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And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king'shouse, and all Solomon'sdesire which he was pleased to do,
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And the LORDsaid unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast madebefore me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there forever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
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And if thou wilt walkbefore me, as David thy fatherwalked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:
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Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father,saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
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But if ye shall at allturn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have setbefore you, but go and serveothergods, and worship them:
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Then will I cut offIsraelout of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
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And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORDdone thus unto this land, and to this house?
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And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon othergods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORDbrought upon them all this evil.
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(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnishedSolomon with cedartrees and firtrees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that thenkingSolomongaveHiramtwentycities in the land of Galilee.
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And this is the reason of the levy which kingSolomonraised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
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For Pharaohking of Egypt had gone up, and takenGezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter,Solomon'swife.
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And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
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And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomondesired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
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Their children that were leftafter them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomonlevy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
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But of the children of Israel did Solomonmake no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
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And threetimes in a year did Solomonoffer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.