2 Chronicles 7:1-11

2 Chronicles 7:1-11

[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.  [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.  [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.  [4] Then the king  and all the people  offered  sacrifices  before  the LORD.  [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.  [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  before them, and all Israel  stood.  [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.  [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.  [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.  [10] And on the three  and twentieth  day  of the seventh  month  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.  [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.