II Chronicles Chapter 6

II Chronicles Chapter 6
1 Then Solomon said, The Lord hath
said that he would dwell in the dark
cloud:
2 And I have built thee an house to dwell
in, an habitation for thee to dwell in
forever.
3 And the king turned his face, and
blessed all the congregation of Israel
(for all the congregation of Israel stood
there)
4 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God
of Israel, who spake with his mouth unto
David my father, and hath with his hand
fulfilled it, saying, 5 Since the day that I
brought my people out of the land of
Egypt, I chose no city of all the tribes of
Israel to build an house, 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 And it was in the heart of David my
father to build an house unto the name of
the Lord God of Israel,
8 But the Lord said to David my father,
Whereas it was in thine heart to build an
house unto my name, thou didst well, that
thou wast so minded. 9 Notwithstanding
thou shalt not build the house, but thy son
which shall come out of thy loins, he
shall build an house unto my name. 10
And the Lord hath performed his word
that he spake: and 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 an house to the
name of the Lord God of Israel. 11 And I
have set the ark there, wherein is the
covenant of the Lord, that he made with
the children of Israel.
12 And the king stood before the altar of
the Lord, in the presence of all the
congregation of Israel, and stretched out
his hands,
13 (For Solomon had made a brazen
scaffold and set it in the midst of the
court, of five cubits long, and five cubits
broad, and three cubits of height, and
upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon
his knees before all the congregation of
Israel, and stretched out his hands
toward heaven) 14 And said, O Lord
God of Israel, there is no God like thee
in heaven nor in earth, which keepest
covenant, and mercy unto thy servants,
that walk before thee with all their heart.
15 Thou that hast kept with thy servant
David my father, that thou hast promised
him: for thou spakest with thy mouth, and
hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as
appeareth this day.
16 Therefore now Lord God of Israel,
keep with thy servant David my father,
that thou hast promised him, saying,
Thou shalt not want a man in my sight,
that shall sit upon the throne of Israel: so
that thy sons take heed to their ways, to
walk in my law, as thou hast walked
before me.
17 And now, O Lord God of Israel, let
thy word be verified, which thou spakest
unto thy servant David.
18 (Is it true indeed that God will dwell
with man on earth? Behold, the heavens,
and the heavens of heavens are not able
to contain thee: how much more unable
is this house, which I have built?)
19 But have thou respect to the prayer of
thy servant, and to his supplication, O
Lord my God, to hear the cry and prayer
which thy servant prayeth before thee,
20 That thine eyes may be open toward
this house day and
night, even toward the place, whereof
thou hast said, that thou wouldest put thy
name there, that thou mayest hearken
unto the prayer, which thy servant
prayeth in this place.
21 Hear thou therefore the supplication
of thy servant, and of thy people Israel,
which they pray in this place: and hear
thou in the place of thine habitation, even
in heaven, and when thou hearest, be
merciful. 22 When a man shall sin
against his neighbor, and he lay upon
him an oath to cause him to swear, and
the swearer shall come before thine altar
in this house,
23 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and
judge thy servants, in recompensing the
wicked to bring his way upon his head,
and in justifying the righteous, to give
him according to his righteousness.
24 And when thy people Israel shall be
overthrown before the enemy, because
they have sinned against thee, and turn
again, and confess thy name, and pray,
and make supplication before thee in this
house, 25 Then hear thou in heaven, and
be merciful unto the sin of thy people
Israel, and bring them again unto the land
which thou gavest to them and to their
fathers.
26 When heaven shall be shut up, and
there shall be no rain, because they have
sinned against thee, and shall pray in this
place, and confess thy name, and turn
from their sin, when thou dost afflict
them,
27 Then hear thou in heaven, and pardon
the sin of thy servants, and of thy people
Israel (when thou hast taught them the
good way wherein they may walk) and
give rain upon thy land, which thou hast
given unto thy people for an inheritance.
28 When there shall be famine in the
land, when there shall be pestilence,
blasting, or mildew, when there shall be
grasshopper, or caterpillar, when their
enemy shall besiege them in the cities of
their land, or any plague or any sickness,
29 Then what prayer and supplication
so ever shall be made of any man, or of
all thy people Israel, when every one
shall know his own plague, and his own
disease, and shall stretch forth his hands
toward this house,
30 Hear thou then in heaven, thy
dwelling place, and be merciful, and
give every man according unto all his
ways, as thou dost know his heart (for
thou only knowest the hearts of the
children of men)
31 That they may fear thee, and walk in
thy ways as long as they live in the land
which thou gavest unto our fathers.
32 Moreover, as touching the stranger
which is not of thy people Israel, who
shall come out of a far country for thy
great name's sake, and thy mighty hand,
and thy stretched out arm: when they
shall come and pray in this house,
33 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling
place, and do according to all that the
stranger calleth for unto thee, that all the
people of the earth may know thy name,
and fear thee like thy people Israel, and
that they may know, that thy name is
called upon in this house which I have
built.
34 When thy people shall go out to battle
against their enemies, by the way that
thou shalt send them, and they pray to
thee, in the way toward this city, which
thou hast chosen, even toward the house
which I have built to thy name,
35 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer
and their supplication, and judge their
cause.
36 If they sin against thee ( for there is
no man that sinneth not) and thou be
angry with them and deliver them unto
the enemies, and they take them and
carry them away captive unto a land far
or near,
37 If they turn again to their heart in the
land whither they be carried in captives,
and turn and pray unto thee in the land of
their captivity, saying, We have sinned,
we have transgressed and have done
wickedly,
38 If they turn again 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 in heaven, in the place
of thine habitation their prayer and their
supplication, and judge their cause, and
be merciful unto thy people, which have
sinned against thee.
40 Now my God, I beseech thee, let
thine eyes be open, and thine ears attent
unto the prayer that is made in this
place.
41 Now therefore arise, O Lord God, to
come into thy rest, thou, and the ark of
thy strength: O Lord God, let thy priests
be clothed with salvation, and let thy
saints rejoice in goodness.
42 O Lord God, refuse not the face of
thine anointed: remember the mercies
promised to David thy servant.