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2 Chronicles 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.
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- 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.
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- Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices
before the LORD.
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- 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;
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- 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.
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- Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto
the prayer that is made in this place.
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- 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.
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- 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;
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- 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;
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- 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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