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, [long...: Heb. the length thereof, etc]
			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. [There...: Heb. There shall not a man be cut off]
			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. [toward...: or, in 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# . [make: Heb. pray] [toward...: or, in this place]
			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; [and an oath...: Heb. and he require an oath of him]
			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.
			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; [be put...: or, be smitten] [in: or, toward]
			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; [toward...: or, in this place]
			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 : [in the cities...: Heb. in the land of their gates]
			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: [in: or, toward] [toward...: or, in this place]
			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. [so long...: Heb. all the days which] [in the land: Heb. upon the face of the land]
			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; [toward...: or, in this place]
			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. [this...: Heb. thy name is called upon this house]
			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. [cause: or, right]
			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; [they carry them away captives: Heb. they that take them captives carry them away]
			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# ; [bethink...: Heb. bring back to their heart]
			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. [cause: or, right]
			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. [unto...: Heb. to the prayer of 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.