2 Chronicles 7 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

The Glory of Yahweh Fills His House

(1Ki 8:62–66 )

Now when Solomon^H8010 had [fn]finished^H3615 praying^H6419, fire^H784 came^H3381 down^H3381 from heaven^H8064 and consumed^H398 the burnt^H5930 offering^H5930 and the sacrifices^H2077, and the glory^H3519 of Yahweh^H3068 filled^H4390 the house^H1004.

2Ch 7:2

2Ch 7:2And the priests could not enter into the house of Yahweh because the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh.

2Ch 7:3

2Ch 7:3And all the sons of Israel, seeing the fire come down and the glory of Yahweh upon the house, bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave praise to Yahweh, saying, “For He is good, for His lovingkindness endures forever.”

Offerings for the House of Yahweh

2Ch 7:4

Now the king^H4428 and all^H3605 the people^H5971 were offering^H2076 sacrifices^H2077 before^H6440 Yahweh^H3068.

2Ch 7:5

2Ch 7:5And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

2Ch 7:6

2Ch 7:6And the priests stood at their posts, and the Levites also, with the instruments of music to Yahweh, which King David had made for giving thanks to Yahweh-“for His lovingkindness endures forever”—whenever [fn]he gave praise by their hand, while the priests on the other side blew trumpets; and all Israel was standing.

2Ch 7:7

Then Solomon^H8010 set^H6942 apart^H6942 as^H6942 holy^H6942 the middle^H8432 of the court^H2691 that was before^H6440 the house^H1004 of Yahweh^H3068, because there^H8033 he offered^H6213 the burnt^H5930 offerings^H5930 and the fat^H2459 of the peace^H8002 offerings^H8002; for^H3588 the bronze^H5178 altar^H4196 which^H834 Solomon^H8010 had made^H6213 was^H3201 not able^H3201 to hold^H3557 the burnt^H5930 offering^H5930 and the grain offering^H4503 and the fat^H2459.

2Ch 7:8

So Solomon^H8010 celebrated^H6213 the feast^H2282 at that time^H6256 for seven^H7651 days^H3117, and all^H3605 Israel^H3478 with him, a very^H3966 great^H1419 assembly^H6951 from [fn]Lebo-hamath^H2574 to the brook^H5158 of Egypt^H4714.

2Ch 7:9

2Ch 7:9And on the eighth day they celebrated a solemn assembly; for the dedication of the altar they celebrated seven days and the feast seven days.

2Ch 7:10

2Ch 7:10And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people to their tents, with gladness and goodness of heart because of the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David and to Solomon and to Israel His people.

Yahweh Appears to Solomon

2Ch 7:11

Thus Solomon^H8010 completed^H3615 the house^H1004 of Yahweh^H3068 and the king’s^H4428 house^H1004; and all^H3605 that had come^H935 into^H5921 Solomon’s^H8010 heart^H3820 to do^H6213 in^H935 the house^H1004 of Yahweh^H3068 and in his house^H1004, he did successfully^H6743.

(1Ki 9:1–9 )

2Ch 7:12

Then Yahweh^H3068 appeared^H7200 to Solomon^H8010 at night^H3915 and said^H559 to him, “I have heard^H8085 your prayer^H8605 and have chosen^H977 this^H2088 place^H4725 for Myself as a house^H1004 of sacrifice^H2077.

2Ch 7:13

2Ch 7:13“If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the grasshopper to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people,

2Ch 7:14

2Ch 7:14and My people [fn]who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their evil ways, then I will listen from heaven, I will forgive their sin, and I will heal their land.

2Ch 7:15

2Ch 7:15“Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the [fn]prayer offered in this place.

2Ch 7:16

2Ch 7:16“So now I have chosen and set this house apart as holy that My name may be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.

2Ch 7:17

2Ch 7:17“As for you, if you will walk before Me as your father David walked, even to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep My statutes and My judgments,

2Ch 7:18

2Ch 7:18then I will establish your royal throne as I cut a covenant with your father David, saying, ‘[fn]You shall not have a man cut off as ruler in Israel.’

2Ch 7:19

“But if^H518 you turn^H7725 away^H7725 and forsake^H5800 My statutes^H2708 and My commandments^H4687 which^H834 I have set^H5414 before^H6440 you, and go^H1980 and serve^H5647 other^H312 gods^H430 and worship^H2331 them,

2Ch 7:20

2Ch 7:20then I will uproot you from My land which I have given [fn]you, and this house which I have set apart as holy for My name I will cast out of My presence and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

2Ch 7:21

2Ch 7:21“As for this house, which was exalted, everyone who passes by it will feel desolate and say, ‘Why has Yahweh done thus to this land and to this house?’

2Ch 7:22

2Ch 7:22“And they will say, ‘Because they forsook Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt and took hold of other gods and worshiped them and served them, therefore He has brought all this calamity on them.’”