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

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

yet if they shall repent themselves in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of those who carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly;

וְהֶעֱוִ֖ינוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name:

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

then hear you their prayer and their supplication in heaven, your dwelling-place, and maintain their cause;

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions in which they have transgressed against you; and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them

וּלְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

(for they are your people, and your inheritance, which you brought forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron);

וְנַחֲלָתְךָ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”

that your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they cry to you.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

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

Yahweh 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 to 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”

Let these my words, with which I have made supplication before Yahweh, be near to Yahweh 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 Yahweh our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

וְלִשְׁמֹ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

The king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before Yahweh.

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

Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he offered to Yahweh, two and twenty thousand oxen, and one hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of Yahweh.

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

The same day did the king make the middle of the court holy that was before the house of Yahweh; 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 Yahweh 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 to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh 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 to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David his servant, and to Israel his people.

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

It happened, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of Yahweh, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,

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

Yahweh said to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before me: I have made this house holy, which you have built, to put my name there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

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

As for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances;

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

But if you shall turn away from following me, you 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 made holy 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”

Though this house is so high, yet shall everyone who passes by it be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why has Yahweh done thus to this land, and to this house?

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

It happened at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Yahweh 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”