1 Kings Chapter 8
King Solomon gathered all the big players of Israel, the heads of the tribes, and the fam to bring the ark of the covenant to him in Jerusalem, straight from the city of David, known as Zion.
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which {is} Zion. {chief: Heb. princes}
All the homies from Israel showed up to King Solomon's feast during the month of Ethanim, which is basically the seventh month, no cap.
And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which {is} the seventh month.
The elders of Israel showed up, and the priests grabbed the ark, fr.
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
They brought the ark of the Lord, the tabernacle, and all the holy stuff from the tabernacle, like the priests and Levites were totally on it.
And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that {were} in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.
King Solomon and the entire crew of Israel were vibing before the ark, sacrificing a crazy amount of sheep and oxen, like there were way too many to count, periodt.
And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, {were} with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
The priests set the ark of the covenant in its place within the house, inside the oracle, the most sacred area, under the wings of the cherubim.
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy {place, even} under the wings of the cherubims.
The cherubim spread their two wings over the ark, covering it and the staves above, total rizz.
For the cherubims spread forth {their} two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
They pulled out the staves, and you could see the ends in the holy place in front of the oracle, but not outside, and they're still there today, no cap.
And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy {place} before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day. {ends: Heb. heads} {holy...: or, ark}
The ark held just the two stone tablets that Moses dropped at Horeb when the Lord made a deal with the Israelites after they left Egypt.
{There was} nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made {a covenant} with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. {when the: or, where the}
As the priests exited the holy place, a cloud filled the Lord's house, and it was lit.
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy {place}, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
The priests couldn't even vibe to do their thing because the cloud was so thick; the glory of the Lord was totally filling the house, no cap.
So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
Solomon was like, "God said He’s chilling in the thick darkness, fr."
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
"I crafted you a dope house to hang in, a forever spot for you to chill," he said.
I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
Then the king turned and blessed all the crew of Israel: (and everyone stood up, periodt.)
And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)
He said, "Shout out to the Lord God of Israel, who spoke to my dad David and made it happen with His hands, no cap."
And he said, Blessed {be} the LORD God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled {it}, saying,
"From the day I pulled my peeps Israel out of Egypt, I didn’t pick a city from all the tribes to build a house for my name; I picked David to lead my people."
Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
"David, my father, had it in his heart to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel."
And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
"And the Lord told David, 'It’s cool that you wanted to build a house for my name; that was a solid vibe.'"
And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
"But you ain't gonna build it; your son coming from you will craft the house for my name."
Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
"The Lord came through on His word, and I’m here taking David's spot, sitting on Israel's throne, just as the Lord promised, and I built a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel."
And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
I set a spot for the ark, where the Lord's covenant is, the one He made with our fam when He dipped them outta Egypt.
And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein {is} the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
Solomon stood in front of the Lord's altar with all the crew of Israel, hands raised to the sky like, "What's good?"
And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
He said, "Yo, Lord God of Israel, there’s no one like you, up in the clouds or down here, keeping it real with your crew who vibe with you, no cap."
And he said, LORD God of Israel, {there is} no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:
You kept it 100 with your boy David, my dad, just like you promised. You spoke it, and now you made it happen, periodt.
Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled {it} with thine hand, as {it is} this day.
So now, Lord God of Israel, keep it real with your boy David like you said, so there’s always someone from his line on the throne of Israel; let the kids stay on the right path like he did.
Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me. {fail...: Heb. be cut off unto thee a man from my sight} {so that: Heb. only if}
And now, God of Israel, let your word pop off like you told your boy David, my dad.
And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
But for real, will God chill on earth? Like, the heavens can’t even hold you, so how’s this house I built gonna do it?
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
Still, show love to the prayer of your servant and hear his plea, Lord my God, listen to the cries and prayers he’s throwing up to you today.
Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
Keep your eyes open on this house day and night, the place you said your name would be; so you can hear the prayers your servant sends up from here.
That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, {even} toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place. {toward this place: or, in this place}
And listen to the pleas of your servant and your people Israel when they pray toward this spot: hear from heaven, your crib, and when you do, forgive.
And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive. {toward this place: or, in this place}
If anyone beefs with their neighbor and has to swear an oath at your altar, that's the vibe.
If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house: {and an oath...: Heb. and he require an oath of him}
Then hear from heaven, do your thing, and judge your peeps, calling out the haters and backing up the good ones, periodt.
Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
When your crew Israel gets wrecked by the enemies 'cause they messed up, and they come back to you, confessing and praying in this spot:
When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house: {in: or, toward}
Then hear from heaven, forgive Israel's sins, and bring them back to the land you gave their fam.
Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
When heaven's dry and no rain's falling 'cause they've tripped up, if they pray towards this place and confess your name while you’re putting them through it:
When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
Then hear from heaven, forgive your servants and Israel, teach them the right path to walk, and send rain on the land you gave your people, no cap.
Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
If there’s famine, pestilence, or locusts in the land, or if their enemies are around their cities; whatever plague or sickness hits:
If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, {or} if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness {there be}; {cities: or, jurisdiction}
Any prayer or plea made by anyone, or all your people Israel, who knows their own heart's struggle and reaches out to this house:
What prayer and supplication soever be {made} by any man, {or} by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
Then hear from heaven, your home base, forgive, do your thing, and give everyone what they deserve, 'cause you know what's in their hearts, no cap.
Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, {even} thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
So they can vibe with you all their days in the land you gave our ancestors.
That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
Yo, if a stranger rolls up from far away just to vibe with your name, that's legit.
Moreover concerning a stranger, that {is} not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
They’ll hear about your lit name and strong moves, then they’ll come pray at this spot.
(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
Listen up from heaven, and do what the stranger asks, so everyone knows your name and respects you like your peeps do. This house I built? It's all about your name.
Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as {do} thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name. {this...: Heb. thy name is called upon this house}
If your crew heads out to fight their haters wherever you send them, and they pray to you towards the city you picked, and the house I built for your name:
If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and {toward} the house that I have built for thy name: {toward the city: Heb. the way of the city}
For real, hear their prayers and their requests, and keep it 100 for them.
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. {cause: or, right}
If they mess up (no cap, everyone slips up), and you get mad and hand them over to their enemies, making them captives far or near;
If they sin against thee, (for {there is} no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
But if they come to their senses in the land where they got taken, and they vibe with you, saying, "We messed up and did wrong,"
{Yet} if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; {bethink...: Heb. bring back to their heart}
And return to you with all their heart and soul, in the land of their enemies, praying towards their land, the city you chose, and the house I built for your name:
And {so} return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
Then for sure, hear their prayers and requests from heaven, and keep it real for them,
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause, {cause: or, right}
And forgive your people for their mess-ups, and all the wrongs they’ve done, and show them some love in front of those who took them captive, so they can show them love back.
And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
They’re your crew, and your fam, that you pulled outta Egypt, straight from the iron furnace vibes.
For they {be} thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
So your eyes can be lit to hear the prayers of your servant and your crew, Israel, and listen to all their calls, fr.
That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.
You set them apart from all the peeps on the earth to be your fam, just like you told Moses when you brought our ancestors outta Egypt, O Lord God.
For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, {to be} thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.
And when Solomon wrapped up his prayer to the Lord, he got up from the altar, having knelt with his hands up to the sky.
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.
He stood up and blessed all the Israel fam with a loud voice, saying,
And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
Big ups to the Lord, who gave rest to his people Israel, just like he promised: not a single word of his solid promise flopped, which he gave through Moses.
Blessed {be} the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant. {failed: Heb. fallen}
May the Lord our God be with us, like he was with our ancestors: don’t dip on us or ghost us,
The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
So he can vibe our hearts toward him, to walk in all his ways, and keep his commandments, statutes, and judgments he gave our fam.
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.
And let my words, with which I prayed to the Lord, be close to the Lord our God day and night, that he keeps it real for his servant and his people Israel at all times, as needed.
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require: {at all...: Heb. the thing of a day in his day}
So all the peeps on the earth can know that the Lord is God, and there’s no one else, no cap.
That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD {is} God, {and that there is} none else.
Keep your heart 100 with the Lord, fam. Walk in His rules and vibe with His commandments, just like today.
Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
The king and all of Israel pulled up and offered sacrifices to the Lord, no cap.
And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.
Solomon was out here with peace offerings, flexing 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep for the Lord. The king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the Lord, fr.
And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.
That same day, the king made the middle of the court holy for the house of the Lord, offering burnt and meat offerings, 'cause the altar was too small for all the solid stuff.
The same day did the king hallow 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 brasen altar that {was} before the LORD {was} too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
Solomon threw a lit feast, and all Israel rolled with him, a huge crew, from Hamath to the river of Egypt, for seven days, then another seven days.
And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, {even} fourteen days.
On the eighth day, he sent everyone home, and they blessed the king, rolling back to their tents, happy and vibing over all the good things the Lord did for David and Israel.
On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people. {blessed: or, thanked}