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2 Chronicles 7
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- 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 the
LORD
filled the
house.
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- 7:2 And the
priests
could not
enter into the
house of the
LORD, because the
glory of the
LORD had
filled the
LORD'S
house.
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- 7:3 And when all the
children of
Israel
saw how the
fire came
down, and the
glory of the
LORD upon the
house, they
bowed themselves with their
faces to the
ground upon the
pavement, and
worshipped, and
praised the
LORD, saying, For he is
good; for his
mercy endureth for
ever.
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- 7:4 Then the
king and all the
people
offered
sacrifices
before the
LORD.
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- 7:5 And
king
Solomon
offered a
sacrifice of
twenty and
two
thousand
oxen, and an
hundred and
twenty
thousand
sheep: so the
king and all the
people
dedicated the
house of
God.
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- 7:6 And the
priests
waited on their
offices: the
Levites also with
instruments of
musick of the
LORD, which
David the
king had
made to
praise the
LORD, because his
mercy endureth for
ever, when
David
praised by their
ministry; and the
priests sounded
trumpets
(8688) before them, and all
Israel
stood.
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- 7:7 Moreover
Solomon
hallowed 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
brasen
altar which
Solomon had
made was not
able to
receive the burnt
offerings, and the meat
offerings, and the
fat.
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- 7:8 Also at the same
time
Solomon
kept the
feast
seven
days, and all
Israel with him, a
very
great
congregation, from the entering
in of
Hamath unto the
river of
Egypt.
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- 7:9 And in the
eighth
day they
made a solemn
assembly: for they
kept the
dedication of the
altar
seven
days, and the
feast
seven
days.
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- 7:10 And on the
three and
twentieth
day of the
seventh
month he
sent the
people
away into their
tents,
glad and
merry in
heart for the
goodness that the
LORD had
shewed unto
David, and to
Solomon, and to
Israel his
people.
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- 7:11 Thus
Solomon
finished the
house of the
LORD, and the
king's
house: and all that
came into
Solomon's
heart to
make in the
house of the
LORD, and in his own
house, he prosperously
effected.
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- 7:12 And the
LORD
appeared to
Solomon by
night, and
said unto him, I have
heard thy
prayer, and have
chosen this
place to myself for an
house of
sacrifice.
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- 7:13
If I shut
up
heaven that there be no
rain, or if I
command the
locusts to
devour the
land, or if I
send
pestilence among my
people;
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- 7:14 If my
people, which 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.
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- 7:15 Now mine
eyes shall be
open, and mine
ears
attent unto the
prayer that is made in this
place.
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- 7:16 For now have I
chosen and
sanctified this
house, that my
name may be there
for
ever: and mine
eyes and mine
heart shall be there
perpetually.
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- 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 shalt
observe my
statutes and my
judgments;
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- 7:18 Then will I
stablish the
throne of thy
kingdom, according as I have
covenanted with
David thy
father,
saying, There shall not
fail thee a
man to be
ruler in
Israel.
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- 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;
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- 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
sanctified for my
name, will I cast
out of my
sight, and will
make it to be a
proverb and a
byword among all
nations.
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- 7:21 And this
house, which is
high, shall be an
astonishment to every one that
passeth by it; so that he shall
say, Why hath the
LORD
done thus unto this
land, and unto this
house?
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- 7:22 And it shall be
answered, Because they
forsook the
LORD
God of their
fathers, which 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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