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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. 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. 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. 4 Then the king and all the peo­ple of­fered sac­ri­fices be­fore the LORD. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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; 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. 15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears at­tent unto the prayer that is made in this place. 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. 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; 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. 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; 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. 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? 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.