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1 حِينَئِذٍ جَمَعَ سُلَيْمَانُ جَمِيعَ رُؤَسَاءِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَكُلَّ رُؤَسَاءِ الأَسْبَاطِ وَالْعَشَائِرِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، لِنَقْلِ تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ مِنْ صِهْيَوْنَ مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ إِلَى الْهَيْكَلِ. 2 فَتَوَافَدَ جَمِيعُ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ فِي عِيدِ الْمَظَالِّ الْوَاقِعِ فِي شَهْرِ أَيْثَانِيمَ (تِشْرِينَ الأَوَّلِ – أُكْتُوبَرَ). 3 فَاحْتَشَدَ كُلُّ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَحَمَلَ الْكَهَنَةُ التَّابُوتَ، 4 وَنَقَلَ الْكَهَنَةُ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ تَابُوتَ الرَّبِّ مَعَ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ وَسَائِرِ الأَوَانِي الْمُقَدَّسَةِ الَّتِي فِي الْخَيْمَةِ. 5 وَكَانَ الْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ وَكُلُّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمُلْتَفِّينَ حَوْلَهُ أَمَامَ التَّابُوتِ يَذْبَحُونَ مَا لَا يُحْصَى وَلا يُعَدُّ مِنَ الْغَنَمِ وَالْبَقَرِ. 6 وَأَدْخَلَ الْكَهَنَةُ تَابُوتَ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ فِي مِحْرَابِ الْهَيْكَلِ، فِي قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ، تَحْتَ جَنَاحَيِ الْكَرُوبَيْنِ 7 اللَّذَيْنِ كَانَا بَاسِطَيْنِ أَجْنِحَتَهُمَا فَوْقَ مَقَرِّ التَّابُوتِ، مُظَلِّلَينِ التَّابُوتَ وَعِصِيَّهُ. 8 وَسَحَبُوا أَطْرَافَ الْعِصِيِّ، فَبَدَتْ رُؤُوسُهَا مِنْ قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ أَمَامَ الْمِحْرَابِ، وَلَمْ يَسْبِقْ أَنْ شُوهِدَتْ خَارِجَةً مِنْ حَلَقَاتِهَا، وَهِيَ مَا بَرِحَتْ هُنَاكَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. 9 وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي التَّابُوتِ سِوَى لَوْحَيِ الْحَجَرِ اللَّذَيْنِ وَضَعَهُمَا مُوسَى فِي حُورِيبَ حِينَ عَاهَدَ الرَّبُّ أَبْنَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ بَعْدَ خُرُوجِهِمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ. 10 وَمَا إِنْ خَرَجَ الْكَهَنَةُ مِنْ قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ حَتَّى مَلأَ السَّحَابُ هَيْكَلَ الرَّبِّ، 11 فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعِ الْكَهَنَةُ الْقِيَامَ بِالْخِدْمَةِ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ السَّحَابِ، لأَنَّ مَجْدَ الرَّبِّ مَلأَ الْهَيْكَلَ. 12 عِنْدَئِذٍ هَتَفَ سُلَيْمَانُ: «قَالَ الرَّبُّ إِنَّهُ يَسْكُنُ فِي الضَّبَابِ، 13 وَلَكِنِّي قَدْ بَنَيْتُ لَكَ هَيْكَلاً رَائِعاً، مَقَرّاً لِسُكْنَاكَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ». 14 وَفِيمَا كَانَتْ كُلُّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَاقِفَةً هُنَاكَ، الْتَفَتَ الْمَلِكُ نَحْوَهُمْ وَبَارَكَهُمْ جَمِيعاً، 15 قَائِلاً: «تَبَارَكَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي حَقَّقَ الْيَوْمَ وَعْدَهُ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ لأَبِي دَاوُدَ قَائِلاً: 16 ’مُنْذُ أَنْ أَخْرَجْتُ شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ لَمْ أَخْتَرْ مَدِينَةً مِنْ مُدُنِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيُبْنَى لِي فِيهَا هَيْكَلٌ، لَكِنِّي اخْتَرْتُ دَاوُدَ قَائِداً لِشَعْبِي.‘ 17 وَقَدْ نَوَى دَاوُدُ أَبِي أَنْ يُشَيِّدَ هَيْكَلاً لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. 18 فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِدَاوُدَ أَبِي: ’لَقَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ إِذْ نَوَيْتَ فِي قَلْبِكَ أَنْ تَبْنِيَ لِي هَيْكَلاً، 19 إِلّا أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ لَنْ تَبْنِيَ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلَ، بَلِ ابْنُكَ الْخَارِجُ مِنْ صُلْبِكَ هُوَ يُشَيِّدُهُ لاسْمِي‘. 20 وَأَوْفَى الرَّبُّ بِمَا وَعَدَ بِهِ، فَخَلَفْتُ أَنَا دَاوُدَ أَبِي عَلَى عَرْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، كَمَا تَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ، وَأَقَمْتُ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلَ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، 21 وَهَيَّأْتُ فِيهِ مَكَاناً لِلتَّابُوتِ الَّذِي يَضُمُّ عَهْدَ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ مَعَ آبَائِنَا عِنْدَمَا أَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ». 



22 وَانْتَصَبَ سُلَيْمَانُ أَمَامَ مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ، فِي مُوَاجَهَةِ كُلِّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَبَسَطَ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، 23 وَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لَيْسَ نَظِيرٌ لَكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ مِنْ فَوْقُ وَلا عَلَى الأَرْضِ مِنْ أَسْفَلُ. أَنْتَ يَا مَنْ تُحَافِظُ عَلَى عَهْدِ الرَّحْمَةِ مَعَ عَبِيدِكَ السَّائِرِينَ أَمَامَكَ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمِ. 24 الْيَوْمَ حَقَّقْتَ وَعْدَكَ لأَبِي دَاوُدَ 25 فَالآنَ احْفَظْ لأَبِي دَاوُدَ مَا وَعَدْتَهُ بِهِ، إِنَّهُ إِذَا حَذَا أَوْلادُهُ حَذْوَهُ، وَسَارُوا فِي طَرِيقِكَ، فَسَيَجْلِسُ دَوْماً وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ عَلَى عَرْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. 26 وَالآنَ يَا إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ حَقِّقْ وُعُودَكَ الَّتِي تَعَهَّدْتَ بِها لأَبِي دَاوُدَ. 27 وَلَكِنْ هَلْ يَسْكُنُ اللهُ حَقّاً عَلَى الأَرْضِ؟ إِنْ كَانَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ، بَلِ السَّمَاوَاتُ الْعُلَى لَا تَسَعُكَ فَكَيْفَ يَتَّسِعُ لَكَ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلُ الَّذِي بَنَيْتُ؟ 28 فَأَصْغِ لابْتِهَالِ عَبْدِكَ وَإِلَى تَضَرُّعِهِ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهِي، وَاسْتَمِعْ إِلَى صَوْتِ الدُّعَاءِ وَالصَّلاةِ الَّتِي يَرْفَعُهَا عَبْدُكَ أَمَامَكَ الْيَوْمَ، 29 حَتَّى لَا تَغْفَلَ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ لَيْلاً وَنَهَاراً، هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي قُلْتَ إِنَّ اسْمَكَ يَكُونُ فِيهِ، فَتَسْمَعُ الصَّلاةَ الَّتِي يَتَضَرَّعُ بِها عَبْدُكَ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ. 30 فَاسْتَمِعْ إِلَى ابْتِهَالِ عَبْدِكَ وَشَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِينَ يُصَلُّونَ فِي هَذَا الْمَكَانِ. اسْتَمِعْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَقَرِّ سُكْنَاكَ، وَمَتَى سَمِعْتَ فَاغْفِرْ. 31 وَإِنْ أَخْطَأَ أَحَدٌ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ، وَأَوْجَبَ عَلَيْهِ الْيَمِينَ لِيَحْلِفَهُ، وَحَضَرَ لِيَحْلِفَ أَمَامَ مَذْبَحِكَ فِي هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ، 32 فَاسْتَمِعْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، وَاعْمَلْ، وَاقْضِ بَيْنَ عَبِيدِكَ، إِذْ تَدِينُ الْمُذْنِبَ وَتَجْعَلُ شَرَّهُ يَقَعُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، وَتُنْصِفُ الْبَارَّ وَتُعْلِنُ بَرَاءَتَهُ. 33 إِذَا انْهَزَمَ شَعْبُكَ أَمَامَ عَدُوِّهِمْ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ خَطِيئَتِهِمْ، ثُمَّ تَابُوا مُعْتَرِفِينَ بِاسْمِكَ، وَصَلُّوا مُتَضَرِّعِينَ إِلَيْكَ فِي هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ، 34 فَاسْتَجِبْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَاصْفَحْ عَنْ خَطِيئَةِ شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَرْجِعْهُمْ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَهَبْتَهَا لِآبَائِهِمْ. 35 إِذَا أُغْلِقَتْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَانْحَبَسَ الْمَطَرُ لأَنَّ الشَّعْبَ أَخْطَأَ إِلَيْكَ، ثُمَّ صَلُّوا فِي هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ مُعْتَرِفِينَ بِاسْمِكَ، وَتَابُوا عَنْ خَطِيئَتِهِمْ لأَنَّكَ أَنْزَلْتَ بِهِمِ الْبَلاءَ، 36 فَاسْتَجِبْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، وَاصْفَحْ عَنْ خَطِيئَةِ عَبِيدِكَ وَشَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَعَلِّمْهُمْ سَبِيلَ الْعَيْشِ بِاسْتِقَامَةٍ، وَأَمْطِرْ غَيْثاً عَلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَهَبْتَهَا مِيرَاثاً لِشَعْبِكَ. 37 وَإِنْ أَصَابَتِ الأَرْضَ مَجَاعَةٌ، أَوْ تَفَشَّى فِيهَا وَبَأٌ، أَوِ اعْتَرَتْهَا آفَاتٌ زِرَاعِيَّةٌ، أَوْ جَفَافٌ، أَوْ غَزَاهَا الْجَرَادُ وَالْجُنْدُبُ، أَوْ إِذَا حَاصَرَ الشَّعْبَ عَدُوٌّ فِي أَيَّةِ مَدِينَةٍ مِنْ مُدُنِهِ، أَوْ حَلَّتْ بِهِ كَارِثَةٌ أَوْ مَرَضٌ، 38 فَحِينَ يُصَلِّي أَوْ يَتَضَرَّعُ أَيُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، بَعْدَ أَنْ يُدْرِكَ مَا ارْتَكَبَهُ مِنْ مَعْصِيَةٍ، وَيَبْسُطُ يَدَيْهِ نَحْوَ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ، 39 فَاسْتَجِبْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَقَرِّ سُكْنَاكَ، وَاصْفَحْ وَاعْمَلْ، وَاجْزِ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ بِمُقْتَضَى طُرُقِهِ، لأَنَّكَ تَعْرِفُ قَلْبَهُ، فَأَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ الْمُطَّلِعُ عَلَى خَفَايَا قُلُوبِ النَّاسِ، 40 لِكَيْ يَتَّقُوكَ كُلَّ الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي يَحْيَوْنَ فِيهَا عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَهَبْتَهَا لِآبَائِنَا. 41 أَمَّا الْغَرِيبُ الَّذِي لَا يَنْتَمِي إِلَى شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَالَّذِي يُقْبِلُ مِنْ أَرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ مِنْ أَجْلِ اسْمِكَ، 42 لأَنَّ الْغُرَبَاءَ يَسْمَعُونَ بِاسْمِكَ الْعَظِيمِ، وَبِمَا أَجْرَتْهُ يَدُكَ الْقَوِيَّةُ وَذِرَاعُكَ الْمُقْتَدِرَةُ، فَيَحْضُرُونَ وَيُصَلُّونَ فِي هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ، 43 فَاسْتَجِبْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَقَرِّ سُكْنَاكَ، وَافْعَلْ كُلَّ مَا يُنَاشِدُكَ بِهِ الْغَرِيبُ، فَيُدْعَى بِاسْمِكَ بَيْنَ كُلِّ أُمَمِ الأَرْضِ، فَيَخَافُوكَ كَمَا يَخَافُكَ شَعْبُكَ إِسْرَائِيلُ، وَيُدْرِكُوا أَنَّ اسْمَكَ قَدْ دُعِيَ عَلَى هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي بَنَيْتُهُ. 44 وَإذَا خَرَجَ شَعْبُكَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ عَدُوٍّ، فِي أَيِّ مَكَانٍ تُرْسِلُهُمْ إِلَيْهِ، وَصَلُّوا إِلَى الرَّبِّ مُتَوَجِّهِينَ نَحْوَ الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتَهَا وَالْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي بَنَيْتُهُ لاسْمِكَ، 45 فَاسْتَجِبْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ صَلاتَهُمْ وَتَضَرُّعَهُمْ، وَانْصُرْ قَضِيَّتَهُمْ. 46 وَإذَا أَخْطَأُوا إِلَيْكَ، إِذْ لَيْسَ إِنْسَانٌ لَا يَأْثَمُ، وَغَضِبْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَسْلَمْتَهُمْ لِلْعَدُوِّ فَسَبَاهُمْ آسِرُوهُمْ إِلَى دِيَارِ الْعَدُوِّ، بَعِيدَةً كَانَتْ أَوْ قَرِيبَةً. 47 فَإِنْ تَابُوا فِي أَرْضِ سَبْيِهِمْ وَرَجَعُوا مُتَضَرِّعِينَ إِلَيْكَ قَائِلِينَ: قَدْ أَخْطَأْنَا وَانْحَرَفْنَا وَأَذْنَبْنَا، 48 وَتَابُوا حَقّاً مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَنُفُوسِهِمْ وَهُمْ أَسْرَى فِي دِيَارِ أَعْدَائِهِمْ، مُتَوَجِّهِينَ نَحْوَ أَرْضِهِمِ الَّتِي وَهَبْتَهَا لِآبَائِهِمْ، نَحْوَ الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتَهَا وَالْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي شَيَّدْتُهُ لاِسْمِكَ، 49 فَاسْتَجِبْ صَلاتَهُمْ وَتَضَرُّعَهُمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَقَرِّ سُكْنَاكَ، وَانْصُرْ قَضِيَّتَهُمْ، 50 وَاصْفَحْ عَنْ خَطَايَا شَعْبِكَ وَعَنْ جَمِيعِ ذُنُوبِهِمِ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبُوهَا فِي حَقِّكَ، وَاجْعَلْ آسِرِيهِمْ يُبْدُونَ نَحْوَهُمْ رَحْمَةً، 51 لأَنَّهُمْ شَعْبُكَ وَمِيرَاثُكَ الَّذِينَ أَخْرَجْتَهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ، مِنْ وَسَطِ أَتُونِ صَهْرِ الْحَدِيدِ. 52 لِتَكُنْ عَيْنَاكَ مَفْتُوحَتَيْنِ مُلْتَفِتَتَيْنِ نَحْوَ تَضَرُّعِ عَبْدِكَ وَابْتِهَالِ شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَتُصْغِيَ إِلَيْهِمْ كُلَّمَا اسْتَغَاثُوا بِكَ، 53 لأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ أَفْرَزْتَهُمْ لَكَ مِيرَاثاً بَيْنَ جَمِيعِ شُعُوبِ الأَرْضِ، كَمَا تَكَلَّمْتَ عَلَى لِسَانِ عَبْدِكَ مُوسَى عِنْدَمَا أَخْرَجْتَ آبَاءَنَا مِنْ مِصْرَ يَا سَيِّدِي الرَّبَّ». 54 وَعِنْدَمَا انْتَهَى سُلَيْمَانُ مِنَ الصَّلاةِ إِلَى الرَّبِّ وَالتَّضَرُّعِ إِلَيْهِ، نَهَضَ مِنْ أَمَامِ الْمَذْبَحِ حَيْثُ كَانَ جَاثِياً عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَبَاسِطاً يَدَيْهِ نَحْوَ السَّمَاءِ. 55 وَوَقَفَ وَبَارَكَ الشَّعْبَ كُلَّهُ بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ قَائِلاً: 56 «تَبَارَكَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي مَنَحَ رَاحَةً لِشَعْبِهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِمُقْتَضَى وَعْدِهِ، وَلَمْ يُخْلِفْ كَلِمَةً وَاحِدَةً مِنْ وُعُودِهِ الصَّالِحَةِ الَّتِي نَطَقَ بِها عَلَى لِسَانِ عَبْدِهِ مُوسَى. 57 لِيَكُنِ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا مَعَنَا كَمَا كَانَ مَعَ آبَائِنَا، فَلا يَتْرُكَنَا وَلا يَنْبِذَنَا، 58 بَلْ لِيَجْتَذِبْ قُلُوبَنَا إِلَيْهِ لِنَسْلُكَ فِي سُبُلِهِ وَنُطِيعَ وَصَايَاهُ وَفَرَائِضَهُ وَأَحْكَامَهُ الَّتِي أَمَرَ بِها آبَاءَنَا، 59 وَلْتَكُنْ كَلِمَاتِي الَّتِي تَضَرَّعْتُ بِها مَاثِلَةً دَائِماً أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ لَيْلَ نَهَارَ لِيُسْعِفَ عَبْدَهُ فِي قَضَاءِ شُؤُونِهِ، وَيُعِينَ شَعْبَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي قَضَاءِ أُمُورِ حَيَاتِهِمْ يَوْماً بَعْدَ يَوْمٍ، 60 فَتَعْلَمَ كُلُّ أُمَمِ الأَرْضِ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ اللهُ وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ سِوَاهُ. 61 فَلْيَكُنْ قَلْبُكُمْ مُفْعَماً بِالْوَلاءِ الصَّادِقِ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا، إِذْ تَسْلُكُونَ بِمُوْجِبِ فَرَائِضِهِ وَتُطِيعُونَ وَصَايَاهُ كَمَا فَعَلْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ». 



62 ثُمَّ ذَبَحَ الْمَلِكُ وَسَائِرُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَعَهُ ذَبَائِحَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، 63 وَقَرَّبَ سُلَيْمَانُ مِنْ ذَبَائِحِ السَّلامِ لِلرَّبِّ اثْنَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفاً مِنَ الْبَقَرِ، وَمِئَةَ أَلْفٍ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفاً مِنَ الْغَنَمِ. وَهَكَذَا دَشَّنَ الْمَلِكُ وَجَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ هَيْكَلَ الرَّبِّ. 64 وَقَدَّسَ الْمَلِكُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ الْفِنَاءَ الَّذِي يَقَعُ أَمَامَ الْهَيْكَلِ، بِأَنْ قَرَّبَ هُنَاكَ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ وَالتَّقْدِمَاتِ وَشَحْمَ ذَبَائِحِ السَّلامِ، لأَنَّ مَذْبَحَ النُّحَاسِ الْقَائِمَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ كَانَ أَصْغَرَ مِنْ أَنْ يَسَعَ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ وَالتَّقْدِمَاتِ وَشَحْمَ ذَبَائِحِ السَّلامِ. 65 وَاحْتَفَلَ سُلَيْمَانُ بِالْعِيدِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ مَعَ سَائِرِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَجُمْهُورٍ كَبِيرٍ تَوَافَدَ مِنْ مَدْخَلِ حَمَاةَ إِلَى وَادِي مِصْرَ، وَاسْتَمَرَّ الاحْتِفَالُ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ أرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْماً 66 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الخَامِسِ عَشَرَ بَعْدَ الْعِيدِ، صَرَفَ سُلَيْمَانُ الشَّعْبَ، فَبَارَكُوهُ وَتَوَجَّهُوا إِلَى مَنَازِلِهِمْ بِقُلُوبٍ يَغْمُرُهَا الْفَرَحُ وَالْغِبْطَةُ مِنْ أَجْلِ كُلِّ الْخَيْرَاتِ الَّتِي أَبْدَاهَا الرَّبُّ نَحْوَ دَاوُدَ عَبْدِهِ، وَنَحْوَ شَعْبِهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. 

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الملوك الأول 8

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1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ houses of the people of Israel, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion. (عد 1:16; 2صم 5:7; 2صم 6:17; 2أخ 5:2) 2 And all the men of Israel assembled to King Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. (لا 23:34; 1مل 8:65; 2أخ 7:8) 3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. (عد 4:15; تث 31:9; يش 3:3; يش 3:6; 1أخ 15:14) 4 And they brought up the ark of the Lord, the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; the priests and the Levites brought them up. (1مل 3:4; 2أخ 1:3) 5 And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered. (2صم 6:13) 6 Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim. (خر 26:33; 2صم 6:17; 1مل 6:5) 7 For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles. 8 And the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the Holy Place before the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside. And they are there to this day. (خر 25:13; 1مل 8:6) 9 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone that Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the people of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. (خر 25:21; خر 34:27; خر 40:20; تث 4:13; تث 10:2; تث 10:5; عب 9:4) 10 And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, a cloud filled the house of the Lord, (خر 40:34; 2أخ 5:13; 2أخ 7:1; حز 10:3) 11 so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord. 



12 Then Solomon said, “The Lord[1] has said that he would dwell in thick darkness. (لا 16:2; 2أخ 6:1; مز 18:11; مز 97:2) 13 I have indeed built you an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever.” (خر 15:17; 2صم 7:13; مز 132:14) 14 Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood. (2صم 6:18; 1مل 8:55) 15 And he said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying, (1مل 6:12; لو 1:68) 16 ‘Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there. But I chose David to be over my people Israel.’ (تث 12:11; 1صم 16:1; 2صم 7:4; 2صم 7:8; 2صم 7:25; 1مل 8:29; 1أخ 28:4) 17 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. (2صم 7:2; 1أخ 17:1) 18 But the Lord said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart. 19 Nevertheless, you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’ (2صم 7:5; 2صم 7:12; 1مل 5:3; 1مل 5:5) 20 Now the Lord has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. (1أخ 28:5) 21 And there I have provided a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.” (تث 31:26; 1مل 8:9) 



22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven, (خر 9:33; 1مل 8:54; 2أخ 6:12; عز 9:5; إش 1:15) 23 and said, “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing steadfast love to your servants who walk before you with all their heart; (خر 15:11; تث 7:9; 2صم 7:22) 24 you have kept with your servant David my father what you declared to him. You spoke with your mouth, and with your hand have fulfilled it this day. (1مل 8:15) 25 Now therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father what you have promised him, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.’ (1مل 2:4) 26 Now therefore, O God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you have spoken to your servant David my father. (2صم 7:25) 27 “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built! (2أخ 2:6; إش 66:1; إر 23:24; أع 7:49; أع 17:24) 28 Yet have regard to the prayer of your servant and to his plea, O Lord my God, listening to the cry and to the prayer that your servant prays before you this day, 29 that your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you have said, ‘My name shall be there,’ that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place. (تث 12:11; 1مل 8:16; 1مل 8:52; 1مل 9:3; 2أخ 7:15; نح 1:6) 30 And listen to the plea of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. And listen in heaven your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive. 31 “If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath and comes and swears his oath before your altar in this house, (خر 22:11) 32 then hear in heaven and act and judge your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness. (تث 25:1) 33 “When your people Israel are defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and if they turn again to you and acknowledge your name and pray and plead with you in this house, (لا 26:17; لا 26:40; تث 28:45; نح 1:9) 34 then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them again to the land that you gave to their fathers. 35 “When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and acknowledge your name and turn from their sin, when you afflict them, (لا 26:17; تث 11:17; تث 28:25; لو 4:25) 36 then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance. (1صم 12:23; مز 25:4; مز 27:11; مز 86:11) 37 “If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence or blight or mildew or locust or caterpillar, if their enemy besieges them in the land at their gates,[2] whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, (لا 26:16; لا 26:25; تث 28:21; تث 28:37; تث 28:42; تث 28:52; 2أخ 20:9) 38 whatever prayer, whatever plea is made by any man or by all your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart and stretching out his hands toward this house, 39 then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways (for you, you only, know the hearts of all the children of mankind), (1صم 16:7; 1أخ 28:9; إر 17:10; أع 1:24) 40 that they may fear you all the days that they live in the land that you gave to our fathers. (تث 12:1) 41 “Likewise, when a foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, comes from a far country for your name’s sake 42 (for they shall hear of your great name and your mighty hand, and of your outstretched arm), when he comes and prays toward this house, (تث 3:24; 2أخ 6:32) 43 hear in heaven your dwelling place and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to you, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house that I have built is called by your name. (يش 4:24; 1مل 8:60; مز 102:15) 44 “If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to the Lord toward the city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name, (1مل 8:48) 45 then hear in heaven their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause. 46 “If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near, (لا 26:34; لا 26:44; تث 28:36; تث 28:64; أم 20:9; جا 7:20; رو 3:23; يع 3:2; 1يو 1:8; 1يو 1:10) 47 yet if they turn their heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and have acted perversely and wickedly,’ (لا 26:40; نح 1:6; مز 106:6; دا 9:5) 48 if they repent with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city that you have chosen, and the house that I have built for your name, (1صم 7:3; 1مل 8:44; مز 5:7; إر 29:12; دا 6:10; يون 2:4) 49 then hear in heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause 50 and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions that they have committed against you, and grant them compassion in the sight of those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them (مز 106:46) 51 (for they are your people, and your heritage, which you brought out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace). (تث 4:20; تث 9:29; نح 1:10; إر 11:4) 52 Let your eyes be open to the plea of your servant and to the plea of your people Israel, giving ear to them whenever they call to you. (1مل 8:29) 53 For you separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be your heritage, as you declared through Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.” (خر 19:5; تث 9:26; تث 9:29; تث 14:2) 



54 Now as Solomon finished offering all this prayer and plea to the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, where he had knelt with hands outstretched toward heaven. (2أخ 6:13; 2أخ 7:1) 55 And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying, (1مل 8:14) 56 “Blessed be the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. Not one word has failed of all his good promise, which he spoke by Moses his servant. (يش 21:45; يش 23:14) 57 The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. May he not leave us or forsake us, (تث 31:6; يش 1:5; 1صم 12:22) 58 that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his rules, which he commanded our fathers. (مز 119:36) 59 Let these words of mine, with which I have pleaded before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, and may he maintain the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel, as each day requires, 60 that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other. (تث 4:35; تث 4:39; 1مل 8:43; 1مل 18:39) 61 Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the Lord our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day.” (1مل 11:4; 1مل 15:3; 1مل 15:14; 2مل 20:3) 



62 Then the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the Lord. (2أخ 7:4; عز 6:16) 63 Solomon offered as peace offerings to the Lord 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord. 64 The same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord, for there he offered the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was before the Lord was too small to receive the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings. (2أخ 4:1) 65 So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days.[3] (لا 23:34; عد 13:21; عد 34:5; عد 34:8; 1مل 8:2; 2مل 24:7) 66 On the eighth day he sent the people away, and they blessed the king and went to their homes joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had shown to David his servant and to Israel his people. 

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