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

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.

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

And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, that is, the seventh month.

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

And all the elders of Israel came; 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 they brought up the ark of Jehovah, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent: the priests and the Levites brought them up.

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 king Solomon, and all the assembly of Israel that were assembled to him, [who were] with him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.

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 brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah to its place, into the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim;

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 cherubim stretched forth [their] wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves 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 staves were long, so that the ends of the staves were seen from the holy place before the oracle, but they were not seen without. And there they are to this day.

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 save the two tables of stone which Moses placed there at Horeb, when Jehovah made [a covenant] with the children of Israel, when they came out of 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 were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah,

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 do their service because of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah had filled the house of Jehovah.

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

Then said Solomon: Jehovah said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

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

I have indeed built a house of habitation for thee, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.

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 blessed the whole congregation of Israel; and the whole congregation 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 Jehovah the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, 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

Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; but I have chosen 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 David my father to build a house unto the name of Jehovah the 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

But Jehovah said to David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thy 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 shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto 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 Jehovah has performed his word which he spoke; and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and I have built the house unto the name of Jehovah the 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, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he 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 before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of the whole congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward the heavens.

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, Jehovah, God of Israel! there is no God like thee, in the heavens above, or on the earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their 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

who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him; thou spokest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled [it] with thy hand, 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, Jehovah, God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only thy sons take heed to their way, 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 God of Israel, let thy words, I pray thee, be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David my father.

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 on the earth? Behold, the heavens, and the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

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 have respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, Jehovah, my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee 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 upon this house night and day, upon the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.

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 hearken unto the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place, and hear thou in thy dwelling-place, in the heavens, and when thou hearest, forgive.

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

If a man have sinned against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to adjure him, and the oath come 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 hear thou in the heavens, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, giving 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 are put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee 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 hear thou in the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land that thou gavest unto 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 heavens are shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, because thou hast afflicted 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 hear thou in the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and give rain upon thy land, 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 be famine in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blight, mildew, locust, caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their gates; whatever plague, whatever sickness there be:

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

what prayer, what supplication soever be made by any man, of all thy people Israel, when they shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and shall spread forth his hands toward 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 hear thou in the heavens, the settled place of thy dwelling, and forgive, and do, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest (for thou, thou only, knowest the hearts 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 gavest unto 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 as to the stranger also, who is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake

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

(for they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thy stretched-out arm); when he shall come and pray toward this house,

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

hear thou in the heavens thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; in order that all peoples of the earth may know thy name, [and] that they may fear thee as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

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 thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray to Jehovah toward the city that thou hast chosen, and the house that I have built unto thy name;

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

then hear thou in the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right.

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 they have sinned against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not, ) and thou be angry with them, and give them up to the enemy, and they have carried them away captives unto the enemy's 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 if they shall take it to heart in the land whither they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done iniquity, we have dealt perversely;

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 if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies who led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city that thou hast chosen, and the house that I have built unto 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 hear thou in the heavens, the settled place of thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right;

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 forgive thy people their sin against thee, and all their transgressions whereby they have transgressed against thee, and give them to find compassion with those who carried them captive, that they may 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, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from 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

thine eyes being open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto 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

For thou hast separated them from among all peoples of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spokest through Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord Jehovah.

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 was so, that when Solomon had ended praying all this prayer and supplication to Jehovah, he arose from before the altar of Jehovah, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth to the heavens,

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

and he stood and blessed the whole 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 Jehovah, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there has not failed one word of all his good promises which he spoke through Moses his servant!

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

Jehovah our God be with us, as he was with our fathers; let him not forsake us nor cast us off:

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 incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes 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 my words, with which I have made supplication before Jehovah, be nigh to Jehovah our God day and night, that he maintain the right of his servant, and the right of his people Israel, as the matter of each day shall require;

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

that all peoples of the earth may know that Jehovah is God, that there is none else;

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 that your heart may be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes 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 Israel with him, offered sacrifices before Jehovah.

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 Solomon sacrificed a sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he sacrificed to Jehovah, twenty-two thousand oxen and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of Jehovah.

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

The same day the king hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah; for there he offered the burnt-offerings, and the oblations, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar that was before Jehovah was too small to receive the burnt-offerings, and the oblations, and the fat of the 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 at that time Solomon held the feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entrance of Hamath unto the torrent of Egypt, before Jehovah our God, seven days and seven days, fourteen 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

On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that Jehovah had done to David his servant, and to Israel his people.