7:1 As
soon
as
Solomon
finished
his
prayer,
fire
came
down
from
heaven
and
consumed
the
burnt
offering
and
the
sacrifices,
and
the
glory
of
the
LORD
filled
the
temple.
7:2 And
the
priests
could
not
enter
the
house
of
the
LORD,
because
the
glory
of
the
LORD
filled
the
LORD's
house.
7:3 When
all
the
people
of
Israel
saw
the
fire
come
down
and
the
glory
of
the
LORD
on
the
temple,
they
bowed
down
with
their
faces
to
the
ground
on
the
pavement
and
worshiped
and
gave
thanks
to
the
LORD,
saying,
"For
he
is
good,
for
his
steadfast
love
endures
forever."
7:4 Then
the
king
and
all
the
people
offered
sacrifice
before
the
LORD.
7:5 King
Solomon
offered
as
a
sacrifice
22,000
oxen
and
120,000
sheep.
So
the
king
and
all
the
people
dedicated
the
house
of
God.
7:6 The
priests
stood
at
their
posts;
the
Levites
also,
with
the
instruments
for
music
to
the
LORD
that
King
David
had
made
for
giving
thanks
to
the
LORD--for
his
steadfast
love
endures
forever--whenever
David
offered
praises
by
their
ministry;
opposite
them
the
priests
sounded
trumpets,
and
all
Israel
stood.
7:7 And
Solomon
consecrated
the
middle
of
the
court
that
was
before
the
house
of
the
LORD,
for
there
he
offered
the
burnt
offering
and
the
fat
of
the
peace
offerings,
because
the
bronze
altar
Solomon
had
made
could
not
hold
the
burnt
offering
and
the
grain
offering
and
the
fat.
7:8 At
that
time
Solomon
held
the
feast
for
seven
days,
and
all
Israel
with
him,
a
very
great
assembly,
from
Lebo-hamath
to
the
Brook
of
Egypt.
7:9 And
on
the
eighth
day
they
held
a
solemn
assembly,
for
they
had
kept
the
dedication
of
the
altar
seven
days
and
the
feast
seven
days.
7:10 On
the
twenty-third
day
of
the
seventh
month
he
sent
the
people
away
to
their
homes,
joyful
and
glad
of
heart
for
the
prosperity
that
the
LORD
had
granted
to
David
and
to
Solomon
and
to
Israel
his
people.
7:11 Thus
Solomon
finished
the
house
of
the
LORD
and
the
king's
house.
All
that
Solomon
had
planned
to
do
in
the
house
of
the
LORD
and
in
his
own
house
he
successfully
accomplished.
7:12 Then
the
LORD
appeared
to
Solomon
in
the
night
and
said
to
him:
"I
have
heard
your
prayer
and
have
chosen
this
place
for
myself
as
a
house
of
sacrifice.
7:13 When
I
shut
up
the
heavens
so
that
there
is
no
rain,
or
command
the
locust
to
devour
the
land,
or
send
pestilence
among
my
people,
7:14 if
my
people
who
are
called
by
my
name
humble
themselves,
and
pray
and
seek
my
face
and
turn
from
their
wicked
ways,
then
I
will
hear
from
heaven
and
will
forgive
their
sin
and
heal
their
land.
7:15 Now
my
eyes
will
be
open
and
my
ears
attentive
to
the
prayer
that
is
made
in
this
place.
7:16 For
now
I
have
chosen
and
consecrated
this
house
that
my
name
may
be
there
forever.
My
eyes
and
my
heart
will
be
there
for
all
time.
7:17 And
as
for
you,
if
you
will
walk
before
me
as
David
your
father
walked,
doing
according
to
all
that
I
have
commanded
you
and
keeping
my
statutes
and
my
rules,
7:18 then
I
will
establish
your
royal
throne,
as
I
covenanted
with
David
your
father,
saying,
'You
shall
not
lack
a
man
to
rule
Israel.'
7:19 "But
if
you
turn
aside
and
forsake
my
statutes
and
my
commandments
that
I
have
set
before
you,
and
go
and
serve
other
gods
and
worship
them,
7:20 then
I
will
pluck
you
up
from
my
land
that
I
have
given
you,
and
this
house
that
I
have
consecrated
for
my
name,
I
will
cast
out
of
my
sight,
and
I
will
make
it
a
proverb
and
a
byword
among
all
peoples.
7:21 And
at
this
house,
which
was
exalted,
everyone
passing
by
will
be
astonished
and
say,
'Why
has
the
LORD
done
thus
to
this
land
and
to
this
house'
7:22 Then
they
will
say,
'Because
they
abandoned
the
LORD,
the
God
of
their
fathers
who
brought
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
and
laid
hold
on
other
gods
and
worshiped
them
and
served
them.
Therefore
he
has
brought
all
this
disaster
on
them.'"