And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

However the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he has chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel:

Both riches and honor come from you, and you reign over all; and in your hand is power and might; and in your hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.

And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to quarry in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to make the people work.

And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;

The pots also, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their articles, did Huram his father make for king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright bronze.

It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endures forever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;

Hearken therefore unto the supplications of your servant, and of your people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear you from your dwelling place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive.

And if your people Israel are defeated before the enemy, because they have sinned against you; and shall return and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this house;

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 successfully accomplished.

Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.

And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem had all Israel come to make him king.

And the young men that were brought up with him spoke unto him, saying, Thus shall you answer the people that spoke unto you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it somewhat lighter for us; thus shall you say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's waist.

And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

And the king said to him, How many times shall I make you swear that you say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?

And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.

But if you will go, do it, be strong for the battle: but God shall make you fall before the enemy: for God has power to help, and to cast down.

Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.

So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it for a long time in the way in which it was written.

But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? I come not against you this day, but against the house with which I am at war: for God commanded me to make haste: cease from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroys you not.

Then said we unto them after this manner, These are the names of the men that make this building.

Moreover I make a decree of what you shall do for the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, without delay expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.

I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, who are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, may go with you.

And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done promptly,

Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the foreign wives.

Then the king said unto me, For what do you make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress which pertains to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the temple that I shall enter into. And the king so granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mountain, and bring olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.

And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our leaders, Levites, and priests, seal it.

For the showbread, and for the continual grain offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.

Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to show it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.

Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther has said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the robes and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sits at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.

And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

As the days on which the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feast

Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

For he bruises, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole.

If you would seek unto God early, and make your supplication to the Almighty;

If you were pure and upright; surely now he would awake for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.

Who makes the Bear, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

For, though I were righteous, yet could I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands ever so clean;

Should your lies make men hold their peace? and when you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?

Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; yea, many shall entreat your favor.

He leads counselors away plundered, and makes the judges fools.

They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man.

Shall not his excellence make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

Withdraw your hand far from me: and let not your dread make me afraid.

How many are my iniquities and sins? make me know my transgression and my sin.

For you write bitter things against me, and make me possess the iniquities of my youth.

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready for battle.

Because he covers his face with his fatness, and makes heavy fat on his waist.

How long will it be before you make an end of words? consider, and afterwards we will speak.

Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

My breath is repulsive to my wife, though I make supplication for the children of my own body.

Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? or is it gain to him, that you make your ways blameless?

You shall make your prayer unto him, and he shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows.

For God makes my heart soft, and the Almighty troubles me:

Who make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, yet suffer thirst.

And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?

Dominion and fear are with him, he makes peace in his high places.

He builds his house like a moth, and like a booth that the keeper makes.

To make the weight for the wind; and he apportions the waters by measure.

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

For I know not how to give flattery; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.

Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon you.

When he gives quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hides his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

Because of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out because of the arm of the mighty.

But none says, Where is God my maker, who gives songs in the night;

Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

For he makes small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to its vapor:

Can you make him afraid like a grasshopper? the majesty of his snorting is terrible.

Does the eagle mount up at your command, and make her nest on high?

He is the first of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

Will he make many supplications unto you? will he speak soft words unto you?

Will he make a covenant with you? will you take him for a servant forever?

Shall your companions make a banquet of him? shall they apportion him among the merchants?

The arrow cannot make him flee: clingstones with him are turned into stubble.

He makes the deep boil like a pot: he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for you, LORD, only make me dwell in safety.

Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before my face.

I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed wet with tears; I water my couch with my tears.

He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death; he makes ready his arrows against the persecutors.

For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may secretly shoot at the upright in heart.

It is God that girds me with strength, and makes my way perfect.

He makes my feet like hinds' feet, and sets me upon my high places.

He teaches my hands to make war, so that a bow of bronze is bent by my arms.

You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

Therefore shall you make them turn their back, when you shall make ready your arrows upon your strings toward their face.

But you are he that took me out of the womb: you did make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

He makes me to lie down in green pastures: he leads me beside the still waters.

He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox.

The voice of the LORD makes the hinds to calve, and strips bare the forests: and in his temple does every one speak of his glory.