1 Kings 8

1 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

And it came to pass when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord and his own house after twenty years, then king Solomon assembled all the elders of Israel in Sion, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, this is Sion,

2 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

in the month of Athanin.

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

And the priests took up the ark,

4 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

and the tabernacle of testimony, and the holy furniture that was in the tabernacle of testimony.

5 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

And the king and all Israel [were occupied] before the ark, sacrificing sheep [and] oxen, without number.

6 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

And the priests bring in the ark into its place, into the oracle of the house, even into the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubs.

7 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]

For the cherubs spread out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs covered the ark and its holy things above.

8 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

And the holy staves projected, and the ends of the holy staves appeared out of the holy places in front of the oracle, and were not seen without.

9 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

There was nothing in the ark except the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which Moses put [there] in Choreb, which [tables] the Lord made [as a covenant] with the children of Israel in their going forth from the land of Egypt.

10 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

And it came to pass when the priests departed out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house.

11 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

And the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, because the glory of the Lord filled the house.

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

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

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

And the king turned his face, and the king blessed all Israel, (and the whole assembly of Israel stood: )

15 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

and he said, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel to-day, who spoke by his mouth concerning David my father, and has fulfilled it with his hands, saying,

16 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

From the day that I brought out my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in [any] one tribe of Israel to build a house, so that my name should be there: but I chose Jerusalem that my name should be there, and I chose David to be over my people Israel.

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

And it was in the heart of my father to build a house to the name of the Lord God of Israel.

18 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

And the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as it came into thine heart to build a house to my name, thou didst well that it came upon thine heart.

19 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

Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house, but thy son that has proceeded out of thy bowels, he shall build the house to my name.

20 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

And the Lord has confirmed the word that he spoke, and I am risen up in the place of my father David, and I have sat down on the throne of Israel, as the Lord spoke, and I have built the house to the name of the Lord God of Israel.

21 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

And I have set there a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord, which the Lord made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

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

And Solomon stood up in front of the altar before all the congregation of Israel; and he spread out his hands toward heaven:

23 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

and he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in heaven above and on the earth beneath, keeping covenant and mercy with thy servant who walks before thee with all his heart;

24 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

which thou hast kept toward thy servant David my father: for thou hast spoken by thy mouth and thou hast fulfilled it with thine hands, as [at] this day.

25 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

And now, O Lord God of Israel, keep for thy servant David my father, [the promises] which thou hast spoken to him, saying, There shall not be taken from thee a man sitting before me on the throne of Israel, provided only thy children shall take heed to their ways, to walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

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

And now, O Lord God of Israel, let, I pray thee, thy word to David my father be confirmed.

27 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

But will God indeed dwell with men upon the earth? if the heaven and heaven of heavens will not suffice thee, how much less even this house which I have built to thy name?

28 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

Yet, O Lord God of Israel, thou shalt look upon my petition, to hear the prayer which thy servant prays to thee in thy presence this day,

29 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

that thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place which thou saidst, My name shall be there, to hear the prayer which thy servant prays at this place day and night.

30 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

And thou shalt hearken to the prayer of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall pray toward this place; and thou shalt hear in thy dwelling-place in heaven, and thou shalt do and be gracious.

31 [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

Whatsoever trespasses any [one] shall commit against his neighbour, —and if he shall take upon him an oath so that he should swear, and he shall come and make confession before thine altar in this house,

32 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

then shalt thou hear from heaven, and do, and thou shalt judge thy people Israel, that the wicked should be condemned, to recompense his way upon his head; and to justify the righteous, to give to him according to his righteousness.

33 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

When thy people Israel falls before enemies, because they shall sin against thee, and they shall return and confess to thy name, and they shall pray and supplicate in this house,

34 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

then shalt thou hear from heaven, and be gracious to the sins of thy people Israel, and thou shalt restore them to the land which thou gavest to their fathers.

35 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

When the heaven is restrained, and there is no rain, because they shall sin against thee, and the shall pray toward this place, and they shall make confession to thy name, and shall turn from their sins when thou shalt have humbled them,

36 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

then thou shalt hear from heaven, and be merciful to the sins of thy servant and of thy people Israel; for thou shalt shew them the good way to walk in it, and thou shalt give rain upon the earth which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

37 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

If there should be famine, if there should be death, because there should be blasting, locust, or if there be mildew, and if their enemy oppress them in [any] one of their cities, [with regard to] every calamity, every trouble,

38 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

every prayer, every supplication whatever shall be made by any man, as they shall know each the plague of his heart, and shall spread abroad his hands to this house,

39 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

then shalt thou hearken from heaven, out of thine established dwelling-place, and shalt be merciful, and shalt do, and recompense to [every] man according to his ways, as thou shalt know his heart, for thou alone knowest the heart of all the children of men:

40 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

that they may fear thee all the days that they live upon the land, which thou hast given to our fathers.

41 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

And for the stranger who is not of thy people,

42 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

when they shall come and pray toward this place,

43 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

then shalt thou hear [them] from heaven, out of thine established dwelling-place, and thou shalt do according to all that the stranger shall call upon thee for, that all the nations may know thy name, and fear thee, as [do] thy people Israel, and may know that thy name has been called on this house which I have builded.

44 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

[If it be] that thy people shall go forth to war against their enemies in the way by which thou shalt turn them, and pray in the name of the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built to thy name,

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

then shalt thou hear from heaven their supplication and their prayer, and shalt execute judgment for them.

46 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

[If it be] that they shall sin against thee, (for there is not a man who will not sin, ) and thou shalt bring them and deliver them up before their enemies, and they that take [them] captive shall carry [them] to a land far or near,

47 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

and they shall turn their hearts in the land whither they have been carried captives, and turn in the land of their sojourning, and supplicate thee, saying, We have sinned, we have done unjustly, we have transgressed,

48 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

and they shall turn to thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies whither thou hast carried them captives, and shall pray to thee toward their land which thou hast given to their fathers, and the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built to thy name:

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

then shalt thou hear from heaven thine established dwelling-place,

50 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

and thou shalt be merciful to their unrighteousness wherein they have trespassed against thee, and according to all their transgressions wherewith they have transgressed against thee, and thou shalt cause them to be pitied before them that carried them captives, and they shall have compassion on them:

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

for [they are] thy people and thine inheritance, whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, out of the midst of the furnace of iron.

52 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

And let thine eyes and thine ears be opened to the supplication of thy servant, and to the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken to them in all things for which they shall call upon thee.

53 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

Because thou hast set them apart for an inheritance to thyself out of all the nations of the earth, as thou spokest by the hand of thy servant Moses, when thou broughtest our fathers out of the land of Egypt, O Lord God.

54 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

And it came to pass when Solomon had finished praying to the Lord all this prayer and supplication, that he rose up from before the altar of the Lord, [after] having knelt upon his knees, and his hands [were] spread out towards heaven.

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

And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

56 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

Blessed [be] the Lord this day, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he said: there has not failed one word among all his good words which he spoke by the hand of his servant Moses.

57 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

May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers; let him not desert us nor turn from us,

58 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

that he may turn our hearts toward him to walk in all his ways, and to keep all his commandments, and his ordinances which he commanded our fathers.

59 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

And let these words, which I have prayed before the Lord our God, [be] near to the Lord our God day and night, to maintain the cause of thy servant, and the cause of thy people Israel for ever.

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

that all the nations of the earth may know that the Lord God, he [is] God, and there is none beside.

61 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

And let our hearts be perfect toward the Lord our God, to walk also holily in his ordinances, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

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

And the king and all the children of Israel offered sacrifice before the Lord.

63 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

And king Solomon offered for the sacrifices of peace-offering which he sacrificed to the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and hundred and twenty thousand sheep: and the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.

64 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

In that day the king consecrated the middle of the court in the front of the house of the Lord; for there he offered the whole-burnt-offering, and the sacrifices, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which was before the Lord [was too] little to bear the whole-burnt-offering and the sacrifices of peace-offerings.

65 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

And Solomon kept the feast in that day, and all Israel with him, even a great assembly from the entering in of Hemath to the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God in the house which he built, eating and drinking, and rejoicing before the Lord our God seven days.

66 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

And on the eighth day he sent away the people: and they blessed the king, and each departed to his tabernacle rejoicing, and [their] heart [was] glad because of the good things which the Lord had done to his servant David, and to Israel his people.