6:1
The Dedication Prayer and the Activation of the Global Portal
Then said Shalumoh, "𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 hath said that He would dwell in the thick darkness."
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2 Dabray HaYamiym 6
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"But I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a place for Thy dwelling forever."
6:3
The Blessing of the Tribal Matrix
And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Yashar'al: and all the congregation of Yashar'al stood.
6:4
And he said, "Blessed be 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Alahiym of Yashar'al, who hath with His hands fulfilled that which He spake with His mouth to my father Dawid, saying,"
6:5
" 'Since the day that I brought forth My people out of the land of Mitzrayim I chose no city among all the tribes of Yashar'al to build a house in, that My Name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over My people Yashar'al:' "
6:6
" 'But I have chosen Yarushalayim, that My Name might be there; and have chosen Dawid to be over My people Yashar'al.' "
6:7
"Now it was in the heart of Dawid my father to build a house for the Name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Alahiym of Yashar'al."
6:8
"But 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 said to Dawid my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build a house for My Name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:"
6:9
"Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for My Name."
6:10
"𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 therefore hath performed His word that He hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of Dawid my father, and am set on the throne of Yashar'al, as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 promised, and have built the house for the Name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Alahiym of Yashar'al."
6:11
"And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, that He made with the children of Yashar'al."
6:12
The Prayer of Dedication at the Brazen Scaffold
And he stood before the altar of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 in the presence of all the congregation of Yashar'al, and spread forth his hands:
6:13
For Shalumoh had made a brazen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Yashar'al, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
6:14
The Invocation of the Sovereign
And said, "O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Alahiym of Yashar'al, there is no Alahiym like Thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto Thy servants, that walk before Thee with all their heart:"
6:15
"Thou which hast kept with Thy servant Dawid my father that which Thou hast promised him; and spakest with Thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with Thine hand, as it is this day."
6:16
The Petition for the Eternal Lineage
"Now therefore, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Alahiym of Yashar'al, keep with Thy servant Dawid my father that which Thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in My sight to sit upon the throne of Yashar'al; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in My Turah, as thou hast walked before Me."
6:17
"Now then, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Alahiym of Yashar'al, let Thy word be verified, which Thou hast spoken unto Thy servant Dawid."
6:18
The Dimensional Paradox
"But will Alahiym in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee; how much less this house which I have built!"
6:19
"Have respect therefore to the prayer of Thy servant, and to his supplication, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 my Alahiym, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which Thy servant prayeth before Thee:"
6:20
"That Thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof Thou hast said that Thou wouldest put Thy Name there; to hearken unto the prayer which Thy servant prayeth toward this place."
6:21
The "Hear From Heaven" Protocol
"Hearken therefore unto the supplications of Thy servant, and of Thy people Yashar'al, which they shall make toward this place: hear Thou from Thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when Thou hearest, forgive."
6:22
Judicial Override: The Oath of Trespass
"If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before Thine altar in this house;"
6:23
"Then hear Thou from heaven, and do, and judge Thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness."
6:24
Judicial Override: Defeat before the Enemy
"And if Thy people Yashar'al be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against Thee; and shall return and confess Thy Name, and pray and make supplication before Thee in this house;"
6:25
"Then hear Thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of Thy people Yashar'al, and bring them again unto the land which Thou gavest to them and to their fathers."
6:26
Judicial Override: Drought and Barrenness
"When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against Thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess Thy Name, and turn from their sin, when Thou dost afflict them;"
6:27
"Then hear Thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Yashar'al, when Thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon Thy land, which Thou hast given unto Thy people for an inheritance."
6:28
Judicial Override: Pestilence and Siege
"If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:"
6:29
"Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all Thy people Yashar'al, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:"
6:30
"Then hear Thou from heaven Thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest; (for Thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)"
6:31
"That they may fear Thee, to walk in Thy ways, so long as they live in the land which Thou gavest unto our fathers."
6:32
The Inclusion of the Outsider
"Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of Thy people Yashar'al, but is come from a far country for Thy great Name's sake, and Thy mighty hand, and Thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;"
6:33
"Then hear Thou from the heavens, even from 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, and fear Thee, as doth Thy people Yashar'al, and may know that this house which I have built is called by Thy Name."
6:34
Judicial Override: Warfare
"If Thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that Thou shalt send them, and they pray unto Thee toward this city which Thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for Thy Name;"
6:35
"Then hear Thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause."
6:36
Judicial Override: Captivity and Restoration
"If they sin against Thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and Thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;"
6:37
"Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto Thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;"
6:38
"If they return to Thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which Thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which Thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Thy Name:"
6:39
"Then hear Thou from the heavens, even from Thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive Thy people which have sinned against Thee."
6:40
The Final Plea for Attention
"Now, my Alahiym, let, I beseech Thee, Thine eyes be open, and let Thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place."
6:41
The Invitation to Rest
"Now therefore arise, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Alahiym, into Thy resting place, Thou, and the ark of Thy strength: let Thy priests, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Alahiym, be clothed with salvation, and let Thy saints rejoice in goodness."
6:42
"O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Alahiym, turn not away the face of Thine anointed: remember the mercies of Dawid Thy servant."