He said, “Blessed is the ETERNAL God of Israel, who made a promise to my father David and fulfilled itbwho made a promise to my father David and fulfilled it Lit. “who spoke with His own mouth a promise to my father David and has fulfilled with His own hands.”—after having said,
‘From the time I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I never chose a city from among all the tribes of Israel to build a House where My name might abide; nor did I choose anyone to be the leader of My people Israel.
Word-by-Word Analysis
מןהיום
151
אשר
501
הוצאתי
512
אתעמי
521
מארץ
331
מצרים
380
לאבחרתי
651
בעיר
282
מכל
90
שבטי
321
ישראל
541
לבנות
488
בית
412
להיות
451
שמי
350
שם
340
ולאבחרתי
657
באיש
313
להיות
451
נגיד
67
עלעמי
220
ישראל
541
II Chronicles 6:6
Gematria: 3401
ואבחרבירושלםלהיותשמישםואבחרבדוידלהיותעלעמיישראל
But then I chose Jerusalem for My name to abide there, and I chose David to rule My people Israel.’
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ואבחר
217
בירושלם
588
להיות
451
שמי
350
שם
340
ואבחר
217
בדויד
26
להיות
451
עלעמי
220
ישראל
541
II Chronicles 6:7
Gematria: 2095
ויהיעםלבבדוידאבילבנותביתלשםיהוהאלהיישראל
“Now my father David had wanted to build a House for the name of the ETERNAL God of Israel.
Now GOD has fulfilled the promise that was made. I have succeededcsucceeded Lit. “risen in place of.” my father David and have ascended the throne of Israel, as GOD promised. I have built the House for the name of the ETERNAL God of Israel,
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויקם
156
יהוה
26
אתדברו
613
אשר
501
דבר
206
ואקום
153
תחת
808
דויד
24
אבי
13
ואשב
309
עלכסא
181
ישראל
541
כאשר
521
דבר
206
יהוה
26
ואבנה
64
הבית
417
לשם
370
יהוה
26
אלהי
46
ישראל
541
II Chronicles 6:11
Gematria: 4673
ואשיםשםאתהארוןאשרשםבריתיהוהאשרכרתעםבניישראל
and there I have set the Ark containing the Covenant that GOD made with the Israelites.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואשים
357
שם
340
אתהארון
663
אשרשם
841
ברית
612
יהוה
26
אשר
501
כרת
620
עםבני
172
ישראל
541
II Chronicles 6:12
Gematria: 1878
ויעמדלפנימזבחיהוהנגדכלקהלישראלויפרשכפיו
Then, standing before the altar of GOD in front of the whole congregation of Israel, he spread forth his hands.
Solomon had made a bronze platformdplatform Meaning of Heb. uncertain. and placed it in the midst of the Great Court; it was 5 cubits long and 5 cubits wide and 3 cubits high. He stood on it; then, kneeling in front of the whole congregation of Israel, he spread forth his hands to heaven
and said, “O ETERNAL God of Israel, there is no god like You in the heavens and on the earth, You who steadfastly maintain the Covenant with Your servants who walk before You with all their heart;
And now, O ETERNAL God of Israel, keep that promise that You made to Your servant, my father David, ‘You shall never lack a descendanteYou shall never lack a descendant See note at 1 Kings 2.4. in My sight sitting on the throne of Israel if only your children will look to their way and walk in the [path] of My teachings as you have walked before Me.’
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ועתה
481
יהוה
26
אלהי
46
ישראל
541
שמר
540
לעבדך
126
דויד
24
אבי
13
את
401
אשר
501
דברת
606
לו
36
לאמר
271
לאיכרת
661
לך
50
איש
311
מלפני
210
יושב
318
עלכסא
181
ישראל
541
רק
300
אםישמרו
597
בניך
82
אתדרכם
665
ללכת
480
בתורתי
1018
כאשר
521
הלכת
455
לפני
170
II Chronicles 6:17
Gematria: 2708
ועתהיהוהאלהיישראליאמןדברךאשרדברתלעבדךלדויד
Now, therefore, O God of Israel, let the promise that You made to Your servant, my father David, be confirmed.
“Does God really dwell with mortals on earth? Even the heavens to their uttermost reaches cannot contain You; how much less this House that I have built!
May Your eyes be open day and night toward this House, toward the place where You have resolved to make Your name abide; may You heed the prayers that Your servant offers toward this place.
And when You hear the supplications that Your servant and Your people Israel offer toward this place, give heed in Your heavenly abode—give heed and pardon.
“If one person commits an offense against another and is made to take an oath and utter a self-imprecationfand is made to take an oath and utter a self-imprecation Or “and the latter utters an imprecation to bring a curse upon the former.” and, with that imprecation, comes before Your altar in this House,
may You hear in heaven and take action to judge Your servants, requiting the one who is in the wrong by bringing down the punishment of their conduct on their head—while vindicating the other, who is in the right, by rewarding them according to their righteousness.
“Should Your people Israel be defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against You, and then once again acknowledge Your name and offer prayer and supplication to You in this House,
“Should the heavens be shut up and there be no rain because they have sinned against You, and then they pray toward this place and acknowledge Your name and repent of their sins, because You humbled them,
may You hear in heaven and pardon the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, when You have shown them the proper way in which they are to walk, and send down rain upon the land that You gave to Your people as their heritage.
So, too, if there is a famine in the land, if there is pestilence, blight, mildew, locusts, or caterpillars, or if an enemy oppresses them in any of the settlements of their land.“In any plague and in any disease,
any prayer or supplication offered by any person among all Your people Israel—each of whom knows their own affliction and pain—when they spread forth their hands toward this House,
may You hear in Your heavenly abode, and pardon. Deal with that individual according to their ways, as You know their heart to be—for You alone know every human heart.
“Or if a foreigner who is not of Your people Israel comes from a distant land for the sake of Your great name, Your mighty hand, and Your outstretched arm—and if this person comes to pray toward this House,
may You hear in Your heavenly abode and grant whatever the foreigner appeals to You for. Thus all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and revere You, as does Your people Israel; and they will recognize that Your name is attached to this House that I have built.
“When Your people take the field against their enemies in a campaign on which You send them, and they pray to You in the direction of the city that You have chosen and the House that I have built to Your name,
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כייצא
131
עמך
130
למלחמה
153
עלאיביו
129
בדרך
226
אשר
501
תשלחם
778
והתפללו
557
אליך
61
דרך
224
העיר
285
הזאת
413
אשר
501
בחרת
610
בה
7
והבית
423
אשרבניתי
973
לשמך
390
II Chronicles 6:35
Gematria: 5212
ושמעתמןהשמיםאתתפלתםואתתחנתםועשיתמשפטם
may You hear in heaven their prayer and supplication and uphold their cause.
“When they sin against You—for there is no mortal who does not sin—and You are angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, and their captors carry them off to an enemy land, near or far;
and they take it to heart in the land to which they have been carried off, and repent and make supplication to You in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have acted perversely, we have acted wickedly,’
and they turn back to You with all their heart and soul, in the land of their captivity where they were carried off, and pray in the direction of their land that You gave to their ancestors and the city that You have chosen, and toward the House that I have built for Your name—
and now,Advance, O ETERNAL God, to your resting-place,You and Your mighty Ark.Your priests, O ETERNAL God, are clothed in triumph;Your loyal ones will rejoice in [Your] goodness.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ועתה
481
קומה
151
יהוה
26
אלהים
86
לנוחך
114
אתה
406
וארון
263
עזך
97
כהניך
105
יהוה
26
אלהים
86
ילבשו
348
תשועה
781
וחסידיך
118
ישמחו
364
בטוב
19
II Chronicles 6:42
Gematria: 1907
יהוהאלהיםאלתשבפנימשיחךזכרהלחסדידוידעבדךפ
O ETERNAL God,do not reject Your anointed one;remember the loyalty of Your servant David.”