2Chronicles:7

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* And when Solomon finished praying , the fire came down from the heavens and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices ; and the glory of the LORD filled the house . * And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD 'S house . * And when all the sons of Israel saw the fire come down and the glory of the LORD upon the house , they fell to the ground upon the pavement upon their faces and worshipped and praised the LORD , [saying ], For [he is ] good , for his mercy endures for ever . * [Then ] the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD . * And King Solomon offered in sacrifice twenty-two thousand oxen and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep ; and so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God . * And the priests were upon their watches , and the Levites with the instruments of music of the LORD , which David the king had made to praise the LORD , because his mercy [endures ] for ever , when David praised by their hand . Likewise , the priests sounded trumpets before them , and all Israel was on their feet . * Solomon also sanctified 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 present and the fat . * Then 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 . * And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly , for they had made the dedication of the altar in seven days , and they had celebrated the solemn feast for seven days . * And on the twenty-third 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 showed unto David and to Solomon and to Israel his people . * 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 was prospered . * And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night and said unto him , I have heard thy prayer and have chosen this place for myself for [a ] house of sacrifice . * If I shut up the heavens that there be no rain or if I command the locusts to devour the land or if I send pestilence among my people ; * if my people , upon whom my name is invoked , shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways , then I will hear from the heavens and will forgive their sin and will heal their land . * Now my eyes shall be open and my ears attentive unto the prayer [that is made ] in this place ; * so that now I have chosen and sanctified this house , that my name may be in her for ever ; and my eyes and my heart [shall be ] there perpetually . * 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 keep my statutes and my rights , * I will confirm 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 . * 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 , * I will 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 , I will cast out of my presence , and will make it [to be ] a proverb and a byword among all peoples . * And this house , which is high , shall be an astonishment to every one that passes by it , so that they shall say , Why has the LORD done thus unto this land and unto this house ? * And it shall be answered , Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers , who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt , and laid hold on other gods and worshipped them and served them ; therefore , he has brought all this evil upon them .:

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