2Chr 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 YHWH filled the house.
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And the priests could not enter into the house of YHWH, because the glory of YHWH
filled YHWH`s house.
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And all the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the glory of
YHWH was upon the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground
upon the pavement, and worshiped, and gave thanks to YHWH, [saying], For he is good;
for his lovingkindness [endures] for ever.
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Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before YHWH.
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And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hundred
and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
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And the priests stood, according to their offices; the Levites also with instruments
of music of YHWH, which David the king had made to give thanks to YHWH, (for his lovingkindness
[endures] for ever,) when David praised by their ministry: and the priests sounded
trumpets before them; and all Israel stood.
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Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of YHWH;
for there he offered the 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 meal-offering, and the fat.
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So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very
great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt.
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And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of
the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
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And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away to
their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that YHWH had showed to David,
and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
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Thus Solomon finished the house of YHWH, and the king`s house: and all that came into
Solomon`s heart to make in the house of YHWH, and in his own house, he prosperously
effected.
12
And YHWH appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, I have heard your prayer,
and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.
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If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour
the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
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if my people, who 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, to the prayer that is made in this
place.
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For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever;
and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
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And as for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, and do according
to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and mine ordinances;
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then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, according as I covenanted with David
your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man to be ruler in Israel.
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But if you 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 hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I
will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
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And this house, which is so high, every one that passes by it shall be astonished,
and shall say, Why has YHWH done thus to this land, and to this house?
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And they shall answer, Because they forsook YHWH, the God of their fathers, who brought
them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them,
and served them: therefore has he brought all this evil upon them.