2 Chronicles 7 ~ 2 Chronicles 7

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1 N ow when Solomon had finished praying, 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 into the house of the Lord because the glory of the Lord 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 ll the sons of Israel, seeing the fire come down and the glory of the Lord upon the house, bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave praise to the Lord, saying, “ Truly He is good, truly His lovingkindness is everlasting.” Sacrifices Offered

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 sacrifice 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. Thus the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

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 the instruments of music to the Lord, which King David had made for giving praise to the Lord —“for His lovingkindness is everlasting”—whenever he gave praise by their means, while the priests on the other side blew trumpets; and all Israel was standing.

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 T hen Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord, for there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings because the bronze altar which Solomon had made was not able to contain the burnt offering, the grain offering and the fat. The Feast of Dedication

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 S o Solomon observed the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly who came 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 O n the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar they observed seven days and the feast 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 T hen on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people to their tents, rejoicing and happy of heart because of the goodness that the Lord had shown to David and to Solomon and to His people Israel. God’s Promise and Warning

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 house of the Lord and the king’s palace, and successfully completed all that he had planned on doing in the house of the Lord and in his palace.

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 T hen the Lord appeared to Solomon at 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 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,

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 a nd My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will 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 the 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 now I have chosen and consecrated this house that My name may be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there 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 walk before Me as your father David walked, even to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep 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 your royal throne as I covenanted with your father David, saying, ‘ You shall not lack 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 But 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 I will uproot you from My land which I have given you, and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

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 s for this house, which was exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and 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 A nd they will say, ‘Because they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers who brought them from the land of Egypt, and they adopted other gods and worshiped them and served them; therefore He has brought all this adversity on 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.’”