“Blessed be the LORD, who has given relaxation to his folks Israel in keeping with all that he promised; not one phrase has failed of all his good promise, which he spoke via his servant Moses. The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors; could he not depart us or abandon us, however incline our hearts to him, to stroll in all his methods, and to maintain his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our ancestors. Let these phrases of mine, with which I pleaded earlier than the LORD, be close to to the LORD our God day and night time, and should he keep the reason for his servant and the reason for his folks Israel, as every day requires; so that every one the peoples of the earth could know that the LORD is God; there isn’t a different. (Subsequently dedicate yourselves utterly to the LORD our God, strolling in his statutes and maintaining his commandments, as at at the present time.)”
Background
Simply after we suppose Solomon has completed his prayer of dedication, he prays once more. Vital occasions within the Bible are sometimes accompanied by many prayers, and the completion of the Temple was one of many main occasions within the historical past of Israel (together with the Exodus and the Exile). This brief prayer is an efficient instance of the richness and number of prayer.
Solomon will get up from his knees in entrance of the altar, turns to the group, and raises his palms to start this prayer. It’s a prayer of blessing and petitions/intercessions that are additionally serving another capabilities (see beneath). The first purpose for the prayer is that God be made recognized in all of the world.
Which means
The prayer opens with a blessing on God for giving “relaxation” to the folks and maintaining His guarantees to Moses. Solomon might have supplied a typical thanksgiving: “Thanks, God, for giving us relaxation and maintaining your guarantees.” As an alternative, he phrases it as a blessing upon God, one other instance of the richness of prayer and that the kinds should not so clearly divided.
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