Dual Panel1Now when Solomon<8010> had finished<3615> praying<6419>, fire<784> came<3381> down<3381> from heaven<8064> and consumed<398> the burnt<5930> offering<5930> and the sacrifices<2077>, and the glory<3519> of the LORD<3068> filled<4390> the house<1004>.
2The priests<3548> could<3201> not enter<935> into the house<1004> of the LORD<3068> because<3588> the glory<3519> of the LORD<3068> filled<4390> the LORD'S<3068> house<1004>.
3All<3605> the sons<1121> of Israel<3478>, seeing<7200> the fire<784> come<3381> down<3381> and the glory<3519> of the LORD<3068> upon the house<1004>, bowed<3766> down<3766> on the pavement<7531> with their faces<639> to the ground<776>, and they worshiped<7812> and gave<3034> praise<3034> to the LORD<3068>, saying, "Truly<3588> He is good<2896>, truly<3588> His lovingkindness<2617> is everlasting<5769>."
4Then the king<4428> and all<3605> the people<5971> offered<2076> sacrifice<2077> before<6440> the LORD<3068>.
5King<4428> Solomon<8010> offered<2076> a sacrifice<2077> of 22,000 <6242><8147><505> oxen<1241> and 120,000 <3967><6242><505> sheep<6629>. Thus the king<4428> and all<3605> the people<5971> dedicated<2596> the house<1004> of God<430>.
6The priests<3548> stood<5975> at their posts<4931>, and the Levites<3881> also, with the instruments<3627> of music<7892> to the LORD<3068>, which<834> King<4428> David<1732> had made<6213> for giving<3034> praise<3034> to the LORD<3068>--"for His lovingkindness<2617> is everlasting<5769>"--whenever he gave<3034> praise<1984> by their means<3027>, while the priests<3548> on the other<5048> side<5048> blew<2690> trumpets<2690>; and all<3605> Israel<3478> was standing<5975>.
7Then Solomon<8010> consecrated<6942> the middle<8432> of the court<2691> that was before<6440> the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>, for there<8033> he offered<6213> the burnt<5930> offerings<5930> and the fat<2459> of the peace<8002> offerings<8002> because<3588> the bronze<5178> altar<4196> which<834> Solomon<8010> had made<6213> was not able<3201> to contain<3557> the burnt<5930> offering<5930>, the grain offering<4503> and the fat<2459>.
8So Solomon<8010> observed<6213> the feast<2282> at that time<6256> for seven<7651> days<3117>, and all<3605> Israel<3478> with him, a very<3966> great<1419> assembly<6951> who came from the entrance<935> of Hamath<2574> to the brook<5158> of Egypt<4714>.
9On the eighth<8066> day<3117> they held<6213> a solemn<6116> assembly<6116>, for the dedication<2598> of the altar<4196> they observed<6213> seven<7651> days<3117> and the feast<2282> seven<7651> days<3117>.
10Then on the twenty-third<6242><7969> day<3117> of the seventh<7637> month<2320> he sent<7971> the people<5971> to their tents<168>, rejoicing<8056> and happy<2896> of heart<3820> because<5921> of the goodness<2899> that the LORD<3068> had shown<6213> to David<1732> and to Solomon<8010> and to His people<5971> Israel<3478>.
11Thus Solomon<8010> finished<3615> the house<1004> of the LORD<3068> and the king's<4428> palace<1004>, and successfully<6743> completed<6743> all<3605> that he had planned<935><5921><3820> on doing<6213> in the house<1004> of the LORD<3068> and in his palace<1004>.
12Then the LORD<3068> appeared<7200> to Solomon<8010> at night<3915> and said<559> to him, "I have heard<8085> your prayer<8605> and have chosen<977> this<2088> place<4725> for Myself as a house<1004> of sacrifice<2077>.
13"If<2005> I shut<6113> up the heavens<8064> so that there is no<3808> rain<4306>, or if<2005> I command<6680> the locust<2284> to devour<398> the land<776>, or if<518> I send<7971> pestilence<1698> among My people<5971>,
14and My people<5971> who<834> are called<7121> by My name<8034> humble<3665> themselves and pray<6419> and seek<1245> My face<6440> and turn<7725> from their wicked<7451> ways<1870>, then I will hear<8085> from heaven<8064>, will forgive<5545> their sin<2403> and will heal<7495> their land<776>.
15"Now<6258> My eyes<5869> will be open<6605> and My ears<241> attentive<7183> to the prayer<8605> offered in this<2088> place<4725>.
16"For now<6258> I have chosen<977> and consecrated<6942> this<2088> house<1004> that My name<8034> may be there<8033> forever<5704><5769>, and My eyes<5869> and My heart<3820> will be there<8033> perpetually<3605><3117>.
17"As for you, if<518> you walk<1980> before<6440> Me as your father<1> David<1732> walked<1980>, even to do<6213> according to all<3605> that I have commanded<6680> you, and will keep<8104> My statutes<2706> and My ordinances<4941>,
18then I will establish<6965> your royal<4438> throne<3678> as I covenanted<3772> with your father<1> David<1732>, saying<559>, 'You shall not lack<3772> a man<376> to be ruler<4910> in Israel<3478>.'
19"But if<518> you turn<7725> away<7725> and forsake<5800> My statutes<2708> and My commandments<4687> which<834> I have set<5414> before<6440> you, and go<1980> and serve<5647> other<312> gods<430> and worship<7812> them,
20then I will uproot<5428> you from My land<127> which<834> I have given<5414> you, and this<2088> house<1004> which<834> I have consecrated<6942> for My name<8034> I will cast<7993> out of My sight<6440> and I will make<5414> it a proverb<4912> and a byword<8148> among all<3605> peoples<5971>.
21"As for this<2088> house<1004>, which<834> was exalted<5945>, everyone<3605> who passes<5674> by it will be astonished<8074> and say<559>, 'Why<4100> has the LORD<3068> done<6213> thus<3602> to this<2088> land<776> and to this<2088> house<1004>?'
22"And they will say<559>, 'Because<5921><834> they forsook<5800> the LORD<3068>, the God<430> of their fathers<1> who<834> brought<3318> them from the land<776> of Egypt<4714>, and they adopted<2388> other<312> gods<430> and worshiped<7812> them and served<5647> them; therefore<5921><3651> He has brought<935> all<3605> this<2088> adversity<7463> on them.'"