2 Chronicles 7

Thomson(i) 1 And soon as Solomon finished his prayer the fire from heaven descended and consumed the whole burnt offerings with their sacrifices. Now the glory of the Lord filled the house 2 so that the priests could not enter the house of the Lord at that time, because the glory of the Lord filled the house. 3 And when all the Israelites saw the fire descending and the glory of the Lord on the house, they fell with their face to the ground on the pavement. And when they had worshipped, they sung to the Lord the hymn of praise, For it is good: for It is mercy endureth forever, 4 while the king and all the people were offering incense before the Lord. 5 Then king Solomon offered as a thank offering twenty two thousand beeves and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. Now when the king and all the people dedicated the house, 6 while the priests were standing in their watches; and the Levites, with the musical instruments of the Lord, made by king David to praise the Lord, for his mercy endureth forever, were performing with them in the hymns of David; and the priests were sounding the trumpets before them; and all the people were standing; 7 Solomon consecrated the middle of the court which belonged to the house of the Lord, that he might offer there the whole burnt offerings with the suet of the thank offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not capable of receiving the whole burnt offerings with the sacrifices of the suet. 8 So Solomon kept the festival at that time seven days, he and all Israel with him, an exceeding great congregation from the bay of Aimath to the torrent of Egypt. 9 And on the eighth day he made a finishing feast, for he had celebrated the dedication of the altar with a festival of seven days. 10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent away the people to their abodes, glad, and with cheerful hearts for all the goodness which the Lord had shewn to David, and to Solomon, and to his people Israel. 11 Solomon having thus finished the house of the Lord, and the house of the king, and having been prospered in doing all that came into his heart for the house of the Lord, and his own house, 12 the Lord appeared that night to Solomon and said to him, I have heard thy prayer and made choice of this place for myself to be a house of sacrifice. 13 If I shut up heaven and there be no rain; or if I command the locust to devour the trees; or send a pestilence among my people; 14 when my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray to me and seek my favour, and turn from their evil ways, I will hear from heaven and forgive their sins, and heal their land. 15 And now mine eyes shall be open and my ears attentive to the prayer made in this place. 16 For I have now chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there forever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there continually. 17 And if thou wilt walk before me as thy father David did, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and keep my statutes and my judgments, 18 I will establish the throne of thy kingdom as I covenanted with thy father David, saying, The ruler over Israel shall not be taken from thee. 19 But if you turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you; and go and serve strange gods and worship them, 20 I will assuredly remove you from this land which I have given them. And I will remove out of my sight this house which I have hallowed to my name, and make it a proverb and a bye word among all the nations. 21 Yes, at this house which is so lofty, every one who passeth by it shall be astonished, and say, Why hath the Lord dealt thus with this land and this house? 22 To which it will be answered, Because they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and took other gods in his stead, and worshipped them and served them, therefore he brought upon them all this calamity.