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two columns; two bowl-shaped caps for the tops of the columns; two chain designs on the caps;

four hundred pomegranates for the chain designs;

ten movable stands; ten small bowls for the stands;

pans for hot ashes, and also shovels and sprinkling bowls. Hiram made these bronze things for Solomon

cups, lamp snuffers, and small sprinkling bowls; dishes for incense; fire pans; and the hinges for the doors to the most holy place and the main room of the temple.

Then the priests and the Levites carried to the temple the sacred chest, the sacred tent, and the objects used for worship.

whose wings covered the chest and the poles used for carrying it.

So when David wanted to build a temple for the Lord God of Israel,

The Lord has done what he promised. I am the king of Israel like my father, and I've built a temple for the Lord our God.

I've also made a place in the temple for the sacred chest. And in that chest are the two flat stones on which is written the solemn agreement the Lord made with our ancestors when he led them out of Egypt.

There's not enough room in all of heaven for you, Lord God. How could you possibly live on earth in this temple I have built?

Suppose your people Israel sin against you, and then an enemy defeats them. If they come to this temple and beg for forgiveness,

Then your people will worship and obey you for as long as they live in the land you gave their ancestors.

Our Lord , sometimes you will order your people to attack their enemies. Then your people will turn toward this temple I have built for you in your chosen city, and they will pray to you.

Later, they may feel sorry for what they did and ask your forgiveness. Answer them when they pray toward this temple I have built for you in your chosen city, here in this land you gave their ancestors. From your home in heaven, listen to their sincere prayers and do what they ask.

I am your servant, and the people of Israel belong to you. So listen when any of us pray and cry out for your help.

On that day, Solomon dedicated the courtyard in front of the temple and made it acceptable for worship. He offered the sacrifices there because the bronze altar in front of the temple was too small.

Solomon and the huge crowd celebrated the Festival of Shelters at the temple for seven days. There were people from as far away as the Egyptian Gorge in the south and Lebo-Hamath in the north.

Then on the eighth day, he sent everyone home. They said good-by and left, very happy, because of all the good things the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.

It took twenty years for the Lord 's temple and Solomon's palace to be built.