1 Solomon said God lives in a dark cloud. ☁️ 2 Solomon said, “I made a big house for You, God. You can live here.” 3 The king faced all the people. He blessed them. All the people stood. 4 Solomon said God kept His promise. 5 Solomon said, “Before this, God did not pick a city or a man to make a house.” ️❌ 6 Solomon said, “God chose the city Jerusalem. God chose David to be king.” ️ 7 Solomon said, “My dad David wanted to make a house for God.” ❤️ 8 Solomon said, “God told David, ‘It is good you want this.’” 9 Solomon said, “God said, ‘You will not build it. Your son will build it.’” ️ 10 Solomon said, “God kept His word. Now I am king after David. I built this house for God.” 11 Solomon said, “I put the special box of promise in the house. God made a promise to His people.” 12 Solomon stood by the big table for gifts to God. He held up his hands. All the people saw. 13 Solomon made a tall stand. He stood on it. He went on his knees. He raised his hands to the sky. ♂️☁️ 14 Solomon said, “God, You are the only God. You keep Your promise. You love people who obey You.” ❤️ 15 Solomon said, “You kept Your word to my dad David. You said it. You did it.” ✅ 16 Solomon said, “Please keep Your promise to David. Let his family be kings if they obey You.” 17 Solomon said, “Please make Your word stand true.” 18 Solomon said, “Can God live with us on earth? The sky is big. You are bigger. This house is small to You.” ☁️ 19 Solomon said, “Please hear my prayer. I ask You now.” 20 Solomon said, “Please watch this house day and night. Please hear when we pray here.” 21 Solomon said, “Please hear us from Your home in heaven. When You hear, please forgive us.” ☁️❤️ 22 Solomon said, “If someone hurts a friend and must make a promise here at the big table.” 23 Solomon said, “Please hear. Please choose what is right. Say the bad one is wrong. Help the good one.” ⚖️✅ 24 Solomon said, “If Your people lose to enemies because they did wrong, and they come back and say sorry and pray here.” ️ 25 Solomon said, “Please hear and bring them home to the land You gave.” 26 Solomon said, “If no rain comes because they did wrong, and they pray, say Your name, and stop the wrong.” ️❌ 27 Solomon said, “Please hear. Please forgive. Please teach the good way. Please send rain on the land You gave.” ️ 28 Solomon said, “If there is no food, or people are sick, or plants go bad, or bugs eat the food, or enemies come.” 29 Solomon said, “If any person feels sad or sick, and lifts hands to this house and prays.” 30 Solomon said, “Please hear in heaven. You know each heart. Please help each one as You see is right.” ❤️☁️ 31 Solomon said, “Then people will love You and obey Your good way in the land You gave.” ♂️ 32 Solomon said, “If new people from far away come for Your big name.” ♂️ 33 Solomon said, “Please hear them too. Then all people will know Your name and love You. They will pray toward this house.” 34 Solomon said, “If Your people go to war and pray toward this city and this house You chose.” ️️ 35 Solomon said, “Please hear from heaven and help them win.” ☁️ 36 Solomon said, “If they do wrong (all people do wrong), and You let bad men take them far away.” 37 Solomon said, “But if they think again, turn back, pray, and say, ‘We did wrong.’” 38 Solomon said, “If they come back to You with all they are, in the far land, and pray toward their land, their city, and this house.” 39 Solomon said, “Please hear from heaven. Please forgive and help Your people.” ☁️❤️ 40 Solomon said, “Now, my God, please open Your eyes and ears to our prayers in this place.” 41 Solomon said, “Please come, God, to Your rest place. Come with the strong promise box. Let Your helpers be safe. Let Your people be glad and good.” 42 Solomon said, “God, please do not say no to Your chosen king. Please remember Your kind love to David.” ❤️