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Chapter 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
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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. |
4
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Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before
the LORD. |
5
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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
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And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites
also with instruments of music 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
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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 brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to
receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and
the fat. |
8
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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
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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
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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 showed unto
David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people. |
11
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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
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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
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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; |
14
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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; |
18
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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. |
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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
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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? |
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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. |
