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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 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.
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 brasen 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 shewed 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.
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