,
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from the entering in of
Hamath unto the river of Egypt.
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And in the 8th day they made
a solemn assembly: for they kept
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the dedication of the altar
7 days, and the feast 7 days.
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And on the three and twentieth
day of the 7th month he sent
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the people away into their
tents, glad and merry in heart
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for the goodness that the
Lord had shewed unto David,
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and to Solomon, and
to Israel his people.
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Thus Solomon finished the house
of the Lord, and the king's
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house: and all that came
into Solomon's heart to make in
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the house of the Lord, and in
his own house, he prosperously
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effected. And the Lord appeared
to Solomon by night, and said
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unto him, I have heard
thy prayer, and have chosen
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this place to myself for an
house of sacrifice. If I shut up
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heaven that there be no rain,
or if I command the locusts to
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devour the land or if I
send pestilence among my people;
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If my people which are
called by my name, shall humble
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themselves, and pray, and seek
my face, and turn from their
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wicked ways; then will I hear
from heaven, and will forgive
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their sin, and will heal their
land. Now mine eyes shall be
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open and my ears attent unto
the prayer that is made in this
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place. For now have I chosen and
sanctified this house, that my
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name may be there for ever: and
mine eyes and mine heart shall
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be there perpetually. And as for
thee, if thou wilt walk before
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me, as David thy father walked,
and do according to all that I
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have commanded thee, and
shalt observe my statutes and my
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judgments; then will I stablish
the throne of thy kingdom,
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according as I have covenanted
with David thy father, saying,
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There shall not fail thee
a man to be ruler in Israel.
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But if ye turn away, and forsake
my statutes and my commandments,
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which I have set before you, and
shall go and serve other gods,
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and worship them; Then I
will pluck them up the roots
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out of my land
which I have given them.
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