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Chapter 7 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
