The molten sea. 8 Or, like a lilyflower. dSeel Kings 7.26. e1 Kings 7. 33. 4 Heb. the work ing. II. CHRONICLES, V. 2 Also he made a molten sea 3 ° And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast. 4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. 3 5 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held "three thousand baths. 6 ¶ He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: 'such burnt offer-things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in. 7 And he made ten candlesticks Ex. 25. 31, of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left. (1 Kings 7. 19. 40. 1 Chr. 28. 12, 19. b 1 Kings 7. 48. 6 Or, bowls. 11 Kings 6. 36. k1 Kings 7. 89. 1See 1 Kings 41. CHRIST 1012. 1 Kings 7. 14, 45. 2 Heb. made bright, or, scoured. 46. q 1 Kings 7. 8 Heb.thick- ground. 47. 19 And Solomon made all the 1 Kings 7. vessels that were for the house of 48, 49, 50. 20 Moreover the candlesticks with 21 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that 'perfect gold; 22 And the snuffers, and the 'basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold. 8 He made also ten tables, and south. 1 11 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the "basons. And Huram 'finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God; 12 To wit, the two pillars, and 1 Kings 7. the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars; ¤Seel Kings 7.20. 13 And "four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels Heb. upon of the chapiters which were upon 01 Kings 7. the pillars. the face. 27, 43. 9 Or, caldrons. 8 14 He made also bases, and 1005. 2 T Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the 1 Kings 8. heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of 2 Sam.6.12. the city of David, which is Zion. 3 "Wherefore all the men of Israel 1 Kings8.2. assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month. 4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark. 5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up. • See ch.7.8, 9, 10. A cloud filleth the house. BEFORE CHRIST 1001. 2 Or, they are there, as 1 Kings 8.8. f Deut. 10. 2, 5. ch. 6. 11. 3 Or, where. 4 Heb. found. 81 Chr. 25.1. h 1 Chr. 15. 24. i Ps. 136. See 1 Chr, 16. 34, 41. II. CHRONICLES, VI. 6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims: 8 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. 9 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day. 2 10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses 'put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. 11 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place (for all the priests that were 4 present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course: 12 Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) 13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; 14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the Ex. 40. 35. cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God. ch. 7. 2. Solomon's prayer 3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood. 4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying, Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel: с 6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel. 7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 8 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart: 9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name. 10 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of thech. 5. 10. LORD, that he made with the children of Israel. 22. 12 ¶ And he stood before the 81 Kings 8. altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: 13 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits 2 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, 14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts: 2 Heb. the thereof, &c. length Ex. 15. 11. 7.9. Deut. 4. 39. 15 Thou which hast kept with 11 Chr. 22.9. at the consecration BEFORE CHRIST 1004. * 2 Sam. 7. 12, 16. II. CHRONICLES, VI. thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. 16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, 2 There shall 1 Kings 2.4. not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; 1yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me. & 6. 12. ch. 7. 18. 2 Heb. There shall not a man be cut off. 1 PB. 132. 12. m ch. 2. 6. Is. 66. 1. Acts 7. 49. 17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David. 18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? m behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built! 19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee: 20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer Or, in this which thy servant prayeth 3 toward this place. place. 4 Heb. pray. 21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive. 22 ¶ If a man sin against his 5 Heb. and neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house; he require an oath of him. 6 Or, be amitten. 7 Or, toward. 23 Then hear thou from heaven, 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. 24 T And if thy people Israel "be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee 'in this house; 25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again of the temple. 1004. n1 Kings 26 When the "heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because 17.1 they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them; 27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance. 28 ¶ If there be dearth in the ch. 20. 9. land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them 2 in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be : 29 Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house: 2 Heb. in the land of their gates. 5 Heb. upon the face of the land. a John 12. Acts 8. 27. 32 ¶ Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy peo-2 ple Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house; 33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name. God's glory filleth the house. II. CHRONICLES, VII. Solomon's solemn sacrifice. BEFORE CHRIST 1004. 36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and Eccles.7.20. deliver them over before their ene1. mies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near; r Prov. 20.9. James 3. 2. 2 Heb. they that take them captives carry them away. 3 Heb. bring back to their heart. 37 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly; 38 If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither | they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name: 39 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their suppliOr, right. cations, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee. 5 Heb. to the prayer of this place. 8 Ps. 132. 8, 9, 10, 16. 2. 4 40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. 8 41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy tresting place, thou, 1 Chr. 28. and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints Neh. 9.25. " rejoice in goodness. 42 O LORD God, turn not away Ps. 132. 1. the face of thine anointed: * remember the mercies of David thy Is. 55. 3. 10 And on the three and twen-1 Kings 8. tieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people. 1, &c. 11 Thus Solomon finished the 1 Kings 9. house of the LORD, and the king's house and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected. 12 T And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, P and have Deut. 12.5. chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice. 13 9 If I shut up heaven that there ch.6.26,28. be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; 4 4 Heb. upon whom my 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble them-called selves, and pray, and seek my face, is Jam. 4. 10. God appeareth to Solomon. II. CHRONICLES, VIII. and turn from their wicked ways; 15 Now *mine eyes shall be open, 2 Heb. to the and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. prayer of ch. 6. 6. * 1 Kings 9. 4, &c. 16 For now have " I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. 17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shaltobserve my statutes and my judgments; 18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, 7 ch. 6. 16. saying, y3 There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. 3 Heb. There shall not be cut The yearly sacrifices. CHRIST 4 b And he built Tadmor in the BEFORE wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath. 5 Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; 6 And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion. 7 TAs for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel, 8 But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, 19 But if ye turn away, and for- them did Solomon make to pay trisake my statutes and my command-bute until this day. ments, which I have set before you, 36.28.15, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; off to thee. z Lev. 26.14, 83. 20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations. 21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, a Why hath the LORD done thus Jer. 22. 8,9. unto this land, and unto this house? a Deut. 29. 24. 992. a 1 Kings 9. 10, &c. 9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen. d 2 992. b 1 Kings 9. 17, &c. Heb. all of Solomon which he the desire desired to build. 1 Kings 9. 20, &c. 9. 23, 10 And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two hund SeelKings dred and fifty, that bare rule over the people. 3 е 1 Kings 3. 9.24. 1. & 7. 8. & holiness. 11 ¶ And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the 22 And it shall be answered, Be-places are holy, whereunto the ark Heb. cause they forsook the LORD God of of the LORD hath come. their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil them. upon CHAPTER VIII. 1 Solomon's buildings. 7 The Gentiles which and Levites to their places. 17 The navy AND & it came to pass at the end 2 That the cities which Huram 3 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it. |