Solomon's prayer at the

consecration of the temple.

I said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayetli 3 toward this place.

p Ex.15.11. De.4.39.

11 And in it have I put m the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the child-q ren of Israel.

12 T And n he stood before the altar of the LORD, in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:

13 (For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, of five cubits 1 long, and five cubits broad, and three oubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, o and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,)

14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is p no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which q keepest covenant, and showest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:

15 Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that

7.9. Ne. 1.5. Da.9.4. 1Ch.22.9.

s ver.4. t2Sa.7.12.16. 1Ki.2.4. 6.12.

2

a man be cut off. u Ps. 132.12.

v

Ex.29.45,

46. Ps.68.18.

w ch.2.6. Is.66.1. Ac.7.49.

≈ Ps. 121.4.

in.

3 or, pray.

which thou hast promised r him; y ch.30.27.

21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall 4 make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling-place, y even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.

22 T If a man sin against his neighbour, and 5 an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;

23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing z his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

21 T And if thy people Israel be 6 put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee 7 in this house;

25 Then a hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers. 26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, b because they have sinned against thee; yet

hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as

it is this day.

an oath
of him.

z 2Ki.9.26.

Ps. 10.14.

Je.28.16, 17. 51.56.

or, smitten.

16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised t him, saying, There shall not 2 fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel: yet so u that thy children take * or, toward. heed to their way to walk in my a Ps. 106.40law, as thou hast walked before me. 47. 17 Now then, O LORD God of Is-b1Ki. 17,&18. rael, let thy word be verified, which Is.5.6. thou hast spoken unto thy servant c Je.5.24. David. Eze.34.26.

18 (But will God in very deed dwell with v men on the earth? Behold, w heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which have built!)

19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:

Hos.2.21,22. ch.20.5-13.

e Joel 1.4,11. 2.25.

8 land of their gates. ch.32.24.

Ja.5. 13. g Ps.32.2-6.

142.1,2.

or, toward.

20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, h Ps.62.12. upon the place whereof thou hast

confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;

27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rainc upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.

28 ¶ If there be dearth d in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, e or caterpillars; if their enemies besiege them in the 8 cities of their land; whatsoever sore,f or whatsoever sickness there be :

29 Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his o own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands 9 in this house:

30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and h render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest

Solomon's prayer. the hearts of the children of men :)| 31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, 10 so long as they live 11 in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

B. C. 1004.

all the days

which. 11 upon the

His solemn sacrifice. face of thine anointed: remember the v mercies of David thy servant. CHAPTER VII.

God giveth to Solomon promises upon condition.

i

Jno. 10. 16. Ac.8.27-39. Ep.2.12, 13.

Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretchedout arm; if they come and pray ink Ps. 46.10. this house;

I Je. 10.7.

12 thy name

is called upon this house.

33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all k people of the earth may know m ch. 14.11, thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that 12 this house which I haven Ps.9.3,4. built is called by thy name.

12.

20.4,&c.

13 or, right. o Ec.7.20. Ja.3.2. 1Jno.1.8.

15

take them captives carry them

away.

bring back

to their heart.

34 If thy people go out to war m against their enemies by the way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which | 14 they that thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name; 35 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplition, and maintain their 13 cause. 36 If they sin against thee, (for o there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and 14 they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near; 37 Yet if they 15 bethink them-17 selves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, wet have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;

38 If p they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city q which thou hast chosen,and toward the house which I have built for thy name :

p Je.29. 12-14.

q Da.6.10.

r Da.9.16-19.

18 or, right. to the prayer of this place. Ps. 132.8,&c. 1Ch.28.2.

Is.66.1. u Ne.9.25. Ps.65.4,11. Zec.9.17.

v Is.55.3. (CHAP. 7.) a 1Ki.S.54,&c Ex.29.43.

Le.9.24. Ju.6.21. 1.Ki. 18 38. 1Ch.21.26. Mal.3.1,3. ch.5.13.14. Eze. 10.3,4. d ch.20.21. 1Ch.16.41. Ps. 103.17.

136.1.

came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt-offering and the sacrifices; and the glory c of the LORD filled the house.

2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house.

3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; ford his mercy endureth for

4 T Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

6 And the priests waited on their offices: thee Levites also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their 1 ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt-offerings, and the meatofferings, and the fat.

8 T Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath g unto the river of Egypt.

9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn 2 assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had showed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.

11 Thus h Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's

The queen of Sheba. fore the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters n also by their courses at every gate: for so 3 had David the man of God commanded.

15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures. 16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.

17 T Then o went Solomon to

Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, p at the

sea-side in the land of Edo:.

n 1Ch.9.17. 26.1.

o IKI.9.26,27. p Elath,

De.2.8.

7 Ec.2.8.

(CHAP. 9.)

a 1 Ki. 10. 1,&c

Mat. 12.42.

18 And q Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, r and brought them to b Pr. 18.4. king Solomon.

CHAPTER IX.

The queen of Sheba admireth the wis

dom of Solomon.

Lu. 11.31.

Ja.1.5.

1 or,

stones.

2 word.

c Ps.31. 19.

Pr.21.3.

i 1 Ki. 10. 11, almug.

2 And Solomon told her all b her questions: and there was nothing ƒ Ps.72. 10,15. lid from Solomon which he told g Ec.2.8. hier not. 3 And when the queen of Sheba h ch.8.18. had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, 4 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his 1 cup-bearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

4 highways,

or, stays. k Ps.92.3. Re.5.8. 14.2.

Z Ps.68.29.

5 And she said to the king, It was a true 2 report which I heard in 5 or, capmine own land of thine 3 acts, and tains. of thy wisdom: m ch. 12.9,10.

6 Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes n 1Ki.7.2. had seen it: and, behold, the cone 6 hands. half of the greatness of thy wisdom

was not told me: for thou exceed-7 shut up. est the fame that I heard.

7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

8 Blessedd be the LORD thy God,

14 Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia, and 5 governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

15 T And king Solomon made two hundred targets m of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.

16 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house n of the forest of Lebanon. 17 ¶ Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and 6 stays on each side of the sitting-place, and two lions standing by the stays:

19 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.

20 ¶ And all the drinking-vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of 7 pure gold: 8 none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

21 For the king's ships went to

Solomon's reign and death.

Ten tribes revolt.

ram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

9

22 And o king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

or, elephants' teeth.

4.30,&c.

23 T And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom that God P Ge.15.18. had put in his heart.

24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

25 T And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the chariotcities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

26 And he reigned p over all the kings from the 10 river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

Q

27 And the king 11 made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the low plains in bundance.

1 Kİ,4.21.
Ps.72.8.

10 j. e. Eu-
phrates.
q ch.1.15-17.
1 Ki. 10.27,

11

gave.

&c.

12 words.

s 1Ki.11.29.

t ch. 12. 15. 13.22.

23 And they brought unto Solomon (CHAP. 10.) horses out of Egypt, and out of all a 1Ki. 12.1, lands.

&C.

ND a Rehoboam went to She-g Pr. 15.1. chem: b for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king. 2 And it came to pass, whenc Jeroboam the son of Nebat, (who was in Egypt, whither he had fled i Pr. 19.27. from the presence of Solomon the king,) heard it, that Jeroboam re-j Is.30. 12,13. turned out of Egypt.

3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came und spake to Rehoboam, saying,

10 And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.

11 For whereas my father 1 put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.

13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboami forsook the counsel of the old men,

14 And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father. chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

15 Soj the king hearkened not unto the people: fork the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake l by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

16 T And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, m What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.

17 But as for the children of Israel