2Ch 7 | ABEn | STEP | And as Solomon completed praying, and fire came down from out of the heaven, and it devoured the whole burnt-offerings and the sacrifices; and the glory of the lord filled the house.

‏ 2 Chronicles 7

CHAPTER 7 Fire from Heaven

1 And as Solomon completed praying, and fire came down from out of the heaven, and it devoured the whole burnt-offerings and the sacrifices; and the glory of the lord filled the house. 2 And [³were not able ¹the ²priests] to enter into the house of the lord at that time, for [³filled ¹the glory ²of the lord] the house of the lord. 3 And all the sons of Israel seeing [³come down ¹the ²fire], and the glory of the lord upon the house, and they fell upon their face upon the ground, upon the stone pavement, and they did obeisance and gave praise to the lord, saying, For he is good, for [²is into ³the ⁴eon ¹his mercy]. 4 And the king and all the people were sacrificing the things offered for sacrifices before the lord.

Dedication of the Temple

5 And [³sacrificed ¹king ²Solomon] the sacrifice of calves -- twenty and two thousand, and pastured sheep -- a hundred and twenty thousand. And [⁷dedicated ⁸the ⁹house ¹⁰of God ¹the ²king ³and ⁴all ⁵the ⁶people]. 6 And the priests [²at ³their watches ¹were standing], and the Levites with instruments of odes of the lord, which [⁴made ¹David ²the ³king], to acknowledge before the lord, that [²is into ³the ⁴eon ¹his mercy], along with the hymns of David by their hand. And the priests were trumpeting trumpets opposite them, and all Israel was standing. 7 And Solomon sanctified the middle of the courtyard, of the one in the house of the lord; for he offered there the whole burnt-offerings, and the fat of the deliverance offerings; for the altar of brass which Solomon made did not suffice to take the whole burnt-offerings, and the gift offerings, and the fat. 8 And Solomon observed the holiday at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him; [³assembly ²great ¹an exceedingly], from the entrance of Hamath, and unto the rushing stream of Egypt. 9 And he made on the [²day ¹eighth] a holiday recess; for dedication of the altar he observed seven days, and the holiday seven days. 10 And on the [⁴day ¹third ²and ³twentieth] of the [²month ¹seventh] he sent the people to their tents being glad and with a good heart over the good things which the lord did to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people. 11 And Solomon completed the house of the lord, and the house of the king. And all as much as Solomon wanted in his soul to do with the house of the lord, and in his house, he was prospered. 12 And the lord appeared to Solomon in the night, and said to him, I heard your prayer, and I chose in this place to myself for a house of sacrifice. 13 If I should hold up the heaven, and [²does not ³happen ¹rain], and if [³should be given charge ¹the ²locust] to eat up the land, and if I send a plague among my people, 14 and they should have shame (my people upon whom call upon my name) upon them, and should pray, and should seek my face, and should turn from [³ways ¹their ²wicked], then I shall listen from the heaven, and [²propitious ¹I will be] to their sins, and I will heal their land. 15 And now, my eyes will be open, and my ears attentive to the prayer of this people. 16 And now, I chose and I have sanctified this house, [²to be ¹for my name] there unto the eon. And [⁴will be ¹my eyes ²and ³my heart] there all the days. 17 And if you should go before me as [³went ¹David ²your father], and should do according to all what I gave charge to you, and [²my orders ³and ⁴my judgments ¹keep]; 18 then I will raise up the throne of your kingdom as I ordained to David your father, saying, There shall not be removed to you a man ruling in Israel.

Warnings of Judgment

19 But if you should turn, and should abandon my orders, and my commandments, which I put before you, and you should go and should serve other gods, and should do obeisance to them, 20 then I will remove you from the land of which I gave to you; and this house which I sanctified to my name I will disown it from my face, and I will appoint it for a parable, and for a tale among all the nations. 21 And this house, which was exalted -- everyone traveling by it shall be amazed, and shall say, For why did the lord do thus to this land, and to this house? 22 And they shall say, Because they abandoned the lord, the God of their fathers, the one leading them from out of the land of Egypt; and they took hold of other gods, and they did obeisance to them, and they served to them. On account of this he brought upon them all this evil.