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| 1 | Then Solomon gathered together the elders of Israel, including all the heads of the tribes and the leaders of the ancestral households of the Israelis, to meet with him in Jerusalem so they could bring up the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David. | Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ houses of the people of Israel, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. | Then King Solomon summoned into his presence at Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark of the LORD’s covenant from Zion, the City of David. | |
| 2 | So all the men gathered together to meet with King Solomon at the Festival of Tents in the month Ethanim, the seventh month. | And all the men of Israel assembled to King Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. | All the Israelites came together to King Solomon at the time of the festival in the month of Ethanim, the seventh month. | |
| 3 | All the Elders of Israel showed up, and the priests picked up the ark | And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. | When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark, | |
| 4 | and brought it, the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy implements that were in the tent. The priests and descendants of Levi carried them up to Jerusalem. | And they brought up the ark of the LORD, the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; the priests and the Levites brought them up. | and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the tent of meeting and all the sacred furnishings in it. The priests and Levites carried them up, | |
| 5 | King Solomon and the entire congregation of Israel that had assembled to be with him stood in front of the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they were neither counted nor inventoried. | And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered. | and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted. | |
| 6 | After this, the priests brought the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD to the place prepared for it, into the inner sanctuary of the Temple, under the wings of the cherubim in the Most Holy Place. | Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim. | The priests then brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim. | |
| 7 | The wings of the cherubim spread over the resting place for the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its poles when viewed from above. | For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles. | The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its carrying poles. | |
| 8 | The poles extended so far that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from outside. They remain there to this day. | And the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the Holy Place before the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside. And they are there to this day. | These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today. | |
| 9 | The ark was empty except for the two stone tablets that Moses had placed there at Horeb when the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelis after they had come out of the land of Egypt. | There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone that Moses put there at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the people of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. | There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt. | |
| 10 | When the priests left the Holy Place after setting the ark in place, the cloud filled the LORD's Temple | And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, a cloud filled the house of the LORD, | When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud filled the temple of the LORD. | |
| 11 | so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, since the glory of the LORD filled the LORD's Temple. | so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD. | And the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled his temple. | |
| 12 | Then Solomon said, |The LORD has said that he lives shrouded in darkness. | Then Solomon said, “The LORD has said that he would dwell in thick darkness. | Then Solomon said, “The LORD has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud; | |
| 13 | Now I have been constructing a magnificent Temple dedicated to you that will serve as a place for you to inhabit forever.| | I have indeed built you an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever.” | I have indeed built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever.” | |
| 14 | Then the king turned to face the entire congregation of Israel while the congregation of Israel remained standing. | Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood. | While the whole assembly of Israel was standing there, the king turned around and blessed them. | |
| 15 | Then Solomon prayed: |Blessed is the LORD God of Israel, who made a commitment to my father David and then personally fulfilled what he had promised when he said: | And he said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying, | Then he said: “Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, who with his own hand has fulfilled what he promised with his own mouth to my father David. For he said, | |
| 16 | From the day I brought out my people Israel from Egypt I never chose a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple where my name might reside. I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.' | ‘Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there. But I chose David to be over my people Israel.’ | Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to have a temple built so that my Name might be there, but I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.’ | |
| 17 | |My father David wanted to build a temple for the name of the LORD God of Israel. | Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. | “My father David had it in his heart to build a temple for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel. | |
| 18 | The LORD told my father David: 'Therefore, since you determined to build a temple for my name, you acted well, because it was your choice to do so. | But the LORD said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart. | But the LORD said to my father David, ‘You did well to have it in your heart to build a temple for my Name. | |
| 19 | Nevertheless, you are not to build the Temple, but your son who will be born to you is to build a temple for my name.' | Nevertheless, you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’ | Nevertheless, you are not the one to build the temple, but your son, your own flesh and blood—he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.’ | |
| 20 | |The LORD has brought to fulfillment what he promised, and now here I stand, having succeeded my father David to sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the Temple for the name of the LORD God of Israel. | Now the LORD has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and I have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. | “The LORD has kept the promise he made: I have succeeded David my father and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the LORD promised, and I have built the temple for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel. | |
| 21 | I have placed there the ark in which the covenant is stored that the LORD made with our ancestors when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.| | And there I have provided a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.” | I have provided a place there for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that he made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt.” | |
| 22 | Then Solomon took his place in front of the LORD's altar in the presence of the entire congregation of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven, | Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven, | Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven | |
| 23 | and said: |LORD God of Israel, there is no one like you, God in heaven above or on the earth below, who watches over his covenant, showing gracious love to your servants who live their lives in your presence with all their hearts. | and said, “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing steadfast love to your servants who walk before you with all their heart; | and said: “LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below—you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way. | |
| 24 | It is you, LORD God, who have kept your promise to my father, your servant David, that you made to him. Indeed, you made a commitment to my father David and then personally fulfilled what you had promised today. | you have kept with your servant David my father what you declared to him. You spoke with your mouth, and with your hand have fulfilled it this day. | You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it—as it is today. | |
| 25 | |Now therefore, LORD God of Israel, keep your promise that you made to my father, your servant David, when you said, 'You will not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants will watch their lives, to live in my presence just as you have lived in my presence.' | Now therefore, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father what you have promised him, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.’ | “Now LORD, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me faithfully as you have done.’ | |
| 26 | |Now therefore, God of Israel, may your promise that you made to your servant David my father be fulfilled... | Now therefore, O God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you have spoken to your servant David my father. | And now, God of Israel, let your word that you promised your servant David my father come true. | |
| 27 | and yet, will God truly reside on earth? Look! Neither the sky nor the highest heaven can contain you! How much less this Temple that I have built! | “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built! | “But will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built! | |
| 28 | Pay attention to the prayer of your servant and to his request, LORD my God, and listen to the cry and prayer that your servant is praying in your presence today. | Yet have regard to the prayer of your servant and to his plea, O LORD my God, listening to the cry and to the prayer that your servant prays before you this day, | Yet give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy, LORD my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence this day. | |
| 29 | Let your eyes always look toward this Temple night and day, toward the location where you have said 'My name will reside there.' Listen to the prayer that your servant prays in this direction. | that your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you have said, ‘My name shall be there,’ that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place. | May your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, this place of which you said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place. | |
| 30 | Listen to the requests from your servant and from your people Israel as they pray in this direction, listen from the place where you reside in heaven, then hear and forgive. | And listen to the plea of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. And listen in heaven your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive. | Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive. | |
| 31 | |If a man should sin against his neighbor and he is required to take an oath, and he then comes to take an oath in front of your altar in this Temple, | “If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath and comes and swears his oath before your altar in this house, | “When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath and they come and swear the oath before your altar in this temple, | |
| 32 | then listen in heaven, act, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked by bringing back to him the consequences of his choices and by justifying the righteous by recompensing him according to his righteousness. | then hear in heaven and act and judge your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness. | then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence. | |
| 33 | |If your people Israel are defeated in a battle with their enemy because they have sinned against you, when they return to you and confess to you, pray, and in this Temple they ask you to show grace to them, | “When your people Israel are defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and if they turn again to you and acknowledge your name and pray and plead with you in this house, | “When your people Israel have been defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against you, and when they turn back to you and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication to you in this temple, | |
| 34 | then hear in heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and return them to the soil that you gave to their ancestors. | then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them again to the land that you gave to their fathers. | then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors. | |
| 35 | |When heaven remains closed, and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, and they pray in the direction of this place, confessing your name and turning from their sin when you afflict them, | “When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and acknowledge your name and turn from their sin, when you afflict them, | “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them, | |
| 36 | then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants and of your people Israel. Indeed, teach them the best way to live and send rain on your land that you have given to your people as an inheritance. | then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance. | then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live, and send rain on the land you gave your people for an inheritance. | |
| 37 | |If a famine comes to the land, or if plant diseases, mildew, locust, or grasshoppers appear, or if their enemies attack them in their settlements of the land, no matter what the epidemic or illness is, | “If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence or blight or mildew or locust or caterpillar, if their enemy besieges them in the land at their gates, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, | “When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come, | |
| 38 | whatever prayer or request is made, no matter whether it's made by a single man or by all of your people Israel, each praying out of his own hurting heart and anguish and stretching out his hands toward this Temple, | whatever prayer, whatever plea is made by any man or by all your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart and stretching out his hands toward this house, | and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of the afflictions of their own hearts, and spreading out their hands toward this temple— | |
| 39 | then hear from heaven, the place where you reside, and forgive, repaying each person according to all of his ways, since you know their hearts—for you alone know the hearts of all human beings— | then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways (for you, you only, know the hearts of all the children of mankind), | then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive and act; deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know their hearts (for you alone know every human heart), | |
| 40 | so they will fear you every day and live on the surface of the land that you have given to our ancestors. | that they may fear you all the days that they live in the land that you gave to our fathers. | so that they will fear you all the time they live in the land you gave our ancestors. | |
| 41 | |Now concerning the foreigner who is not from your people Israel, when he comes from a land far away for the sake of your name | “Likewise, when a foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, comes from a far country for your name’s sake | “As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name— | |
| 42 | (for people will hear of your great name, your mighty acts, and your obvious power ), when he comes and prays facing this Temple, | (for they shall hear of your great name and your mighty hand, and of your outstretched arm), when he comes and prays toward this house, | for they will hear of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple, | |
| 43 | then hear in heaven where you reside, and do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the people of the earth may know your name, fear you as do your people Israel, and so they may know that this Temple that I have built is called by your name. | hear in heaven your dwelling place and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to you, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house that I have built is called by your name. | then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name. | |
| 44 | |When your people go out to war against their enemies, no matter what way you send them, and they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city that you have chosen and in the direction of the Temple that I have built for your name, | “If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to the LORD toward the city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name, | “When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray to the LORD toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name, | |
| 45 | then hear their prayer and their request in heaven, and fight for their cause. | then hear in heaven their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause. | then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause. | |
| 46 | |When they sin against you—because there isn't a single human being who doesn't sin—and you become angry with them and deliver them over to their enemy, who takes them away captive to the land that belongs to their enemy, whether near or far away, | “If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near, | “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you become angry with them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive to their own lands, far away or near; | |
| 47 | if they turn their hearts back to you in the land where they have been taken captive, repent, and pray to you—even if they do so in the land of their captivity—confessing, 'We have sinned, we have committed abominations, and practiced wickedness,' | yet if they turn their heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and have acted perversely and wickedly,’ | and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captors and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly’; | |
| 48 | if they return to you with all of their heart and with all of their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, as they pray to you in the direction of their land that you have given to their ancestors and to the city that you have chosen, and to the Temple that I have built for your name, | if they repent with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city that you have chosen, and the house that I have built for your name, | and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name; | |
| 49 | then hear their prayer and requests in heaven, where you reside, and fight for their cause, | then hear in heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause | then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause. | |
| 50 | forgiving your people who have sinned against you, along with their transgressions by which they have transgressed against you. |Show your compassion in the presence of those who have taken them captive, so they may show compassion on them, | and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions that they have committed against you, and grant them compassion in the sight of those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them | And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses they have committed against you, and cause their captors to show them mercy; | |
| 51 | since they are your people and your heritage, which you brought out of Egypt, from an iron fire furnace. | (for they are your people, and your heritage, which you brought out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace). | for they are your people and your inheritance, whom you brought out of Egypt, out of that iron-smelting furnace. | |
| 52 | Do this so your eyes may remain open to the requests of your servant and to the requests of your people's prayers, to listen to them whenever they call out to you, | Let your eyes be open to the plea of your servant and to the plea of your people Israel, giving ear to them whenever they call to you. | “May your eyes be open to your servant’s plea and to the plea of your people Israel, and may you listen to them whenever they cry out to you. | |
| 53 | because you have separated them to yourself as your heritage from all the people of the earth, as you spoke through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt, Lord GOD. | For you separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be your heritage, as you declared through Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.” | For you singled them out from all the nations of the world to be your own inheritance, just as you declared through your servant Moses when you, Sovereign LORD, brought our ancestors out of Egypt.” | |
| 54 | When Solomon had completed saying this entire prayer to the LORD, he got up from kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven in the presence of the LORD's altar, | Now as Solomon finished offering all this prayer and plea to the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, where he had knelt with hands outstretched toward heaven. | When Solomon had finished all these prayers and supplications to the LORD, he rose from before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven. | |
| 55 | stood up, and blessed all of the assembly of Israel in a loud voice. He said: | And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying, | He stood and blessed the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying: | |
| 56 | |Blessed is the LORD, who has given security to his people Israel, just as he promised. Not one of his promises has failed to come about that he gave through his servant Moses. | “Blessed be the LORD who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. Not one word has failed of all his good promise, which he spoke by Moses his servant. | “Praise be to the LORD, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses. | |
| 57 | May the LORD our God be with us, just as he was with our ancestors. May he never leave us or abandon us, | The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. May he not leave us or forsake us, | May the LORD our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us nor forsake us. | |
| 58 | so that he may turn our hearts toward him, so that we may live life his way, keeping his commands, statutes, and ordinances that he gave to our ancestors. | that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his rules, which he commanded our fathers. | May he turn our hearts to him, to walk in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees and laws he gave our ancestors. | |
| 59 | And may what I've had to say to the LORD remain with the LORD our God both day and night, so that he may defend the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel, as the need of the day may require it, | Let these words of mine, with which I have pleaded before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, and may he maintain the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel, as each day requires, | And may these words of mine, which I have prayed before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel according to each day’s need, | |
| 60 | so that, in turn, all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God—there is no one else. | that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God; there is no other. | so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God and that there is no other. | |
| 61 | Now let your heart be completely devoted to the LORD our God, to live according to his statutes and to keep his commands, as we are doing today.| | Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the LORD our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day.” | And may your hearts be fully committed to the LORD our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time.” | |
| 62 | Then the king and all of Israel with him offered sacrifices to the LORD. | Then the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD. | Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD. | |
| 63 | Solomon offered peace offerings to the LORD consisting of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelis dedicated the LORD's Temple. | Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD. | Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the LORD: twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the temple of the LORD. | |
| 64 | That same day, the king consecrated the middle court that stood in front of the LORD's Temple, because that was where he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and fat from the peace offerings and because the bronze altar that was in the LORD's presence was too small to hold the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and fat from the peace offerings. | The same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD, for there he offered the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was before the LORD was too small to receive the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings. | On that same day the king consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple of the LORD, and there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar that stood before the LORD was too small to hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings. | |
| 65 | So Solomon observed the Festival of Tents at that time, as did all of Israel with him. A large assembly came up from as far away as Lebo-hamath and the Wadi of Egypt to appear in the presence of the LORD our God, not just for seven days, but for seven days after that, a total of fourteen days. | So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days. | So Solomon observed the festival at that time, and all Israel with him—a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt. They celebrated it before the LORD our God for seven days and seven days more, fourteen days in all. | |
| 66 | The following day, Solomon sent the people away as they blessed the king. Then they went back to their tents, rejoicing and glad for all the good things that the LORD had done for his servant David and to his people Israel. | On the eighth day he sent the people away, and they blessed the king and went to their homes joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had shown to David his servant and to Israel his people. | On the following day he sent the people away. They blessed the king and then went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things the LORD had done for his servant David and his people Israel. | |
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