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Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple and its buildings, treasuries, upstairs rooms, inner rooms, and a room for the mercy seat.

Then David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He won’t leave you or abandon you until all the work for the service of the Lord’s house is finished.

Solomon sat on the Lord’s throne as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.

The length of his reign over Israel was forty years; he reigned in Hebron for seven years and in Jerusalem for thirty-three.

He died at a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon became king in his place.

along with all his reign, his might, and the incidents that affected him and Israel and all the kingdoms of the surrounding lands.

Solomon son of David strengthened his hold on his kingdom. The Lord his God was with him and highly exalted him.

And Solomon said to God: “You have shown great and faithful love to my father David, and you have made me king in his place.

He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan. His father is a man of Tyre. He knows how to work with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, with purple, blue, crimson yarn, and fine linen. He knows how to do all kinds of engraving and to execute any design that may be given him. I have sent him to be with your artisans and the artisans of my lord, your father David.

Now, let my lord send the wheat, barley, oil, and wine to his servants as promised.

Solomon took a census of all the resident alien men in the land of Israel, after the census that his father David had conducted, and the total was 153,600.

Then Solomon began to build the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah where the Lord had appeared to his father David, at the site David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

He began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.

So all the work Solomon did for the Lord’s temple was completed. Then Solomon brought the consecrated things of his father David—the silver, the gold, and all the utensils—and put them in the treasuries of God’s temple.

My father David had his heart seton building a temple for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire congregation of Israel and spread out his hands.

For Solomon had made a bronze platform 7½ feet long, 7½ feet wide, and 4½ feet high and put it in the court. He stood on it, knelt down in front of the entire congregation of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven.

Listen to your servant’s prayer and his petition,Lord my God,so that you may hear the cry and the prayerthat your servant prays before you,

If a man sins against his neighborand is forced to take an oathand he comes to take an oathbefore your altar in this temple,

may you hear in heaven and act.May you judge your servants,condemning the wicked man by bringingwhat he has done on his own headand providing justice for the righteousby rewarding him according to his righteousness.