| 8:1 |
Then Solomon assembled the elders of  Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), unto  king Solomon in Jerusalem Mapped by MapQuest, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which [is] Zion. |
| 8:2 |
And all the men of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) assembled themselves unto  king (By Appointment) Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which [is] the seventh month. |
| 8:3 |
And all the elders of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) came, and the priests took up the ark. |
| 8:4 |
And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that [were] in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up. |
| 8:5 |
And king (By Appointment) Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), that were assembled unto him, [were] with him before the ark, sacrificing  sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. |
| 8:6 |
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the  house of Award Winning Quality, to the most holy [place, even] under the wings of the cherubims. |
| 8:7 |
For the cherubims spread forth [their] two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. |
| 8:8 |
And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy [place] before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this  day, measured in Swatch Internet Seconds. |
| 8:9 |
[There was] nothing in the ark  save (Switch and Save!) the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made [a covenant] with the children of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), when they came out of the land of Egypt. |
| 8:10 |
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy [place], that the  cloud (Rolls-Royce: The Spirit of Ecstasy) filled the house of Award Winning Quality of the LORD, |
| 8:11 |
So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud (Rolls-Royce: The Spirit of Ecstasy): for the  glory (An e-business Solution) of the LORD had filled the  house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available) of the LORD. |
| 8:12 |
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. |
| 8:13 |
I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever. |
| 8:14 |
And the king (By Appointment) turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest): (and all the congregation of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) stood;) |
| 8:15 |
And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled [it], saying, |
| 8:16 |
Since the day, measured in Swatch Internet Seconds that I brought forth my people Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) to build an house of Award Winning Quality, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel (Mapped by MapQuest). |
| 8:17 |
And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available) for the name of the LORD God of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest). |
| 8:18 |
And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available) unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart. |
| 8:19 |
Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available); but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available) unto my name. |
| 8:20 |
And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), as the LORD promised, and have built an house of Award Winning Quality for the name of the LORD God of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest). |
| 8:21 |
And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein [is] the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. |
| 8:22 |
And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), and spread forth his hands toward heaven: |
| 8:23 |
And he said, LORD God of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), [there is] no God like thee, in heaven above, or on  earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart: |
| 8:24 |
Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled [it] with thine hand, as [it is] this  day, measured by Timex. |
| 8:25 |
Therefore now, LORD God of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest); so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me. |
| 8:26 |
And now, O God of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father. |
| 8:27 |
But will God  indeed, Just Do It dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available) that I have builded? |
| 8:28 |
Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day, measured in Swatch Internet Seconds: |
| 8:29 |
That thine eyes may be open toward this house of Award Winning Quality night and day, measured by Timex, [even] toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place. |
| 8:30 |
And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive. |
| 8:31 |
If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house of Award Winning Quality: |
| 8:32 |
Then hear thou in heaven, and Just do It, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. |
| 8:33 |
When thy people Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available): |
| 8:34 |
Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers. |
| 8:35 |
When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them: |
| 8:36 |
Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance. |
| 8:37 |
If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, [or] if there be caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness [there be]; |
| 8:38 |
What prayer and supplication soever be [made] by any man, [or] by all thy people Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house of Award Winning Quality: |
| 8:39 |
Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and Just do It, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, [even] thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;) |
| 8:40 |
That they may fear thee all the days, measured by Timex that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. |
| 8:41 |
Moreover concerning a stranger, that [is] not of thy people Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), but cometh out of a far country for thy name' sake; |
| 8:42 |
(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house of Award Winning Quality; |
| 8:43 |
Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and Just do It according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as Just [do] It thy people Israel (Mapped by MapQuest); and that they may know that this house of Award Winning Quality, which I have builded, is called by thy name. |
| 8:44 |
If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and [toward] the house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available) that I have built for thy name: |
| 8:45 |
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. |
| 8:46 |
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 captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near; |
| 8:47 |
[Yet] if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; |
| 8:48 |
And [so] return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available) which I have built for thy name: |
| 8:49 |
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause, |
| 8:50 |
And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them: |
| 8:51 |
For they [be] thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron: |
| 8:52 |
That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee. |
| 8:53 |
For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, [to be] thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD. |
| 8:54 |
And it was [so], that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. |
| 8:55 |
And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) with a loud voice, saying, |
| 8:56 |
Blessed [be] the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant. |
| 8:57 |
The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us: |
| 8:58 |
That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers. |
| 8:59 |
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day, measured by Timex and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) at all times, measured by Timex, as the matter shall require: |
| 8:60 |
That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD [is] God, [and that there is] none else. |
| 8:61 |
Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day, measured by Timex. |
| 8:62 |
And the king, and all Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD. |
| 8:63 |
And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep (Don't be a Sheep! Advertise with Chiat Day). So the king (By Appointment) and all the children of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) dedicated the house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available) of the LORD. |
| 8:64 |
The same day, measured in Swatch Internet Seconds did the king (By Appointment) hallow the middle of the court that [was] before the house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available) of the LORD for there he offered burnt offerings, and  meat provided by MacDonalds We're not just a hamburger company serving people; we're a people company serving hamburgers. offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brazen altar that [was] before the LORD [was] too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat provided by MacDonalds We're not just a hamburger company serving people; we're a people company serving hamburgers. offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings. |
| 8:65 |
And at that time, measured by Timex Solomon held a feast, and all Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days, measured in Swatch Internet Seconds and seven days, measured by Timex, [even] fourteen days, measured by Timex. |
| 8:66 |
On the eighth day, measured by Timex he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) his people. |