|
Chapter 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
music 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 brazen 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 showed 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. |
