1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

2 Chronicles 6

1 Solomon having blessed the people, blesseth God. 12 Solomon's prayer in the consecration of the Temple, upon the brasen scaffold.

 6:1 Then 227 Solomon 8010 said 559, “The LORD 3068 has said 559 that He would dwell 7931 in the thick 6205 cloud 6205.

 6:2 “I have built 1129 You a lofty 2073 house 1004, And a place 4349 for Your dwelling 3427 forever 5769.”

 6:3 ¶ Then the king 4428 faced 5437 6440 about 5437 and blessed 1288 all 3605 the assembly 6951 of Israel 3478, while all 3605 the assembly 6951 of Israel 3478 was standing 5975.

 6:4 He said 559, “Blessed 1288 be the LORD 3068, the God 430 of Israel 3478, who 834 spoke 1696 with His mouth 6310 to my father 1 David 1732 and has fulfilled 4390 [it] with His hands 3027, saying 559,

 6:5 ‘Since 4480 the day 3117 that I brought 3318 My people 5971a from the land 776 of Egypt 4714, I did not choose 977 a city 5892b out of all 3605 the tribes 7626 of Israel 3478 [in which] to build 1129 a house 1004 that My name 8034 might be there 8033, nor 3808 did I choose 977 any 376 man 376 for a leader 5057 over 5921 My people 5971a Israel 3478;

 6:6 but I have chosen 977 Jerusalem 3389 that My name 8034 might be there 8033, and I have chosen 977 David 1732 to be over 5921 My people 5971a Israel 3478.’

 6:7 “Now it was in the heart 3824 of my father 1 David 1732 to build 1129 a house 1004 for the name 8034 of the LORD 3068, the God 430 of Israel 3478.

 6:8 “But the LORD 3068 said 559 to my father 1 David 1732, ‘Because 3282 834 it was in your heart 3824 to build 1129 a house 1004 for My name 8034, you did 2895 well 2895 that it was in your heart 3824.

 6:9 ‘Nevertheless 7534 you shall not build 1129 the house 1004, but your son 1121 who will be born 3318 2504 to you, he shall build 1129 the house 1004 for My name 8034.’

 6:10 “Now the LORD 3068 has fulfilled 6965 His word 1697 which 834 He spoke 1696; for I have risen 6965 in the place 8478 of my father 1 David 1732 and sit 3427 on the throne 3678 of Israel 3478, as the LORD 3068 promised 1696, and have built 1129 the house 1004 for the name 8034 of the LORD 3068, the God 430 of Israel 3478.

 6:11 “There 8033 I have set 7760 the ark 727 in which 834 is the covenant 1285 of the LORD 3068, which 834 He made 3772 with the sons 1121 of Israel 3478.”

 6:12 ¶ Then he stood 5975 before 6440 the altar 4196 of the LORD 3068 in the presence 5048 of all 3605 the assembly 6951 of Israel 3478 and spread 6566 out his hands 3709.

 6:13 Now 3588 Solomon 8010 had made 6213a a bronze 5178 platform 3595, five 2568 cubits 520 long 753, five 2568 cubits 520 wide 7341 and three 7969 cubits 520 high 6967, and had set 5414 it in the midst 8432 of the court 5835; and he stood 5975 on it, knelt 1288 on his knees 1290 in the presence 5048 of all 3605 the assembly 6951 of Israel 3478 and spread 6566 out his hands 3709 toward heaven 8064.

 6:14 He said 559, “O LORD 3068, the God 430 of Israel 3478, there 369 is no 369 god 430 like 3644 You in heaven 8064 or on earth 776, keeping 8104 covenant 1285 and [showing] lovingkindness 2617a to Your servants 5650 who walk 1980 before 6440 You with all 3605 their heart 3820;

 6:15 who 834 has kept 8104 with Your servant 5650 David 1732, my father 1, that which 834 You have promised 1696 him; indeed You have spoken 1696 with Your mouth 6310 and have fulfilled 4390 it with Your hand 3027, as it is this 2088 day 3117.

 6:16 “Now 6258 therefore, O LORD 3068, the God 430 of Israel 3478, keep 8104 with Your servant 5650 David 1732, my father 1, that which 834 You have promised 1696 him, saying 559, ‘You shall not lack 3772 a man 376 to sit 3427 on the throne 3678 of Israel 3478, if 518 only 7534 your sons 1121 take 8104 heed 8104 to their way 1870, to walk 1980 in My law 8451 as you have walked 1980 before 6440 Me.’

 6:17 “Now 6258 therefore, O LORD 3068, the God 430 of Israel 3478, let Your word 1697 be confirmed 539 which 834 You have spoken 1696 to Your servant 5650 David 1732.

 6:18 ¶ “But will God 430 indeed 552 dwell 3427 with mankind 120 on the earth 776? Behold 2009, heaven 8064 and the highest 8064 heaven 8064 cannot 3808 contain 3557 You; how 637 much 637 3588 less 637 this 2088 house 1004 which 834 I have built 1129.

 6:19 “Yet have 6437 regard 6437 to the prayer 8605 of Your servant 5650 and to his supplication 8467, O LORD 3068 my God 430, to listen 8085 to the cry 7440 and to the prayer 8605 which 834 Your servant 5650 prays 6419 before 6440 You;

 6:20 that Your eye 5869 may be open 6605a toward 413 this 2088 house 1004 day 3119 and night 3915, toward 413 the place 4725 of which 834 You have said 559 that [You would] put 7760 Your name 8034 there 8033, to listen 8085 to the prayer 8605 which 834 Your servant 5650 shall pray 6419 toward 413 this 2088 place 4725.

 6:21 “Listen 8085 to the supplications 8469 of Your servant 5650 and of Your people 5971a Israel 3478 when 834 they pray 6419 toward 413 this 2088 place 4725; hear 8085 from Your dwelling 3427 place 4725, from heaven 8064; hear 8085 and forgive 5545.

 6:22 ¶ “If 518 a man 376 sins 2398 against his neighbor 7453 and is made 5377 to take 422 an oath 423, and he comes 935 [and] takes 422 an oath 422 before 6440 Your altar 4196 in this 2088 house 1004,

 6:23 then hear 8085 from heaven 8064 and act 6213a and judge 8199 Your servants 5650, punishing 7725 the wicked 7563 by bringing 5414 his way 1870 on his own head 7218 and justifying 6663 the righteous 6662 by giving 5414 him according to his righteousness 6666.

 6:24 ¶ “If 518 Your people 5971a Israel 3478 are defeated 5062 before 6440 an enemy 340 because 3588 they have sinned 2398 against You, and they return 7725 [to You] and confess 3034 Your name 8034, and pray 6419 and make 2603a supplication 2603a before 6440 You in this 2088 house 1004,

 6:25 then hear 8085 from heaven 8064 and forgive 5545 the sin 2403b of Your people 5971a Israel 3478, and bring 7725 them back 7725 to the land 127 which 834 You have given 5414 to them and to their fathers 1.

 6:26 ¶ “When the heavens 8064 are shut 6113 up and there is no 3808 rain 4306 because 3588 they have sinned 2398 against You, and they pray 6419 toward 413 this 2088 place 4725 and confess 3034 Your name 8034, and turn 7725 from their sin 2403b when 3588 You afflict 6031a them;

 6:27 then hear 8085 in heaven 8064 and forgive 5545 the sin 2403b of Your servants 5650 and Your people 5971a Israel 3478, indeed 3588, teach 3384 them the good 2896a way 1870 in which 834 they should walk 1980. And send 5414 rain 4306 on Your land 776 which 834 You have given 5414 to Your people 5971a for an inheritance 5159.

 6:28 ¶ “If 3588 there is famine 7458 in the land 776, if 3588 there is pestilence 1698, if 3588 there is blight 7711b or mildew 3420, if 3588 there is locust 697 or grasshopper 2625, if 3588 their enemies 340 besiege 6887a them in the land 776 of their cities 8179, whatever 3605 plague 5061 or whatever 3605 sickness 4245a [there is],

 6:29 whatever 3605 834 prayer 8605 or supplication 8467 is made 1961 by any 3605 man 120 or by all 3605 Your people 5971a Israel 3478, each 376 knowing 3045 his own affliction 5061 and his own pain 4341, and spreading 6566 his hands 3709 toward 413 this 2088 house 1004,

 6:30 then hear 8085 from heaven 8064 Your dwelling 3427 place 4349, and forgive 5545, and render 5414 to each 376 according to all 3605 his ways 1870, whose 834 heart 3824 You know 3045 for You alone 905 know 3045 the hearts 3824 of the sons 1121 of men 120,

 6:31 that they may fear 3372a You, to walk 1980 in Your ways 1870 as long 3605 3117 as they live 2416a in the land 127 which 834 You have given 5414 to our fathers 1.

 6:32 ¶ “Also 1571 concerning 413 the foreigner 5237 who 834 is not from Your people 5971a Israel 3478, when he comes 935 from a far 7350 country 776 for Your great 1419 name’s 8034 sake 4616 and Your mighty 2389 hand 3027 and Your outstretched 5186 arm 2220, when they come 935 and pray 6419 toward 413 this 2088 house 1004,

 6:33 then hear 8085 from heaven 8064, from Your dwelling 3427 place 4349, and do 6213a according to all 3605 for which 834 the foreigner 5237 calls 7121 to You, in order 4616 that all 3605 the peoples 5971a of the earth 776 may know 3045 Your name 8034, and fear 3372a You as [do] Your people 5971a Israel 3478, and that they may know 3045 that this 2088 house 1004 which 834 I have built 1129 is called 7121 by Your name 8034.

 6:34 ¶ “When 3588 Your people 5971a go 3318 out to battle 4421 against 5921 their enemies 340, by whatever 834 way 1870 You shall send 7971 them, and they pray 6419 to You toward 1870 this 2088 city 5892b which 834 You have chosen 977 and the house 1004 which 834 I have built 1129 for Your name 8034,

 6:35 then hear 8085 from heaven 8064 their prayer 8605 and their supplication 8467, and maintain 6213a their cause 4941.

 6:36 ¶ “When 3588 they sin 2398 against You (for there 369 is no 369 man 120 who 834 does not sin 2398) and You are angry 599 with them and deliver 5414 them to an enemy 340, so that they take 7617 them away captive 7617 to a land 776 far 7350 off or 176 near 7138,

 6:37 if they take 7725 thought 3824 in the land 776 where 834 8033 they are taken 7617 captive 7617, and repent 7725 and make 2603a supplication 2603a to You in the land 776 of their captivity 7628b, saying 559, ‘We have sinned 2398, we have committed 5753b iniquity 5753b and have acted 7561 wickedly 7561’;

 6:38 if they return 7725 to You with all 3605 their heart 3820 and with all 3605 their soul 5315 in the land 776 of their captivity 7628b, where 834 they have been taken 7617 captive 7617, and pray 6419 toward 1870 their land 776 which 834 You have given 5414 to their fathers 1 and the city 5892b which 834 You have chosen 977, and toward the house 1004 which 834 I have built 1129 for Your name 8034,

 6:39 then hear 8085 from heaven 8064, from Your dwelling 3427 place 4349, their prayer 8605 and supplications 8467, and maintain 6213a their cause 4941 and forgive 5545 Your people 5971a who 834 have sinned 2398 against You.

 6:40 ¶ “Now 6258, O my God 430, I pray 4994, let Your eyes 5869 be open 6605a and Your ears 241 attentive 7183b to the prayer 8605 [offered] in this 2088 place 4725.

 6:41 ¶ “Now 6258 therefore arise 6965, O LORD 3068 God 430, to Your resting 5117 place 4496, You and the ark 727 of Your might 5797; let Your priests 3548, O LORD 3068 God 430, be clothed 3847 with salvation 8668 and let Your godly 2623 ones 2623 rejoice 8055 in what 2896b is good 2896b.

 6:42 ¶ “O LORD 3068 God 430, do not turn 7725 away 7725 the face 6440 of Your anointed 4899; remember 2142 [Your] lovingkindness 2617a to Your servant 5650 David 1732.”