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And the
porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits,
and the height was an hundred
and twenty:
and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
The
portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long
and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
And the greater house he cieled with
fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold,
and set
thereon palm trees
and chains.
He
paneled the main room with
cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold
and decorated with palm trees
and chains.
And he
garnished the house with precious stones for beauty:
and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.
He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls,
and doors with gold,
and he carved
cherubim on the walls.
And he made the most holy house, the length
whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits,
and the breadth thereof twenty cubits:
and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.
And the weight of the
nails was fifty shekels of gold.
And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
The weight of the
nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper area with gold.
And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.
In the Most Holy Place he made two
cherubim of sculptured work,
and he overlaid them with gold.
And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one
cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house:
and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other
cherub.
The total wingspan of the
cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first
cherub was five cubits long
and touched the wall of the temple,
and its other wing was five cubits long
and touched the wing of the other
cherub.
And one wing of the other
cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house:
and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other
cherub.
The wing of the second
cherub also measured five cubits
and touched the wall of the temple, while its other wing measured five cubits
and touched the wing of the first
cherub.
The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
So the total wingspan of these
cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room.
And he made the
vail of blue,
and purple,
and crimson,
and fine linen,
and wrought cherubims
thereon.
Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty
and five cubits high,
and the
chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.
And he made chains, as in the
oracle,
and put them on the heads of the pillars;
and made an hundred pomegranates,
and put them on the chains.
He made
interwoven chains
and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates
and fastened them into the
chainwork.
And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand,
and the other on the left;
and called the name of that on the right hand
Jachin,
and the name of that on the left Boaz.
Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south
and one on the north. The
pillar on the south he named
Jachin,
and the
pillar on the north he named Boaz.
Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
Also he made a
molten sea of ten cubits from
brim to
brim, round in compass,
and five cubits the height thereof;
and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from
rim to
rim, five cubits in height,
and thirty cubits in circumference.
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.
Below the
rim, figures of oxen
encircled it, ten per
cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
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.
The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.
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.
He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
He also made ten basins for washing
and placed five on the south side
and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were
rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing.
And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
He made ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.
Additionally, he made ten tables
and placed them in the temple, five on the south side
and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold
bowls.
Furthermore he made the court of the priests,
and the great court,
and doors for the court,
and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
He made the
courtyard of the priests
and the large court with its doors,
and he overlaid the doors with bronze.
And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.
He put the Sea on the south side, at the
southeast corner.
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;
Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels,
and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of God:
To wit, the two pillars,
and 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;
the two pillars; the two
bowl-shaped capitals
atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both
bowls of the capitals
atop the pillars;
And four hundred pomegranates on the two
wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each
wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.
the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the
bowl-shaped capitals
atop the pillars);
He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
the stands; the basins on the stands;
One sea, and twelve oxen under it.
The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.
and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.
In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.
And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also,
and the tables
whereon the
shewbread was set;
Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the golden altar; the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the
oracle, of pure gold;
the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
And the flowers,
and the lamps,
and the
tongs, made he of gold,
and that perfect gold;
the flowers, lamps,
and tongs of gold—of purest gold;
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.
the
wick trimmers,
sprinkling bowls, ladles,
and censers of purest gold;
and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall.
Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold,
and all the furnishings—
and he placed them in the
treasuries of the house of God.
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel,
and all the 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 the city of David, which is
Zion.
At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the
tribal heads
and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from
Zion, the City of David.
And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,
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.
and they brought up the ark
and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. The
Levitical priests carried them up.
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.
There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
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:
Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the
cherubim.
For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark,
and the cherubims covered the ark
and the
staves thereof above.
For the
cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark
and overshadowed the ark
and its poles.
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.
The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were
sanctified,
and did not then wait by course:
Now all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves regardless of their divisions. And when the priests came out of the Holy Place,
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:)
all the
Levitical singers—
Asaph, Heman,
Jeduthun,
and their sons
and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen
and playing cymbals, harps,
and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding
trumpets.
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;
The trumpeters
and singers joined together to praise
and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by
trumpets, cymbals,
and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures
forever.”
And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud
But I have built an house of
habitation for thee,
and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
and I have built You an
exalted house, a place for You to dwell
forever.”
And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all
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,
and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
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.
Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.
And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel.”
And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.
For Solomon had made a
brasen 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,
Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide,
and three cubits high,
and had placed it in the middle of the
courtyard. He stood on it,
knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
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:
and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
Thou which hast kept with 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.
You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day.
Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be
verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
And now, O LORD, God of Israel, please
confirm what You promised to Your servant David.
But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
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:
Yet regard the prayer
and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry
and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.
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 which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
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.
Hear the
plea of Your servant
and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear
and forgive.
If a man sin against his neighbour,
and an oath be laid upon him to make him
swear,
and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
When a man sins against his
neighbor and is required to take an oath,
and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,
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.
then may You hear from heaven
and act. May You judge Your servants,
condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done,
and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
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;
When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have
sinned against You,
and they return to You
and confess Your name, praying
and pleading before You in this temple,
Then hear thou from the heavens,
and forgive the sin of thy people Israel,
and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them
and to their fathers.
then may You hear from heaven
and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to them
and their fathers.
When the heaven is shut up,
and there is no rain, because 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;
When the
skies are shut
and there is no rain because Your people have
sinned against You,
and they pray toward this place
and confess Your name,
and they turn from their sins because You have
afflicted them,
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.
then may You hear from heaven
and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
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:
then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place,
and forgive,
and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place.
And may You
forgive and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of men—
That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
so that they may fear You and walk in Your ways all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.
Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people 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;
And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,
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.
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that 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;
When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to You in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,
Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer
and their
supplication,
and maintain their cause.
then may You hear from heaven their prayer
and their
plea,
and may You
uphold their cause.
If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,)
and thou be
angry with them,
and deliver them over before their enemies,
and they carry them away
captives unto a land 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 deliver them to an enemy who takes them as
captives to a land far or near,
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;
and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken,
and they
repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have
sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’
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:
and when they return to You with all their heart
and soul in the land of the enemies who took them
captive,
and when they pray in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen,
and the house I have built for Your Name,
Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer
and their supplications,
and maintain their cause,
and forgive thy people which have
sinned against thee.
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer
and petition,
and may You
uphold their cause. May You
forgive Your people who
sinned against You.
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.
Now, my God, may Your eyes be open
and Your ears
attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou,
and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation,
and let thy saints
rejoice in goodness.
Now therefore, arise, O LORD God,
and enter Your resting place, You
and the ark of Your might. May Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation,
and may Your godly ones
rejoice in goodness.
Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.
When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD’S house.
The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.
And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down,
and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the
pavement,
and worshipped,
and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down
and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the
pavement with their faces to the ground,
and they worshiped
and gave
thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures
forever.”
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry;
and the priests sounded
trumpets before them,
and all Israel stood.
The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving
thanks to the LORD
and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures
forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded
trumpets,
and all the Israelites were standing.
Moreover Solomon
hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings,
and the fat of the peace offerings, because the
brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings,
and the meat offerings,
and the fat.
Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the
courtyard in front of the house of the LORD,
and there he offered the burnt offerings
and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar he had made could not contain all these offerings.
Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days,
and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of
Hamath unto the river of Egypt.
So at that time Solomon
and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-
hamath to the
Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days.
And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the
dedication of the altar seven days,
and the feast seven days.
On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the
dedication of the altar had lasted seven days,
and the feast seven days more.
And on the three
and twentieth 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.
On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful
and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon,
and for His people Israel.
Thus Solomon finished the 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.
When Solomon had finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, successfully carrying out all that was in his heart to do for the house of the LORD and for his own palace,
And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.
the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves,
and pray,
and seek my face,
and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven,
and will
forgive their sin,
and will
heal their land.
and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves
and pray
and seek My face
and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven,
forgive their sin,
and heal their land.
Now mine eyes shall be open,
and mine ears
attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
Now My eyes will be open
and My ears
attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
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.
For I have now chosen
and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there
forever. My eyes
and My heart will be there for all time.
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 shalt observe my statutes
and my judgments;
And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
But if ye turn away,
and forsake my statutes
and my commandments, which I have set before you,
and shall go
and serve other gods,
and worship them;
But if you turn away
and forsake the statutes
and commandments I have set before you,
and if you go off to serve
and worship other gods,
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.
then I will
uproot Israel from the soil I have given them,
and I will
banish from My presence this temple I have
sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of
scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.
And this house, which is high, shall be an
astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land,
and unto this house?
And when this temple has become a
heap of
rubble, all who pass by it will be
appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land
and to this temple?’
And it shall be answered, Because they
forsook the LORD God of 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 upon them.
And others will answer, ‘Because they have
forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt,
and have embraced other gods, worshiping
and serving them—because of this, He has brought all this
disaster upon them.’”