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then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly;

וְהֶעֱוִ֖ינוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”וְהַבַּ֖יִת (וְ) ve. “and”

then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling-place, and maintain their cause;

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee; and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them;

וּלְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

(for they are thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron);

וְנַחֲלָתְךָ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”

that thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them whensoever they cry unto thee.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it was so, that, when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto Jehovah, he arose from before the altar of Jehovah, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward heaven.

וְהַתְּחִנָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְכַפָּ֖יו (וְ) ve. “and”

Jehovah our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us;

וְאַֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

that he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.

וְלִשְׁמֹ֨ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֻקָּיו֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֔יו (וּ) u. “and”

And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before Jehovah, be nigh unto Jehovah our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel, as every day shall require;

וְיִֽהְי֨וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וָלָ֑יְלָה (וָ) va. “and”וּמִשְׁפַּ֛ט (וּ) u. “and”

Let your heart therefore be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

וְלִשְׁמֹ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before Jehovah.

וְֽהַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (וְֽ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he offered unto Jehovah, two and twenty thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of Jehovah.

וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְצֹ֕אן (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah; for there he offered the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar that was before Jehovah was too little to receive the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”

So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt, before Jehovah our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁבְעַ֣ת (וְ) ve. “and”

On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that Jehovah had showed unto David his servant, and to Israel his people.

וְט֣וֹבֵי (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (וּ) u. “and”

And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jehovah said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִבִּ֛י (וְ) ve. “and”

And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and mine ordinances;

וְאַתָּ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְיֹ֔שֶׁר (וּ) u. “and”וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

But if ye shall turn away from following me, ye or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

וּבְנֵיכֶם֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִשְׁנִינָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And though this house is so high, yet shall every one that passeth by it be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath Jehovah done thus unto this land, and to this house?

וְהַבַּ֤יִת (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַבַּ֥יִת (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king's house,

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

(now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar-trees and fir-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire), that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

וּבַעֲצֵ֧י (וּ) u. “and”וּבַזָּהָ֖ב (וּ) u. “and”