Then H227 Solomon H8010 assembled H6950 the elders H2205 of Israel H3478 and all H3605 the heads H7218 of the tribes H4294, the leaders H5387 of the fathers’ H1 households of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, to King H4428 Solomon H8010 in Jerusalem H3389, to bring H5927 up H5927 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of Yahweh H3068 from the city H5892 of David H1732, which H1931 is Zion H6726.
“If H3588 there is famine H7458 in the land H776, if H3588 there is pestilence H1698, if H3588 there is scorching H7711 wind H7711 or mildew H3420, locust H697 or grasshopper H2625, if H3588 their enemy H340 besieges H6887 them in the land H776 of their [fn]cities H8179, whatever H3605 plague H5061, whatever H3605 sickness H4245 there is,
“When H3588 Your people H5971 go H3318 out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5921 [fn]their enemy H340, by whatever H834 way H1870 You shall send H7971 them, and they pray H6419 to Yahweh H3068 [fn]toward H1870 the city H5892 which H834 You have chosen H977 and the house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 for Your name H8034,
“When H3588 they sin H2398 against You (for there H369 is H369 no H369 man H120 who H834 does not sin H2398) and You are angry H599 with them and give H5414 them over to an enemy H340, so that [fn]they take H7617 them away H7617 captive H7617 to the land H776 of the enemy H340, far H7350 off H7350 or H176 near H7138;
Now it happened that when Solomon H8010 had [fn]finished H3615 praying H6419 this H2088 entire H3605 prayer H8605 and supplication H8467 to Yahweh H3068, he arose H6965 from before H6440 the altar H4196 of Yahweh H3068, from kneeling H3766 on his knees H1290 with his [fn]hands H3709 spread H6566 toward heaven H8064.
“Blessed H1288 be Yahweh H3068, who H834 has given H5414 rest H4496 to His people H5971 Israel H3478, according to all H3605 that He [fn]promised H1696; not one H259 promise H1697 has [fn]failed H5307 of all H3605 His good H2896 [fn]promises H1697, which H834 He [fn]promised H1696 by the hand H3027 of Moses H4872 His [fn]servant H5650.
So Solomon H8010 celebrated H6213 the feast H2282 at that time H6256, and all H3605 Israel H3478 with him, a great H1419 assembly H6951 from [fn]Lebo-hamath H2574 to the brook H5158 of Egypt H4714, before H6440 Yahweh H3068 our God H430, for seven H7651 days H3117 and seven H7651 more days H3117, even fourteen H702 H6240 days H3117.
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