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.
02 And the priests could not enter into the house
of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had
filled the Lord's house.
03 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.
04 Then the king and all the people offered
sacrifices before the Lord.
05 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.
06 And the priests waited on their offices: the
Levites also with instruments of music 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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 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.
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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.
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