1 Kings 8

1 Then Solomon assembles the elderly of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, princes of the fathers of the sons of Israel, to King Solomon, to Jerusalem, to bring up the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH from the City of David—it [is] Zion;

then to gather Solomon [obj] old: elder Israel [obj] all head: leader [the] tribe leader [the] father to/for son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) [the] king Solomon Jerusalem to/for to ascend: establish [obj] ark covenant LORD from city David he/she/it Zion

2 and all the men of Israel are assembled to King Solomon, in the month of Ethanim, in the festival (the seventh month).

and to gather to(wards) [the] king Solomon all man Israel in/on/with month [the] Ethanim in/on/with feast he/she/it [the] month [the] seventh

3 And all [the] elderly of Israel come in, and the priests lift up the Ark,

and to come (in): come all old: elder Israel and to lift: raise [the] priest [obj] [the] ark

4 and bring up the Ark of YHWH, and the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy vessels that [are] in the tent, indeed, the priests and the Levites bring them up.

and to ascend: establish [obj] ark LORD and [obj] tent meeting and [obj] all article/utensil [the] holiness which in/on/with tent and to ascend: establish [obj] them [the] priest and [the] Levi

5 And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel who are assembled to him [are] with him before the Ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that are not counted nor numbered for multitude.

and [the] king Solomon and all congregation Israel [the] to appoint upon him with him to/for face: before [the] ark to sacrifice flock and cattle which not to recount and not to count from abundance

6 And the priests bring in the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH to its place, to the oracle of the house, to the Holy of Holies, to the place of the wings of the cherubim;

and to come (in): bring [the] priest [obj] ark covenant LORD to(wards) place his to(wards) sanctuary [the] house: home to(wards) Most Holy Place [the] Most Holy Place to(wards) underneath: under wing [the] cherub

7 for the cherubim are spreading forth two wings to the place of the Ark, and the cherubim cover over the Ark, and over its poles from above;

for [the] cherub to spread wing to(wards) place [the] ark and to cover [the] cherub upon [the] ark and upon alone: pole his from to/for above [to]

8 and they lengthen the poles, and the heads of the poles are seen from the holy [place] on the front of the oracle, and are not seen outside, and they are there to this day.

and to prolong [the] alone: pole and to see: see head: top [the] alone: pole from [the] Holy Place upon face: before [the] sanctuary and not to see: see [the] outside [to] and to be there till [the] day [the] this

9 There is nothing in the Ark, only the two tablets of stone which Moses put there in Horeb when YHWH covenanted with the sons of Israel in their going out of the land of Egypt.

nothing in/on/with ark except two tablet [the] stone which to rest there Moses in/on/with Horeb which to cut: make(covenant) LORD with son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with to come out: come they from land: country/planet Egypt

10 And it comes to pass, in the going out of the priests from the holy [place], that the cloud has filled the house of YHWH,

and to be in/on/with to come out: come [the] priest from [the] Holy Place and [the] cloud to fill [obj] house: temple LORD

11 and the priests have not been able to stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of YHWH has filled the house of YHWH.

and not be able [the] priest to/for to stand: stand to/for to minister from face: because [the] cloud for to fill glory LORD [obj] house: temple LORD

12 Then Solomon said, “YHWH has said [He is] to dwell in thick darkness;

then to say Solomon LORD to say to/for to dwell in/on/with cloud

13 I have surely built a house of habitation for You; a fixed place for Your abiding for all ages.”

to build to build house: home elevation to/for you foundation to/for to dwell you forever: enduring

14 And the king turns his face around, and blesses the whole assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel is standing.

and to turn: turn [the] king [obj] face his and to bless [obj] all assembly Israel and all assembly Israel to stand: stand

15 And he says, “Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, who spoke by His mouth with my father David, and by His hand has fulfilled [it], saying,

and to say to bless LORD God Israel which to speak: speak in/on/with lip his with David father my and in/on/with hand: power his to fill to/for to say

16 From the day that I brought out My people, even Israel, from Egypt, I have not fixed on a city out of all the tribes of Israel, to build a house for My Name being there; and I fix on David to be over My people Israel.

from [the] day which to come out: send [obj] people my [obj] Israel from Egypt not to choose in/on/with city from all tribe Israel to/for to build house: home to/for to be name my there and to choose in/on/with David to/for to be upon people my Israel

17 And it is with the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of YHWH, God of Israel,

and to be with heart David father my to/for to build house: home to/for name LORD God Israel

18 and YHWH says to my father David, Because that it has been with your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well that it has been with your heart;

and to say LORD to(wards) David father my because which to be with heart your to/for to build house: home to/for name my be pleasing for to be with heart your

19 only, you do not build the house, but your son who is coming out from your loins, he builds the house for My Name.

except you(m. s.) not to build [the] house: home that if: except if: except son: child your [the] to come out: produce from loin your he/she/it to build [the] house: home to/for name my

20 And YHWH establishes His word which He spoke, and I am risen up instead of my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as YHWH spoke, and build the house for the Name of YHWH, God of Israel,

and to arise: establish LORD [obj] word: promised his which to speak: promise and to arise: rise underneath: instead David father my and to dwell upon throne Israel like/as as which to speak: promise LORD and to build [the] house: home to/for name LORD God Israel

21 and I set a place for the Ark there, where the covenant of YHWH [is], which He made with our fathers in His bringing them out from the land of Egypt.”

and to set: put there place to/for ark which there covenant LORD which to cut: make(covenant) with father our in/on/with to come out: send he [obj] them from land: country/planet Egypt

22 And Solomon stands before the altar of YHWH, in front of all the assembly of Israel, and spreads his hands toward the heavens,

and to stand: stand Solomon to/for face: before altar LORD before all assembly Israel and to spread palm his [the] heaven

23 and says, “YHWH, God of Israel, there is not a God like You, in the heavens above and on the earth below, keeping the covenant and the kindness for Your servants, those walking before You with all their heart,

and to say LORD God Israel nothing like you God in/on/with heaven from above and upon [the] land: country/planet from underneath: under to keep: obey [the] covenant and [the] kindness to/for servant/slave your [the] to go: walk to/for face: before your in/on/with all heart their

24 which You have kept for Your servant, my father David, that which You spoke to him; indeed, You speak with Your mouth, and with Your hand have fulfilled [it], as [at] this day.

which to keep: obey to/for servant/slave your David father my [obj] which to speak: promise to/for him and to speak: speak in/on/with lip your and in/on/with hand: power your to fill like/as day: today [the] this

25 And now, YHWH, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, that which You spoke to him, saying, A man of yours is never cut off from before My face, sitting on the throne of Israel—only, if your sons watch their way, to walk before Me as you have walked before Me.

and now LORD God Israel to keep: guard to/for servant/slave your David father my [obj] which to speak: promise to/for him to/for to say not to cut: lack to/for you man from to/for face: before my to dwell upon throne Israel except if to keep: careful son: descendant/people your [obj] way: conduct their to/for to go: walk to/for face: before my like/as as which to go: walk to/for face: before my

26 And now, O God of Israel, please let Your word be established which You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.

and now God Israel be faithful please (word your *Q(K)*) which to speak: speak to/for servant/slave your David father my

27 But is it true [that] God dwells on the earth? Behold, the heavens and the heavens of the heavens cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built!

for truly to dwell God upon [the] land: country/planet behold [the] heaven and heaven [the] heaven not to sustain you also for [the] house: home [the] this which to build

28 Then You have turned to the prayer of Your servant, and to his supplication, O YHWH my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant is praying before You today,

and to turn to(wards) prayer servant/slave your and to(wards) supplication his LORD God my to/for to hear: hear to(wards) [the] cry and to(wards) [the] prayer which servant/slave your to pray to/for face: before your [the] day: today

29 for Your eyes being open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which You have said, My Name is there; to listen to the prayer which Your servant prays toward this place.

to/for to be eye your to open to(wards) [the] house: home [the] this night and day to(wards) [the] place which to say to be name my there to/for to hear: hear to(wards) [the] prayer which to pray servant/slave your to(wards) [the] place [the] this

30 Then You have listened to the supplication of Your servant, and of Your people Israel, which they pray toward this place; indeed, You listen in the place of Your dwelling, in the heavens—and You have listened, and have forgiven,

and to hear: hear to(wards) supplication servant/slave your and people your Israel which to pray to(wards) [the] place [the] this and you(m. s.) to hear: hear to(wards) place to dwell you to(wards) [the] heaven and to hear: hear and to forgive

31 that which a man sins against his neighbor, and he has lifted up an oath on him to cause him to swear, and the oath has come in before Your altar in this house,

[obj] which to sin man: anyone to/for neighbor his and to exact in/on/with him oath to/for to swear him and to come (in): come to swear to/for face: before altar your in/on/with house: home [the] this

32 then You hear in the heavens, and have done, and have judged Your servants, to declare wicked the wicked, to put his way on his [own] head, and to declare righteous the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

and you(m. s.) to hear: hear [the] heaven and to make: do and to judge [obj] servant/slave your to/for be wicked wicked to/for to give: give way: conduct his in/on/with head his and to/for to justify righteous to/for to give: give to/for him like/as righteousness his

33 In Your people Israel being struck before an enemy, because they sin against You, and they have turned back to You, and have confessed Your Name, and prayed, and made supplication to You in this house,

in/on/with to strike people your Israel to/for face: before enemy which to sin to/for you and to return: again to(wards) you and to give thanks [obj] name your and to pray and be gracious to(wards) you in/on/with house: home [the] this

34 then you hear in the heavens, and have forgiven the sin of Your people Israel, and brought them back to the ground that You gave to their fathers.

and you(m. s.) to hear: hear [the] heaven and to forgive to/for sin people your Israel and to return: return them to(wards) [the] land: soil which to give: give to/for father their

35 In the heavens being restrained, and there is no rain, because they sin against You, and they have prayed toward this place, and confessed Your Name, and turn back from their sin, for You afflict them,

in/on/with to restrain heaven and not to be rain for to sin to/for you and to pray to(wards) [the] place [the] this and to give thanks [obj] name your and from sin their to return: repent [emph?] for to afflict them

36 then You hear in the heavens, and have forgiven the sin of Your servants, and of Your people Israel, for You direct them [to] the good way in which they go, and have given rain on Your land which You have given to Your people for inheritance.

and you(m. s.) to hear: hear [the] heaven and to forgive to/for sin servant/slave your and people your Israel for to show them [obj] [the] way: conduct [the] pleasant which to go: walk in/on/with her and to give: give rain upon land: country/planet your which to give: give to/for people your to/for inheritance

37 Famine—when it is in the land; pestilence—when it is [in the land]; blasting, mildew, locust; caterpillar—when it is [in the land]; when its enemy has distressed it in the land [in] its gates, any plague, any sickness—

famine for to be in/on/with land: country/planet pestilence for to be blight mildew locust locust for to be for to constrain to/for him enemy his in/on/with land: country/planet gate his all plague all sickness

38 any prayer, any supplication that [is] of any man of all Your people Israel, each who knows the plague of his own heart, and has spread his hands toward this house,

all prayer all supplication which to be to/for all [the] man to/for all people your Israel which to know [emph?] man: anyone plague heart his and to spread palm his to(wards) [the] house: home [the] this

39 then You hear in the heavens, the settled place of Your dwelling, and have forgiven, and have done, and have given to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know (for You have known—You alone—the heart of all the sons of man),

and you(m. s.) to hear: hear [the] heaven foundation to dwell you and to forgive and to make: do and to give: give to/for man like/as all way: journey his which to know [obj] heart his for you(m. s.) to know to/for alone you [obj] heart all son: child [the] man

40 so that they fear You all the days that they are living on the face of the ground that You have given to our fathers.

because to fear you all [the] day which they(masc.) alive upon face: surface [the] land: soil which to give: give to/for father our

41 And also, to the stranger who is not of Your people Israel, and has come from a far-off land for Your Name’s sake—

and also to(wards) [the] foreign which not from people your Israel he/she/it and to come (in): come from land: country/planet distant because name your

42 for they hear of Your great Name, and of Your strong hand, and of Your outstretched arm—and he has come in and prayed toward this house,

for to hear: hear [emph?] [obj] name your [the] great: large and [obj] hand: power your [the] strong and arm your [the] to stretch and to come (in): come and to pray to(wards) [the] house: home [the] this

43 You hear in the heavens, the settled place of Your dwelling, and have done according to all that the stranger calls to You for, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your Name, to fear You like Your people Israel, and to know that Your Name has been called on this house which I have built.

you(m. s.) to hear: hear [the] heaven foundation to dwell you and to make: do like/as all which to call: call to to(wards) you [the] foreign because to know [emph?] all people [the] land: country/planet [obj] name your to/for to fear [obj] you like/as people your Israel and to/for to know for name your to call: call by upon [the] house: home [the] this which to build

44 When Your people go out to battle against its enemy, in the way that You send them, and they have prayed to YHWH [in] the way of the city which you have fixed on, and of the house which I have built for Your Name,

for to come out: come people your to/for battle upon enemy his in/on/with way: journey which to send: depart them and to pray to(wards) LORD way: direction [the] city which to choose in/on/with her and [the] house: home which to build to/for name your

45 then You have heard their prayer and their supplication in the heavens, and have maintained their cause.

and to hear: hear [the] heaven [obj] prayer their and [obj] supplication their and to make: do justice their

46 When they sin against You (for there is not a man who does not sin), and You have been angry with them, and have given them up before an enemy, and they have taken captive their captivity to the land of the enemy far off or near;

for to sin to/for you for nothing man which not to sin and be angry in/on/with them and to give: give them to/for face: before enemy and to take captive them to take captive them to(wards) land: country/planet [the] enemy distant or near

47 and they have turned [it] back to their heart in the land to where they have been taken captive, and have turned back, and made supplication to You in the land of their captors, saying, We have sinned and done perversely—we have done wickedly;

and to return: recall to(wards) heart their in/on/with land: country/planet which to take captive there and to return: repent and be gracious to(wards) you in/on/with land: country/planet to take captive them to/for to say to sin and to pervert be wicked

48 indeed, they have turned back to You with all their heart and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and have prayed to You [in] the way of their land, which You gave to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your Name:

and to return: repent to(wards) you in/on/with all heart their and in/on/with all soul their in/on/with land: country/planet enemy their which to take captive [obj] them and to pray to(wards) you way: direction land: country/planet their which to give: give to/for father their [the] city which to choose and [the] house: home which (to build *Q(K)*) to/for name your

49 then You have heard in the heavens, the settled place of Your dwelling, their prayer and their supplication, and have maintained their cause,

and to hear: hear [the] heaven foundation to dwell you [obj] prayer their and [obj] supplication their and to make: do justice their

50 and have forgiven Your people who have sinned against You, even all their transgressions which they have transgressed against You, and have given them mercies before their captors, and they have had mercy [on] them—

and to forgive to/for people your which to sin to/for you and to/for all transgression their which to transgress in/on/with you and to give: give them to/for compassion to/for face: before to take captive them and to have compassion them

51 for they [are] Your people and Your inheritance, whom You brought out of Egypt, out of the midst of the furnace of iron—

for people your and inheritance your they(masc.) which to come out: send from Egypt from midst furnace [the] iron

52 for Your eyes being open to the supplication of Your servant, and to the supplication of Your people Israel, to listen to them in all they call to You for;

to/for to be eye your to open to(wards) supplication servant/slave your and to(wards) supplication people your Israel to/for to hear: hear to(wards) them in/on/with all to call: call to they to(wards) you

53 for You have separated them to Yourself for an inheritance, out of all the peoples of the earth, as You spoke by the hand of Your servant Moses, in Your bringing out our fathers from Egypt, O Lord YHWH.”

for you(m. s.) to separate them to/for you to/for inheritance from all people [the] land: country/planet like/as as which to speak: promise in/on/with hand: by Moses servant/slave your in/on/with to come out: send you [obj] father our from Egypt Lord YHWH/God

54 And it comes to pass, at Solomon’s finishing to pray to YHWH all this prayer and supplication, he has risen from before the altar of YHWH, from bending on his knees and [having] his hands spread out to the heavens,

and to be like/as to end: finish Solomon to/for to pray to(wards) LORD [obj] all [the] prayer and [the] supplication [the] this to arise: rise from to/for face: before altar LORD from to bow upon knee his and palm his to spread [the] heaven

55 and he stands and blesses all the assembly of Israel [with] a loud voice, saying,

and to stand: stand and to bless [obj] all assembly Israel voice great: large to/for to say

56 “Blessed [is] YHWH who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He has spoken; not [even] one word has fallen of all His good word, which He spoke by the hand of His servant Moses.

to bless LORD which to give: give resting to/for people his Israel like/as all which to speak: promise not to fall: fail word one from all word his [the] pleasant which to speak: promise in/on/with hand: by Moses servant/slave his

57 Our God YHWH is with us as He has been with our fathers; He does not forsake us nor leave us;

to be LORD God our with us like/as as which to be with father our not to leave: forsake us and not to leave us

58 to incline our heart to Himself, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commands, and His statutes, and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers;

to/for to stretch heart our to(wards) him to/for to go: walk in/on/with all way: conduct his and to/for to keep: obey commandment his and statute: decree his and justice: judgement his which to command [obj] father our

59 and these, my words, with which I have made supplication before YHWH, are near to our God YHWH by day and by night, to maintain the cause of His servant, and the cause of His people Israel, the matter of a day in its day,

and to be word my these which be gracious to/for face: before LORD near to(wards) LORD God our by day and night to/for to make: do justice servant/slave his and justice people his Israel word: thing day: daily in/on/with day: daily his

60 that all the peoples of the earth may know that He, YHWH, [is] God; there is none else;

because to know all people [the] land: country/planet for LORD he/she/it [the] God nothing still

61 and your heart has been perfect with our God YHWH, to walk in His statutes, and to keep His commands, as [at] this day.”

and to be heart your complete with LORD God our to/for to go: walk in/on/with statute: decree his and to/for to keep: obey commandment his like/as day: today [the] this

62 And the king and all Israel with him are sacrificing a sacrifice before YHWH;

and [the] king and all Israel with him to sacrifice sacrifice to/for face: before LORD

63 and Solomon sacrifices the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he has sacrificed to YHWH: twenty-two thousand oxen and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep; and the king and all the sons of Israel dedicate the house of YHWH.

and to sacrifice Solomon [obj] sacrifice [the] peace offering which to sacrifice to/for LORD cattle twenty and two thousand and flock hundred and twenty thousand and to dedicate [obj] house: temple LORD [the] king and all son: descendant/people Israel

64 On that day the king has sanctified the middle of the court that [is] before the house of YHWH, for he has made the burnt-offering, and the present, and the fat of the peace-offerings there; for the altar of bronze that [is] before YHWH [is] too small to contain the burnt-offering, and the present, and the fat of the peace-offerings.

in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to consecrate: consecate [the] king [obj] midst [the] court which to/for face: before house: temple LORD for to make: offer there [obj] [the] burnt offering and [obj] [the] offering and [obj] fat [the] peace offering for altar [the] bronze which to/for face: before LORD small from to sustain [obj] [the] burnt offering and [obj] [the] offering and [obj] fat [the] peace offering

65 And Solomon makes, at that time, the festival—and all Israel with him, a great assembly from the entering in of Hamath to the Brook of Egypt—before our God YHWH, [for] seven days and seven [more] days—fourteen days.

and to make: do Solomon in/on/with time [the] he/she/it [obj] [the] feast and all Israel with him assembly great: large from Lebo Hamath till Brook (Brook of) Egypt to/for face: before LORD God our seven day and seven day four ten day

66 On the eighth day he has sent the people away, and they bless the king, and go to their tents, rejoicing and glad of heart for all the good that YHWH has done to His servant David, and to His people Israel.

in/on/with day [the] eighth to send: depart [obj] [the] people and to bless [obj] [the] king and to go: went to/for tent: home their glad and pleasant heart upon all [the] welfare which to make: do LORD to/for David servant/slave his and to/for Israel people his