ASV_Strong : 2 Chronicles 7
1. Now when Solomon[H8010] had made an end[H3615] of praying[H6419], the fire[H784] came down[H3381] from heaven[H8064], and consumed[H398] the burnt-offering[H5930] and the sacrifices[H2077]; and the glory[H3519] of Jehovah[H3068] filled[H4390] the house[H1004].
2. And the priests[H3548] could[H3201] not enter[H935] into the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], because the glory[H3519] of Jehovah[H3068] filled[H4390] Jehovah[H3068]'s house[H1004].
3. And all the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] looked[H7200] on[H784], when the fire came down[H3381], and the glory[H3519] of Jehovah[H3068] was upon the house[H1004]; and they bowed[H3766] themselves with their faces[H639] to the ground[H776] upon the pavement[H7531], and worshipped[H7812], and gave thanks[H3034] unto Jehovah[H3068], saying[H2896], For he is good; for his lovingkindness[H2617] endureth for ever[H5769].
4. Then the king[H4428] and all the people[H5971] offered[H2076] sacrifice[H2077] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068].
5. And king[H4428] Solomon[H8010] offered[H2076] a sacrifice[H2077] of twenty[H6242] and two[H8147] thousand[H505] oxen[H1241], and a hundred[H3967] and twenty[H6242] thousand[H505] sheep[H6629]. So the king[H4428] and all the people[H5971] dedicated[H2596] the house[H1004] of God[H430].
6. And the priests[H3548] stood[H5975], according to their offices[H4931]; the Levites[H3881] also with instruments[H3627] of music[H7892] of Jehovah[H3068], which David[H1732] the king[H4428] had made[H6213] to give thanks[H3034] unto Jehovah[H3068], (for his lovingkindness[H2617] endureth for ever[H5769],) when David[H1732] praised[H1984] by their ministry[H3027]: and the priests[H3548] sounded trumpets[H2690] before them[H3478]; and all Israel stood[H5975].
7. Moreover Solomon[H8010] hallowed[H6942] the middle[H8432] of the court[H2691] that was before[H6440] the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068]; for there he offered[H6213] the burnt-offerings[H5930], and the fat[H2459] of the peace-offerings[H5930], because the brazen[H5178] altar[H4196] which Solomon[H8010] had made[H6213] was not able[H3201] to receive[H3557] the burnt-offering[H5930], and the meal-offering[H4503], and the fat[H2459].
8. So Solomon[H8010] held[H6213] the feast[H2282] at that time[H6256] seven[H7651] days[H3117], and all Israel[H3478] with him[H3966], a very great[H1419] assembly[H6951], from the entrance[H935] of Hamath[H2574] unto the brook[H5158] of Egypt[H4714].
9. And on the eighth[H8066] day[H3117] they held[H6213] a solemn assembly[H6116]: for they kept[H6213] the dedication[H2598] of the altar[H4196] seven[H7651] days[H3117], and the feast[H2282] seven[H7651] days[H3117].
10. And on the three[H7969] and twentieth[H6242] day[H3117] of the seventh[H7637] month[H2320] he sent[H7971] the people[H5971] away[H7971] unto their tents[H168], joyful[H2896] and glad[H8056] of heart[H3820] for the goodness[H2896] that Jehovah[H3068] had showed[H6213] unto David[H1732], and to Solomon[H8010], and to Israel[H3478] his people[H5971].
11. Thus Solomon[H8010] finished[H3615] the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], and the king[H4428]'s house[H1004]: and all that came[H935] into Solomon[H8010]'s heart[H3820] to make[H6213] in the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], and in his own house[H1004], he prosperously effected[H6743].
12. And Jehovah[H3068] appeared[H7200] to Solomon[H8010] by night[H3915], and said[H559] unto him[H8085], I have heard thy prayer[H8605], and have chosen[H977] this place[H4725] to myself for a house[H1004] of sacrifice[H2077].
13. If[H2005] I shut up[H6113] the heavens[H8064] so that there is no rain[H4306], or if I command[H6680] the locust[H2284] to devour[H398] the land[H776], or if I send[H7971] pestilence[H1698] among my people[H5971];
14. if my people[H5971], who are called[H7121] by my name[H8034], shall humble[H3665] themselves[H6419], and pray, and seek[H1245] my face[H6440], and turn[H7725] from their wicked[H7451] ways[H1870]; then will I hear[H8085] from heaven[H8064], and will forgive[H5545] their sin[H2403], and will heal[H7495] their land[H776].
15. Now mine eyes[H5869] shall be open[H6605], and mine ears[H241] attent[H7183], unto the prayer[H8605] that is made in this place[H4725].
16. For now have I chosen[H977] and hallowed[H6942] this house[H1004], that my name[H8034] may be there for[H5704] ever[H5769]; and mine eyes[H5869] and my heart[H3820] shall be there perpetually[H3117].
17. And as for thee[H3212], if thou wilt walk before[H6440] me as David[H1732] thy father[H1] walked[H1980], and do[H6213] according to all that I have commanded[H6680] thee[H8104], and wilt keep my statutes[H2706] and mine ordinances[H4941];
18. then I will establish[H6965] the throne[H3678] of thy kingdom[H4438], according as I covenanted[H3772] with David[H1732] thy father[H1], saying[H559], There shall not fail[H3772] thee a man[H376] to be ruler[H4910] in Israel[H3478].
19. But if ye turn away[H7725], and forsake[H5800] my statutes[H2708] and my commandments[H4687] which I have set[H5414] before[H6440] you[H1980], and shall go and serve[H5647] other[H312] gods[H430], and worship them[H7812];
20. then will I pluck them up by the roots[H5428] out of my land[H127] which I have given[H5414] them[H1004]; and this house, which I have hallowed[H6942] for my name[H8034], will I cast out[H7993] of my sight[H6440], and I will make[H5414] it a proverb[H4912] and a byword[H8148] among all peoples[H5971].
21. And this house[H1004], which is so high[H5945], every one that passeth[H5674] by it shall be astonished[H8074], and shall say[H559], Why hath Jehovah[H3068] done[H6213] thus unto this land[H776], and to this house[H1004]?
22. And they shall answer[H559], Because they forsook[H5800] Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of their fathers[H1], who brought them forth[H3318] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], and laid hold[H2388] on other[H312] gods[H430], and worshipped[H7812] them[H5647], and served them[H935]: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them[H7451].
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