2 Chronicles 7
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.
