II Chronicles 6 (kjv)

Then said^H559 Solomon^H8010, The LORD^H3068 hath said^H559 that he would dwell^H7931 in the thick darkness^H6205.²But I have built^H1129 an house^H1004 of habitation^H2073 for thee, and a place^H4349 for thy dwelling^H3427 for ever^H5769.³And the king^H4428 turned^H5437 his face^H6440, and blessed^H1288 the whole congregation^H6951 of Israel^H3478: and all the congregation^H6951 of Israel^H3478 stood^H5975.⁴And he said^H559, Blessed^H1288 be the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of Israel^H3478, who hath with his hands^H3027 fulfilled^H4390 that which he spake^H1696 with his mouth^H6310 to my father^H1 David^H1732, saying^H559,⁵Since the day^H3117 that I brought forth^H3318 my people^H5971 out of the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 I chose^H977 no city^H5892 among all the tribes^H7626 of Israel^H3478 to build^H1129 an house^H1004 in, that my name^H8034 might be there; neither chose^H977 I any man^H376 to be a ruler^H5057 over my people^H5971 Israel^H3478:⁶But I have chosen^H977 Jerusalem^H3389, that my name^H8034 might be there; and have chosen^H977 David^H1732 to be over my people^H5971 Israel^H3478.⁷Now it was in the heart^H3824 of David^H1732 my father^H1 to build^H1129 an house^H1004 for the name^H8034 of the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of Israel^H3478.⁸But the LORD^H3068 said^H559 to David^H1732 my father^H1, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart^H3824 to build^H1129 an house^H1004 for my name^H8034, thou didst well^H2895 in that it was in thine heart^H3824:⁹Notwithstanding^H7535 thou shalt not build^H1129 the house^H1004; but thy son^H1121 which shall come forth^H3318 out of thy loins^H2504, he shall build^H1129 the house^H1004 for my name^H8034.¹⁰The LORD^H3068 therefore hath performed^H6965 his word^H1697 that he hath spoken^H1696: for I am risen up^H6965 in the room of David^H1732 my father^H1, and am set^H3427 on the throne^H3678 of Israel^H3478, as the LORD^H3068 promised^H1696, and have built^H1129 the house^H1004 for the name^H8034 of the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of Israel^H3478.¹¹And in it^H8033 have I put^H7760 the ark^H727, wherein is the covenant^H1285 of the LORD^H3068, that he made^H3772 with the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478.

¹²And he stood^H5975 before^H6440 the altar^H4196 of the LORD^H3068 in the presence of all the congregation^H6951 of Israel^H3478, and spread forth^H6566 his hands^H3709:¹³For Solomon^H8010 had made^H6213 a brasen^H5178 scaffold^H3595, of five^H2568 cubits^H520 long^H753, and five^H2568 cubits^H520 broad^H7341, and three^H7969 cubits^H520 high^H6967, and had set^H5414 it in the midst^H8432 of the court^H5835: and upon it he stood^H5975, and kneeled down^H1288 upon his knees^H1290 before all the congregation^H6951 of Israel^H3478, and spread forth^H6566 his hands^H3709 toward heaven^H8064,¹⁴And said^H559, O LORD^H3068 God^H430 of Israel^H3478, there is no God^H430 like thee in the heaven^H8064, nor in the earth^H776; which keepest^H8104 covenant^H1285, and shewest mercy^H2617 unto thy servants^H5650, that walk^H1980 before^H6440 thee with all their hearts^H3820:¹⁵Thou which hast kept^H8104 with thy servant^H5650 David^H1732 my father^H1 that which thou hast promised^H1696 him; and spakest^H1696 with thy mouth^H6310, and hast fulfilled^H4390 it with thine hand^H3027, as it is this day^H3117.¹⁶Now therefore, O LORD^H3068 God^H430 of Israel^H3478, keep^H8104 with thy servant^H5650 David^H1732 my father^H1 that which thou hast promised^H1696 him, saying^H559, There shall not fail^H3772 thee a man^H376 in my sight^H6440 to sit^H3427 upon the throne^H3678 of Israel^H3478; yet so^H7535 that thy children^H1121 take heed^H8104 to their way^H1870 to walk^H3212 in my law^H8451, as thou hast walked^H1980 before^H6440 me.¹⁷Now then, O LORD^H3068 God^H430 of Israel^H3478, let thy word^H1697 be verified^H539, which thou hast spoken^H1696 unto thy servant^H5650 David^H1732.¹⁸But will God^H430 in very deed^H552 dwell^H3427 with men^H120 on the earth^H776? behold, heaven^H8064 and the heaven^H8064 of heavens^H8064 cannot contain^H3557 thee; how much less this house^H1004 which I have built^H1129 !¹⁹Have respect^H6437 therefore to the prayer^H8605 of thy servant^H5650, and to his supplication^H8467, O LORD^H3068 my God^H430, to hearken^H8085 unto the cry^H7440 and the prayer^H8605 which thy servant^H5650 prayeth^H6419 before^H6440 thee:²⁰That thine eyes^H5869 may be open^H6605 upon this house^H1004 day^H3119 and night^H3915, upon the place^H4725 whereof thou hast said^H559 that thou wouldest put^H7760 thy name^H8034 there; to hearken^H8085 unto the prayer^H8605 which thy servant^H5650 prayeth^H6419 toward this place^H4725.²¹Hearken^H8085 therefore unto the supplications^H8469 of thy servant^H5650, and of thy people^H5971 Israel^H3478, which they shall make^H6419 toward this place^H4725: hear^H8085 thou from thy dwelling^H3427 place^H4725, even from heaven^H8064; and when thou hearest^H8085, forgive^H5545.²²If a man^H376 sin^H2398 against his neighbour^H7453, and an oath^H423 be laid^H5375 upon him to make him swear^H422, and the oath^H423 come^H935 before^H6440 thine altar^H4196 in this house^H1004;²³Then hear^H8085 thou from heaven^H8064, and do^H6213, and judge^H8199 thy servants^H5650, by requiting^H7725 the wicked^H7563, by recompensing^H5414 his way^H1870 upon his own head^H7218; and by justifying^H6663 the righteous^H6662, by giving^H5414 him according to his righteousness^H6666.²⁴And if thy people^H5971 Israel^H3478 be put to the worse^H5062 before^H6440 the enemy^H341, because they have sinned^H2398 against thee; and shall return^H7725 and confess^H3034 thy name^H8034, and pray^H6419 and make supplication^H2603 before^H6440 thee in this house^H1004;²⁵Then hear^H8085 thou from the heavens^H8064, and forgive^H5545 the sin^H2403 of thy people^H5971 Israel^H3478, and bring them again^H7725 unto the land^H127 which thou gavest^H5414 to them and to their fathers^H1.²⁶When the heaven^H8064 is shut up^H6113, and there is no rain^H4306, because they have sinned^H2398 against thee; yet if they pray^H6419 toward this place^H4725, and confess^H3034 thy name^H8034, and turn^H7725 from their sin^H2403, when thou dost afflict^H6031 them;²⁷Then hear^H8085 thou from heaven^H8064, and forgive^H5545 the sin^H2403 of thy servants^H5650, and of thy people^H5971 Israel^H3478, when thou hast taught^H3384 them the good^H2896 way^H1870, wherein they should walk^H3212; and send^H5414 rain^H4306 upon thy land^H776, which thou hast given^H5414 unto thy people^H5971 for an inheritance^H5159.²⁸If there be dearth^H7458 in the land^H776, if there be pestilence^H1698, if there be blasting^H7711, or mildew^H3420, locusts^H697, or caterpillers^H2625; if their enemies^H341 besiege^H6887 them in the cities^H8179 of their land^H776; whatsoever sore^H5061 or whatsoever sickness^H4245 there be:²⁹Then what prayer^H8605 or what supplication^H8467 soever shall be made of any man^H120, or of all thy people^H5971 Israel^H3478, when every one^H376 shall know^H3045 his own sore^H5061 and his own grief^H4341, and shall spread forth^H6566 his hands^H3709 in this house^H1004:³⁰Then hear^H8085 thou from heaven^H8064 thy dwelling^H3427 place^H4349, and forgive^H5545, and render^H5414 unto every man^H376 according unto all his ways^H1870, whose heart^H3824 thou knowest^H3045; (for thou only knowest^H3045 the hearts^H3824 of the children^H1121 of men^H120:)³¹That they may fear^H3372 thee, to walk^H3212 in thy ways^H1870, so long as^H3117 they live^{H2416 H6440} in the land^H127 which thou gavest^H5414 unto our fathers^H1.³²Moreover concerning the stranger^H5237, which is not of thy people^H5971 Israel^H3478, but is come^H935 from a far^H7350 country^H776 for thy great^H1419 name's^H8034 sake, and thy mighty^H2389 hand^H3027, and thy stretched out^H5186 arm^H2220; if they come^H935 and pray^H6419 in this house^H1004;³³Then hear^H8085 thou from the heavens^H8064, even from thy dwelling^H3427 place^H4349, and do^H6213 according to all that the stranger^H5237 calleth^H7121 to thee for; that all people^H5971 of the earth^H776 may know^H3045 thy name^H8034, and fear^H3372 thee, as doth thy people^H5971 Israel^H3478, and may know^H3045 that this house^H1004 which I have built^H1129 is called^H7121 by thy name^H8034.³⁴If thy people^H5971 go out^H3318 to war^H4421 against their enemies^H341 by the way^H1870 that thou shalt send^H7971 them, and they pray^H6419 unto thee toward^H1870 this city^H5892 which thou hast chosen^H977, and the house^H1004 which I have built^H1129 for thy name^H8034;³⁵Then hear^H8085 thou from the heavens^H8064 their prayer^H8605 and their supplication^H8467, and maintain^H6213 their cause^H4941.³⁶If they sin^H2398 against thee, (for there is no man^H120 which sinneth^H2398 not,) and thou be angry^H599 with them, and deliver^H5414 them over before^H6440 their enemies^H341, and they carry them away^H7617 captives^H7617 unto a land^H776 far off^H7350 or near^H7138;³⁷Yet if they bethink^{H7725 H3824} themselves in the land^H776 whither they are carried captive^H7617, and turn^H7725 and pray^H2603 unto thee in the land^H776 of their captivity^H7628, saying^H559, We have sinned^H2398, we have done amiss^H5753, and have dealt wickedly^H7561;³⁸If they return^H7725 to thee with all their heart^H3820 and with all their soul^H5315 in the land^H776 of their captivity^H7628, whither they have carried them captives^H7617, and pray^H6419 toward^H1870 their land^H776, which thou gavest^H5414 unto their fathers^H1, and toward the city^H5892 which thou hast chosen^H977, and toward the house^H1004 which I have built^H1129 for thy name^H8034:³⁹Then hear^H8085 thou from the heavens^H8064, even from thy dwelling^H3427 place^H4349, their prayer^H8605 and their supplications^H8467, and maintain^H6213 their cause^H4941, and forgive^H5545 thy people^H5971 which have sinned^H2398 against thee.⁴⁰Now, my God^H430, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes^H5869 be open^H6605, and let thine ears^H241 be attent^H7183 unto the prayer^H8605 that is made in this place^H4725.⁴¹Now therefore arise^H6965, O LORD^H3068 God^H430, into thy resting^H5118 place, thou, and the ark^H727 of thy strength^H5797: let thy priests^H3548, O LORD^H3068 God^H430, be clothed^H3847 with salvation^H8668, and let thy saints^H2623 rejoice^H8055 in goodness^H2896.⁴²O LORD^H3068 God^H430, turn not away^H7725 the face^H6440 of thine anointed^H4899: remember^H2142 the mercies^H2617 of David^H1732 thy servant^H5650.