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that 1He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances, which He commanded our fathers.
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"And may thesewords of mine, with which I have madesupplicationbefore the LORD, be near to the LORD our Godday and night, that He may maintain the cause of His servant and the cause of His peopleIsrael, as eachdayrequires,
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so2that all the peoples of the earth may know that 3the LORD is God; there is nooneelse.
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"4Let your heart therefore be whollydevoted to the LORD our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at thisday."
Dedicatory Sacrifices
625Now the king and allIsrael with him 6offeredsacrificebefore the LORD.
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Solomonoffered for the sacrifice of peaceofferings, which he offered to the LORD, 22,000**oxen and 120,000**sheep. 7So the king and all the sons of Israeldedicated the house of the LORD.
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On the sameday the kingconsecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD, becausethere he offered the burntoffering and the grain offering and the fat of the peaceofferings; for 8the bronzealtar that was before the LORD was toosmall to hold the burntoffering and the grain offering and the fat of the peaceofferings.
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So 9Solomonobserved the feast at that time, and allIsrael with him, a greatassembly10from the entrance of Hamath11to the brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God, for sevendays and seven more days, even fourteen*days.
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On the eighthday he sent the peopleaway and they blessed the king. Then they went to their tentsjoyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had shown to David His servant and to Israel His people.