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-\v 2 Then King Solomon summoned to Jerusalem all the elders of Israel, all the leaders of the tribes and of the families. He wanted them to join in bringing to the temple Yahweh's sacred chest from Mount Zion, where it was in the part of the city called the city of David.
-\v 3 So all the leaders of Israel gathered together with the king, during the Festival of Shelters, in the seventh month.
+\v 2 Then King Solomon summoned to Jerusalem all the elders of Israel and all the leaders of the tribes and of the families. He wanted them to join in bringing to the temple Yahweh's sacred chest from Mount Zion, where it was in the part of the city called the city of David.
+\v 3 So all the leaders of Israel gathered together with the king during the Festival of Shelters, in the seventh month.
 
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 \v 4 When they had all arrived, the descendants of Levi lifted up the sacred chest,
 \v 5 and they carried it and the sacred tent and the sacred things that were inside it. The priests, who were also descended from Levi, carried them.
-\v 6 King Solomon and many of the other people of Israel who had gathered there walked in front of the sacred chest. And they sacrificed a huge amount of sheep and bulls. No one was able to count them because there were very many.
+\v 6 King Solomon and many of the other people of Israel who had gathered there walked in front of the sacred chest. And they sacrificed a great number of sheep and bulls. No one was able to count them because there were very many.
 
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-\v 7 The priests then brought the sacred chest into the very holy place, into the inner room of the temple, and they placed it under the wings of the figures of winged creatures.
+\v 7 The priests then brought the sacred chest into the very holy place—into the inner room of the temple—and they placed it under the wings of the figures of winged creatures.
 \v 8 The wings of those figures spread out over the sacred chest and over the poles by which it was carried.
 
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 \v 11 Then the priests left the holy place in the temple. All the priests who were there set themselves apart to serve the priestly duties, without concern for which group they were from.
-\v 12 All the descendants of Levi who were musicians—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, their sons and their other relatives—stood on the east side of the altar. They were wearing linen clothes, and they were playing cymbals, harps, and lyres. There were 120 other priests who were blowing trumpets.
+\v 12 All the descendants of Levi who were musicians—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, their sons, and their other relatives—stood on the east side of the altar. They were wearing linen clothes, and they were playing cymbals, harps, and lyres. There were 120 other priests who were blowing trumpets.
 
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-\v 13 The men blowing trumpets, those playing the cymbals and other musical instruments, and the singers, made music together, praising Yahweh and singing this song:
+\v 13 The men blowing trumpets, those playing the cymbals and other musical instruments, and the singers made music together, praising Yahweh and singing this song:
 \q1 "Yahweh is good to us;
 \q2 he faithfully loves us forever."
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 \v 7 Then Solomon said further, "My father David wanted to build a temple for Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelites belong.
 \v 8 But Yahweh said to him, 'It is good that you wanted to build a house for me.
-\v 9 However, you are not the one who I want to build the temple, It is one of your own sons who will build it.'
+\v 9 However, you are not the one who I want to build the temple. It is one of your own sons who will build it.'
 
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 \v 12 Then Solomon stood in front of the altar that was in front of the people of Israel who had gathered there. He spread out his hands as he began to pray.
-\v 13 Now His workers had built a bronze platform there for him to stand on, which was two and one-third meters square and one and one-half meters high. They had put it in the outer courtyard. Solomon mounted that platform and then knelt down in front of all the people of Israel who had gathered there, and he spread out his arms toward heaven.
+\v 13 Now His workers had built a bronze platform there for him to stand on. It was two and one-third meters square and one and one-half meters high. They had put it in the outer courtyard. Solomon mounted that platform and then knelt down in front of all the people of Israel who had gathered there, and he spread out his arms toward heaven.
 
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 \v 14 Then he prayed,
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 \v 18 But, my God, will you really live on earth among us? This temple I have built cannot contain you; not even the universe and heaven itself can contain you.
-\v 19 But Yahweh, my God, please listen to my prayer, while I am pleading with this day and do what I am requesting.
-\v 20 Always protect this temple, this place where you said you would be present, in order that you might always hear me when I pray, for I am your servant.
+\v 19 But Yahweh, my God, please listen to my prayer while I am pleading with this day and do what I am requesting.
+\v 20 Always protect this temple, this place where you said you would be present so that you might always hear me when I pray, for I am your servant.
 
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-\v 21 Listen to me when I pray, and listen to your Israelite people when they pray, whether we are here, or even if we just face in this direction. Listen from heaven, where you live; and when you hear us pray, forgive us.
+\v 21 Listen to me when I pray, and listen to your Israelite people when they pray, whether we are here or even if we just face in this direction. Listen from heaven, where you live; and when you hear us pray, forgive us.
 
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-\v 24 And suppose that your Israelite people are defeated by their enemies because they sinned against you, and forced to go to some distant country. Suppose further that they turn away from their sinful behavior and face in the direction of this temple and acknowledge that you have justly punished them; and suppose that they beg you to forgive them.
-\v 25 Then please listen to them from heaven and forgive your them for the sins that they have committed, and bring them back to this land that you gave to our ancestors.
+\v 24 And suppose that your Israelite people are defeated by their enemies because they sinned against you and are forced to go to some distant country. Suppose further that they turn away from their sinful behavior and face in the direction of this temple and acknowledge that you have justly punished them, and suppose that they beg you to forgive them.
+\v 25 Then please listen to them from heaven, forgive them for the sins that they have committed, and bring them back to this land that you gave to our ancestors.
 
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 \v 28 And when the people of this land experience famines, or if there is a plague or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies surround any of their cities in order to attack them—if any of these disaster happens to them—
 \v 29 and then if your Israelite people earnestly plead, or if even just one person does so—if they stretch out their hands toward this temple and pray to you because they know the weakness and sorrow in their own hearts—
 \v 30 then listen from your home in heaven and forgive them. You alone know what each person is thinking, so reward each person according to everything that he does.
-\v 31 Do this in order that they might honor you and conduct their lives as you want them to, all the time that they live in this land that you gave to our ancestors.
+\v 31 Do this so that they might honor you and conduct their lives as you want them to all the time that they live in this land that you gave to our ancestors.
 
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 \v 32 There will be some foreigners who do not belong to your Israelite people who have come here from countries far away because they have heard that you are very great and powerful. If they turn toward this temple and pray,
-\v 33 then from your home in heaven please listen to their prayer and do for them what they request you to do. Do that in order that all the peoples in the world will honor and obey you, as your people of Israel do. And do this so that they will know that you are present in this temple that I have built.
+\v 33 then from your home in heaven please listen to their prayer and do for them what they request you to do. Do this so that all the peoples in the world will honor and obey you, as your people of Israel do. And do this so that they will know that you are present in this temple that I have built.
 
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 \v 36 It is true that everyone sins. So when your people sin against you, and you become angry with them, you might allow their enemies to capture them and take them to their countries, even to countries that are far away.
 \v 37 When that happens, while they are in those distant countries, if they say 'We have sinned; we have done things that are wrong and have done things that are very wicked,'
-\v 38 suppose that they repent very sincerely and pray facing this land that you gave their ancestors, and facing this city that you chose, and facing this temple that I have built for you to be present in.
+\v 38 suppose that they repent very sincerely and pray facing this land that you gave their ancestors and facing this city that you chose and facing this temple that I have built for you to be present in.
 \v 39 Then from your home in heaven listen to their prayer, and listen to them while they plead for your help, and do what they ask you to do, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.
 
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 \q2 Cause us your people to rejoice because of all the good things that you do for us.
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 \v 42 Yahweh God, do not reject me, the king whom you have appointed to be the king of Israel;
-\q2 do not forget how faithfuly were to David, your servant, because of your covenant with him."
+\q2 do not forget how faithfully you were to David your servant because of your covenant with him."
 
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 \v 4-5 Then the king and all the people who were there dedicated the temple to Yahweh by offering more sacrifices to him. King Solomon offered twenty-two thousand cattle and 120,000 sheep and goats to be sacrificed.
-\v 6 The priests stood in their positions, and the other descendants of Levi stood in their positions holding the musical instruments to praise Yahweh, instruments that King David had ordered to be made for praising Yahweh and thanking him. They sang, "He faithfully loves us forever." Opposite the other descendants of Levi the priests stood, blowing their trumpets, while all the Israelite people were standing and listening.
+\v 6 The priests stood in their positions, and the other descendants of Levi stood in their positions holding the musical instruments to praise Yahweh—instruments that King David had ordered to be made for praising Yahweh and thanking him. They sang, "He faithfully loves us forever." Opposite the other descendants of Levi the priests stood, blowing their trumpets, while all the Israelite people were standing and listening.
 
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-\v 8 Solomon and the other people celebrated the Festival of Shelters for seven days. There was a huge group of people who celebrated with him. Some of them came from as far away as Lebohamath in the far north and from the border of Egypt in the far south.
+\v 8 Solomon and the other people celebrated the Festival of Shelters for seven days. There was a very large group of people who celebrated with him. Some of them came from as far away as Lebo Hamath in the far north and from the border of Egypt in the far south.
 \v 9 On the eighth day they gathered again to worship Yahweh. They had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days and the Festival of Shelters for seven days.
-\v 10 Then on the next day Solomon sent them to their homes. They were very joyful because of all the good things that Yahweh had done for David and Solomon and for all his Israelite people.
+\v 10 Then on the next day Solomon sent them to their homes. They were very joyful because of all the good things that Yahweh had done for David and Solomon and for all of his Israelite people.
 
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-\v 13 When I prevent any rain from falling, or when I command locusts to eat all the crops, or when I send a plague among my people,
-\v 14 then if the people who belong to me, are sorry for their sins and stop doing them, and if they plead with me for me to forgive, then I will indeed listen from heaven. I will forgive them for having sinned, and I will cause them to prosper again.
+\v 13 When I prevent any rain from falling or when I command locusts to eat all the crops or when I send a plague among my people,
+\v 14 then if the people who belong to me are sorry for their sins and stop doing them and if they plead with me for me to forgive, then I will indeed listen from heaven. I will forgive them for having sinned, and I will cause them to prosper again.
 \v 15 I will listen to them when they pray to me in this place.
 
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-\v 16 I have decided to be present in this temple, and I have set apart it for myself. I will protect it for all time.
+\v 16 I have decided to be present in this temple, and I have set it apart for myself. I will always protect it.
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-\v 17 And as for you, if you obey me as David, your father, did, and if you do all that I command you to do, and if you obey all my laws and decrees,
-\v 18 I will make sure that your descendants will always be kings, which is what I promised to David your father, when I told him, 'Persons from your descendants will always be the kings of Israel.'
+\v 17 And as for you, if you obey me as David your father did and if you do all that I command you to do and if you obey all my laws and decrees,
+\v 18 I will make sure that your descendants will always be kings, which is what I promised to David your father when I told him, 'Persons from your descendants will always be the kings of Israel.'
 
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-\v 19 What will I do to you Israelites when you stop worshiping me? What will I do when you disobey the decrees and commands I have given to you? And what will I do when you start worsshiping other gods?
-\v 20 This is what I will do: I will cause you to be driven away from this land that I have given to you, and I will reject the temple that I have set apart for myself. I will make people from all the other peoples laugh about what happened to house where Yahweh was worshiped.
+\v 19 What will I do to you Israelites when you stop worshiping me? What will I do when you disobey the decrees and commands I have given to you? And what will I do when you start worshiping other gods?
+\v 20 This is what I will do: I will cause you to be driven away from this land that I have given to you, and I will reject the temple that I have set apart for myself. I will make people from all the other peoples laugh about what happened to the house where Yahweh was worshiped.
 
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 \v 21 Although this temple is now so magnificent, when that happens, all the people who pass by will be appalled, and they will say, 'Why has Yahweh done terrible things like this to this country and to this temple?'
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 \v 2 Then his workers rebuilt the cities that King Hiram had given back to him, and Solomon sent Israelites to live in those cities.
 
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-\v 3 Solomon's army then went to the town of Hamathzobah and captured it.
-\v 4 They also rebuilt walls around the city of Tadmor in the wilderness, and in the region of Hamath, for all the towns where they kept supplies.
+\v 3 Solomon's army then went to the town of Hamath Zobah and captured it.
+\v 4 They also rebuilt walls around the city of Tadmor in the wilderness and around all the towns in the region of Hamath where they kept supplies.
 
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-\v 5 They rebuilt the cities of Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon, and built walls around them with gates and bars for the gates.
-\v 6 They also rebuilt the city of Baalath and all the cities where supplies were kept, and the cities where Solomon's chariots and horses were kept. Solomon's workers built whatever he wanted them to build, in Jerusalem and in Lebanon, and in other places in the area that he ruled.
+\v 5 They rebuilt the cities of Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon and built walls around them with gates and bars for the gates.
+\v 6 They also rebuilt the city of Baalath and all the cities where supplies were kept and the cities where Solomon's chariots and horses were kept. Solomon's workers built whatever he wanted them to build, in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in other places in the area that he ruled.
 
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-\v 7 Solomon forced people from many other groups who were not Israelites to work for him as if they were slaves. They were people from the Heth, Amor, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus peoples.
+\v 7 Solomon forced people from many other groups who were not Israelites to work for him as if they were slaves. They were people from the Hittite, Amorite, Perizzite, Hivite, and Jebusite peoples.
 \v 8 They were descendants of groups whom the Israelites had not completely destroyed. Solomon forced them to become his laborers, and they are still that at this present time.
 
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 \v 12 On the altar that Solomon's workers had built in front of the entrance to the temple, Solomon brought many offerings that were to be completely burned.
-\v 13 He did that obeying what sacrifices Moses had declared should be made every day, on the Sabbath days, to celebrate each day on which there was a new moon, and on the three other festivals that were celebrated each year: the Festival of Bread with No Yeast, the Festival of Harvest, and the Festival of Shelters.
+\v 13 He did that to obey what sacrifices Moses had declared should be made every day, on the Sabbath days, to celebrate each day on which there was a new moon, and on the three other festivals that were celebrated each year: the Festival of Bread with No Yeast, the Festival of Harvest, and the Festival of Shelters.
 
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-\v 14 Obeying what his father David had commanded, Solomon appointed the groups of priests for their work, and he appointed the descendants of Levi to lead the people while they sang to praise Yahweh, and while they assisted the priests in their daily work. He also appointed groups of them to guard all the gates, because that was also what David, God's servant, had commanded.
+\v 14 Obeying what his father David had commanded, Solomon appointed the groups of priests for their work, and he appointed the descendants of Levi to lead the people while they sang to praise Yahweh and while they assisted the priests in their daily work. He also appointed groups of them to guard all the gates because that was also what David, God's servant, had commanded.
 \v 15 The priests and other descendants of Levi obeyed completely everything that the king commanded, including the order to take care of the storerooms.
 
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-\v 17 Then some of Solomon's men went to the cities of Ezion Geber and Elath on the coast of the Sea of Reeds, next to a region that belonged to the Edom people.
-\v 18 King Hiram sent him from the city of Tyre some ships that were commanded by his officers. They were men who were experienced sailors. These men went in the ships with Solomon's men to the region of Ophir and brought back about fifteen thousand kilograms of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
+\v 17 Then some of Solomon's men went to the cities of Ezion Geber and Elath on the coast of the Sea of Reeds, next to a region that belonged to the Edomite people.
+\v 18 From the city of Tyre, King Hiram sent him some ships that were commanded by his officers. They were men who were experienced sailors. These men went in the ships with Solomon's men to the region of Ophir and brought back about fifteen thousand kilograms of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
 
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