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6:9. But thou shalt not build the house, but thy son, who shall come out
of thy loins, he shall build a house to my name.
6:10. The Lord therefore hath accomplished his word which he spoke: and
I am risen up in the place of David my father, and sit upon the throne
of Israel, as the Lord promised: and have built a house to the name of
the Lord God of Israel.
6:11. And I have put in it the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord,
which he made with the children of Israel.
6:12. And he stood before the altar of the Lord, in presence of all the
multitude of Israel, and stretched forth his hands.
6:13. For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, and had set it in the
midst of the temple, which was five cubits long, and five cubits broad,
and three cubits high: and he stood upon it: then kneeling down in the
presence of all the multitude of Israel, and lifting up his hands
towards heaven,
6:14. He said: O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in heaven
nor in earth: who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants, that
walk before thee with all their hearts:
6:15. Who hast performed to thy servant David my father all that thou
hast promised him: and hast accomplished in fact, what thou hast spoken
with thy mouth, as also the present time proveth.
6:16. Now then, O Lord God of Israel, fulfil to thy servant David my
father, whatsoever thou hast promised him, saying: There shall not fail
thee a man in my sight, to sit upon the throne of Israel: yet so that
thy children take heed to their ways, and walk in my law, as thou hast
walked before me.
6:17. And now, Lord God of Israel, let thy word be established which
thou hast spoken to thy servant David.
6:18. Is it credible then that God should dwell with men on the earth?
If heaven and the heavens of heavens do not contain thee, how much less
this house, which I have built?
6:19. But to this end only it is made, that thou mayest regard the
prayer of thy servant and his supplication, O Lord my God: and mayest
hear the prayers which thy servant poureth out before thee.
6:20. That thou mayest open thy eyes upon this house day and night, upon
the place wherein thou hast promised that thy name should be called
upon,
6:21. And that thou wouldst hear the prayer which thy servant prayeth in
it: hearken then to the prayers of thy servant, and of thy people
Israel. Whosoever shall pray in its place, hear thou from thy dwelling
place, that is, from heaven, and shew mercy.
6:22. If any man sin against his neighbour, and come to swear against
him, and bind himself with a curse before the altar in this house:
6:23. Then hear thou from heaven, and do justice to thy servants, so to
requite the wicked by making his wickedness fall upon his own head, and
to revenge the just, rewarding him according to his justice.
6:24. If thy people Israel be overcome by their enemies, (for they will
sin against thee,) and being converted shall do penance, and call upon
thy name, and pray to thee in this place,
6:25. Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people
Israel and bring them back into the land which thou gavest to them, and
their fathers.
6:26. If the heavens be shut up, and there fall no rain by reason of the
sin of the people, and they shall pray to thee in this place, and
confess to thy name, and be converted from their sins, where thou dost
afflict them,
6:27. Then hear thou from heaven, O Lord, and forgive the sins of thy
servants and of thy people Israel and teach them the good way in which
they may walk: and give rain to thy land which thou hast given to thy
people to possess.
6:28. If a famine arise in the land, or a pestilence or blasting, or
mildew, or locusts, or caterpillars: or if their enemies waste the
country, and besiege the cities, whatsoever scourge or infirmity shall
be upon them:
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