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And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
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Blessed be the LORD, that hath givenrest unto his peopleIsrael, according to all that he promised: there hath not failedoneword of all his goodpromise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
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That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
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And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplicationbefore the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our Godday and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his peopleIsrael at all times*, as the matter shall require:
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And Solomonoffered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD,two and twentythousandoxen, and an hundred and twentythousandsheep. So the king and all the children of Israeldedicated the house of the LORD.
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The same day did the kinghallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasenaltar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.