2Chronicles:7

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* And when Solomon had finished praying , then the fire came down from heaven , and devoured the whole-burnt-offerings and the sacrifices ; and the glory of the Lord filled the house . * And the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord at that time , for the glory of the Lord filled the house . * And all the children of Israel saw the fire descending , and the glory of the Lord was upon the house : and they fell upon their face to the ground on the pavement , and worshipped , and praised the Lord ; for (note :)Hebrews . he is good (:note ) it is good to do so , because his mercy endures for ever . * And the king and all the people were offering sacrifices before the Lord . * And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of calves twenty and two thousand , of sheep a hundred and twenty thousand : so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God . * And the priests were standing at their watches , and the Levites with instruments of music of the Lord , belonging to king David , to give thanks before the Lord , for his mercy endures for ever , with the hymns of David , by their ministry : and the priests were blowing the trumpets before them , and all Israel standing . * And Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was in the house of the Lord : for he offered there the whole-burnt-offerings and the (note :)Gr . fats (:note ) fat of the peace-offerings , for the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not sufficient to receive the whole-burnt-offerings , and the See Hebrews . meat-offerings , and the fat . * And Solomon kept the feast at that time seven days , and all Israel with him , a very great assembly , from the entering in of Æmath , and as far as the river of Egypt . * And on the eighth day he kept a solemn assembly : for he kept a feast of seven days as the dedication of the altar . * And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he dismissed the people to their tents , rejoicing , and with a glad heart because of the good deeds which the Lord had done to David , and to Solomon , and to Israel his people . * So Solomon finished the house of the Lord , and the king ’s house : and in whatever Solomon wished in his (note :)Gr . soul (:note ) heart to do in the house of the Lord and in his own house , he prospered . * And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night , and said to him , I have heard thy prayer , and I have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice . * If I should restrain the heaven and there should be no rain , and if I should command the locust to devour the trees , and if I should send pestilence upon my people ; * then if my people , on whom my name is called , should (note :)Gr . be ashamed (:note ) repent , and pray , and seek my face , and turn from their evil ways , I also will hear from heaven , and I will be merciful to their sins , and I will heal their land . * And now my eyes shall be open , and my ears attentive to the prayer of this place . * And now I have chosen and sanctified this house , that my name should be there for ever : and my eyes and my heart shall be there always . * And if thou wilt walk before me as David thy father did , and wilt do according to all that I have commanded thee , and wilt keep my ordinances and my judgements ; * then will I (note :)Gr . raise up (:note ) establish the throne of thy kingdom , as I covenanted with David thy father , saying , There shall not fail thee a man ruling in Israel . * But if ye should turn away , and forsake my ordinances and my commandments , which I have set before you , and go and serve other gods , and worship them ; * then will I remove you from the land which I gave them ; and this house which I have consecrated to my name I will remove out of my sight , and I will make it a proverb and a by-word among all nations . * And as for this lofty house , every one that passes by it shall be amazed , and shall say , Wherefore has the Lord done thus to this land , and to this house ? * And men shall say , Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers , who brought them out of the land of Egypt , and they attached themselves to other gods , and worshipped them , and served them : and therefore he has brought upon them all this evil .

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