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Solomon Dedicates the Temple

1 When aSolomon had finished praying, bfire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and cthe glory of the Lord filled the1 temple.  
2 aAnd the priests could not enter the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord’s house.  
3 When all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord on the temple, they bowed their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshiped and praised the Lord, saying:
a“For He is good,
bFor His mercy endures forever.”  
4 aThen the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord.  
5 King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand bulls and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
6 aAnd the priests attended to their services; the Levites also with instruments of the music of the Lord, which King David had made to praise the Lord, saying, “For His mercy endures forever,” whenever David offered praise by their1 ministry. bThe priests sounded trumpets opposite them, while all Israel stood.  
7 Furthermore aSolomon consecrated the middle of the court that was in front of the house of the Lord; for there he offered burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat.  
8 aAt that time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly bfrom the entrance of Hamath to cthe Brook of Egypt.  
9 And on the eighth day they held a asacred assembly, for they observed the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.  
10 aOn the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the good that the Lord had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.  
11 Thus aSolomon finished the house of the Lord and the king’s house; and Solomon successfully accomplished all that came into his heart to make in the house of the Lord and in his own house.  

God’s Second Appearance to Solomon

12 Then the Lord aappeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: “I have heard your prayer, band have chosen this cplace for Myself as a house of sacrifice.  
13 aWhen I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people,  
14 if My people who are acalled by My name will bhumble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, cthen I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.  
Commentaries:
Matthew Henry
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2 Chronicles 7:1-22

God's answer to Solomon's prayer.

- God gave a gracious answer to Solomon's prayer. The mercies of God to sinners are made known in a manner well suited to impress all who receive them, with his majesty and holiness. The people worshipped and praised God. When he manifests himself as a consuming Fire to sinners, his people can rejoice in him as their Light. Nay, they had reason to say, that God was good in this. It is of the Lord's mercies we are not consumed, but the sacrifice in our stead, for which we should be very thankful. And whoever beholds with true faith, the Saviour agonizing and dying for man's sin, will, by that view, find his godly sorrow enlarged, his hatred of sin increased, his soul made more watchful, and his life more holy. Solomon prosperously effected all he designed, for adorning both God's house and his own. Those who begin with the service of God, are likely to go on successfully in their own affairs. It was Solomon's praise, that what he undertook, he went through with; it was by the grace of God that he prospered in it. Let us then stand in awe, and sin not. Let us fear the Lord's displeasure, hope in his mercy, and walk in his commandments.


 
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