1 W hen Solomon had finished praying, the fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the house.

When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and burned up the burnt gift and gifts of worship. And the shining-greatness of the Lord filled the house.

2 T he priests could not enter the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord’s house.

The religious leaders could not go into the house of the Lord because it was filled with the Lord’s shining-greatness.

3 A nd when all the people of Israel saw how the fire came down and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed with their faces upon the pavement and worshiped and praised the Lord, saying, For He is good, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever.

All the people of Israel saw the fire come down and the shining-greatness of the Lord upon the house. So they bowed their faces to the ground and worshiped. They gave thanks to the Lord, saying, “He is good. For His loving-kindness lasts forever.”

4 T hen the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord.

Then the king and all the people gave gifts to the Lord.

5 K ing Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22, 000 oxen and 120, 000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated God’s house.

King Solomon gave a gift of 22, 000 cattle and 120, 000 sheep. So the king and all the people set apart the house of God.

6 T he priests stood at their posts, and the Levites also, with instruments of music to the Lord, which King David had made to praise and give thanks to the Lord—for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever—whenever David praised through their ministry; the priests blew trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

The religious leaders stood in their places while the Levites were praising the Lord using objects King David had made. They were playing, “For His loving-kindness lasts forever.” As the religious leaders blew horns on the other side, all Israel stood.

7 M oreover, Solomon consecrated 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 bronze altar which had made was not sufficient to receive the burnt offerings, the cereal offerings, and the fat.

Then Solomon set apart the center of the open space in front of the Lord’s house. There he gave the burnt gifts and the fat of the peace gifts. The brass altar Solomon had made could not hold the burnt gift, the grain gift and the fat.

8 A t that time Solomon held the feast for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of Egypt.

At that time Solomon gave the special supper for seven days, and all Israel with him. Many people were there. They had come from the gate of Hamath to the river of Egypt.

9 T he eighth day they made a solemn assembly, for they had kept the dedication of the altar and the feast, each for seven days.

On the eighth day they gathered together for a special time. For seven days they had to set apart the altar, and for seven days they had the special supper.

10 A nd on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their homes, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the Lord had shown to David, to Solomon, and to Israel His people.

On the twenty-third day of the seventh month Solomon sent the people to their tents. They were full of joy and happy in their heart for the good that the Lord had shown to David and Solomon and His people Israel. God Comes to Solomon Again

11 T hus Solomon finished the Lord’s house and the king’s house; all that had planned to do in the Lord’s house and his own house he accomplished successfully.

Solomon finished the house of the Lord and the king’s house. All that Solomon had planned to do in the Lord’s house and in his own house was well done.

12 A nd the Lord appeared to Solomon by night and said to him: I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

Then the Lord came to Solomon during the night and said to him, “I have heard your prayer. And I have chosen this place for Myself as a house of gifts given in worship.

13 I f I shut up heaven so no rain falls, or if I command locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people,

If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, and if I tell the locust to destroy the land, or send disease upon My people,

14 I f My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves, pray, seek, crave, and require of necessity My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

if My people who are called by My name put away their pride and pray, and look for My face, and turn from their sinful ways, then I will hear from heaven. I will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

15 N ow My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer offered in this place.

Now My eyes will be open. And My ears will hear the prayer that is made in this place.

16 F or I have chosen and sanctified (set apart for holy use) this house, that My Name may be here forever, and My eyes and My heart will be here perpetually.

For I have chosen this house and have made it holy, that My name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will always be there.

17 A s for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, and do all I have commanded you, and observe My statutes and My ordinances,

As for you, if you walk in My ways as your father David walked and do all that I have told you to do and keep My Laws,

18 T hen I will establish the throne of your kingdom, as I covenanted with David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man to be ruler in Israel.

then I will make your throne to last as I promised your father David. I said, ‘You will never be without a man to rule Israel.’

19 B ut if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you and go and serve other gods and worship them,

“But if you turn away and leave My Laws and My Word which I have given you, if you go and serve other gods and worship them,

20 T hen will I pluck up by the roots out of My land which I have given; and this house which I have hallowed for My Name will I cast out of My sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.

then I will take you from the land I have given you. And I will turn My eyes away from this house which I have set apart for My name. I will make it so all people speak of it in shame.

21 A nd this house, which was so high, shall be an astonishment to everyone passing it, and they will say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?

Everyone will look with wonder at this house that was once honored. They will say, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land and to this house?’

22 T hen men will say, Because they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers, Who brought them out of Egypt, and they laid hold of other gods and worshiped and served them; therefore has He brought all this evil upon them.

Then they will say, ‘It is because they turned away from the Lord, the God of their fathers, Who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They have taken other gods, and worshiped them and served them. So the Lord has brought all this trouble on them.’”