2 Chronicles 7

1 When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

2 The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.

3 When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”

4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

5 And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

6 The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.

7 Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar he had made could not hold all these offerings.

8 So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days.

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.

11 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,

14 and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

15 Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.

16 For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

17 And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,

18 then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’

19 But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,

20 then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

21 And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

22 And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, He has brought all this disaster upon them.’”

1 ¶ Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.

2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD'S house.

3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, [saying], For [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy [endureth] for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that [was] before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.

8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.

9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.

11 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.

12 ¶ And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.

13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer [that is made] in this place.

16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;

18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man [to be] ruler in Israel.

19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

20 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.

21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?

22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.

1 And it came to pass, when Solomon had prayed, that fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and other sacrifices. And the glory of the LORD filled the house,

2 That the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD filled the LORD'S house.

3 And all the children of Israel saw the fire come down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, and fell on their knees with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and gave thanks unto the LORD, because he is good, and his mercy endureth for ever.

4 And the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

5 For king Solomon offered twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: and they dedicated the house of God, both the king, and all the people.

6 And the priests stood in their guard, and the Levites with the instruments of the LORD, which David the king had made to thank the LORD for his mercy for ever, with the psalms of David by their hand: and the priests blew the trumpets against them, and all Israel stood.

7 And Solomon sanctified the middle court, which was before the house of the LORD: for there he had offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings. For the brasen altar which Solomon had made could not bear all the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.

8 And Solomon kept a feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from Hemath even unto the river of Egypt.

9 And on the eighth day they held an assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast also seven days.

10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people into their tents rejoicing and in good cheer for all the good that the LORD had done for David, Solomon, and his people Israel.

11 So Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all that came into his heart to make blessed the house of the LORD, and his house.

12 And the LORD appeared unto Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place for me to sacrifice in.

13 Behold, if I shut up the heavens, that there be no rain, or let the locusts devour the land, or let a pestilence come among my people,

14 That they may humble my people, which are called by my name, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; and I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

15 Let mine eyes therefore be open, and mine ears attentive unto prayer in this place.

16 I have therefore chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: mine eyes and mine heart shall be there for ever.

17 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, to do all that I command thee, and to keep my commandments and my statutes,

18 Then will I confirm the throne of thy kingdom, as I joined myself unto David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to rule over Israel.

19 But if ye will return, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them, ye shall be ashamed,

20 And I will root them up out of my land, which I have given them: and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it a proverb, and a fable among all people.

21 And before this house, which is become the highest, all they that pass by shall be astonished, saying, Why hath the LORD thus gone with this land, and with this house?

22 And it shall be said, Because they have forsaken the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them up out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, and worshipped them, and served them; therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.