WEBVTT 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.719 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.719 --> 00:00:10.160 in a year. Today's reading is from 1 Kings 7 00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:14.759 -8. Chapter 7 But Solomon took thirteen years 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:17.239 to build his own house, so he finished all his 00:00:17.239 --> 00:00:19.780 house. He also built the house of the forest 00:00:19.780 --> 00:00:22.480 of Lebanon. Its length was one hundred cubits, 00:00:22.539 --> 00:00:26.410 its width fifty cubits, and its height 30 cubits 00:00:26.410 --> 00:00:29.390 with four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams 00:00:29.390 --> 00:00:32.289 on the pillars and it was paneled with cedar 00:00:32.289 --> 00:00:36.270 above the beams that were on 45 pillars 15 to 00:00:36.270 --> 00:00:38.670 a row there were windows with beveled frames 00:00:38.670 --> 00:00:41.609 in three rows and window was opposite window 00:00:41.609 --> 00:00:44.710 in three tiers and all the doorways and door 00:00:44.710 --> 00:00:47.929 posts had rectangular frames and window was opposite 00:00:47.929 --> 00:00:50.920 window in three tiers He also made the hall of 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:53.780 pillars, its length was fifty cubits, and its 00:00:53.780 --> 00:00:56.539 width thirty cubits, and in front of them was 00:00:56.539 --> 00:00:59.500 a portico with pillars, and a canopy was in front 00:00:59.500 --> 00:01:02.159 of them. Then he made a hall for the throne, 00:01:02.359 --> 00:01:05.060 the hall of judgment, where he might judge, and 00:01:05.060 --> 00:01:07.680 it was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling. 00:01:08.019 --> 00:01:10.200 And the house where he built had another court 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:13.099 inside the hall of like workmanship. Solomon 00:01:13.099 --> 00:01:15.500 also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh's 00:01:15.500 --> 00:01:18.430 daughter, whom he had taken as wife. All these 00:01:18.430 --> 00:01:21.849 were of costly stones, cut to size, trimmed with 00:01:21.849 --> 00:01:25.129 saws, inside and out, from the foundation to 00:01:25.129 --> 00:01:27.810 the eaves, and also on the outside to the great 00:01:27.810 --> 00:01:31.030 court. The foundation was of costly stones, large 00:01:31.030 --> 00:01:34.370 stones, some ten cubits and some eight cubits, 00:01:34.409 --> 00:01:38.049 and above were costly stones hewn to size, and 00:01:38.049 --> 00:01:40.890 cedar wood. The great court was enclosed with 00:01:40.890 --> 00:01:43.390 three rows of hewn stones and a row of cedar 00:01:43.390 --> 00:01:46.140 beams. So were the inner court of the house of 00:01:46.140 --> 00:01:49.260 the Lord and the vestibule of the temple. Now 00:01:49.260 --> 00:01:51.780 King Solomon sent and brought Huram from Tyre. 00:01:51.879 --> 00:01:54.920 He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, 00:01:55.060 --> 00:01:57.579 and his father was a man of Tyre, a bronze worker. 00:01:57.799 --> 00:01:59.980 He was filled with wisdom and understanding and 00:01:59.980 --> 00:02:02.579 skill in working with all kinds of bronze work. 00:02:02.900 --> 00:02:05.420 So he came to King Solomon and did all his work. 00:02:05.579 --> 00:02:08.719 And he cast two pillars of bronze, each one eighteen 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:11.699 cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits measured 00:02:11.699 --> 00:02:14.780 the circumference of each. then he made two capitals 00:02:14.780 --> 00:02:17.439 of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars 00:02:17.439 --> 00:02:20.259 the height of one capital was five cubits and 00:02:20.259 --> 00:02:23.039 height of the other capital was five cubits he 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:26.060 made a lattice network with wreath of chain work 00:02:26.060 --> 00:02:29.039 for the capitals which were on top of the pillars 00:02:29.039 --> 00:02:31.740 seven chains for one capital and seven for the 00:02:31.740 --> 00:02:34.400 other capital so he made the pillars and two 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:37.240 rows of pomegranates above the network all around 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:40.259 to cover the capitals that were on top and thus 00:02:40.259 --> 00:02:44.090 he did for the other capital The capitals, which 00:02:44.090 --> 00:02:46.590 were on top of the pillars in the hall, were 00:02:46.590 --> 00:02:49.710 in the shape of lilies, four cubits. The capitals 00:02:49.710 --> 00:02:52.250 on the two pillars also had pomegranates above, 00:02:52.449 --> 00:02:55.909 by the convex surface which was next to the network. 00:02:56.189 --> 00:02:58.990 And there were two hundred such pomegranates 00:02:58.990 --> 00:03:02.509 in rows on each of the capitals all around. Then 00:03:02.509 --> 00:03:04.949 he set up the pillars by the vestibule of the 00:03:04.949 --> 00:03:07.229 temple. He set up the pillar on the right and 00:03:07.229 --> 00:03:10.199 called its name Jashin. And he set up the pillar 00:03:10.199 --> 00:03:13.560 on the left and called its name Boaz. The tops 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:16.000 of the pillars were in the shape of lilies, so 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:18.500 the work of the pillars was finished. And he 00:03:18.500 --> 00:03:21.639 made the sea of cast bronze, ten cubits from 00:03:21.639 --> 00:03:24.300 one brim to the other. It was completely round. 00:03:24.479 --> 00:03:27.139 Its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty 00:03:27.139 --> 00:03:30.120 cubits measured its circumference. Below its 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:33.560 brim were ornamental buds encircling it all around, 00:03:33.780 --> 00:03:37.479 ten to a cubit, all the way around the sea. The 00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:40.439 ornamental buds were cast in two rows when it 00:03:40.439 --> 00:03:43.659 was cast. It stood on twelve oxen, three looking 00:03:43.659 --> 00:03:46.300 toward the north, three looking toward the west, 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:48.900 three looking toward the south, and three looking 00:03:48.900 --> 00:03:52.419 toward the east. The sea was set upon them, and 00:03:52.419 --> 00:03:55.759 all their back parts pointed inward. It was a 00:03:55.759 --> 00:03:58.360 hand -breadth thick, and its brim was shaped 00:03:58.360 --> 00:04:01.199 like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. 00:04:01.460 --> 00:04:04.689 It contained two thousand baths. He also made 00:04:04.689 --> 00:04:07.430 ten carts of bronze. Four cubits was the length 00:04:07.430 --> 00:04:10.090 of each cart, four cubits its width, and three 00:04:10.090 --> 00:04:13.009 cubits its height. And this was the design of 00:04:13.009 --> 00:04:15.729 the carts. They had panels, and the panels were 00:04:15.729 --> 00:04:18.569 between frames. On the panels that were between 00:04:18.569 --> 00:04:22.029 the frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim. And 00:04:22.029 --> 00:04:25.589 on the frames was a pedestal on top. Below the 00:04:25.589 --> 00:04:28.920 lions and oxen were wreaths of plated work. Every 00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:31.879 cart had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze, 00:04:32.060 --> 00:04:35.259 and its four feet had supports. Under the laver 00:04:35.259 --> 00:04:38.300 were supports of cast bronze beside each wreath. 00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:41.540 Its opening inside the crown at the top was one 00:04:41.540 --> 00:04:43.680 cubit in diameter, and the opening was round, 00:04:43.879 --> 00:04:46.660 shaped like a pedestal, one and a half cubits 00:04:46.660 --> 00:04:49.480 in outside diameter. And also on the opening 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:51.839 were engravings, but the panels were square, 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:55.120 not round. Under the panels were the four wheels, 00:04:55.279 --> 00:04:57.899 and the axles of the wheels were joined to the 00:04:57.899 --> 00:05:00.579 cart. The height of a wheel was one and a half 00:05:00.579 --> 00:05:03.379 cubits. The workmanship of the wheels was like 00:05:03.379 --> 00:05:06.079 the workmanship of a chariot wheel. Their axle 00:05:06.079 --> 00:05:09.180 pins, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs 00:05:09.180 --> 00:05:12.079 were all of cast bronze. And there were four 00:05:12.079 --> 00:05:14.939 supports at the four corners of each cart. Its 00:05:14.939 --> 00:05:17.720 supports were part of the cart itself. On the 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:20.500 top of the cart, at the height of half a cubit, 00:05:20.540 --> 00:05:23.120 it was perfectly round. And on the top of the 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:25.800 cart, its flanges and its panels were of the 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:29.279 same casting. on the plates of its flanges and 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:32.600 on its panels he engraved cherubim lions and 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:35.439 palm -trees wherever there was a clear space 00:05:35.439 --> 00:05:38.779 on each with wreaths all around thus he made 00:05:38.779 --> 00:05:41.399 the ten carts all of them were of the same mould 00:05:41.399 --> 00:05:44.579 one measure and one shape then he made ten lavers 00:05:44.579 --> 00:05:47.800 of bronze each laver contained forty baths and 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:50.899 each laver was four cubits on each of the ten 00:05:50.899 --> 00:05:54.319 carts was a laver And he put five carts on the 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:56.379 right side of the house and five on the left 00:05:56.379 --> 00:05:59.360 side of the house. He set the sea on the right 00:05:59.360 --> 00:06:02.980 side of the house toward the southeast. Huram 00:06:02.980 --> 00:06:05.600 made the lavers and the shovels and the bowls. 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:08.600 So Huram finished doing all the work that he 00:06:08.600 --> 00:06:11.000 was to do for King Solomon for the house of the 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:13.920 Lord. The two pillars, the two bowl -shaped capitals 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:16.500 that were on top of the two pillars, the two 00:06:16.500 --> 00:06:19.439 networks covering the two bowl -shaped capitals 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:22.199 which were on top of the pillars. four hundred 00:06:22.199 --> 00:06:25.399 pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:28.199 pomegranates for each network to cover the two 00:06:28.199 --> 00:06:30.740 bowl -shaped capitals that were on top of the 00:06:30.740 --> 00:06:33.759 pillars, the ten carts and ten levers on the 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:37.319 carts, one sea and twelve oxen under the sea, 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:40.740 the pots, the shovels, and the bowls. All these 00:06:40.740 --> 00:06:43.279 articles which Huram made for King Solomon for 00:06:43.279 --> 00:06:45.360 the house of the Lord were of burnished bronze. 00:06:45.660 --> 00:06:48.279 In the plain of Jordan, the king had them cast 00:06:48.279 --> 00:06:51.879 in clay molds between Sukkot and Zaretan. And 00:06:51.879 --> 00:06:54.319 Solomon did not weigh all the articles, because 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:56.379 there were so many. The weight of the bronze 00:06:56.379 --> 00:06:59.379 was not determined. Thus Solomon had all the 00:06:59.379 --> 00:07:01.939 furnishings made for the house of the Lord, the 00:07:01.939 --> 00:07:04.500 altar of gold, and the table of gold, on which 00:07:04.500 --> 00:07:07.500 was the showbread, the lampstands of pure gold, 00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:10.319 five on the right side and five on the left, 00:07:10.339 --> 00:07:13.060 in front of the inner sanctuary, with the flowers 00:07:13.060 --> 00:07:15.439 and the lamps and the wick trimmers of gold, 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:18.740 the basins, the trimmers, the bowls, the ladles, 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:21.459 and the censers of pure gold. and the hinges 00:07:21.459 --> 00:07:24.139 of gold, both for the doors of the inner room, 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:26.800 the most holy place, and for the doors of the 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:29.560 main hall of the temple. So all the work that 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:31.560 King Solomon had done for the house of the Lord 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:34.220 was finished, and Solomon brought in the things 00:07:34.220 --> 00:07:37.160 which his father David had dedicated, the silver 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:39.699 and the gold, and the furnishings. He put them 00:07:39.699 --> 00:07:43.920 in the treasuries of the house of the Lord. Chapter 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:46.879 8 Now Solomon assembled the elders of Israel 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:49.620 and all the heads of the tribes. the chief fathers 00:07:49.620 --> 00:07:52.000 of the children of Israel, to King Solomon in 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:54.519 Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of 00:07:54.519 --> 00:07:56.779 the covenant of the Lord from the city of David, 00:07:56.959 --> 00:07:59.839 which is Zion. Therefore all the men of Israel 00:07:59.839 --> 00:08:02.300 assembled with King Solomon at the feast in the 00:08:02.300 --> 00:08:04.839 month of Etenim, which is the seventh month. 00:08:05.180 --> 00:08:07.480 So all the elders of Israel came, and the priests 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:09.920 took up the ark. Then they brought up the ark 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:12.420 of the Lord, the tabernacle of meeting, and all 00:08:12.420 --> 00:08:14.759 the holy furnishings that were in the tabernacle. 00:08:14.819 --> 00:08:17.120 The priests and the Levites brought them up. 00:08:17.470 --> 00:08:19.889 Also King Solomon and all the congregation of 00:08:19.889 --> 00:08:22.529 Israel who were assembled with him were with 00:08:22.529 --> 00:08:25.529 him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen 00:08:25.529 --> 00:08:28.170 that could not be counted or numbered for multitude. 00:08:28.610 --> 00:08:31.170 Then the priests brought in the ark of the covenant 00:08:31.170 --> 00:08:34.049 of the Lord to its place, into the inner sanctuary 00:08:34.049 --> 00:08:36.970 of the temple, to the most holy place under the 00:08:36.970 --> 00:08:39.409 wings of the cherubim. For the cherubim spread 00:08:39.409 --> 00:08:42.409 their two wings over the place of the ark, and 00:08:42.409 --> 00:08:44.909 the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles. 00:08:45.470 --> 00:08:48.090 The poles extended so that the ends of the poles 00:08:48.090 --> 00:08:51.090 could be seen from the holy place, in front of 00:08:51.090 --> 00:08:53.269 the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen 00:08:53.269 --> 00:08:55.870 from outside, and they are there to this day. 00:08:56.279 --> 00:08:58.519 Nothing was in the ark except the two tablets 00:08:58.519 --> 00:09:01.299 of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when 00:09:01.299 --> 00:09:03.080 the Lord made a covenant with the children of 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:05.460 Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. 00:09:05.659 --> 00:09:08.460 And it came to pass, when the priests came out 00:09:08.460 --> 00:09:10.759 of the holy place, that the cloud filled the 00:09:10.759 --> 00:09:13.100 house of the Lord, so that the priests could 00:09:13.100 --> 00:09:15.399 not continue ministering because of the cloud. 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:18.019 For the glory of the Lord filled the house of 00:09:18.019 --> 00:09:20.919 the Lord. Then Solomon spoke. The Lord said he 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:23.500 would dwell in the dark cloud. I have surely 00:09:23.500 --> 00:09:26.179 built you an exalted house and a place for you 00:09:26.179 --> 00:09:28.960 to dwell in forever. Then the king turned around 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:31.299 and blessed the whole assembly of Israel, while 00:09:31.299 --> 00:09:33.580 all the assembly of Israel was standing. And 00:09:33.580 --> 00:09:36.559 he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel who 00:09:36.559 --> 00:09:39.360 spoke with his mouth to my father David and with 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:42.259 his hand has fulfilled it, saying, Since the 00:09:42.259 --> 00:09:44.860 day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, 00:09:45.019 --> 00:09:47.919 I have chosen no city from any tribe of Israel 00:09:47.919 --> 00:09:50.899 in which to build a house, that my name might 00:09:50.899 --> 00:09:53.980 be there. But I chose David to be over my people 00:09:53.980 --> 00:09:56.399 Israel. Now it was in the heart of my father 00:09:56.399 --> 00:09:58.840 David to build a temple for the name of the Lord 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:01.220 God of Israel. But the Lord said to my father 00:10:01.220 --> 00:10:04.240 David, Whereas it was in your heart to build 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:07.139 a temple for my name, you did well that it was 00:10:07.139 --> 00:10:09.600 in your heart. Nevertheless, you shall not build 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:11.840 the temple, but your son, who will come from 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:14.480 your body, he shall build the temple for my name. 00:10:14.580 --> 00:10:17.399 So the Lord has fulfilled his word which he spoke, 00:10:17.600 --> 00:10:19.820 and I have filled the position of my father David, 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:22.679 and sit on the throne of Israel. as the Lord 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:25.120 promised. And I have built a temple for the name 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:28.080 of the Lord God of Israel, and there I have made 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:30.639 a place for the ark, in which is the covenant 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:33.200 of the Lord which he made with our fathers when 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:36.120 he brought them out of the land of Egypt. Then 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:38.179 Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in 00:10:38.179 --> 00:10:40.120 the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and 00:10:40.120 --> 00:10:42.559 spread out his hands toward heaven, and he said, 00:10:42.799 --> 00:10:45.500 Lord God of Israel, there is no God in heaven 00:10:45.500 --> 00:10:48.600 above or on earth below like you, who keep your 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:51.220 covenant and mercy with your servants, who walk 00:10:51.220 --> 00:10:53.659 before you with all their hearts. You have kept 00:10:53.659 --> 00:10:55.919 what you promised your servant David my father. 00:10:56.080 --> 00:10:59.100 You have both spoken with your mouth and fulfilled 00:10:59.100 --> 00:11:02.460 it with your hand, as it is this day. Therefore, 00:11:02.460 --> 00:11:05.399 Lord God of Israel, now keep what you promised 00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:07.980 your servant David my father, saying, You shall 00:11:07.980 --> 00:11:10.919 not fail to have a man sit before me on the throne 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:14.240 of Israel, only if your sons take heed to their 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:17.279 way, that they walk before me as you have walked 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:20.360 before me. And now I pray, O God of Israel, let 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:22.700 your word come true, which you have spoken to 00:11:22.700 --> 00:11:25.580 your servant David my father. But will God indeed 00:11:25.580 --> 00:11:28.360 dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:30.899 of heavens cannot contain you, how much less 00:11:30.899 --> 00:11:33.580 this temple which I have built. Yet regard the 00:11:33.580 --> 00:11:35.679 prayer of your servant and his supplication, 00:11:35.700 --> 00:11:38.240 O Lord my God, and listen to the cry and the 00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:40.399 prayer which your servant is praying before you 00:11:40.399 --> 00:11:43.159 today, that your eyes may be opened toward this 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:45.879 temple night and day, toward the place of which 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:48.539 you said, My name shall be there, that you may 00:11:48.539 --> 00:11:51.139 hear the prayer which your servant makes toward 00:11:51.139 --> 00:11:53.730 this place. And may you hear the supplication 00:11:53.730 --> 00:11:56.289 of your servant and of your people Israel, when 00:11:56.289 --> 00:11:59.029 they pray toward this place, here in heaven your 00:11:59.029 --> 00:12:02.230 dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive. When 00:12:02.230 --> 00:12:04.450 anyone sins against his neighbor and is forced 00:12:04.450 --> 00:12:06.830 to take an oath, and comes and takes an oath 00:12:06.830 --> 00:12:09.549 before your altar in this temple, then hear in 00:12:09.549 --> 00:12:12.309 heaven and act, and judge your servants, condemning 00:12:12.309 --> 00:12:15.090 the wicked. bringing his way on his head, and 00:12:15.090 --> 00:12:17.190 justifying the righteous by giving him according 00:12:17.190 --> 00:12:19.429 to his righteousness. When your people Israel 00:12:19.429 --> 00:12:21.789 are defeated before an enemy because they have 00:12:21.789 --> 00:12:24.269 sinned against you, and when they turn back to 00:12:24.269 --> 00:12:26.470 you and confess your name, and pray and make 00:12:26.470 --> 00:12:28.870 supplication to you in this temple, then hear 00:12:28.870 --> 00:12:31.090 in heaven and forgive the sin of your people 00:12:31.090 --> 00:12:33.750 Israel, and bring them back to the land which 00:12:33.750 --> 00:12:36.019 you gave to their fathers. When the heavens are 00:12:36.019 --> 00:12:38.600 shut up and there is no rain because they have 00:12:38.600 --> 00:12:40.799 sinned against you, when they pray toward this 00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:43.399 place and confess your name and turn from their 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:45.940 sin because you afflict them, then hear in heaven 00:12:45.940 --> 00:12:48.220 and forgive the sin of your servants, your people 00:12:48.220 --> 00:12:51.000 Israel, that you may teach them the good way 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:53.740 in which they should walk, and send rain on your 00:12:53.740 --> 00:12:56.220 land which you have given to your people as an 00:12:56.220 --> 00:12:58.500 inheritance. When there is famine in the land, 00:12:58.659 --> 00:13:02.679 pestilence or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, 00:13:03.049 --> 00:13:05.570 When their enemy besieges them in the land of 00:13:05.570 --> 00:13:07.990 their cities, whatever plague or whatever sickness 00:13:07.990 --> 00:13:10.669 there is, whatever prayer, whatever supplication 00:13:10.669 --> 00:13:13.149 is made by anyone or by all your people Israel, 00:13:13.409 --> 00:13:16.110 when each one knows the plague of his own heart 00:13:16.110 --> 00:13:18.789 and spreads out his hands toward this temple, 00:13:18.970 --> 00:13:21.710 then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive 00:13:21.710 --> 00:13:24.710 and act and give to everyone according to all 00:13:24.710 --> 00:13:27.509 his ways, whose heart you know, for you alone 00:13:27.509 --> 00:13:30.370 know the hearts of all the sons of men. that 00:13:30.370 --> 00:13:32.929 they may fear you all the days that they live 00:13:32.929 --> 00:13:35.710 in the land which you gave to our fathers. Moreover 00:13:35.710 --> 00:13:38.330 concerning a foreigner who is not of your people 00:13:38.330 --> 00:13:41.669 Israel, but has come from a far country for your 00:13:41.669 --> 00:13:43.929 name's sake, for they will hear of your great 00:13:43.929 --> 00:13:46.190 name and your strong hand and your outstretched 00:13:46.190 --> 00:13:49.350 arm. When he comes and prays toward this temple, 00:13:49.450 --> 00:13:52.049 here in heaven your dwelling place, and do according 00:13:52.049 --> 00:13:54.250 to all for which the foreigner calls to you, 00:13:54.309 --> 00:13:57.149 that all peoples of the earth may know your name 00:13:57.149 --> 00:14:00.299 and fear you, as do your people. Israel, and 00:14:00.299 --> 00:14:02.480 that they may know that this temple which I have 00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:05.159 built is called by your name. When your people 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:07.620 go out to battle against their enemy, wherever 00:14:07.620 --> 00:14:09.779 you send them, and when they pray to the Lord 00:14:09.779 --> 00:14:12.240 toward the city which you have chosen and the 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:14.659 temple which I have built for your name, then 00:14:14.659 --> 00:14:17.299 hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication 00:14:17.299 --> 00:14:20.080 and maintain their cause. When they sin against 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:22.899 you, for there is no one who does not sin, and 00:14:22.899 --> 00:14:24.860 you become angry with them and deliver them to 00:14:24.860 --> 00:14:26.860 the enemy, and they take them captive to the 00:14:26.860 --> 00:14:29.789 land of the enemy, far or near, Yet when they 00:14:29.789 --> 00:14:31.889 come to themselves in the land where they were 00:14:31.889 --> 00:14:34.269 carried captive, and repent and make supplication 00:14:34.269 --> 00:14:36.649 to you in the land of those who took them captive, 00:14:36.769 --> 00:14:39.289 saying, We have sinned and done wrong, we have 00:14:39.289 --> 00:14:41.490 committed wickedness. And when they return to 00:14:41.490 --> 00:14:43.549 you with all their heart and with all their soul 00:14:43.549 --> 00:14:45.649 in the land of their enemies who led them away 00:14:45.649 --> 00:14:48.210 captive, and pray to you toward this land which 00:14:48.210 --> 00:14:50.450 you gave to their fathers, the city which you 00:14:50.450 --> 00:14:52.289 have chosen and the temple which I have built 00:14:52.289 --> 00:14:54.590 for your name. Then hear in heaven your dwelling 00:14:54.590 --> 00:14:56.909 place their prayer and their supplication, and 00:14:56.909 --> 00:14:59.129 maintain their cause, and forgive your people 00:14:59.129 --> 00:15:01.889 who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions 00:15:01.889 --> 00:15:04.190 which they have transgressed against you. And 00:15:04.190 --> 00:15:06.629 grant them compassion before those who took them 00:15:06.629 --> 00:15:08.929 captive, that they may have compassion on them. 00:15:08.990 --> 00:15:11.370 For they are your people and your inheritance, 00:15:11.629 --> 00:15:14.250 whom you brought out of Egypt, out of the iron 00:15:14.250 --> 00:15:17.370 furnace, that your eyes may open to the supplication 00:15:17.370 --> 00:15:19.210 of your servant and the supplication of your 00:15:19.210 --> 00:15:21.759 people Israel. to listen to them whenever they 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:24.320 call to you. For you separated them from among 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:26.960 all the peoples of the earth to be your inheritance, 00:15:27.220 --> 00:15:30.039 as you spoke by your servant Moses when you brought 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:34.100 our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God. And so 00:15:34.100 --> 00:15:36.279 it was when Solomon had finished praying all 00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:38.419 this prayer and supplication to the Lord, that 00:15:38.419 --> 00:15:41.059 he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from 00:15:41.059 --> 00:15:43.639 kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:45.940 to heaven. Then he stood and blessed all the 00:15:45.940 --> 00:15:47.960 assembly of Israel with a loud voice saying, 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:51.080 Blessed be the Lord who has given rest to his 00:15:51.080 --> 00:15:53.440 people Israel according to all that he promised. 00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:56.500 There has not failed one word of all his good 00:15:56.500 --> 00:15:58.620 promise, which he promised through his servant 00:15:58.620 --> 00:16:01.860 Moses. May the Lord our God be with us as he 00:16:01.860 --> 00:16:04.299 was with our fathers. May he not leave us nor 00:16:04.299 --> 00:16:06.980 forsake us, that he may incline our hearts to 00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:09.620 himself. to walk in all his ways, and to keep 00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:12.120 his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, 00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:14.720 which he commanded our fathers. And may these 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:17.480 words of mine, with which I have made supplication 00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:20.000 before the Lord, be near the Lord our God day 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:22.460 and night, that he may maintain the cause of 00:16:22.460 --> 00:16:24.679 his servant and the cause of his people Israel, 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:27.659 as each day may require, that all the peoples 00:16:27.659 --> 00:16:30.740 of the earth may know that the Lord is God, there 00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:33.399 is no other. Let your heart therefore be loyal 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:36.529 to the Lord our God. to walk in his statutes 00:16:36.529 --> 00:16:39.929 and keep his commandments as at this day. Then 00:16:39.929 --> 00:16:42.649 the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices 00:16:42.649 --> 00:16:45.210 before the Lord. And Solomon offered the sacrifice 00:16:45.210 --> 00:16:47.549 of peace offerings, which he offered to the Lord. 00:16:47.870 --> 00:16:52.389 22 ,000 bulls and 120 ,000 sheep. So the king 00:16:52.389 --> 00:16:54.789 and all the children of Israel dedicated the 00:16:54.789 --> 00:16:57.070 house of the Lord. On the same day, the king 00:16:57.070 --> 00:16:59.450 consecrated the middle of the court that was 00:16:59.450 --> 00:17:01.690 in front of the house of the Lord. For there 00:17:01.690 --> 00:17:04.089 he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, 00:17:04.289 --> 00:17:06.849 and the fat of the peace offerings. Because the 00:17:06.849 --> 00:17:09.190 bronze altar that was before the Lord was too 00:17:09.190 --> 00:17:11.250 small to receive the burnt offerings, the grain 00:17:11.250 --> 00:17:13.089 offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings. 00:17:13.710 --> 00:17:16.410 At that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel 00:17:16.410 --> 00:17:18.509 with him a great assembly, from the entrance 00:17:18.509 --> 00:17:21.269 of Hamad to the brook of Egypt, before the Lord 00:17:21.269 --> 00:17:24.630 our God. Seven days and seven more days, fourteen 00:17:24.630 --> 00:17:27.769 days. On the eighth day he sent the people away, 00:17:27.970 --> 00:17:30.069 and they blessed the king, and went to their 00:17:30.069 --> 00:17:32.950 tents joyful and glad of heart, for all the good 00:17:32.950 --> 00:17:35.170 that the Lord had done for his servant David, 00:17:35.369 --> 00:17:43.380 and for Israel his people. I hope you enjoyed 00:17:43.380 --> 00:17:45.940 today's reading as much as I did and I look forward 00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:48.000 to seeing you again tomorrow to continue on our 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:50.099 journey. God bless you and have a great day.