Verse 53
1 Kings 8:53
GOD'S WORD Translation
53
For you separated them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be your inheritance, as you spoke by Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, Lord Yahweh.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּֽי אַתָּ֞ה הִבְדַּלְתָּ֤/ם לְ/ךָ֙ לְֽ/נַחֲלָ֔ה מִ/כֹּ֖ל עַמֵּ֣י הָ/אָ֑רֶץ כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבַּ֜רְתָּ בְּ/יַ֣ד מֹשֶׁ֣ה עַבְדֶּ֗/ךָ בְּ/הוֹצִיאֲ/ךָ֧ אֶת אֲבֹתֵ֛י/נוּ מִ/מִּצְרַ֖יִם אֲדֹנָ֥/י יְהוִֽה
English Translation
For you have set apart for yourself a heritage from all the peoples of the earth, as you spoke by the hand of Moses your servant in bringing out our forefathers from Egypt, Lord Yahweh.
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Chapter 8 Context
1
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, with all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fa...
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All the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which...
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All the elders of Israel came, and the priests picked up the ark.
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They brought up Yahweh’s ark, the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent. T...
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King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the...
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The priests brought in the ark of Yahweh’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the ho...
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For the cherubim spread their wings out over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark...
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The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place before the inner san...
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There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets which Moses put there at Horeb, when Yahwe...
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10
It came to pass, when the priests had come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled Yahweh’s hou...
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so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for Yahweh’s glory filled Ya...
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12
Then Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
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13
I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever.”
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14
The king turned his face around, and blessed all the assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Isr...
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15
He said, “Blessed is Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your fath...
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‘Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes o...
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“Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God (Elohim...
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But Yahweh said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you...
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Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come out of your body, he shall...
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Yahweh has established his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father,...
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There I have set a place for the ark, in which is Yahweh’s covenant, which he made with our fathers,...
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Solomon stood before Yahweh’s altar in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out hi...
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and he said, “Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Israel, there is no God (Elohim) like you, in heaven above...
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who has kept with your servant David my father that which you promised him. Yes, you spoke with your...
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Now therefore, may Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that w...
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“Now therefore, God (Elohim) of Israel, please let your word be verified, which you spoke to your se...
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But will God (Elohim) in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’...
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Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant, and for his supplication, Yahweh my God (Elohim), t...
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that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have...
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Listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this pl...
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“If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes...
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then hear in heaven, and act, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way on hi...
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“When your people Israel are struck down before the enemy, because they have sinned against you; if...
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then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land whi...
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“When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray t...
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then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach...
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“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight, mildew, locust or cater...
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whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall each kn...
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then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to a...
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that they may fear you all the days that they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.
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“Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he comes out of a far cou...
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(for they shall hear of your great name, and of your mighty hand, and of your outstretched arm); whe...
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hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; th...
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“If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they...
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then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
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If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them, and deli...
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yet if they repent in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication...
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if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who...
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then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven, your dwelling place, and maintain their cau...
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and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions in which they have...
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(for they are your people, and your inheritance, which you brought out of Egypt, from the middle of...
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that your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your peop...
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For you separated them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be your inheritance, as you spoke...
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It was so, that when Solomon had finished praying all this prayer and supplication to Yahweh, he aro...
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He stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
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“Blessed be Yahweh, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. Ther...
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May Yahweh our God (Elohim) be with us, as he was with our fathers. Let him not leave us or forsake...
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that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and hi...
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Let these my words, with which I have made supplication before Yahweh, be near to Yahweh our God (El...
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that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh himself is God (Elohim). There is no one else...
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“Let your heart therefore be perfect with Yahweh our God (Elohim), to walk in his statutes, and to k...
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The king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before Yahweh.
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Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to Yahweh, twenty two thousan...
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The same day the king made the middle of the court holy that was before Yahweh’s house; for there he...
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So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance...
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On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful...
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