from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that he calleth unto thee, that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as do thy people Israel, and know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

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

Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication from heaven, and restore them to their right.

If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them up before their enemies, that they may carry them away captives into a far
country, or into a near country,

And they turn in their hearts in the land wherein they are captives within, and turn and cry unto thee in the land of their captivity, and say: We have sinned, and transgressed, and been ungodly,

And they shall turn unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they are carried captive, and shall pray toward the way of their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and 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 from heaven, from thy dwelling place, and restore them to their right, and have mercy on thy people which have sinned against thee.

Therefore, O my God, let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayer in this place.

Therefore arise, O LORD God, to your rest, you and the ark of your power! Let your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and your saints rejoice in the good!

Thou, O LORD GOD, turn not away the face of thine anointed; remember the mercy promised to thy servant David.
(2 Chronicles)
Chapter 7
Dedication of the temple completed.

And it came to pass, when Solomon had prayed, that fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and other sacrifices. And the glory of the LORD filled the house,

That the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD
filled the LORD’S house.

And all the children of Israel saw the fire come down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, and fell on their knees with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and gave thanks unto the LORD, because he is good, and his mercy endureth for ever.

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

For king Solomon offered twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: and they dedicated the house of God, both the king, and all the people.

And the priests stood in their guard, and the Levites with the instruments of the LORD, which David the king had made to thank the LORD for his mercy for ever, with the psalms of David by their hand: and the priests blew the trumpets against them, and all Israel stood.

And Solomon sanctified the middle court, which was before the house of the LORD: for there he had offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings. For the brasen altar which Solomon had made could not bear all the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.

And Solomon kept a feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from Hemath even unto the river of Egypt.

And on the eighth day they held an assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast also seven days.

And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people into their tents rejoicing and in good cheer for all the good that the LORD had done for David, Solomon, and his people Israel.

So Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all that came into his heart to make blessed the house of the LORD, and his house.

And the LORD appeared unto Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place for me to sacrifice in.

Behold, if I shut up the heavens, that there be no rain, or let the locusts devour the land, or let a pestilence come among my people,

That they may humble my people, which are called by my name, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; and I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Let mine eyes therefore be open, and mine ears attentive unto prayer in this place.

I have therefore chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: mine eyes and mine heart shall be there for ever.

And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, to do all that I command thee, and to keep my commandments and my statutes,

Then will I confirm the throne of thy kingdom, as I joined myself unto David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to rule over Israel.

But if ye will return, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them, ye shall be ashamed, 20. And I will root them up out of my land, which I have given them: and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it a proverb, and a fable among all people.

And before this house, which is become the highest, all they that pass by shall be astonished, saying, Why hath the LORD thus gone with this land, and with this house?

And it shall be said, Because they have forsaken the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them up out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, and worshipped them, and served them; therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
(2 Chronicles)
Chapter 8
Solomon’s city building, rule, sacrifice, and ships.

And after twenty years, in the which Solomon built the house of the LORD, and his house, 2. He also built the cities which Huram gave to Solomon, and made the children of Israel to dwell therein.

And Solomon went to Hemath-zobah, and fortified it;

And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the cities of corn which he built in Hemath.

And he built Upper Bethhoron and Lower Bethhoron, which were strong cities, with walls, and doors, and bars,

And Baelath, and all the corn cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and all the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build, both at Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

All the rest of the people of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,

And their children which they left behind them in the land, whom the children of Israel had not destroyed, Solomon made to pay interest unto this day.

But of the children of Israel Solomon made not servants for his work, but they were men of war, and over his princes, and over his chariots, and over his horsemen.

And of the chief officers of king Solomon were two hundred and fifty, which ruled over the people.

And Solomon brought up Pharaoh’s daughter out of the city of David into the house which he had built for her. For he said, My wife shall not dwell with me in the house of David king of Israel: for it is holy, because the ark of the LORD is come therein.

From that time Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the hall,

To offer every one of them upon his day, according to the commandment of Moses, upon the sabbaths, and upon the new moons, and upon the appointed times of the year, three times, even upon the feast of unleavened bread, and upon the feast of weeks, and upon the feast of tabernacles.

And he set the priests in their charge, according to the order of David his father; and the Levites in their charge, to praise and to minister before the priests, every one in his day; and the porters in their charge, every one in his gate. For so David the man of God commanded.

And there was no departure from the king’s commandment concerning the priests and the Levites in all things, and in the treasures.

Thus was all Solomon’s work prepared from the day that the house of the LORD was
founded, until he had finished it, that the house of the LORD was fully prepared.

And Solomon went to Ezeongeber, and to Eloth by the sea side in the land of Edomaea.

And Huram sent him ships by his servants that knew the sea, and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought it to king Solomon.
(2 Chronicles)
Chapter 9
Solomon gifted by the queen from Arabia, has a large income.

And when the queen of Arabia heard the report of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem with a very great witness, with camels laden with spices, and with gold, and with precious stones, to tempt Solomon with riddles. And when she came to Solomon, she spake unto him all things that she had