| 7:1 |
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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| 7:2 |
And the priests could not enter into the house of the
LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's
house.
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| 7:3 |
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.
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| 7:4 |
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices
before the LORD.
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| 7:5 |
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.
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| 7:6 |
And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites
also with instruments of musick 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.
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| 7:7 |
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 brasen altar which Solomon had
made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the
meat offerings, and the fat.
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| 7:8 |
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.
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| 7:9 |
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.
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| 7:10 |
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 shewed
unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
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| 7:11 |
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.
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| 7:12 |
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.
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| 7:13 |
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;
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| 7:14 |
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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| 7:15 |
Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent
unto the prayer that is made in this place.
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| 7:16 |
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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| 7:17 |
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;
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| 7:18 |
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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| 7:19 |
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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| 7:20 |
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.
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| 7:21 |
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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| 7:22 |
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.
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