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into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O L
ORD
God, be clothed with
salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
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O L
ORD
God, turn not away the face of thine
anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
CHAPTER CHRONICLES 7
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 L
ORD
filled the house.
2
And the priests
could not enter into the house of the L
ORD
, because the glory of the L
ORD
had filled the L
ORD
’S
house.
3
And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the L
ORD
upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and
worshipped, and praised the L
ORD
,
saying,
For
he is
good; for his mercy
endureth
for ever.
4
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the L
ORD
.
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 L
ORD
, which David the king had made to praise the
L
ORD
, 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 L
ORD
: 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 he sent the people away into their
tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the L
ORD
had shewed unto David, and to Solomon,
and to Israel his people.
11
Thus Solomon finished the house of the L
ORD
, and the king’s house:
and all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in the house of the L
ORD
, and in his own house, he
prosperously effected.
12
And the L
ORD
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.
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;
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.
15
Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer
that is made
in this place.
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.
17
And as for thee, if thou wilt walk
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