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2 Chronicles 7 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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The Shekinah Glory

(1Ki 8:62–66 )
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 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 Jehovah filled the house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:2 - And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory of Jehovah filled Jehovah’s house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:3 - And all the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the glory of Jehovah was upon the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and gave thanks unto Jehovah, saying, For he is good; for his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

Sacrifices Offered

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:4 - Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before Jehovah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:5 - And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:6 - And the priests stood, according to their offices; the Levites also with instruments of music of Jehovah, which David the king had made to give thanks unto Jehovah (for his lovingkindness endureth for ever), when David praised by their ministry: and the priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:7 - Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah; for there he offered the burnt-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat.

The Feast of Dedication

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:8 - So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:9 - And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:10 - And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away unto their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that Jehovah had showed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.

God's Promise and Warning

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:11 - Thus Solomon finished the house of Jehovah, and the king’s house: and all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in the house of Jehovah, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.
(1Ki 9:1–9 )
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:12 - And Jehovah appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:13 - If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:14 - if my people, who 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.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:15 - Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:16 - For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 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 wilt keep my statutes and mine ordinances;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:18 - then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 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;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 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 hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:21 - And this house, which is so high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall say, Why hath Jehovah done thus unto this land, and to this house?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:22 - And they shall answer, Because they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers, who 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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