3:1 Ornan: also called, Araunah 3:3 instructed: Heb. founded 3:6 garnished: Heb. covered 3:10 image…: or, (as
some think) of moveable work 3:13 inward: or, toward the house 3:14 wrought: Heb. caused to ascend 3:15 high:
Heb. long 3:17 Jachin: that is, He shall establish 3:17 Boaz: that is, In it is strength
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4
1 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth
thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
2 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. 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. 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
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 of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple,
five on the right hand, and five on the left. 8 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.
9 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. 10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over
against the south.
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 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; 13 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. 14 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases; 15 One sea, and
twelve oxen under it. 16 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. 17 In the
plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah. 18 Thus
Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
19 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; 20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should
burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold; 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.
5
1 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.
2 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. 3 Wherefore all the men of Israel 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. 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
4:2 from…: Heb. from his brim to his brim 4:5 with flowers…: or, like a lilyflower 4:6 such…: Heb. the work of burnt
offering 4:8 basons: or, bowls 4:11 basons: or, bowls 4:11 finished: Heb. finished to make 4:13 upon:
Heb. upon the face of 4:14 lavers: or, caldrons 4:16 bright: Heb. made bright, or, scoured 4:17 clay…: Heb.
thicknesses of the ground 4:21 perfect…: Heb. perfections of gold 4:22 basons: or, bowls
2 Chronicles 5:10 350 2 Chronicles 6:23
there it is unto this day. 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
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 cloud: for
the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
6
1 Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 2 But I have
built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever. 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, 5 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: 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 the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.
12 And he stood before the 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 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: 15 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. 16 Now therefore, O
LORD God 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 upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children
take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me. 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? 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 which thy
servant prayeth toward this place. 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 neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the
oath come before thine altar in this house; 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.
5:9 there…: or, they are there 5:10 when the LORD: or, where, etc 5:11 present: Heb. found 6:13 long…: Heb. the
length thereof, etc 6:16 There…: Heb. There shall not a man be cut off 6:20 toward…: or, in this place 6:21 make: Heb.
pray 6:21 toward…: or, in this place 6:22 and an oath…: Heb. and he require an oath of him
2 Chronicles 6:24 351 2 Chronicles 7:6
24 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 unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
26 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; 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 land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or
caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them 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: 30 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:) 31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live
in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
32 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; 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. 34 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; 35 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain
their cause. 36 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; 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 supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against
thee. 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. 41 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. 42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies
of David thy servant.
7
1 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. 2 And the priests could
not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD’s house.
3 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.
4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD. 5 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. 6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also
6:24 be put…: or, be smitten 6:24 in: or, toward 6:26 toward…: or, in this place 6:28 in the cities…: Heb. in
the land of their gates 6:29 in: or, toward 6:29 toward…: or, in this place 6:31 so long…: Heb. all the days which
6:31 in the land: Heb. upon the face of the land 6:32 toward…: or, in this place 6:33 this…: Heb. thy name is called upon
this house 6:35 cause: or, right 6:36 they carry them away captives: Heb. they that take them captives carry them away
6:37 bethink…: Heb. bring back to their heart 6:39 cause: or, right 6:40 unto…: Heb. to the prayer of this place
2 Chronicles 7:7 352 2 Chronicles 8:11
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. 7 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.
8 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. 9 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.