heart of all the children of men;

That they may fear thee alway, as long as they dwell in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

Though a stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, come from a far country for thy name’s sake

(for they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thy outstretched arm), and come to pray before this house,

Then hear thou in heaven, in the habitation of thy dwelling, and do according to all that the stranger calleth unto thee, that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know how that house is called by thy name, which I have built.

When thy people go forth to battle against their enemies of the way which thou shalt send them, and they shall pray unto the LORD by the way of the city which thou hast chosen, and by the house which I have built for thy name,

then thou wilt hear their prayer and supplication in heaven, and wilt establish justice.

If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and give them up before their enemies, that they may carry them captive into the enemy’s country, far or near,

And they shall smite in their hearts in the land wherein they are captives, and shall be converted, and shall cry unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying: We have sinned and transgressed, and have been ungodly;

And they turn unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, which they have carried away, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:

Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven, from thy dwelling place, and do
justice,

And be merciful unto thy people that have sinned against thee, and to all their transgressions, that they have transgressed against thee; and have mercy upon them that hold them captive, and have compassion on them.

For they are thy people and thine inheritance, whom thou hast brought out of Egypt out of the iron furnace;

That thine eyes may be open unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, that thou mayest hear them in all things wherefore they call upon thee.

For thou hast separated them unto thee for an inheritance out of all the people of the earth, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest up our fathers out of Egypt, O LORD, O LORD.

And when Solomon had prayed all this prayer and supplication before the LORD, he arose from the altar of the LORD, and left off kneeling, and spreading out his hands toward heaven.

And he stood there, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying: 56. Blessed be the LORD, which hath given rest unto his people Israel, as he spake. Not one of his good words, which he spake by his servant Moses, hath perished.

May the LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. Let him not forsake us, nor withdraw his hand from us,

To incline our hearts unto him, that we may walk in all his ways, and keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.

And these words, which I have prayed before the LORD, must come near unto the LORD our God day and night, to do judgment unto his servant, and to do judgment unto his people Israel, every one in his season,

That all the nations of the earth may know that the LORD is GOD, and none more.

And let your heart be righteous with the LORD our God, to walk in his customs, and to keep his commandments, as it is this day.

And the king and all Israel offered sacrifices before the LORD.

And Solomon offered peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So they dedicated the house of the LORD, the king, and all the children of Israel.

And the king consecrated the middle court that was before the house of the LORD the same day, to set there the burnt offering, and the meat offering, and the fat of the peace offerings.
For the brass altar that stood before the LORD was too small for the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the fat of the peace offerings.

And Solomon made a feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the border of Hemath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days; which was fourteen days.

And he sent the people away the eighth day. And they blessed the king, and went unto their tents rejoicing, and of good cheer, because of all the good that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
(1 Kings)
Chapter 9
The Lord appears to Solomon the second time. Fortified Cities. Navigation.

And when Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all that he desired and longed to do, he began to build the house of the LORD.

The Lord appeared unto him the second time, as he appeared unto him in Gibeon.

And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, which thou hast made before me, and have sanctified this house, which thou hast built to put my name there for ever: mine eyes and mine heart shall be there for ever.

And thou, if thou walk before me as David thy father walked, with a righteous heart and uprightness, to do all that I have commanded thee, and to keep my commandments and my statutes,

Then will I confirm the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I spake unto David thy father, saying, There shall no man fail thee from the throne of Israel.

But if ye turn away from me behind, ye and your children, and keep not my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them, 7. Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and the house which I have hallowed for my name will I forsake out of my sight: and Israel shall be a proverb and a fable among all people;

And the house shall be pulled down; and all that pass by shall be astonished, and shall blaspheme, and say, Why hath the LORD done this thing unto this land, and unto this house?

And they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the LORD their God, which brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought all this evil upon them.

And it came to pass, when the twenty years were expired, in the which Solomon built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king’s house,

And when Hiram king of Tyre had brought Solomon cedar trees, and fir trees, and gold, according to all that he desired, king Solomon gave unto Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

And Hiram went out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they pleased him not.

And said, What are these cities, my brother, which thou hast given me? And called them the land of Kabul unto this day.

And Hiram had sent unto the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold.

And the same is the sum of the increase which king Solomon began to build the house of the LORD, and his house, and Millo, and the walls of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gaser.

For Pharaoh king of Egypt had come up, and taken Gase, and burned it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter Solomon’s wife.

So Solomon built Gaser, and the lower Beth-horon.

And Baelath and Tamar in the wilderness of the land.

And all the cities of the granaries which Solomon had, and all the cities of the chariots, and the cities of the horsemen, and whatsoever he pleased to build, in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

And all the rest of the people of the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel, 21. The same children which they left behind them in the land, whom the children of Israel could not utterly destroy, Solomon made to pay interest unto this day.

But of the children of Israel made he not servants, but made them men of war, and his servants, and princes, and knights, and over his chariots, and horsemen.

And the officers that were over Solomon’s business were five hundred and fifty, which ruled over the people, and did the business.

And Pharaoh’s daughter went up from the city of David unto her house, which he had built for her. And he built Millo also.

And Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings three times in the year upon the altar which he had built unto the LORD, and burnt incense upon it before the LORD. And the house was finished.

And Solomon also made ships at Ezeon-giver, which is by Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.

And Hiram sent his servants