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"The house which I am about to build will be great, for our God is greater than all the gods.

Then Huram continued, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, who will build a house for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for building the house of God. The length in cubits, according to the old standard, was sixty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits.

Huram also made the pails, the shovels, and the bowls. So Huram finished the work that he did for King Solomon in the house of God:

Solomon also made all the things that were in the house of God: the golden altar, the tables with the bread of the Presence on them,

So all the work that Solomon performed for the house of the LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that his father David had dedicated, the silver, the gold, and all the utensils, and he put them in the treasuries of the house of God.

so that the priests could not rise to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

He said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David, and fulfilled it with His hands, saying,

"Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

"Now the LORD has fulfilled His word which He spoke; for I have risen in place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

He said, "LORD, God of Israel, there is no god like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant and Your faithfulness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart;

"Now then, LORD, God of Israel, keep to Your servant David, my father, that which You promised him, saying, 'You shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons pay attention to their way, to walk in My Law as you have walked before Me.'

"Now then, LORD, God of Israel, let Your word be confirmed which You have spoken to Your servant David.

"But will God really dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built!

"Nevertheless, turn Your attention to the prayer of Your servant and to his plea, LORD, my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You;

"Now, my God, please, let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

"Now then arise, LORD God, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might; let Your priests, LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let Your godly ones rejoice in what is good.

"LORD God, do not turn away the face of Your anointed; remember Your faithfulness to Your servant David."

King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

"And they will say, 'Because they abandoned the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them from the land of Egypt, and they adopted other gods, and worshiped and served them; therefore He has brought all this adversity on them.'"