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2 Chronicles 7:11

Solomon

9 On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more.

10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.

When Solomon had finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, successfully carrying out all that was in his heart to do for the house of the LORD and for his own palace,

12 the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

13 If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,

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BSB
When Solomon had finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, successfully carrying out all that was in his heart to do for the house of the LORD and for his own palace,
KJV
Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king’s house: and all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.
WEB
Thus Solomon finished the LORD’s house and the king’s house; and he successfully completed all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in the LORD’s house and in his own house.
ASV
Thus Solomon finished the house of Jehovah, and the king`s house: and all that came into Solomon`s heart to make in the house of Jehovah, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.
DARBY
And Solomon completed the house of Jehovah, and the king's house; and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of Jehovah, and in his own house, he did prosperously.
BLB
And Solomon finished the house of YHWH and the house of the king. And all that came into the heart of Solomon to do in the house of YHWH and in his own house, he accomplished.
ÅB
Salomo var nå ferdig med å bygge Herrens hus og kongens hus; og alt det han hadde hatt i sinne å gjøre i Herrens hus og i sitt eget hus, hadde han lykkelig utført.
OTB
Så fullførte Salomo Herrens hus og kongens palass, og han fullførte med hell alt det han hadde planlagt å gjøre i Herrens hus og i sitt palass.
B1930
Salomo var nu ferdig med å bygge Herrens hus og kongens hus; og alt det han hadde hatt i sinne å gjøre i Herrens hus og i sitt eget hus, hadde han lykkelig utført.

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