2 Chronicles 6:1-20 ▼

1 Then said Solomon, Jehovah said to dwell in thick clouds.

2 And I built a house of habitation for thee, and a foundation for thy dwelling forever.

3 And the king will turn his face, and will bless all the convocation of Israel: and all the convocation of Israel stood.

4 And he will say, Praised be Jehovah the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and filled up with his hands, saying,

5 From the day, that I brought forth my people from the land of Egypt I chose not in a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a house for my name to be there; and I chose not in man to be leader over my people Israel.

6 And I will choose in Jerusalem for my name to be there; and I will choose in David to be over my people Israel.

7 And it will be with the heart of David my father to build a house to the name of Jehovah God of Israel.

8 And Jehovah will say to David my father, Because it was with thy heart to build a house to my name, thou didst well that it was with thy heart.

9 But thou shalt not build the house; for thy son coming forth from thy loins, he shall build the house to my name.

10 And Jehovah will raise up the word that he spake: and I shall rise up instead of David my father, and sit upon the throne of Israel according to the word of Jehovah; and I will build the house to the name of Jehovah God of Israel.

11 And there I will set the ark where is there the covenant of Jehovah which he cut out with the sons of Israel.

12 And he will stand before the altar of Jehovah before all the convocation of Israel, and he will spread forth his hands:

13 For Solomon made a platform of brass, and he will give it in the midst of the terrace; five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth, and three cubits its height: and he will stand upon it, and he will bend upon his knees before all the convocation of Israel, and he will spread forth his hands to the heavens,

14 And he will say, O Jehovah God of Israel, not as thee a God in the heavens and in the earth, watching the covenant and the mercy to thy servants going before thee with all their heart:

15 Who didst watch to thy servant David my father what thou spakest to him; and thou wilt speak with thy month, and with thy hand thou wilt fill up, as this day.

16 And now Jehovah God of Israel, watch to thy servant David my father what thou spakest to him, saying, A man shall not be cut off to thee from before me sitting upon the throne of Israel; only if thy sons shall watch their way to go in my law according as thou wentest before me.

17 And slow, O Jehovah God of Israel, thy word shall be firm which thou didst speak to thy servant, to David.

18 For indeed will God dwell with man upon the earth? Behold, the heavens and the heavens of the heavens will not contain thee; much less this house which I built.

19 Turn to the prayer of thy servant and to his supplication, O Jehovah my God, to hear to the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prays before thee:

20 For thine eye to be opened to this house day and night, to the place which thou saidst to put thy name there, to hear to the prayer which thy servant shall pray to this place.