Study Desk

the pure gold ceremonial bowls, wick trimmers, sprinkling basins, ladles, and firepans; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the most holy place) and for the doors of the temple sanctuary.

For the cherubim were spreading their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim covered the ark and its poles from above.

and because of the cloud, the priests were not able to continue ministering, for the glory of the Lord filled the temple.

I have indeed built an exalted temple for You, a place for Your dwelling forever.

It was in the desire of my father David to build a temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

But the Lord said to my father David, "Since it was your desire to build a temple for My name, you have done well to have this desire.

Yet you are not the one to build it; instead, your son, your own offspring, will build it for My name."

The Lord has fulfilled what He promised. I have taken the place of my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built the temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

I have provided a place there for the ark, where the Lord 's covenant is that He made with our ancestors when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.

may You hear in heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing what he has done on his own head and providing justice for the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy, because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and praise Your name, and they pray and plead with You for mercy in this temple,

may You hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way they should walk in. May You send rain on Your land that You gave Your people for an inheritance.

may You hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, and may You forgive, act, and repay the man, according to all his ways, since You know his heart, for You alone know every human heart,

Even for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—

for they will hear of Your great name, mighty hand, and outstretched arm, and will come and pray toward this temple—

may You hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all the foreigner asks You for. Then all the people on earth will know Your name, to fear You as Your people Israel do and know that this temple I have built is called by Your name.

When Your people go out to fight against their enemies, wherever You send them, and they pray to Yahweh in the direction of the city You have chosen and the temple I have built for Your name,

When they sin against You— for there is no one who does not sin— and You are angry with them and hand them over to the enemy, and their captors deport them to the enemy's country— whether distant or nearby—

and when they return to You with their whole mind and heart in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of their land that You gave their ancestors, the city You have chosen, and the temple I have built for Your name,

For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the middle of an iron furnace.