Book 39 : KETUVIM - 2 CHRONICLES - Chapter 006
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Then spoke Solomon: HaShem hath said that He would dwell in
the thick darkness
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But I have built Thee a house of habitation, and a place
for Thee to dwell in for ever
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And the king turned his face, and blessed all the
congregation of Israel; and all the congregation of Israel stood
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And he said: 'Blessed be HaShem, the G-d of Israel, who
spoke with His mouth unto David my father, and hath with His hands fulfilled it,
saying
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Since the day that I brought forth My people out of the
land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house
in, that My name might be there; neither chose I any man to be prince over My
people Israel
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but I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name might be there;
and have chosen David to be over My people Israel
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Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house
for the name of HaShem, the G-d of Israel
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But HaShem said unto David my father: Whereas it was in thy
heart to build a house for My name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart
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nevertheless thou shalt not build the house, but thy son
that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for My name
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And HaShem hath established His word that He spoke; for I
am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as
HaShem promised, and have built the house for the name of HaShem, the G-d of
Israel
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And there have I set the ark, wherein is the covenant of
HaShem, which He made with the children of Israel.
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And he stood before the altar of HaShem in the presence of
all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands-
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for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, of five cubits
long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst
of the court; and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all
the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven-
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and he said: 'O HaShem, the G-d of Israel, there is no G-d
like Thee, in the heaven, or in the earth; who keepest covenant and mercy with
Thy servants, that walk before Thee with all their heart
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who hast kept with Thy servant David my father that which
Thou didst promise him; yea, Thou spokest with Thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it
with Thy hand, as it is this day
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Now therefore, O HaShem, the G-d 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
children take heed to their way, to walk in My law as thou hast walked before
Me
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Now therefore, O HaShem, the G-d of Israel, let Thy word
be verified, which Thou spokest unto Thy servant David
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But will G-d in very truth dwell with men on the earth?
behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee; how much less this
house which I have builded
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Yet have Thou respect unto the prayer of Thy servant, and
to his supplication, O HaShem my G-d, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer
which Thy servant prayeth before Thee
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that Thine eyes may be open toward this house day and
night, even toward the place whereof Thou hast said that thou wouldest put Thy
name there; to hearken unto the prayer which Thy servant shall pray toward this
place
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And hearken Thou to the supplications of Thy servant, and
of Thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place; yea, hear Thou
from Thy dwelling-place, even from heaven; and when Thou hearest, forgive
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If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be exacted
of him to cause him to swear, and he come and swear before Thine altar in this
house
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then hear Thou from heaven, and do, and judge Thy
servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and
justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness
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And if Thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy,
when they sin against Thee, and shall turn again and confess Thy name, and pray
and make supplication before Thee in this house
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then hear Thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy
people Israel, and bring them back unto the land which Thou gavest to them and
to their fathers
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When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, when
they sin against Thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess Thy name,
turning from their sin, when Thou dost afflict them
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then hear Thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy
servants, and of Thy people Israel, when Thou dost direct them on the good way
wherein they should walk; and send rain upon Thy land, which Thou hast given to
Thy people for an inheritance
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If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if
there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege
them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague or whatsoever sickness there
be
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what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or
by all Thy people Israel, who shall know every man his own plague and his own
pain, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house
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then hear Thou from heaven Thy dwelling-place, and
forgive, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart Thou
knowest--for Thou, even Thou only, knowest the hearts of the children of men-
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that they may fear Thee, to walk in Thy ways, all the days
that they live in the land which Thou gavest unto our fathers
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Moreover concerning the stranger, that is not of Thy
people Israel, when be shall come out of a far country for Thy great name's
sake, and Thy mighty hand, and Thine outstretched arm; when they shall come and
pray toward this house
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then hear Thou from heaven, even from Thy dwelling-place,
and do according to all that the stranger calleth to Thee for; that all the
peoples of the earth may know Thy name, and fear Thee, as doth Thy people
Israel, and that they may know that Thy name is called upon this house which I
have built
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If Thy people go out to battle against their enemies, by
whatsoever way Thou shalt send them, and they pray unto Thee toward this city
which Thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for Thy name
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then hear Thou from heaven their prayer and their
supplication, and maintain their cause
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If they sin against Thee--for there is no man that sinneth
not--and Thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they
carry them away captive unto a land far off or near
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yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither
they are carried captive, and turn, and make supplication unto Thee in the land
of their captivity, saying: We have sinned, we have done iniquitously, and have
dealt wickedly
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if they return unto Thee with all their heart and with all
their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them
captive, and pray toward their land, which Thou gavest unto their fathers, and
the city which Thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Thy
name
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then hear Thou from heaven, even from Thy dwelling-place,
their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause; and forgive Thy
people who have sinned against Thee
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Now, O my G-d, let, I beseech Thee, Thine eyes be open,
and let Thine ears be attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place
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Now therefore arise, O HaShem G-d, into Thy resting-place,
Thou, and the ark of Thy strength; let Thy priests, O HaShem G-d, be clothed
with salvation, and let Thy saints rejoice in good
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O HaShem G-d, turn not away the face of Thine anointed;
remember the good deeds of David Thy servant.
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