wise than by
vocality, as by sibling. _Pauses should be used also to indicate sudden
transitions from one state of caution to another._

_THE HIGH SCHOOL READER_.

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I. KING SOLOMON'S PRAYER AND BLESSING AT THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE.

_From_ THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS.

_Translated 1611--Revised 1885._

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the
tribes, the princes of the fathers' houses of the children of Israel,
unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of
the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. And all the men of
Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast, in the month
Ethanim, which is the seventh month. And all the elders of Israel came,
and the priests took up the ark. And they brought up the ark of the
LORD, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the
Tent; even these did the priests and the Levites bring up. And king
Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto
him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that
could not be told nor numbered for multitude. And the priests brought in
the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto its place, into the oracle of
the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and
the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above. There was
nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at
Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when
they came out of the land of Egypt. And it came to pass, when the
priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house
of the LORD, so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason
of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.

Then spake Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick
darkness. I have surely built thee an house of habitation, a place for
thee to dwell in for ever. And the king turned his face about, and
blessed all the congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of
Israel stood. And he said, Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, which
spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand
fulfilled it, saying, Since the day that I brought forth my people
Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Is