2 Chronicles 7

1Now 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.

1As soon as Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and burned up the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

2And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory of Jehovah filled Jehovah’s house.

2The priests could not go into the temple of the LORD because the glory of the LORD filled his house.

3And 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.

3When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD on the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground; they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD, saying, 'He is good; his faithful love lasts forever.'

4Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before Jehovah.

4Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices to the LORD.

5And 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.

5King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. In this way, the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

6And 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.

6The priests stood at their assigned posts. The Levites also stood with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for praising the LORD—saying, 'His faithful love lasts forever'—whenever David offered praise by their hand. The priests blew trumpets facing them, while all the Israelites stood.

7Moreover 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.

7Solomon also consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the LORD’s temple. There he offered burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar Solomon had made was not large enough to hold all the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and fat.

8So 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.

8So Solomon celebrated the festival at that time for seven days, and all Israel was with him—a huge crowd of people from as far away as Lebo-hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt in the south.

9And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

9On the eighth day they held a closing assembly, because they had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days and the festival for another seven days.

10And 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.

10On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people home. They were happy and joyful because of all the good things the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for his people Israel.

11Thus 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.

11So Solomon finished the LORD’s temple and the royal palace. Everything he had planned to do in the LORD’s house and in his own palace was successfully completed.

12And 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.

12Then the LORD appeared to Solomon during the night and said to him, 'I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice.'

13If 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;

13'If I shut up the sky so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land, or send a plague among my people,'

14if 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.

14'if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.'

15Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.

15'Now my eyes will be open and my ears will be attentive to the prayers offered in this place.'

16For 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.

16'For I have chosen and set this house apart to be holy so that my Name may be there forever; my eyes and my heart will always be there.'

17And 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;

17'As for you, if you walk before me as your father David did, doing everything I have commanded and keeping my laws and rules,'

18then 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.

18'then I will establish your royal throne, just as I promised your father David when I said, "You will never fail to have a man ruling over Israel."'

19But 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;

19'But if you turn away and abandon my laws and commandments that I have given you, and go to serve other gods and worship them,'

20then 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.

20'then I will uproot the people from my land that I have given them. I will reject this temple that I have made holy for my Name, and I will make it an object of ridicule and a bad example among all nations.'

21And 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?

21'And though this temple is now so impressive, everyone who passes by it will be shocked and ask, "Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?"'

22And 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.

22'People will answer, "It is because they abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and they embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them. That is why he brought all this disaster on them."'