1Now
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.
2And
the priests
could not
enter into
the house of
the LORD,
because the
glory of the
LORD had
filled the
LORD'S
house.
3And
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.
4Then
the king and
all the
people
offered
sacrifices
before the
LORD.
5And
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.
6And
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.
7Moreover
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.
8Also
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.
9And
in the
eighth day
they made a
solemn
assembly:
for they
kept the
dedication
of the altar
seven days,
and the
feast seven
days.
10And
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.
11Thus
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.
12And
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.
13If
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;
14If
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.
15Now
mine eyes
shall be
open, and
mine ears
attent unto
the prayer that
is made in
this place.
16For
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.
17And
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;
18Then
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.
19But
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;
20Then
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.
21And
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?
22And
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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