1Luego Salomón convocó en Jerusalén a todos los ancianos de Israel, los jefes de las tribus y clanes para que presenciaran el acto del traslado del cofre del pacto del SEÑOR desde el santuario en Sion, la ciudad de David.2Esta celebración ocurrió en la fiesta de las Enramadas, en el mes de etanim, que es el mes séptimo.3Durante la festividad, los sacerdotes, en presencia de todos los ancianos de Israel, llevaron el cofre, junto con todos los utensilios sagrados que anteriormente habían estado en el santuario.5El rey Salomón y toda la gente se reunieron ante el cofre y sacrificaron una cantidad incontable de ovejas y bueyes.6Entonces los sacerdotes llevaron el cofre y lo introdujeron en el santuario interior del templo, es decir, en el Lugar Santísimo, y lo colocaron debajo de las alas de los querubines.7Los querubines habían sido construidos de tal manera que sus alas se extendían por sobre el punto en que se colocaría el cofre; así que ahora sus alas cubrían el cofre y las varas que servían para trasladarlo.8Las varas eran tan largas que sus puntas podían verse desde el Lugar Santo, que se hallaba frente al Lugar Santísimo, pero no se podían ver desde fuera. Y ahí están hasta hoy.9Nada había en el cofre en aquel tiempo, salvo las dos tablas de piedra que Moisés había colocado allí en el monte Horeb, cuando el SEÑOR hizo su pacto con el pueblo de Israel después que salieron de Egipto.10Y cuando los sacerdotes salieron del Lugar Santo, una nube brillante llenó el templo del SEÑOR.11Debido a la nube, los sacerdotes no pudieron quedarse para celebrar el culto, pues la gloria del SEÑOR llenaba todo el templo.12Entonces el rey Salomón oró diciendo: «SEÑOR, tú dijiste que vivirías en la oscuridad más densa; pero, SEÑOR, yo te he edificado esta hermosa casa, para que vivas en ella para siempre».14Entonces el rey se dio vuelta y, mirando al pueblo que estaba parado delante de él, lo bendijo, diciendo:15«Bendito sea el SEÑOR, Dios de Israel, que ha cumplido hoy lo que prometió a mi padre David.16Porque le dijo: “Cuando saqué a mi pueblo de Egipto, no escogí ninguna ciudad de las tribus de Israel para que allí se me construyera una casa, pero elegí a un hombre para que gobernara a mi pueblo”.17Este hombre fue mi padre David. Él quería edificar una casa para el SEÑOR, Dios de Israel,18pero el SEÑOR no se lo permitió. El SEÑOR le dijo: “Me complace que quieras construirme una casa, pero19no serás tú quien lo haga, sino tu hijo”.20Y ahora el SEÑOR ha cumplido su palabra, porque he sucedido a mi padre como rey de Israel, y ya he edificado el templo del SEÑOR, Dios de Israel.21He preparado un lugar allí para el cofre que contiene el pacto hecho por el SEÑOR con nuestros padres, cuando los sacó de Egipto».
Oración de Salomón
22Mientras todo el pueblo observaba, Salomón se paró delante del altar del SEÑOR con las manos extendidas hacia el cielo y dijo: «SEÑOR, Dios de Israel, no hay Dios como tú en el cielo ni en la tierra, porque tú eres amoroso y misericordioso, y guardas las promesas hechas a tu pueblo, si hace tu voluntad.24Hoy tú has cumplido la promesa hecha a mi padre David, que era tu siervo.25»Ahora, SEÑOR, Dios de Israel, cumple la otra promesa hecha a él, cuando le dijiste: “Si tus descendientes andan en todos mis caminos y hacen mi voluntad, jamás dejará de sentarse uno de ellos en el trono de Israel”.26Sí, Dios de Israel, cumple esta promesa también.27»Pero, ¿es posible que Dios pueda vivir en la tierra? Si los cielos, los cielos de los cielos, no te pueden contener, mucho menos este templo que yo he edificado.28Sin embargo, Dios mío, has oído y contestado mi petición.29Te ruego que estén tus ojos abiertos de noche y de día sobre esta casa, sobre este lugar en el que has prometido habitar, y cuando yo mire hacia este templo y ore, sea de noche o de día, escúchame y responde a mis peticiones.30Escucha las peticiones del pueblo de Israel cuando quiera que ellos se dirijan a este lugar para orar. Sí, escucha en los cielos donde vives; y cuando hayas oído, perdónanos.31»Si un hombre es acusado de hacer un mal, y entonces, de pie aquí, delante de tu altar, jura que él no lo hizo,32óyelo en los cielos y haz lo que es justo; condénalo, si es culpable o justifícalo, si no lo es.33»Y cuando tu pueblo peque y sus enemigos lo derroten, óyelos desde los cielos y perdónalos, si ellos se convierten a ti nuevamente y confiesan que tú eres su Dios. Hazlos volver a esta tierra que les diste a sus padres.35»Y cuando los cielos se cierren y no haya lluvia, por causa de los pecados de tu pueblo, óyelos desde los cielos, y perdónalos cuando ellos oren en este lugar y confiesen tu nombre. Después que los hayas castigado, ayúdalos para que sigan los buenos caminos en los que debieron haber andado y envía la lluvia sobre la tierra que les has dado.37»Y si hay hambre en la tierra, causada por peste, por langosta, o por gusanos, o si los enemigos de Israel ponen sitio a una de sus ciudades y el pueblo es atacado por una epidemia o plaga —o cualquiera que sea el problema—,38cuando el pueblo reconozca su pecado y ore en este templo,39escúchalos desde los cielos, perdónalos y responde en favor de todos los que hayan hecho una confesión sincera; porque tú conoces cada corazón.40De esta manera aprenderán a reverenciarte, mientras continúan viviendo en esta tierra que les diste a sus padres.41»Y cuando los extranjeros oigan de tu gran nombre y vengan de tierras distantes a adorarte (porque oirán de tu gran nombre y de tus poderosas señales), y oren en este templo,43óyelos desde los cielos y responde a sus oraciones. Así, todas las naciones de la tierra conocerán y temerán tu nombre, como tu propio pueblo Israel lo hace, y toda la tierra sabrá que este es tu templo.44»Cuando envíes a tu pueblo a la batalla contra sus enemigos, y ellos oren a ti mirando hacia tu ciudad escogida de Jerusalén y hacia este templo que he edificado en tu honor,45escucha sus oraciones y ayúdalos.46»Si pecan contra ti, ¿porque quién no peca?, y tú te enojas con ellos, y dejas que sus enemigos los lleven cautivos a tierras extrañas, cercanas o lejanas,47y ellos se dan cuenta de lo que han hecho y se vuelven a ti y claman diciendo: “Hemos pecado, hemos hecho mal”,48si ellos realmente se vuelven hacia ti, y oran hacia esta tierra que tú has dado a sus padres, y hacia esta ciudad de Jerusalén que tú has escogido, y hacia este templo que yo edifiqué a tu nombre,49escucha sus oraciones y ruegos desde los cielos donde habitas, y acude en su ayuda.50Perdona a tu pueblo todas las malas acciones que realicen, y haz que sus captores tengan misericordia de ellos;51porque son tu pueblo, la herencia especial que sacaste del horno de Egipto.52»Que tus ojos estén abiertos y tus oídos atentos a las oraciones que ellos hagan. SEÑOR, escucha y responde siempre que ellos clamen a ti,53porque cuando tú sacaste a nuestros padres de la tierra de Egipto, dijiste a tu siervo Moisés que habías escogido a Israel, de entre todas las naciones de la tierra, para que fuera tu pueblo especial».54Salomón había estado arrodillado, con las manos extendidas hacia los cielos. Cuando terminó de orar, se levantó delante del altar del SEÑOR, y pronunció esta bendición sobre todo el pueblo de Israel:56«Bendito sea el SEÑOR, que ha cumplido su promesa y ha dado reposo a su pueblo Israel; ni una palabra ha dejado de cumplir de todas las maravillosas promesas dadas por su siervo Moisés.57Que el SEÑOR nuestro Dios esté con nosotros, como estuvo con nuestros padres; que jamás nos abandone.58Que él nos dé el deseo de hacer su voluntad en todo y de obedecer todos los mandamientos e instrucciones que dio a nuestros antepasados.59Y que estas palabras de mi oración estén continuamente delante de él, día y noche, para que nos ayude a mí y a todo Israel, de acuerdo con nuestras necesidades diarias.60Que el pueblo de toda la tierra sepa que el SEÑOR es Dios, y que no hay otro Dios.61Y ustedes, pueblo mío, vivan vidas buenas y perfectas delante del SEÑOR nuestro Dios. Obedezcan siempre su ley y sus mandamientos, de la forma que hoy lo están haciendo».
Dedicación del templo
62Entonces el rey y todo el pueblo dedicaron el templo del SEÑOR, ofreciendo sacrificios de paz delante del SEÑOR. En total ofrecieron veintidós mil bueyes y ciento veinte mil ovejas.64Como una medida provisoria, para los holocaustos, para las ofrendas de grano, y para la grasa de las ofrendas de paz, el rey santificó el atrio que está frente a el templo del SEÑOR, porque el altar de bronce era demasiado pequeño para todo lo que había que sacrificar.65La celebración duró inicialmente siete días, pero luego la extendieron por otros siete días, así que fueron catorce días de fiesta. Fueron muchos los israelitas que se reunieron, pues de todas partes, desde Lebó Jamat hasta el río de Egipto, acudieron a la fiesta.66Después Salomón despidió al pueblo. Todos bendijeron al rey Salomón y regresaron felices a sus casas, por la misericordia que el SEÑOR había tenido con su siervo David y con su pueblo Israel.
English Standard Version
The Ark Brought into the Temple
1Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ houses of the people of Israel, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.2And all the men of Israel assembled to King Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.3And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.4And they brought up the ark of the Lord, the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; the priests and the Levites brought them up.5And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.6Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim.7For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.8And the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the Holy Place before the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside. And they are there to this day.9There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone that Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the people of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.10And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, a cloud filled the house of the Lord,11so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.
Solomon Blesses the Lord
12Then Solomon said, “The Lord* has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.13I have indeed built you an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever.”14Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.15And he said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying,16‘Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there. But I chose David to be over my people Israel.’17Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.18But the Lord said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.19Nevertheless, you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’20Now the Lord has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.21And there I have provided a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication
22Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven,23and said, “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing steadfast love to your servants who walk before you with all their heart;24you have kept with your servant David my father what you declared to him. You spoke with your mouth, and with your hand have fulfilled it this day.25Now therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father what you have promised him, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.’26Now therefore, O God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you have spoken to your servant David my father.27“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built!28Yet have regard to the prayer of your servant and to his plea, O Lord my God, listening to the cry and to the prayer that your servant prays before you this day,29that your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you have said, ‘My name shall be there,’ that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place.30And listen to the plea of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. And listen in heaven your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.31“If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath and comes and swears his oath before your altar in this house,32then hear in heaven and act and judge your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.33“When your people Israel are defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and if they turn again to you and acknowledge your name and pray and plead with you in this house,34then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them again to the land that you gave to their fathers.35“When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and acknowledge your name and turn from their sin, when you afflict them,36then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance.37“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence or blight or mildew or locust or caterpillar, if their enemy besieges them in the land at their gates,* whatever plague, whatever sickness there is,38whatever prayer, whatever plea is made by any man or by all your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart and stretching out his hands toward this house,39then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways (for you, you only, know the hearts of all the children of mankind),40that they may fear you all the days that they live in the land that you gave to our fathers.41“Likewise, when a foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, comes from a far country for your name’s sake42(for they shall hear of your great name and your mighty hand, and of your outstretched arm), when he comes and prays toward this house,43hear in heaven your dwelling place and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to you, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house that I have built is called by your name.44“If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to the Lord toward the city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name,45then hear in heaven their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause.46“If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near,47yet if they turn their heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and have acted perversely and wickedly,’48if they repent with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city that you have chosen, and the house that I have built for your name,49then hear in heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause50and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions that they have committed against you, and grant them compassion in the sight of those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them51(for they are your people, and your heritage, which you brought out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace).52Let your eyes be open to the plea of your servant and to the plea of your people Israel, giving ear to them whenever they call to you.53For you separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be your heritage, as you declared through Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.”
Solomon’s Benediction
54Now as Solomon finished offering all this prayer and plea to the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, where he had knelt with hands outstretched toward heaven.55And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,56“Blessed be the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. Not one word has failed of all his good promise, which he spoke by Moses his servant.57The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. May he not leave us or forsake us,58that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his rules, which he commanded our fathers.59Let these words of mine, with which I have pleaded before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, and may he maintain the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel, as each day requires,60that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other.61Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the Lord our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day.”
Solomon’s Sacrifices
62Then the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the Lord.63Solomon offered as peace offerings to the Lord 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.64The same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord, for there he offered the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was before the Lord was too small to receive the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings.65So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days.*66On the eighth day he sent the people away, and they blessed the king and went to their homes joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had shown to David his servant and to Israel his people.
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