Dual Panel1When Solomon <08010> finished <03615> praying <06419>, fire <0784> came down <03381> from heaven <08064> and consumed <0398> the burnt offering <05930> and the sacrifices <02077>, and the Lord’s <03068> splendor <03519> filled <04390> the temple <01004>.
2The priests <03548> were unable <03201> <03808> to enter <0935> the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> because <03588> the Lord’s <03068> splendor <03519> filled <04390> the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>.
3When all <03605> the Israelites <03478> <01121> saw <07200> the fire <0784> come down <03381> and the Lord’s <03068> splendor <03519> over <05921> the temple <01004>, they got on <03766> their knees <03766> with their faces <0639> downward <0776> toward <05921> the pavement <07531>. They worshiped <07812> and gave thanks <03034> to the Lord <03068>, saying, “Certainly <03588> he is good <02896>; certainly <03588> his loyal love <02617> endures <05769>!”
4The king <04428> and all <03605> the people <05971> were presenting sacrifices <02077> to the Lord <03068>.
5King <04428> Solomon <08010> sacrificed <02076> 22,000 <0505> <08147> <06242> cattle <01241> and 120,000 <0505> <06242> <03967> sheep <06629>. Then the king <04428> and all <03605> the people <05971> dedicated <02596> God’s <0430> temple <01004>.
6The priests <03548> stood <05975> in <05921> their assigned spots <04931>, along with the Levites <03881> who had the musical <07892> instruments <03627> used for praising the Lord <03068>. (These were the ones King <04428> David <01732> made <06213> for <03588> giving thanks <03034> to the Lord <03068> and which were used by David <01732> when he offered praise <01984>, saying, “Certainly his loyal love <02617> endures <05769>.”) Opposite <05048> the Levites, the priests <03548> were blowing <02690> the trumpets <02690>, while all <03605> Israel <03478> stood <05975> there.
7Solomon <08010> consecrated <06942> the middle <08432> of the courtyard <02691> that <0834> is in front of <06440> the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. He offered <06213> burnt sacrifices <05930>, grain offerings, and the fat <02459> from the peace offerings <08002> there <08033>, because <03588> the bronze <05178> altar <04196> that <0834> Solomon <08010> had made <06213> was too small <03201> <03808> to hold <03557> all these offerings <02459> <04503> <05930>.
8At that <01931> time <06256> Solomon <08010> and all <03605> Israel <03478> with <05973> him celebrated <06213> a festival <02282> for seven <07651> days <03117>. This great <01419> assembly <06951> included people from Lebo Hamath <02574> in the north to <05704> the Brook <05158> of Egypt <04714> in the south.
9On the eighth <08066> day <03117> they held <06213> an assembly <06116>, for <03588> they had dedicated <02598> the altar <04196> for seven <07651> days <03117> and celebrated <06213> the festival <02282> for seven <07651> more days <03117>.
10On the twenty-third <07969> <06242> day <03117> of the seventh <07637> month <02320>, Solomon sent <07971> the people <05971> home <0168>. They left happy <08056> and contented <03820> <02896> because <05921> of the good <02896> the Lord <03068> had done <06213> for David <01732>, Solomon <08010>, and his people <05971> Israel <03478>.
11After Solomon <08010> finished <03615> building the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and the royal <04428> palace <01004>, and accomplished <06743> all <03605> his <08010> plans <06213> <03820> <05921> <0935> for the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and his royal palace <01004>,
12the Lord <03068> appeared <07200> to <0413> Solomon <08010> at night <03915> and said <0559> to him: “I have answered <08085> your prayer <08605> and chosen <0977> this <02088> place <04725> to be my temple <01004> where sacrifices <02077> are to be made.
13When <02005> I close up <06113> the sky <08064> so that it doesn’t <03808> rain <04306>, or <02005> command <06680> locusts <02284> to devour <0398> the land’s <0776> vegetation, or <0518> send <07971> a plague <01698> among my people <05971>,
14if my people <05971>, who <0834> belong to me <05921> <08034> <07121>, humble <03665> themselves, pray <06419>, seek <01245> to please me <06440>, and repudiate <07725> their sinful practices <07451> <01870>, then I <0589> will respond <08085> from <04480> heaven <08064>, forgive <05545> their sin <02403>, and heal <07495> their land <0776>.
15Now <06258> I will be <01961> attentive <06605> and responsive <07183> to the prayers <08605> offered in this <02088> place <04725>.
16Now <06258> I have chosen <0977> and consecrated <06942> this <02088> temple <01004> by making it my permanent <05769> home; I will be <01961> constantly present there <08033>.
17You <0859> must serve <01980> me as <0834> your father <01> David <01732> did. Do <06213> everything <03605> I commanded <06680> and obey <08104> my rules <02706> and regulations <04941>.
18Then I will establish <06965> your dynasty <04438> <03678>, just as <0834> I promised <03772> your father <01> David <01732>, ‘You will not <03808> fail <03772> to have a successor <0376> ruling over <04910> Israel <03478>.’
19“But if <0518> you <0859> people ever turn away <07725> from me, fail to obey <05800> the regulations <02708> and rules <04687> I instructed <05414> you to keep, and decide <01980> to serve <05647> and worship <07812> other <0312> gods <0430>,
20then I will remove <05428> you from <05921> my land <0127> I have <0834> given <05414> you, I will abandon this <02088> temple <01004> I have <0834> consecrated <06942> with my presence <08034>, and I will make <05414> you an object of mockery <04912> and ridicule <08148> among all <03605> the nations <05971>.
21As for this <02088> temple <01004>, which <0834> was <01961> once majestic <05945>, everyone <03605> who passes <05674> by <05921> it will be shocked <08074> and say <0559>, ‘Why <04100> did <06213> the Lord <03068> do this <03602> to this <02063> land <0776> and this <02088> temple <01004>?’
22Others will then answer <0559>, ‘Because <0834> <05921> they abandoned <05800> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of their ancestors <01>, who <0834> led <03318> them out <03318> of Egypt <04714>. They embraced <02388> other <0312> gods <0430> whom they worshiped <07812> and served <05647>. That is why <03651> <05921> he brought <0935> all <03605> this <02063> disaster <07451> down on <05921> them.’”