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Huram made the ash pots, shovels and sprinkling basins. With that, Huram completed the work he had been doing for King Shlomo in the house of God —

Shlomo made all the objects that were inside the house of God: the gold altar; the table on which the showbread was displayed;

Thus all the work that Shlomo did for the house of Adonai was finished. Then Shlomo brought in the gifts which David his father had consecrated — the silver, the gold and all the utensils — and put them in the treasuries of the house of God.

so that because of the cloud, the cohanim could not stand up to perform their service; for the glory of Adonai filled the house of God.

as he said, "Blessed be Adonai , the God of Isra'el, who spoke to my father David with his mouth and fulfilled his promise with his hand. He said,

It was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Adonai the God of Isra'el;

Now Adonai has fulfilled this spoken word of his; for I have succeeded my father and sit on the throne of Isra'el, as Adonai promised; and I have built the house for the name of Adonai the God of Isra'el.

and said, " Adonai , God of Isra'el, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth. You keep covenant with your servants and show them grace, provided they live in your presence with all their heart.

Now therefore, Adonai , God of Isra'el, keep what you promised to your servant David, my father, when you said, ‘You will never lack a man in my presence to sit on the throne of Isra'el, if only your children are careful about what they do, so that they live by my Torah, just as you have lived in my presence.'

Now therefore, Adonai , God of Isra'el, please let your word, which you spoke to your servant David, my father, be confirmed.

"But can God actually live with human beings on the earth? Why, heaven itself, even the heaven of heavens, cannot contain you; so how much less this house I have built?

Even so, Adonai my God, pay attention to your servant's prayer and plea, listen to the cry and prayer that your servant is praying before you,

"Now, my God, please, let your eyes be open, and let your ears pay attention to the prayer being made in this place.

"Now go up, Adonai , God, to your place of rest, you and the ark through which you give strength. "May your cohanim, Adonai , God, be clothed with salvation; may those loyal to you take joy in good.

" Adonai , God, don't turn away the face of your anointed one; remember the mercies of your servant David."

King Shlomo offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. Thus the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

But the answer will be, ‘It's because they abandoned Adonai the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and took hold of other gods, worshipping and serving them; this is why [ Adonai ] brought all these calamities on them.'"

As David his father had ordered, he appointed the divisions of the cohanim for their service and the L'vi'im to their tasks — to praise and to perform their service in the presence of the cohanim according to each day's requirements. He also appointed the gatekeepers by their divisions to be at every gate, for David the man of God had so ordered.

Blessed be Adonai your God, who took pleasure in you to put you on his throne, so that you could be king for Adonai your God. Because of your God's love for Isra'el, to establish them forever, he has made you king over them, to administer law and judgment."

All the kings on earth sought to have an audience with Shlomo, in order to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.