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Then give ear from heaven, so that the sin of your servants and the sin of your people Israel may have forgiveness, when you make clear to them the good way in which they are to go; and send rain on your land which you have given to your people for their

בָ֑הּ (בָ֑) Va “in”

If there is no food in the land, if there is disease, if the fruits of the earth are damaged by heat or water, locust or worm; if their towns are shut in by their attackers: whatever trouble or whatever disease there may be:

בָאָ֗רֶץ (בָ) va. “in the”בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

So that they may give you worship, walking in your ways, as long as they are living in the land which you gave to our fathers.

בִּדְרָכֶ֔יךָ (בִּ) bi “in”

If your people go out to war against their attackers, by whatever way you may send them, if they make their prayers to you turning their faces to this town of yours and to this house which I have put up for your name:

בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ (בַּ) ba. “by the”בָּ֔הּ (בָּ֔) Ba “<in>”

If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin,) and you are angry with them, and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away prisoners to a land far off or near;

בָ֔ם (בָ֔) Va “with”

And if they take thought, in the land where they are prisoners, turning again to you, crying out in prayer to you in that land, and saying, We are sinners, we have done wrong, we have done evil;

בָּאָ֖רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”בְּאֶ֤רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

If with all their heart and soul they are turned again to you, in the land where they are prisoners, the land where they have been taken, and make their prayers, turning their eyes to their land which you gave to their fathers, and to the town which you

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “with”וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “with”בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

Up! now, O Lord God, come back to your resting-place, you and the ark of your strength: let your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints be glad in what is good.

בַטּֽוֹב׃ (בַ) va. “in the”

And all the children of Israel were looking on when the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord was on the house; and they went down on their knees, with their faces to the earth, worshipping and praising the Lord, and saying, He is good; for his mercy

בְּרֶ֣דֶת (בְּ) be. “when”

And the priests were in their places, and the Levites with their instruments of music for the Lord's song, which David the king had made for the praise of the Lord whose mercy is unchanging for ever, when David gave praise by their hand; and the priests

בִּכְלֵי־ (בִּ) bi “with”בְּהַלֵּ֥ל (בְּ) be. “when”בְּיָדָ֑ם (בְּ) be. “by”

So Solomon kept the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great meeting, for the people had come together from the way into Hamath and from as far as the river of Egypt.

בָּעֵ֨ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”

And on the eighth day they had a holy meeting; the offerings for making the altar holy went on for seven days, and the feast for seven days.

בַּיּ֥וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month, he sent the people away to their tents, full of joy and glad in their hearts, because of all the good which the Lord had done to David and to Solomon and to Israel his people.

וּבְי֨וֹם (בְ) ve. “on”

So Solomon came to the end of building the house of the Lord and the king's house; and everything which it was in his mind to make in the house of the Lord and for himself had been well done.

בְּבֵית־ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְבֵית֖וֹ (בְ) ve. “in”

Now the Lord came to Solomon in a vision by night, and said to him, I have given ear to your prayer, and have taken this place for myself as a house where offerings are to be made.

בַּלָּ֑יְלָה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּמָּק֥וֹם (בַּ) ba. “<in> the”

If, at my word, heaven is shut up, so that there is no rain, or if I send locusts on the land for its destruction, or if I send disease on my people;

בְּעַמִּֽי׃ (בְּ) be. “among”

Then I will make strong the seat of your kingdom, as I gave my word to David your father, saying, You will never be without a man to be ruler in Israel.

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (בְּ) be. “over”

Then I will have this people uprooted out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, I will put away from before my eyes, and make it an example and a word of shame among all peoples.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “among”

And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?

בַּמֶּ֨ה (בַּ) ba. “<in>”

And their answer will be, Because they were turned away from the Lord, the God of their fathers, who took them out of the land of Egypt, and took for themselves other gods and gave them worship and became their servants: that is why he has sent all this

בֵּאלֹהִ֣ים (בֵּ) be. “on”

And he put up the buildings of Tadmor in the waste land, and of all the store-towns in Hamath;

בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּחֲמָֽת׃ (בַּ) ba. “in”

And of Baalath, and all the store-towns which Solomon had, and the towns where he kept his war-carriages and his horse men, and everything which it was his pleasure to put up in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land under his rule.

בִּירֽוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ (בִּ) bi. “in”וּבַלְּבָנ֔וֹן (בַ) va. “in <the>”וּבְכֹ֖ל (בְ) ve. “in”

Their men who were still living in the land, and whom the children of Israel had not put an end to, these Solomon put to forced work, as is done to this day;

בָּאָ֔רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

Now these were the chief men in authority whom King Solomon had: two hundred and fifty of them, in authority over the people.

בָּעָֽם׃ (בָּ) ba. “over the”

Then Solomon made Pharaoh's daughter come up from the town of David to the house which he had made for her; for he said, I will not have my wife living in the house of David, king of Israel, because those places where the ark of the Lord has come are hol

בְּבֵית֙ (בְּ) be. “in”