5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out P12, 6 of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:

g Geo. 19,
10.
Sani. 7,16.

h Deut. 12,

5.

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P's. 49, 1. illos. 3, 5.

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unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth towards Before this place.

21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make towards this place: hear thou from thy dwelling-place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.

221 If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;

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build a house for the name of the LORD God of
Israel:

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23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and 1 Kings & judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head: and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his drs. 150, 24 1 And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against Lev. 26, 8 But the LORD said to David my father, Foras-thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray much as it was in thy heart to build a house for my and make supplication before thee in this house; thou didst well in that it was in thy heart: 25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive Lev. 26 9 Notwithstanding, thou shalt not build the house; the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again Ps. 85,1 but thy son which shall come forth out of thy " loins, unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their he shall build the house for my name. fathers.

name,

10 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the 8. P covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.

12 1 And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:

13 (For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, of ngs five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and

inge 7. upon it he stood, and " kneeled down upon his knees King, before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth P. 139 3. his hands toward heaven,)

16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet but so that thy children take heed to their way to walk Kings 2 in * in my law, as thou hast walked before me. &6, 12. : Ps. 1,2. 17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word 1 Kings 3, be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant P. 25, 3.& David.

8, 17.

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261 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet 45. if they pray towards this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them; Pr. 28, 13 27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the is." sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way wherein they i Kings 3, should walk; and send rain upon the land, which Ps. 94, 12. thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance. 28 1 If there be dearth in the land, if there be Ruth 1.1 pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars; if their enemies besiege them tin the cities of their land; whatsoever sore, or what their gates soever sickness there be:

321 Moreover, concerning the stranger, weis n Ex. 6, 5 not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far coun- 42. try for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched-out arm; if they come and pray in this house;

33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that † this house which I have built is called by thy name.

34 If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast 43. chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name; 9E 35 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. 36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man Rev. 19, 11 which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, E. and deliver them over before their enemies, and they 1 John 1, P

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Ps. 9. 4.

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7,20

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37 Yet if they † bethink themselves in the land bring again whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We Lake 15,17 have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;

heart,

q Pc. 78, 96, $7.

38 If they return to thee with all their heart and Joel 2, 11. With all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray to-" ward their land which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name;

39 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.

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40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes Dan. 9, 18. be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

t Ps. 132, 8.

u 2 Sam. 7,

6.

chap. 28, 2. x Josh.3,15.

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41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting-place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with saly Isa. 61, 10. vation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. 42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant, CHAPTER VII.

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11 Thus Solomon' finished the house of the LORD, and the king's house: and all that came into Solo- P. 127,1. mon's heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected. 12¶ And the LORD appeared to Solomon' by night, 1 Kings and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have 2 chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice. & 13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or u Deut. 12, if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my z James 4 face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will 37. heal their land. 15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears cLam. 3,4 attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. 16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this e1 Kings 9 house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine ch. 6, 6. eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

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3.

2 Kings 20,

17 And as for thee, if thou wilt' walk before me, fGen. 17.1 as David thy father walked, and do according to all 3.' that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments:

18 Then will I establish the throne of thy kingdom, pray-according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel."

God giveth to Solomon promises upon condition. TOW when Solomon had made an end of ing, the 'fire came down from heaven, and conLev. 9,24. sumed the burnt-offering and the sacrifices; and the e glory of the LORD filled the house.

1 Kings 18,

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2 And the priests could not enter into the house Rev. 15,8. of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house.

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3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the ech. 5, 13, house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 136, 1,2

f Lev. 3, 1. Rom. 12, 1.

g Lev. 1,2. chap. 5, 11.

h ch. 5, 12.

k 1 Kings 3, $4, 65.

41 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

h

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ch. 15, 2.

and my commandments, which I have set before you, Deut.2", 15
19h But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes Lev. 20,
and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; it Kings
of my land which I have given them; and this house, k 1 Kings 9
20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out 6
which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out
of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a
by-word among all nations.

6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded AND it came to pass at the end of twenty years, a1 Kings 3,

k

h

.ch. 4, 9. trumpets before them, and all Israel' stood.
7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of
the court that was before the house of the LORD: for
there he offered burnt-offerings, and the fat of the
peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which So-
lomon had made was not able to receive the burnt-
11 Kings 3, offerings, and the meat-offerings, and the fat.

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8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very Gen 15, great congregation, from the entering in of" Hamath Hen, a unto the river of Egypt.

Prohibition

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day, 9 And in the eighth day they made a † solemn asLev. 23, 36. sembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

10.

D Num. 7,
John 10, 22.

10 And on the P three and twentieth day of the » Lev 23 seventh month he sent the people away into their tents,

296

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3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and pre-di vailed against it.

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the store-cities, which he built in Hamath.
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6 And Baalath, and all the store-cities that So- illeb.rekat lomon had, and all the chariot-cities, and the cities seco Salo build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout kings 7, of the horsemen, and † all that Solomon desired to had desired all the land of his dominion.

to, Eccl. 2. 18

121 Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had 01 Kings 8, built before the porch,

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His riches, and thrme of wory.

which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and
of thy wisdom:

6 Howbeit, I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou † exceedest the fame that I heard.

7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

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8 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted P84,4 in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the h1 Chr. 29, LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to es- Isa. 9,6. tablish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.

Luke 1, 31,

32.

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10, 10.

9 And she gave the king' a hundred and twenty Ex. 25, 38 talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice k1 Kings as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon. 10 And the servants also of Huram, and the ser- 11 Kings vants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, F., brought algum-trees and precious stones.

10, 11.
Rev. 12, 18.

10, 12.

11 And the king made of the algum-trees "ter- 1 Kings races to the house of the LORD, and to the king's 13. Even after a certain rate every day, offering || palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there according to the commandment of Moses, on the sab-were none such seen before in the land of Judah. baths, and on the new-moons, and on the solemn Ex. 23,14. feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting-place, and two Heb. he lions standing by the stays:

19 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.

201 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

and thence.

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21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the The Heservants of Huram: every three years || once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of earth in riches and wisdom.

properly nitro

once, or, one time,

the Ex. 30, 10.

Josh. 3, 6. 2 Kings 4, 35.& 6, 10

23 1 And all the kings of the earth sought the Job 33, 14. presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God & Num. 24

Rev., 21. their apparel; his cup-bearers also, and their appa-had put in his heart.
rel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house
of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

7.

26 And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to Rev. 19, 12 the border of Egypt.

1 Tim. 6,15.

y Gen. 31,

21.

1 Kings 16, 28.

27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar-trees made he as the sycamore-trees that are in the low plains in abundance.

28 And they brought unto Solomon horses out chap. 1,16. of Egypt, and out of all lands.

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Ten tribes revolt young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, cs but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with cir. 675. whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the † cause was of God, that the LORD might perform 15 M. his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

meth

Silbab th is. A what ing about T's. 12, 4% 7 28. 9. & 37.

12,13 11 Mat. 6, 13

9. & 81, 12

& 26, 41. John 17, 13 Rom. 1, 24 1 Cor. 10,

161 And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents. 17 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 1 Kings 18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was 11 Kings over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned &.&5, 13, 30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Is-him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam 14 rael forty years. made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

291 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the scer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was ch, 1916, buried in the city of David his father: and Reboboam his son "eigned in his stead.

12, 13. &

7.

is.

12, 18.

14.

19 And Israel rebelled against the house of 'm verte 14 David unto this day.

CHAPTER XI.

Rehoboam, preparing to subdue Israel, is forbidden by Shemaiah.

chem were all Israel come to make him king.AND when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he
2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from
the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Je-
roboam "returned out of Egypt.

3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying, 4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now thereforc ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

5 And he said unto them, 'Come again unto me 112,5. after three days. And the people departed.

Heb.

for good,

61 And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?

7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be tkind to this people, and please them, and speak good 1 Kings 12, words to them, they will be thy servants for ever. 8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.

9 And he said unto them, What advice give ye, that we may return answer to his people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?

10 And the young men that were brought up with || him, spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat 1 Kings lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them," My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. 11 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Eccl. 2, 19
Rom. 6, 21.

8 And Gath, and "Mareshah, and " Ziph, 9 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, 10 And Zorah, and Ajalon, and Hebron, which 12, 17. are in Judah and in Benjamin, fenced cities. 11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put cap-n Josh. 15 tains in them, and stores of victuals, and of oil and wine. 24. 12 And in every several city he put shields and 14, 13. spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Ju- p Jer. 34, dah and Benjamin on his side.

Rehoboam's wives and children:

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CHAPTER XII, XIII. His reign and death. Before madle Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three 12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of Before years: for three years they walked in the way of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy David and Solomon. him altogether: fand also in Judah things went well. 131 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in good things Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned Hos. 11. 19 Which bare him children, Jeush, and Shama-seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the riah, and Zaham. LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was 29. Naamah an Ammonitess.

15, 26.

18 I And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and schap. 11 Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

24.

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20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Gen. 22, Absalom above all his wives and his concubines :

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15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are 1 Kings 11, (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concu- they not written in the book of Shemaiah the probines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and three-phet, and of Iddo 'the seer concerning genealogies? score daughters.) And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jero- 12, 22, boam continually.

9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all he carried away also the shields of gold 4. Which Solomon had made.

19 Instead of which, king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house. 11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard-chamber.

8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods. p1 Kings 9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to 'consecrate him- 13, 33. self with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.