Now whenSolomon had made an end of praying, the firecamedownfromheaven, and consumed the burntoffering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORDfilled the house.
And when all the children of Israel saw how the firecamedown, and the glory of the LORDupon the house, theybowedthemselveswiththeirfaces to the groundupon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercyendureth for ever.
And kingSolomonoffered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousandoxen, and an hundred and twentythousandsheep: so the king and all the peoplededicated the house of God.
And the priestswaited on theiroffices: the Levitesalsowithinstruments of musick of the LORD, whichDavid the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercyendureth for ever, whenDavidpraised by theirministry; and the priestssoundedtrumpetsbeforethem, and all Israelstood.
MoreoverSolomonhallowed the middle of the courtthat was before the house of the LORD: for there he offeredburntofferings, and the fat of the peaceofferings, because the brasenaltarwhichSolomon had made was not able to receive the burntofferings, and the meatofferings, and the fat.
Also at the sametimeSolomonkept the feastsevendays, and all Israelwith him, a verygreatcongregation, from the entering in of Hamathunto the river of Egypt.
And on the three and twentieth day of the seventhmonth he sent the peopleawayintotheirtents, glad and merry in heart for the goodnessthat the LORD had sheweduntoDavid, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
ThusSolomonfinished the house of the LORD, and the king’shouse: and all thatcameintoSolomon’sheart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperouslyeffected.
If my people, which are called by my name, shallhumblethemselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turnfromtheirwickedways; thenwill I hearfromheaven, and willforgivetheir sin, and willhealtheirland.
And as for thee, if thouwiltwalkbefore me, as David thy fatherwalked, and do according to all that I havecommandedthee, and shaltobserve my statutes and my judgments;
Thenwill I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I havecovenantedwithDavid thy father, saying, Thereshall not failthee a man to be ruler in Israel.
Thenwill I pluckthem up by the roots out of my landwhich I havegiventhem; and thishouse, which I havesanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and willmake it to be a proverb and a bywordamong all nations.
And thishouse, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one thatpasseth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORDdonethusuntothisland, and untothishouse?
And it shall be answered, Becausetheyforsook the LORD God of theirfathers, whichbroughtthemforth out of the land of Egypt, and laidhold on othergods, and worshippedthem, and servedthem: thereforehath he brought all thiseviluponthem.