Moff 2 CHR Chapter 7

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7 When Solomon had finished his prayer, fire fell from heaven and burned up the sacrificial victims. The splendour of the Eternal’s glory filled the temple, 2 so that the priests could not enter the temple of the Eternal, as the Eternal’s splendour filled the Eternal’s temple. 3 All Israel looked on when the fire fell and the splendour of the Eternal was upon the temple; they bowed down with their faces on the pavement in worship, giving thanks to the Eternal and chanting,

For he is good,

his kindness never fails.

4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Eternal; 5 king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand oxen and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep.

Thus did the king and all the people dedicate the temple of God. 6 The priests stood in their proper positions, the Levites had the musical instruments for praising the Eternal, which king David had made for the thanksgiving service (the chant to the Eternal being, “for his kindness never fails”), when he used them in the service of praise; the priests in front blew trumpets, and all Israel stood up.

7 Solomon also consecrated the middle part of the court in front of the temple of the Eternal; for it was there that he sacrificed the victims for the burnt-offering, and the fat slices from the victims of the recompense-offerings, the bronze altar made by Solomon being unable to hold the burnt-offering, the cereal-offering, and the fat slices.

8 Such was the festival held for seven days by Solomon and all Israel--a very vast host, drawn from all parts, from the Pass of Hamath down to the Wady-el-Arish. 9 On the eighth day they held a closing celebration for seven days, after the seven days devoted to the dedication of the altar. 10 Then on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he dismissed the people to their homes, rejoicing with glad hearts at all the goodness of the Eternal to David, to Solomon, and to his people Israel.

11 Thus did Solomon finish the temple of the Eternal and the royal palace; he carried out successfully all he had in mind to construct in the temple of the Eternal and in his own palace. 12 Then the Eternal appeared to Solomon by night and said to him: “I have listened to your prayer and chosen this place as my temple for sacrifice. 13 If I shut up the sky till no rain falls, or if I bid locusts devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people, 14 then, if my people, who belong to me, humble themselves and pray and seek my presence, turning from their evil ways, I will listen up in heaven and forgive their sins and heal my land. 15 My eyes shall be open and my ears attentive to prayer offered in this place; 16 for I have now chosen and consecrated this temple as my seat for ever, and my eyes and my heart shall constantly be there. 17 As for yourself, if you will live under my eye, like your father David, doing exactly as I have ordered you, and follow my rules and regulations, 18 then I will make your royal throne sure, as I agreed with your father David when I promised that he would never be without a descendant to rule Israel. 19 But if you turn away, giving up the rules and commands I have set before you, if you go to serve foreign gods and worship them, 20 then I will uproot Israel out of the land I gave them; and this temple which I have consecrated for myself I will cast out of my sight, making it a proverb and byword among all nations. 21 This temple so grand!--why, 21 any passer-by will be amazed, and ask, ‘Why has the Eternal dealt thus with this land and temple?’ 22 The answer will be, ‘Because the people forsook the Eternal the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt; because they took up with foreign gods, worshipping and serving them; that is why the Eternal brought all this ruin upon them.’ ”

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Moff 2 CHR Chapter 7

Moff 2 CHR Chapter 7