1 Tunc Salomon ait: Dominus pollicitus est ut habitaret in caligine: 2 ego autem ædificavi domum nomini ejus, ut habitaret ibi in perpetuum. 3 Et convertit rex faciem suam, et benedixit universæ multitudini Israël (nam omnis turba stabat intenta), et ait: 4 Benedictus Dominus Deus Israël, qui quod locutus est David patri meo, opere complevit, dicens: 5 A die qua eduxi populum meum de terra Ægypti, non elegi civitatem de cunctis tribubus Israël ut ædificaretur in ea domus nomini meo, neque elegi quemquam alium virum ut esset dux in populo Israël: 6 sed elegi Jerusalem ut sit nomen meum in ea, et elegi David ut constituerem eum super populum meum Israël. 7 Cumque fuisset voluntatis David patris mei ut ædificaret domum nomini Domini Dei Israël, 8 dixit Dominus ad eum: Quia hæc fuit voluntas tua, ut ædificares domum nomini meo, bene quidem fecisti hujuscemodi habere voluntatem: 9 sed non tu ædificabis domum: verum filius tuus, qui egredietur de lumbis tuis, ipse ædificabit domum nomini meo. 10 Complevit ergo Dominus sermonem suum quem locutus fuerat: et ego surrexi pro David patre meo, et sedi super thronum Israël, sicut locutus est Dominus: et ædificavi domum nomini Domini Dei Israël. 11 Et posui in ea arcam in qua est pactum Domini quod pepigit cum filiis Israël. 12 Stetit ergo coram altari Domini ex adverso universæ multitudinis Israël, et extendit manus suas. 13 Siquidem fecerat Salomon basim æneam, et posuerat eam in medio basilicæ, habentem quinque cubitos longitudinis, et quinque cubitos latitudinis, et tres cubitos altitudinis: stetitque super eam, et deinceps flexis genibus contra universam multitudinem Israël, et palmis in cælum levatis, 14 ait: Domine Deus Israël, non est similis tui deus in cælo et in terra: qui custodis pactum et misericordiam cum servis tuis qui ambulant coram te in toto corde suo: 15 qui præstitisti servo tuo David patri meo quæcumque locutus fueras ei: et quæ ore promiseras, opere complesti, sicut et præsens tempus probat. 16 Nunc ergo Domine Deus Israël, imple servo tuo patri meo David quæcumque locutus es, dicens: Non deficiet ex te vir coram me, qui sedeat super thronum Israël: ita tamen si custodierint filii tui vias suas, et ambulaverint in lege mea, sicut et tu ambulasti coram me. 17 Et nunc Domine Deus Israël, firmetur sermo tuus quem locutus es servo tuo David. 18 Ergone credibile est ut habitet Deus cum hominibus super terram? si cælum et cæli cælorum non te capiunt, quanto magis domus ista quam ædificavi? 19 Sed ad hoc tantum facta est, ut respicias orationem servi tui, et obsecrationem ejus, Domine Deus meus, et audias preces quas fundit famulus tuus coram te: 20 ut aperias oculos tuos super domum istam diebus ac noctibus, super locum in quo pollicitus es ut invocaretur nomen tuum, 21 et exaudires orationem quam servus tuus orat in eo: et exaudias preces famuli tui, et populi tui Israël. Quicumque oraverit in loco isto, exaudi de habitaculo tuo, id est, de cælis, et propitiare. 22 Si peccaverit quispiam in proximum suum, et jurare contra eum paratus venerit, seque maledicto constrinxerit coram altari in domo ista: 23 tu audies de cælo, et facies judicium servorum tuorum, ita ut reddas iniquo viam suam in caput proprium, et ulciscaris justum, retribuens ei secundum justitiam suam. 24 Si superatus fuerit populus tuus Israël ab inimicis (peccabunt enim tibi), et conversi egerint pœnitentiam, et obsecraverint nomen tuum, et fuerint deprecati in loco isto, 25 tu exaudies de cælo: et propitiare peccato populi tui Israël, et reduc eos in terram quam dedisti eis, et patribus eorum. 26 Si clauso cælo pluvia non fluxerit propter peccata populi, et deprecati te fuerint in loco isto, et confessi nomini tuo, et conversi a peccatis suis, cum eos afflixeris, 27 exaudi de cælo, Domine, et dimitte peccata servis tuis et populi tui Israël, et doce eos viam bonam, per quam ingrediantur: et da pluviam terræ quam dedisti populo tuo ad possidendum. 28 Fames si orta fuerit in terra, et pestilentia, ærugo, et aurugo, et locusta, et bruchus: et hostes, vastatis regionibus, portas obsederint civitatis, omnisque plaga et infirmitas presserit: 29 si quis de populo tuo Israël fuerit deprecatus, cognoscens plagam et infirmitatem suam, et expanderit manus suas in domo hac, 30 tu exaudies de cælo, de sublimi scilicet habitaculo tuo: et propitiare, et redde unicuique secundum vias suas, quas nosti eum habere in corde suo (tu enim solus nosti corda filiorum hominum): 31 ut timeant te, et ambulent in viis tuis cunctis diebus quibus vivunt super faciem terræ quam dedisti patribus nostris. 32 Externum quoque, qui non est de populo tuo Israël, si venerit de terra longinqua propter nomen tuum magnum, et propter manum tuam robustam, et brachium tuum extentum, et adoraverit in loco isto, 33 tu exaudies de cælo firmissimo habitaculo tuo, et facies cuncta pro quibus invocaverit te ille peregrinus: ut sciant omnes populi terræ nomen tuum, et timeant te sicut populus tuus Israël, et cognoscant quia nomen tuum invocatum est super domum hanc quam ædificavi. 34 Si egressus fuerit populus tuus ad bellum contra adversarios suos per viam in qua miseris eos, adorabunt te contra viam in qua civitas hæc est, quam elegisti, et domus quam ædificavi nomini tuo, 35 tu exaudies de cælo preces eorum, et obsecrationem: et ulciscaris. 36 Si autem peccaverint tibi (neque enim est homo qui non peccet), et iratus fueris eis, et tradideris hostibus, et captivos duxerint eos in terram longinquam, vel certe quæ juxta est, 37 et conversi in corde suo in terra ad quam captivi ducti fuerant, egerint pœnitentiam, et deprecati te fuerint in terra captivitatis suæ, dicentes: Peccavimus: inique fecimus, injuste egimus: 38 et reversi fuerint ad te in toto corde suo, et in tota anima sua, in terra captivitatis suæ ad quam ducti sunt, adorabunt te contra viam terræ suæ, quam dedisti patribus eorum, et urbis quam elegisti, et domus quam ædificavi nomini tuo: 39 tu exaudies de cælo, hoc est, de firmo habitaculo tuo, preces eorum: et facias judicium, et dimittas populo tuo, quamvis peccatori: 40 tu es enim Deus meus: aperiantur, quæso, oculi tui, et aures tuæ intentæ sint ad orationem quæ fit in loco isto. 41 Nunc igitur consurge, Domine Deus, in requiem tuam, tu et arca fortitudinis tuæ: sacerdotes tui, Domine Deus, induantur salutem, et sancti tui lætentur in bonis. 42 Domine Deus, ne averteris faciem christi tui: memento misericordiarum David servi tui.
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- 1 Exodus 20:21; Psalm 18:8–11; Leviticus 16:2; Deuteronomy 4:11; 1 Kings 8:12–50
- 2 2 Chronicles 2:4–6; Psalm 135:21; Revelation 21:3; 1 Chronicles 28:20; 1 Chronicles 28:6
- 3 1 Kings 8:14; 1 Chronicles 16:2; Numbers 6:23–27; Joshua 22:6; Luke 24:50–51
- 4 Psalm 72:18–19; Psalm 68:32–35; Matthew 24:35; Psalm 41:13; Psalm 68:4
- 5 Deuteronomy 12:11; 1 Kings 8:16; Daniel 9:19; 1 Samuel 13:13–14; 2 Samuel 7:6–7
- 6 1 Chronicles 28:4; Psalm 132:13; 2 Chronicles 12:13; Psalm 78:68–70; Psalm 48:1
- 7 1 Kings 5:3; 1 Chronicles 17:1; 1 Chronicles 22:7; 1 Chronicles 28:2–4; 2 Samuel 7:2–3
- 8 2 Corinthians 8:12; 1 Kings 8:18–21; Mark 14:8
- 9 2 Samuel 7:12–13; 1 Chronicles 17:11–12; 1 Chronicles 17:4
- 10 1 Chronicles 17:11; 1 Kings 3:6–7; 1 Chronicles 29:15; Ecclesiastes 1:4; 2 Chronicles 1:1
- 11 2 Chronicles 5:10; 2 Chronicles 5:7; 1 Kings 8:21; Hebrews 9:4; 1 Kings 8:9
- 12 Isaiah 50:10; Exodus 9:33; Psalm 63:4; Job 11:13; Psalm 143:6
- 13 1 Kings 8:54; Nehemiah 8:4; Psalm 95:6; Ezra 9:5; 2 Chronicles 4:9
- 14 Exodus 15:11; Deuteronomy 7:9; Nehemiah 1:5; Psalm 89:8; 1 Thessalonians 2:12
- 15 1 Chronicles 22:9–10; 1 Kings 8:24; 2 Samuel 7:12
- 16 1 Kings 2:4; John 15:14–15; Psalm 132:12; 2 Chronicles 7:18; Psalm 119:1
- 17 Jeremiah 11:5; 2 Samuel 7:25–29; Exodus 24:10; 2 Chronicles 6:14; Isaiah 41:17
- 18 2 Chronicles 2:6; Isaiah 66:1; Psalm 139:7–10; 2 Corinthians 12:2; Acts 7:48–49
- 19 1 Kings 8:28; Psalm 130:2; Psalm 4:1; Psalm 20:1–3; John 17:20
- 20 Psalm 34:15; Psalm 121:5; 2 Chronicles 6:6; Daniel 6:10; Nehemiah 1:6
- 21 Micah 7:18; Daniel 9:19; Isaiah 43:25; 2 Chronicles 6:39; 2 Chronicles 30:27
- 22 Exodus 22:11; Numbers 5:19–22; Matthew 23:18; Leviticus 5:1; 1 Kings 8:31–32
- 23 Jeremiah 51:56; Ezekiel 18:20; Romans 2:9–10; Isaiah 3:10–11; Proverbs 17:15
- 24 Leviticus 26:17; Psalm 44:10; Judges 2:11; Deuteronomy 28:25; Nehemiah 9:1–37
- 25 Jeremiah 33:6–13; Joshua 21:43; Genesis 13:15; Psalm 106:40–47; Ezra 1:1–6
- 26 Deuteronomy 28:23; Deuteronomy 11:17; Leviticus 26:19; Proverbs 28:13; Hosea 5:15–6:1
- 27 Zechariah 10:1; Jeremiah 5:24; 1 Kings 8:35–36; Psalm 94:12; Jeremiah 6:16
- 28 Joel 2:25; Ruth 1:1; James 5:13; Revelation 9:3–11; 2 Chronicles 32:1
- 29 2 Chronicles 6:12–13; Psalm 91:15; Psalm 50:15; Psalm 32:2–6; Proverbs 14:10
- 30 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Samuel 16:7; Revelation 2:23; Matthew 16:27; Hebrews 4:13
- 31 1 Samuel 12:24; Psalm 128:1; Acts 9:31; Exodus 20:20; Job 28:28
- 32 Isaiah 56:3–7; 1 Kings 8:41–43; Matthew 8:10–11; John 12:20; Acts 10:1–4
- 33 2 Chronicles 7:14; Psalm 22:27; Isaiah 49:6; 1 Samuel 17:46; Psalm 46:10
- 34 2 Chronicles 20:6–13; Isaiah 14:32; Judges 1:1–2; 1 Samuel 15:3; 2 Chronicles 14:9–12
- 35 Psalm 9:3–4; Isaiah 37:21–36; Daniel 9:17–19; Jeremiah 5:28
- 36 1 John 1:8–10; James 3:2; Ecclesiastes 7:20; Job 15:14–16; Psalm 143:2
- 37 Luke 15:17–19; Jeremiah 31:18–20; Isaiah 64:6–12; Daniel 9:5–11; Job 33:27–28
- 38 Joel 2:12–13; Deuteronomy 30:2–6; 2 Chronicles 33:11–13; 2 Chronicles 6:34; Daniel 9:3–4
- 39 2 Chronicles 6:35; Psalm 25:18; Micah 7:18–20; Zechariah 1:15–16
- 40 2 Chronicles 7:15; Psalm 116:2; Psalm 17:1; Nehemiah 1:6; Nehemiah 1:11
- 41 Isaiah 61:10; 1 Chronicles 28:2; Psalm 132:8–10; Philippians 3:3; Revelation 19:8
- 42 Isaiah 55:3; Psalm 132:1; Psalm 2:2; Psalm 89:24; Psalm 132:10
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But that it belongs to God only to know men's secrets, hear what saith the prophet, "Thou most entirely alone knowest the hearts;" and again, "God trieth the hearts and reins; " and Jeremiah too saith, "The heart is deep above all things, and it is man, and who shall know him?" and, "Man shall look on the face, but …
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Afterwards Solomon hearing his father David speak these things, built a wondrous house, and foreseeing Him who was to come into it, said in astonishment, Will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth?
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