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53 For You have separated them from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, (A)as You spoke by the hand of Moses Your [a]servant, when You brought our fathers forth from Egypt, O Lord Yahweh.”

Solomon Blesses Yahweh

54 (B)Now it happened that when Solomon had [b]finished praying this entire prayer and supplication to Yahweh, (C)he arose from before the altar of Yahweh, from kneeling on his knees with his [c]hands spread toward heaven. 55 And he stood and (D)blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 8:53 Or slave, cf. 8:52; see Foreword, “The Terminology of Slave”
  2. 1 Kings 8:54 Or completed, cf. 9:1; 2 Chr 7:11; 8:16
  3. 1 Kings 8:54 Lit palms