II Chronicles Chapter 7

II Chronicles Chapter 7
1 And when Solomon had made an end
of praying, fire came down from heaven,
and consumed the burnt offering and the
sacrifices: and the glory of the Lord
filled the house,
2 So that 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 the fire, and the glory of the Lord
come down upon the house, they bowed
themselves with their faces to the earth
upon the pavement, and worshiped and
praised the Lord, saying, For he is good,
because his mercy lasteth forever.
4 Then the king and all the people
offered sacrifices before the Lord. 5
And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of
two and twenty thousand bullocks, 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,
and the Levites with the instruments of
music of the Lord, which king David had
made to praise the Lord, because his
mercy lasteth forever: when David
praised God by them, the priests also
blew trumpets over against them: and all
they of Israel stood by. 7 Moreover
Solomon hallowed the middle of the
court that was before the house of the
Lord: for there he had prepared burnt
offerings, and the fat of the peace
offerings, because the brazen altar which
Solomon had made, was not able to
receive the burnt offering, and the meat
offering, and the fat. 8 And Solomon
made a feast at that time of 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 had made the
dedication of the altar seven days, and
the feast seven days.
10 And the three and twentieth day of the
seventh month, he sent the people away
into their tents, joyous and with glad
heart, because of the goodness that the
Lord had done for David and for
Solomon, and for Israel his people. 11
So 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 he prospered in
his house.
12 And the Lord appeared to Solomon
by night and said to him, I have heard thy
prayer, and have chosen this place for
myself to be an house of sacrifice. 13 If I
shut the heaven that there be no rain, or
if I command the grasshopper to devour
the land, or if I send pestilence among
my people,
14 If my people, among whom my name
is called upon, do humble
themselves, and pray, and seek my
presence, and turn from their wicked
ways, then will I hear in heaven, and be
merciful to their sin, and will heal their
land:
15 Then mine eyes shall be open and
mine ears attent unto the
prayer made in this place.
16 For I have now chosen and sanctified
this house, that my name may be there
forever: and mine eyes and mine heart
shall be there perpetually. 17 And if thou
wilt walk before me, as David thy father
walked, to do according unto 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 made the
covenant with David thy father, saying,
Thou shalt not want 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 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
common talk among all people.
21 And this house which is most high,
shall be an astonishment to every one
that passeth by it, so that he shall say,
Why hath the Lord done thus to this land,
and to this house?
22 And they shall answer, Because they
forsook the Lord God of their fathers,
which brought them out of the land of
Egypt, and have taken hold on other
gods, and have worshiped them, and
served them, therefore hath he brought
all this evil upon them.