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Text -- 1 Kings 8:54-66 (NET)
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8:54 When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the Lord , he got up from before the altar of the Lord where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky .
8:55 When he stood up , he pronounced a blessing over the entire assembly of Israel , saying in a loud voice :
8:56 “The Lord is worthy of praise because he has made Israel his people secure just as he promised ! Not one of all the faithful promises he made through his servant Moses is left unfulfilled !
8:57 May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors . May he not abandon us or leave us.
8:58 May he make us submissive , so we can follow all his instructions and obey the commandments , rules , and regulations he commanded our ancestors .
8:59 May the Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him, so that he might vindicate his servant and his people Israel as the need arises .
8:60 Then all the nations of the earth will recognize that the Lord is the only genuine God .
8:61 May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God by following his rules and obeying his commandments , as you are presently doing.”
Solomon Dedicates the Temple
8:62 The king and all Israel with him were presenting sacrifices to the Lord .
8:63 Solomon offered as peace offerings to the Lord 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep . Then the king and all the Israelites dedicated the Lord’s temple .
8:64 That day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the Lord’s temple . He offered there burnt sacrifices , grain offerings , and the fat from the peace offerings , because the bronze altar that stood before the Lord was too small to hold all these offerings .
8:65 At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival before the Lord our God for two entire weeks . This great assembly included people from all over the land, from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt in the south.
8:66 On the fifteenth day after the festival started, he dismissed the people . They asked God to empower the king and then went to their homes , happy and content because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Prayer |
Solomon |
Temple |
BARUCH, BOOK OF |
STAVES |
Church and State |
Dedication |
Temple, Solomon's |
TEMPLE, A1 |
INTERCESSION |
Benedictions |
Altar |
TEMPLE, B |
Burnt offering |
KING; KINGDOM |
PRIESTS AND LEVITES |
RIVER OF EGYPT |
Hamath |
God |
Egypt |
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NET Notes: 1Ki 8:56 Heb “not one word from his entire good word he spoke by Moses his servant has fallen.”
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NET Notes: 1Ki 8:64 Heb “to hold the burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.”
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NET Notes: 1Ki 8:65 Heb “Solomon held at that time the festival, and all Israel was with him, a great assembly from Lebo Hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the Lo...
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