rain, becauſe they have ſinned againſt thee ; yet if they 7+ " pray towards this place, and confeſs thy name and turn from their ſin when thou doſt afli& them : 27 Then hear thou from Heaven, and forgive the fin of thy ſervants, and of thy people Ifrael, when chou haſt taught them the good way, wherein they ſhould walk ; and ſend rain upon thy land which thou halt given unto thy people for an inheritance. 28 If there * be dearth in the land, if there be », ., peſtilence, if there be blaſting, or mildew, locuſts, or © b caterpillars; if their enemies beſiege them Þ in the cities + He, ; of their land ; whatſoever ſore or whatſoever fickneſs thelad sf there be ; theirgate, 29 Then what prayer,or what ſupplication ſoever ſhal be made of any man, or of all thy people Iſrael, when every one ſhall know his own ſore, and his own grief, and ſhall ſpread forth his hands || in this Houſe: 1 Os; 30 Then hear thou from Heaven thy dwelling-place, wow and forgive, and render unto every man according be: unto all his ways, whoſe Heart thou knoweſt : ( for thou onely * knoweſt the Hearts of the children of * men ) x That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, + ſo long as they hve Þ in the land which thou gaveſt unto our fathers. | althe dey 32 Moreover, concerning the ſtranger, * which is wii. not of thy people Iſrael, bur is come froma far countrey f He. for thy great Names fake, and thy mighty hand, and 7". ”
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29 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling-plece, tlieir prayer and their ſupplications, and maintain their | cauſe, and forgive thy people which have ſinned againſt thee. |
40 Now, my God, let (I beſeech thee) thine eyes be open, and Jet thine ears be attent | unto the prayer that is made inthis place.
41 Now * therefore ariſe, O LORD God, into thy '261.132- reſting place 6, thou and the ark c of thy ſtrength 4 : let
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b O thou that ſitteſt in the Heavens, ariſe from the Throne of thy Glory, and come down into this place, which thou haſt appoint- ed for thy conſtant and fixed Habitation, from which thou wilſt not remove, as formerly thou haſt done, from place to place. c z. e- Thou in the Ark. 4 Which is the Sign and Inſtrument of thy great power put forth from time to time on the behalf of thy people. e 7. &. Let them be adorned and encompaſſed on every fide with thy Prote&ion and Benediftion. For he ſeems rather to ſpeak of the Sal- vation afforded to the Prieſts, than of that which by Gods bleſſing on the prieſts Labours; is conferred upoa the People ; this being a Prayer for Gods bleſſing upon the whole Community, conſiſting of Prieſts and People. fr. e- Let them have cauſe of Rejoycing | and Thankſgiving for the EffteRs of thy Goodneſs imparted unto them» | ;
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Fire from Heaven and a Glery in the Femple witneſs the Divine Acceptance : the People worſhip, 1 3. Solomons ſolemn Sacrifice, 4 7. having kept the Feaſt of Tabernacles ; and the feat of che Dedication of the Altar, ke diſmiſſeth the People, 8 11; God appeareth to Solomon : promiſeth
his favour on obedience : el/e threatneth grievous Judgments, 12-22. \ T Ow * when Solomon had made an endof praying, { 'r Kings N the *firecame downtrom heavena, and conſumed | a , the burnt-offering, and the ſacrifices ; and the glory of kg6.21. the LORD 5 filled the Houſe. a In token of Gods Acceptance of his Prayer. See on Lev. g. 24.
”_ 1 Kings 18.38. 64i,e. The Cloud, which was the Sign of Gods glorious and gracious Preſence, : | . 2 And the prieſts could not enter into the houſe of the LORD c, becauſe the glory of the LORD had fil- led the LORDS houſe. c Compare Exod. 495. 35. | 3 And when all the children of Iſrael ſaw how the fire came down, andthe glory of the LORD upon the houſe 4, they bowed themſelves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worſhipped, and praiſ- 'Cup, Ed the LORD ſaying, * For bezs good, for his mercy en- $13, dureth for evers
4 The Cloud firſt came down upon the Houſe, and' then entred into the Honſe, and was ſeen both within it by the Prieſts, and without it by the people.
4 Then the king and all the people offered ſacrifices before the LORD.
5 And king Solemon offered a ſacrifice of twenty