Since the day that I broughtforth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no cityamong all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my namemight be there; neitherchose I any man to be a rulerover my peopleIsrael:
The LORDthereforehathperformed his wordthat he hathspoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORDpromised, and havebuilt the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
For Solomon had made a brasenscaffold, of fivecubitslong, and fivecubitsbroad, and threecubitshigh, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeleddownupon his kneesbefore all the congregation of Israel, and spreadforth his handstowardheaven,
And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God likethee in the heaven, nor in the earth; whichkeepestcovenant, and shewestmercyunto thy servants, thatwalkbeforetheewith all theirhearts:
Thouwhichhastkeptwith thy servantDavid my fatherthatwhichthouhastpromised him; and spakestwith thy mouth, and hastfulfilled it withthinehand, as it is this day.
Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keepwith thy servantDavid my fatherthatwhichthouhastpromised him, saying, Thereshall not failthee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy childrentakeheed to their way to walk in my law, as thouhastwalkedbefore me.
Haverespecttherefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearkenunto the cry and the prayerwhich thy servantprayethbeforethee:
Thatthineeyes may be openuponthishouse day and night, upon the placewhereofthouhastsaidthatthouwouldest put thy namethere; to hearkenunto the prayerwhich thy servantprayethtowardthisplace.
Hearkenthereforeunto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy peopleIsrael, whichtheyshallmaketowardthisplace: hearthoufrom thy dwellingplace, evenfromheaven; and whenthouhearest, forgive.
Thenhearthoufromheaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
And if thy peopleIsrael be put to the worsebefore the enemy, becausetheyhavesinnedagainstthee; and shallreturn and confess thy name, and pray and makesupplicationbeforethee in thishouse;
When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, becausetheyhavesinnedagainstthee; yet if theypraytowardthisplace, and confess thy name, and turnfromtheir sin, whenthoudostafflictthem;
Thenhearthoufromheaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy peopleIsrael, whenthouhasttaughtthem the good way, whereintheyshouldwalk; and sendrainupon thy land, whichthouhastgivenunto thy people for an inheritance.
If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars; if theirenemiesbesiegethem in the cities of theirland; whatsoeversore or whatsoeversicknessthere be:
Thenwhatprayer or whatsupplicationsoevershall be made of any man, or of all thy peopleIsrael, whenevery one shallknow his own sore and his own grief, and shallspreadforth his hands in thishouse:
Thenhearthoufromheaven thy dwellingplace, and forgive, and renderuntoevery man accordingunto all his ways, whoseheartthouknowest; (for thouonlyknowest the hearts of the children of men:)
Moreoverconcerning the stranger, which is not of thy peopleIsrael, but is comefrom a far country for thy greatname’ssake, and thy mightyhand, and thy stretched out arm; if theycome and pray in thishouse;
Thenhearthoufrom the heavens, evenfrom thy dwellingplace, and do according to all that the strangercalleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fearthee, as doth thy peopleIsrael, and may knowthatthishousewhich I havebuilt is called by thy name.
If thy people go out to war againsttheirenemies by the way thatthoushaltsendthem, and theyprayuntotheetowardthiscitywhichthouhastchosen, and the housewhich I havebuilt for thy name;
If they sin againstthee, (for there is no man whichsinneth not,) and thou be angrywiththem, and deliverthemoverbeforetheirenemies, and theycarrythemawaycaptivesunto a land far off or near;
Yet if theybethinkthemselves in the landwhitherthey are carriedcaptive, and turn and prayuntothee in the land of theircaptivity, saying, We havesinned, we havedoneamiss, and havedealtwickedly;
If theyreturn to theewith all theirheart and with all theirsoul in the land of theircaptivity, whithertheyhavecarriedthemcaptives, and praytowardtheirland, whichthougavestuntotheirfathers, and toward the citywhichthouhastchosen, and toward the housewhich I havebuilt for thy name:
Thenhearthoufrom the heavens, evenfrom thy dwellingplace, theirprayer and theirsupplications, and maintaintheircause, and forgive thy peoplewhichhavesinnedagainstthee.
Now thereforearise, O LORD God, into thy restingplace, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothedwithsalvation, and let thy saintsrejoice in goodness.