I Kings - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 353

u House of the Evzx—1.1vmc;, so that the Priests were not able to stand to serve because ofthe cloud ;—-—for the splendour of the Evzn-x.1v11~xe filled the House ofthe EvBn~·1.xv11¤c. (ac. 1oo4.) §¤l¤m¤u’¤ Qzhizaiurg 12 x6 1 8 20 fznlm. Then Solomon exclaimed, I`he LOR1> said He would dwell in darkness; Building, I have built you a House, Founded a rest for you for Then the King turned his face and

blessed all the Assembly of Israel, whilst all the Assembly of Israel stood UP. and he said, Bless the Llvmo Gon of Israel, Wlw SP0k¢di1‘¢¢UY with my _ father David. _ A¤dby His h3·¤d ¤·¤¢0mPhSh8S _ His W0¤’d.··* ° From when I bt‘¤¤ght MY P¤0Pl¢ Israel out of Egypt _ I CIIOSB ill 15126],5 TI°1b€S 1*10 CKY. T0 build 3 H0¤S¢ T0 EX my N3m¤. _T1!} Y0? MY P€°P}€ Ysfael ¥ chose David. S0 it Way- in my faihéf. D8·Vi<YS h€81'{» T0 build thd Name ¤f IS¤`¤¢l'S Livme Gon a House, But md LORD emluired Of my father, David, Longs your heart to build My Name a Home ?—— It was not good that came into your mind !— Begone! you shall not build that house! But your son, who from your I0i¤S SP¤°i¤8$» Shall build My Name that Home. And the LORD His word has done, For I after my father rise, And sit on Israel's throne, As the LQRD from Himself declared, And have built this House to the NAME PERIOD.·—·I. KINGS. 8-»32 Of lsrael’s stilldiving Gob, Ark Where Tux Lutz’s Treaty is kept, That He, Himself, made with our Fathers, Whom He brought from the land of Mitzeraim. (nc. 1004.) altar of the Evmt-Lnvme opposite all the Assembly of Israel, and spread Snlmnmfs §zhirnin17g Qxagzr. ‘ Lxvme Gon of Israel l there is no

GQD like You in heaven above, or upon earth beneath,——keeping cove- nant and promise to Your servants, who walk before You with all their heart. Who kept Your promise to David, my father, as You promised to him,-··-for to·day You fulfil Your promise, by Your mouth, and by Your hand, So now, Evmz·r.xvmc Gon of

Israel, keep to Your servant, my father David, what You promised to him, saying, ‘ There shall not be wanting to you a man before Me to sit upon the throne of Israel, if only ygur ggug regard My path fg wg]k before Me, as you have walked be- fore Me.’ And now, Gon of Israel, establish, I pray, the promise You promised to Your servant David my father, But will GOD really dwell upon

the earth, while the heaven, and the heaven of heavens are not able to House which I have built? Heavens, listen and pardon. And place there a home for the zz Solomon then stood before the 22

his hands to the heavens, and said, 23 contain Him ?—-—then how can this l`heref0re turn to the prayer of

Your servant, LIVING GOD, to listen to his cry, and the prayer which Your servant prays before You to—day, and listen with favour to Your servant, and Your People Israel when they pray at this place, and also listen from the place of Your rest in the ‘ ‘ ‘ When a man has sinned by doing

wrong, and there is ofered up for him prayer, and he comes to invoke before Your altar in this House, then hear from the Heavens, andiexamine and judge Your servant, and punish, and lay on the head of the wicked his wicked course; and give to the righteous according to his goodness. 353 26 2S