Revised Version 1895

1 Kings 8:1-9

1ThenSolomonשְׁלֹמֹ֣הshe.lo.MohH8010assembledיַקְהֵ֣לyak.HelH6950theeldersזִקְנֵ֣יzik.NeiH2205ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֡לYis.ra.'ElH3478, andallכָּל־kol-H3605theheadsרָאשֵׁ֣יra.SheiH7218of thetribesהַמַּטּוֹת֩ha.ma.tOtH4294, theprincesנְשִׂיאֵ֨יne.si.'EiH5387of thefathers’הָאָב֜וֹתha.'a.VotH1houses of thechildrenלִבְנֵ֧יliv.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478, untokingהַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֖הshe.lo.MohH8010inJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389, tobringלְֽהַעֲל֞וֹתle.ha.'a.LotH5927upH5927thearkאֲר֧וֹן'a.RonH727of thecovenantבְּרִית־be.rit-H1285of theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068outאֶל־'el-H413of thecityמֵעִ֥ירme.'IrH5892ofDavidדָּוִ֖דda.VidH1732,whichהִ֥יאhi'H1931isZionצִיּֽוֹן׃tzi.YonH6726.

2Andallכָּל־kol-H3605themenאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478assembledH6950themselvesH6950untokingהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Solomonשְׁלֹמֹה֙she.lo.MohH8010at thefeastבֶּחָ֑גbe.ChagH2282, in themonthהַחֹ֥דֶשׁha.Cho.deshH2320Ethanimהָאֵֽתָנִ֖יםha.'e.ta.NimH388,whichה֖וּאhu'H1931is theseventhהַשְּׁבִיעִֽי׃ha.she.vi.'IH7637monthH2320.

3Andallכֹּ֖לkolH3605theeldersזִקְנֵ֣יzik.NeiH2205ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478cameוַיָּבֹ֕אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935, and thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548tookH5375upH5375thearkהָאָרֽוֹן׃ha.'a.RonH727.

4And theybroughtH5927upH5927thearkאֲר֤וֹן'a.RonH727of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, and thetentאֹ֣הֶל'O.helH168ofmeetingמוֹעֵ֔דmo.'EdH4150, andallH3605theholyהַקֹּ֖דֶשׁha.Ko.deshH6944vesselsכְּלֵ֥יke.LeiH3627that were in theTentבָּאֹ֑הֶלba.'O.helH168;evenH853theseH3605didאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548and theLevitesוְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃ve.hal.vi.YimH3881bringH5927upH5927.

5Andkingוְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְve.ha.Me.lekhH4428Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֗הshe.lo.MohH8010andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605thecongregationעֲדַ֤ת'a.DatH5712ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478, that wereassembledהַנּוֹעָדִ֣יםha.no.'a.DimH3259unto him, were with himbeforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440thearkהָֽאָר֑וֹןha.'a.RonH727,sacrificingמְזַבְּחִים֙me.za.be.ChimH2076sheepצֹ֣אןtzonH6629andoxenוּבָקָ֔רu.va.KarH1241, that couldnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808betoldH5608norוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808numberedH5608formultitudeמֵרֹֽב׃me.RoH7230.

6And thepriestsהַ֠כֹּהֲנִיםHa.ko.ha.nimH3548broughtוַיָּבִ֣אוּvai.ya.Vi.'uH935in thearkאֲר֨וֹן'a.RonH727of thecovenantבְּרִית־be.rit-H1285of theLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068untoitsH853placeמְקוֹמ֛וֹme.ko.MoH4725,intoH413the oracle of thehouseהַבַּ֖יִתha.Ba.yitH1004, to themostקֹ֣דֶשׁKo.deshH6944holyהַקֳּדָשִׁ֑יםha.ko.da.ShimH6944placeH4725,evenH853underתַּ֖חַתTa.chatH8478thewingsכַּנְפֵ֥יkan.FeiH3671of thecherubimהַכְּרוּבִֽים׃ha.ke.ru.VimH3742.

7For thecherubimהַכְּרוּבִים֙ha.ke.ru.VimH3742spreadפֹּרְשִׂ֣יםpo.re.SimH6566forth theirwingsכְּנָפַ֔יִםke.na.Fa.yimH3671over theplaceמְק֖וֹםme.KomH4725of thearkהָֽאָר֑וֹןha.'a.RonH727, and thecherubimהַכְּרֻבִ֛יםha.ke.ru.VimH3742covered thearkהָאָר֥וֹןha.'a.RonH727and the staves thereofaboveH5921.

8And the staves weresoמִן־min-H4480longעַ֖ד'adH5704that theendsרָאשֵׁ֨יra.SheiH7218of the staves wereseenוַיֵּרָאוּ֩vai.ye.ra.'UH7200from theholyהַקֹּ֙דֶשׁ֙ha.Ko.deshH6944placeH6944beforeפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440the oracle; but they werenotH3808seenיֵרָא֖וּye.ra.'UH7200withoutH3808: and there they are, unto thisdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117.

9There wasnothingאֵ֚ין'einH369in thearkבָּֽאָר֔וֹןba.'a.RonH727save thetwoשְׁנֵי֙she.NeiH8147tables ofstoneהָאֲבָנִ֔יםha.'a.va.NimH68whichH834Mosesמֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehH4872putH3318there atHorebבְּחֹרֵ֑בbe.cho.RevH2722, when theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068madeכָּרַ֤תka.RatH3772a covenant with thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, when theycameH3318outH3318of thelandמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

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