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But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as the priests.

"So now I charge you in the sight of all Israel and of the assembly of the LORD , and in the hearing of our God: Be careful to follow all the commands of the LORD your God, that you may possess this good land and pass it on as an inheritance to your descendants forever.

Then David said to the whole assembly, "Praise the LORD your God." So they all praised the LORD , the God of their fathers; they bowed low and fell prostrate before the LORD and the king.

So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered and all Israel obeyed him.

But the bronze altar that Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made was in Gibeon in front of the tabernacle of the LORD ; so Solomon and the assembly inquired of him there.

He also made the pots and shovels and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of God:

All these things that Solomon made amounted to so much that the weight of the bronze was not determined.

and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted.

These poles were so long that their ends, extending from the ark, could be seen from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today.

then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, repaying the guilty by bringing down on his own head what he has done. Declare the innocent not guilty and so establish his innocence.

so that they will fear you and walk in your ways all the time they live in the land you gave our fathers.

then hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.

And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the people dedicated the temple of God.

So Solomon observed the festival at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him-a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt.

"When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people,

I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.

And though this temple is now so imposing, all who pass by will be appalled and say, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?'

All Solomon's work was carried out, from the day the foundation of the temple of the LORD was laid until its completion. So the temple of the LORD was finished.

So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him:

Rehoboam answered, "Come back to me in three days." So the people went away.