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Ka Mauria te Āka o te Kawenata ki te Temepara

1 Kātahi ka huihuia e Horomona ngā kaumātua o Īharaira rātou ko ngā upoko katoa o ngā iwi, ko ngā rangatira o ngā whare o ngā mātua o ngā tama a Īharaira ki a Kīngi Horomona, ki Hiruhārama, hei mau ake mō te āka o te kawenata a Ihowā i roto i te pā o Rāwiri, arā i Hiona. 2 Nā, ka huihui ngā tāngata katoa o Īharaira ki a Kīngi Horomona i marama Etanimi, i te hākari, arā i te whitu o ngā marama.

3 Nā, ka tae mai ngā kaumātua katoa o Īharaira, ā, ka mau ngā tohunga ki te āka, 4 ā, kawea ana te āka a Ihowā, me te tapenākara o te whakaminenga, me ngā oko tapu katoa i roto i te tapenākara, kawea ana e ngā tohunga rātou ko ngā Rīwaiti ki runga. 5 Nā, kei te tāpae a Kīngi Horomona, rātou ko te huihui katoa o Īharaira, i huihui nei ki a ia ki te ritenga o te āka, i ngā hipi, i ngā kau, kāhore nei e taea te kōrero, te tatau rānei, i te tini.

6 Nā, kawea ana e ngā tohunga te āka o te kawenata a Ihowā ki tōna wāhi, ki te ahurewa o te whare, ki te Wāhi Tino Tapu, ki raro i ngā parirau o ngā kerupima. 7 I roha hoki ngā parirau e rua o ngā kerupima ki runga ki te wāhi i te āka, ā, taupokina iho a runga o te āka me ōna amo e ngā kerupima. 8 I te roroa rawa o ngā amo, kitea mai ai ngā pito o ngā amo i te wāhi tapu i te ritenga atu o te ahurewa; otiia kīhai i kitea ki waho; kei reira nā anō aua mea ā tae noa mai ki tēnei rā. 9 Kāhore he mea i roto i te āka, ko ngā papa kōhatu e rua anake i whaowhina nei ki reira e Mohi i Horepa i tā Ihowā whakaritenga kawenata ki ngā tama a Īharaira, i tō rātou putanga mai i te whenua o Īhipa.

10 Ā, nō te putanga mai o ngā tohunga i roto i te wāhi tapu, nā, kua kī te whare o Ihowā i te kapua, 11 ā, kīhai i āhei i ngā tohunga te tū ki te mahi, nā te kapua hoki; i kī tonu rā hoki te whare o Ihowā i te korōria o Ihowā.

12 Kātahi ka kōrero a Horomona, "I mea a Ihowā, ka noho ia ki te pōuri nui. 13 Kua oti nei i ahau te hanga he whare hei nohoanga mōu, he kāinga pūmau mōu mō ake tonu atu."

Te Whaikōrero a Horomona ki te Iwi

14 Nā, ka tahuri te aroaro o te kīngi, ā, manaakitia ana e ia te huihui katoa o Īharaira; ā, tū ana te huihui katoa o Īharaira. 15 Nā, ka mea ia:

"Kia whakapaingia a Ihowā, te Atua o Īharaira, nā tōna māngai nei te kupu ki tōku pāpā, ki a Rāwiri, ā, kua rite nei i tōna ringa; i mea ia, 16 ‘Mai o te rā i whakaputaina mai ai e ahau tāku iwi a Īharaira i Īhipa, kīhai i whiriwhiria e ahau he pā i roto i ngā iwi katoa o Īharaira e hangā ai he whare hei waihotanga mō tōku ingoa; engari i whiriwhiria e ahau a Rāwiri hei rangatira mō tāku iwi, mō Īharaira.’

17 "Nā, i whai ngākau tōku pāpā, a Rāwiri ki te hanga whare mō te ingoa o Ihowā, o te Atua o Īharaira. 18 Otirā, i mea a Ihowā ki a Rāwiri, ki tōku pāpā, ‘I te mea i roto i tōu ngākau kia hangā he whare mō tōku ingoa, he pai tonu te whakaaro o tōu ngākau; 19 otiia, e kore koe e hanga i taua whare; engari tāu tama e puta mai i tōu hope, māna e hanga te whare mō tōku ingoa.’

20 "Nā, kua mana nei i a Ihowā tāna kupu i kōrero ai ia, ā, kua ara tēnei ahau i muri i a Rāwiri, i tōku pāpā, ā, e noho nei ahau i runga i te torōna o Īharaira, e pērā ana me tā Ihowā i kōrero ai, kua hangā hoki e ahau he whare mō te ingoa o Ihowā, o te Atua o Īharaira. 21 Ā, meinga ana e ahau ki reira he wāhi mō te āka, mō te takotoranga o te kawenata a Ihowā i whakaritea e ia ki ō tātou mātua i tāna whakaputanga mai i a rātou i te whenua o Īhipa."

Tā Horomona he Īnoi kia Kawanga

22 Nā, ka tū a Horomona ki mua i te āta a Ihowā, i te aroaro o te huihui katoa o Īharaira, whewhera tonu ōna ringa whaka te rangi; 23 ā, ka mea:

"E Ihowā, e te Atua o Īharaira, kāhore he atua hei rite mōu i te rangi i runga, i te whenua rānei i raro, e pupuri nei i te kawenata, i te aroha ki āu pononga, ina whakapaua ō rātou ngākau ki te haere i tōu aroaro. 24 Mau tonu hoki i a koe ngā mea i kōrerotia e koe ki tāu pononga, ki tōku pāpā, ki a Rāwiri, i kōrerotia nei e tōu māngai ki a ia, ā, kua rite nei i tōu ringa; koia anō tēnei ināianei.

25 "Nā, kia mau, e Ihowā, e te Atua o Īharaira, āianei tāu i kōrero ai ki tāu pononga, ki tōku pāpā, ki a Rāwiri, i a koe i kī rā, ‘E kore e whakakorea he tangata māu i tōku aroaro hei noho ki te torōna o Īharaira; mehemea rāia ka mahara āu tama ki tō rātou ara, kia haere i tōku aroaro, kia pērā anō me koe i haere nā i tōku aroaro.’ 26 Nā, kia mana āianei, e te Atua o Īharaira, āu kupu i kōrero ai koe ki tāu pononga, ki tōku pāpā, ki a Rāwiri.

27 "Engari he pono rānei, tērā te Atua e noho ki te whenua? Nāna, kāhore e nui hei nohoanga mōu te rangi, me te rangi o ngā rangi; ka iti rawa iho te whare kua hangā nei e ahau! 28 He ahakoa rā, kia anga mai koe ki te īnoi a tāu pononga, ki tāna karanga, e Ihowā, e tōku Atua, ka whakarongo ki te karanga, ki te īnoi e īnoi nei tāu pononga ki tōu aroaro i tēnei rā. 29 Kia titiro mai ōu kanohi ki tēnei whare i te pō, i te ao, ki te wāhi i kī ai koe, ‘Ko reira tōku ingoa,’ whakarongo ki te īnoi e īnoi ai tāu pononga ki te ritenga mai o tēnei wāhi. 30 Kia rongo hoki koe ki te karanga a tāu pononga, a tāu iwi hoki, a Īharaira, ina īnoi ki te ritenga mai o tēnei wāhi. Nā, kia rongo koe i te wāhi e noho nā koe i te rangi, ā, ka rongo, murua tō rātou hara.

31 "Ki te hara tētahi tangata ki tōna hoa, ā, ka meinga he oati hei oati māna, ā, ka tae mai ia, ā, ka oati ki mua i tōu āta i tēnei whare; 32 tēnā rā, māu e whakarongo mai i te rangi, e mahi, e whakarite te whakawā a āu pononga, māu e whakahē te tangata hē, e mea iho tōna ara ki runga anō ki tōna māhunga; māu anō e whakatika tā te tika, e hoatu ki a ia ngā mea e rite ana ki tōna tika.

33 "Ki te patua tāu iwi, a Īharaira e te hoariri, mō rātou i hara ki a koe, ā, ka hoki ki a koe, ka whakaae ki tōu ingoa, ka īnoi, ka, karanga ki a koe, i roto i tēnei whare; 34 tēnā rā, māu e whakarongo i te rangi, e muru te hara o tāu iwi, o Īharaira e whakahoki mai rātou ki te whenua i hōmai e koe ki ō rātou mātua

35 "Ki te tūtakina te rangi, ā, kāhore he ua, mō rātou i hara ki a koe; ā, ka īnoi rātou ki te ritenga o tēnei wāhi, ka whakaae ki tōu ingoa, ka tahuri i tō rātou hara, nō rātou ka whakawhiua e koe; 36 tēnā rā, māu e whakarongo i te rangi, e muru te hara o āu pononga, o tāu iwi, o Īharaira, ina whakaako koe i a rātou ki te ara pai e haere ai rātou; ā, hōmai e koe he ua ki tōu whenua, i hōmai nei e koe hei kāinga pūmau mō tāu iwi.

37 "Ki te mea he matekai tō te whenua, he mate urutā, ki te mea he ngingio, he koriri, he māwhitiwhiti rānei, he moka rānei; ki te whakapaea rānei rātou e ō rātou hoariri ki te whenua o ō rātou pā; ki te pā mai tētahi whiu, tētahi mate tūroro rānei; 38 ki te mea he īnoi, he karanga rānei nā tētahi tangata, nā tāu iwi katoa rānei, nā Īharaira, ina mōhio rātou ki te mate o tōna ngākau, o tōna ngākau, ā, ka wherahia ōna ringa ki te ritenga mai o tēnei whare; 39 tēnā rā, māu e whakarongo mai i te rangi, i tōu wāhi e noho nā koe, e muru te hē, e mahi, e hōmai ki ngā tāngata ngā mea e rite ana ki ngā huarahi katoa o tēnei, o tēnei, e mōhio ana hoki koe ki tōna ngākau – ko koe anake nei hoki te mōhio ana ki ngā ngākau o ngā tama katoa a te tangata – 40 kia wehi ai rātou i a koe i ngā rā katoa e ora ai rātou i runga i te mata o te whenua i hōmai nei e koe ki ō mātou mātua.

41 "Nā, ko te tangata iwi kē, ehara nei i tāu iwi, i a Īharaira, ā, ka tae mai i te whenua mamao, he whakaaro ki tōu ingoa; 42 e rongo hoki rātou ki tōu ingoa nui, ki tōu ringa kaha, ki tōu tākakau kua oti te whakamārō, ā, ka haere, ka īnoi ki te ritenga mai o tēnei whare; 43 māu e whakarongo, mai i te rangi, i tōu wāhi e noho nā koe, e mea ngā mea katoa i karanga ai te tangata iwi kē ki a koe. Kia mōhio ai ngā iwi katoa o te whenua ki tōu ingoa, kia wehi ai i a koe, kia pērā ai me tāu iwi, me Īharaira; kia mōhio ai hoki kua oti tōu ingoa te karanga ki runga ki tēnei whare ka oti nei i ahau te hanga.

44 "Ki te haere tāu iwi ki te whawhai ki tōna hoariri, ki ngā wāhi e tonoa ai rātou e koe, ā, ka īnoi ki a Ihowā ki te ritenga mai o te pā kua whiriwhiria nei e koe, o te whare kua hangā nei e ahau mō tōu ingoa; 45 tēnā rā, māu e whakarongo mai i te rangi ki tā rātou īnoi, ki tā rātou karanga, e whakatika hoki tā rātou.

46 "Ki te hara rātou ki a koe – kāhore hoki he tangata i hapa i te hara – ā, ka riri koe ki a rātou, ka tuku i a rātou ki te hoa whawhai, ā, ka whakaraua atu e rātou hei whakarau ki te whenua o te hoa whawhai, ki te wāhi tata, ki te wāhi mamao rānei. 47 Nā, ki te hoki ake tō rātou mahara i te whenua i whakaraua atu ai rātou, ā, ka rīpenetā rātou, ka īnoi ki a koe i te whenua o ō rātou kaiherehere, ka mea, ‘Kua hara mātou, kua parori kē tā mātou mahi, kua mahi mātou i te kino’; 48 ā, ka tahuri ō rātou ngākau katoa, ō rātou wairua katoa, ki a koe i te whenua o ō rātou hoariri i whakaraua atu ai rātou, ā, ka īnoi rātou ki a koe ki te ritenga mai o tō rātou nei whenua hōmai e koe ki ō rātou mātua, ki te pā i whiriwhiria nei e koe, ki tēnei whare kua hangā nei e ahau mō tōu ingoa; 49 tēnā rā, māu e whakarongo mai i te rangi, i tōu wāhi e noho nā koe, ki tā rātou īnoi, ki tā rātou karanga, māu hoki e whakatika tā rātou. 50 Māu anō e muru te hē o tāu iwi i hara nei ki a koe, me ā rātou mahi tutū katoa i tutū ai ki a koe; meinga anō kia arohaina rātou e ō rātou kaiherehere kia tohungia hoki e rātou; 51 ko tāu iwi hoki rātou, ko tōu wāhi tupu i whakaputaina mai nei e koe i Īhipa, i roto i te oumu rino.

52 "Kia titiro mai ai anō ōu kanohi ki te karanga a tāu pononga, ki te karanga anō a tāu iwi, a Īharaira, ka whakarongo ki a rātou i ā rātou karangatanga katoa ki a koe. 53 Nāu hoki rātou i wehe hei taonga tupu mōu i roto i ngā iwi katoa o te whenua, he kupu hoki nāu, nā tāu pononga, nā Mohi i whakapuaki, i tāu whakaputanga mai i ō mātou mātua i Īhipa, e te Ariki, e Ihowā."

Ka Manaakitia e Horomona te Whakaminenga

54 Ā, i te mutunga o tā Horomona īnoi i tēnei īnoi katoa, i tēnei karanga ki a Ihowā, ka whakatika ake ia i mua i te āta a Ihowā i a ia i tūturi rā i runga i ōna turi, me te tuwhera tonu anō ōna ringa whaka te rangi. 55 Ā, ka tū ia, ka manaaki i te huihui katoa o Īharaira, he nui te reo, ā, ka mea:

56 "Kia whakapaingia a Ihowā nāna nei i hōmai te okiokinga ki tāna iwi, ki a Īharaira, rite tonu ki ngā mea katoa i kōrerotia e ia; hore rawa tētahi kupu i taka o āna mea pai katoa i kōrerotia e ia, arā e tāna pononga, e Mohi. 57 Hei hoa mō tātou a Ihowā, tō tātou Atua, kia pērā anō me ia i ō tātou mātua; kaua ia e whakarere i a tātou, kaua hoki e mawehe atu i a tātou; 58 māna e whakaanga ō tātou ngākau ki a ia, kia haere i āna ara katoa, kia pupuri i āna whakahau, i āna tikanga, i āna whakaritenga, i whakahaua e ia ki ō tātou mātua. 59 Nā, kia tata ki a Ihowā, ki tō tātou Atua, i te ao, i te pō, ēnei kupu āku i karanga nei ahau ki a Ihowā, kia whakatikaia ai e ia tā tāna pononga, tā tāna iwi hoki, tā Īharaira e tohe ai, i ngā meatanga o tēnei rā, o tēnei rā. 60 Kia mōhio ai ngā iwi katoa o te whenua ki a Ihowā, ko ia te Atua; kāhore kē atu. 61 Nā, kia tapatahi ō koutou ngākau ki a Ihowā ki tō tātou Atua, kia haere i runga i āna tikanga, kia puritia āna whakahau, kia rite ki tō tēnei rā."

Ka Patua e Horomona he Patunga Tapu

62 Nā, patua iho e te kīngi rātou tahi ko Īharaira katoa he patunga tapu ki te aroaro o Ihowā. 63 I patua hoki e Horomona he patunga mō te pai, he mea patu nāna mā Ihowā, e rua tekau mā rua mano ngā kau, kotahi rau e rua tekau mano ngā hipi. Nā, kua tāia te kawa o te whare o Ihowā e te kīngi rātou ko ngā tama katoa a Īharaira.

64 I whakatapua anō e te kīngi i taua rā a waenganui o te marae i mua i te whare o Ihowā; i tukua hoki e ia ki reira ngā tahunga tinana, me ngā whakahere totokore, me te ngako o ngā whakahere mō te pai; he iti hoki nō te āta parāhi i te aroaro o Ihowā hei meatanga mō ngā tahunga tinana, mō ngā whakahere totokore, mō ngā ngako o ngā whakahere mō te pai.

65 I mahia anō he hākari i taua wā e Horomona rātou ko Īharaira katoa ki te aroaro o Ihowā, o tō tātou Atua, he huihuinga nui, nō te haerenga atu ki Hāmata tae noa ki te awa o Īhipa, e whitu ngā rā, e whitu atu anō ngā rā, kotahi tekau mā whā aua rā. 66 I te waru o ngā rā ka tukua e ia te iwi kia haere; nā, ka manaaki rātou i te kīngi, ā, haere koa ana ki ō rātou tēneti, pai tonu hoki te ngākau i ngā mea pai katoa i meinga e Ihowā ki a Rāwiri, ki tāna pononga, rātou ko tāna iwi, ko Īharaira.

1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers’ houses of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion. 2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. 4 And they brought up the ark of Jehovah, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; even these did the priests and the Levites bring up. 5 And king Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude. 6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim. 7 For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above. 8 And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the holy place before the oracle; but they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day. 9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. 10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah, 11 so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah.

12 Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 13 I have surely built thee a house of habitation, a place for thee to dwell in for ever. 14 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood. 15 And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying, 16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel. 17 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel. 18 But Jehovah 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: 19 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. 20 And Jehovah hath established his word that he spake; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and have built the house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel. 21 And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

22 And Solomon stood before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven; 23 and he said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keepest covenant and lovingkindness with thy servants, that walk before thee with all their heart; 24 who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him: yea, thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day. 25 Now therefore, O Jehovah, the 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 on the throne of Israel, if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me as thou hast walked before me. 26 Now therefore, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.

27 But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded! 28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Jehovah my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee this day; 29 that thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place whereof thou hast said, My name shall be there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray toward this place. 30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yea, hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place; and when thou hearest, forgive.

31 If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he come and swear before thine altar in this house; 32 then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head, and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

33 When thy people Israel are smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; if they turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication unto thee in this house: 34 then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.

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 dost afflict them: 36 then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be; 38 what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: 39 then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and do, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;) 40 that they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

41 Moreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for thy name’s sake 42 (for they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thine outstretched arm); when he shall come and pray toward this house; 43 hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto Jehovah toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name; 45 then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

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 captive unto the land of the enemy, far off or near; 47 yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly; 48 if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name: 49 then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling-place, and maintain their cause; 50 and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee; and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them 51 (for they are thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron); 52 that thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them whensoever they cry unto thee. 53 For thou didst separate them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord Jehovah.

54 And it was so, that, when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto Jehovah, he arose from before the altar of Jehovah, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward heaven. 55 And he stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying, 56 Blessed be Jehovah, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant. 57 Jehovah our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us; 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 ordinances, which he commanded our fathers. 59 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before Jehovah, be nigh unto Jehovah our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel, as every day shall require; 60 that all the peoples of the earth may know that Jehovah, he is God; there is none else. 61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

62 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before Jehovah. 63 And Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he offered unto Jehovah, two and twenty thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of Jehovah. 64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah; for there he offered the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar that was before Jehovah was too little to receive the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings. 65 So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt, before Jehovah our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days. 66 On the eighth day 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 Jehovah had showed unto David his servant, and to Israel his people.