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2 Chronicles 7
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The Dedication of the Temple(A)

7 When Solomon finished praying, fire(B) came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled(C) the temple.(D) 2 The priests could not enter(E) the temple of the Lord because the glory(F) of the Lord filled it. 3 When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the Lord above the temple, they knelt on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying,

“He is good;
    his love endures forever.”(G)

4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord. 5 And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the people dedicated the temple of God. 6 The priests took their positions, as did the Levites(H) with the Lord’s musical instruments,(I) which King David had made for praising the Lord and which were used when he gave thanks, saying, “His love endures forever.” Opposite the Levites, the priests blew their trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.

7 Solomon consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple of the Lord, and there he offered burnt offerings and the fat(J) of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar he had made could not hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat portions.

8 So Solomon observed the festival(K) at that time for seven days, and all Israel(L) with him—a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath(M) to the Wadi of Egypt.(N) 9 On the eighth day they held an assembly, for they had celebrated(O) the dedication of the altar for seven days and the festival(P) for seven days more. 10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people to their homes, joyful and glad in heart for the good things the Lord had done for David and Solomon and for his people Israel.

The Lord Appears to Solomon(Q)

11 When Solomon had finished(R) the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had succeeded in carrying out all he had in mind to do in the temple of the Lord and in his own palace, 12 the Lord appeared(S) to him at night and said:

“I have heard your prayer and have chosen(T) this place for myself(U) as a temple for sacrifices.

13 “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain,(V) or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, 14 if my people, who are called by my name,(W) will humble(X) themselves and pray and seek my face(Y) and turn(Z) from their wicked ways, then I will hear(AA) from heaven, and I will forgive(AB) their sin and will heal(AC) their land. 15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.(AD) 16 I have chosen(AE) and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.

17 “As for you, if you walk before me faithfully(AF) as David your father did, and do all I command, and observe my decrees(AG) and laws, 18 I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted(AH) with David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor(AI) to rule over Israel.’(AJ)

19 “But if you[a] turn away(AK) and forsake(AL) the decrees and commands I have given you[b] and go off to serve other gods and worship them, 20 then I will uproot(AM) Israel from my land,(AN) which I have given them, and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule(AO) among all peoples. 21 This temple will become a heap of rubble. All[c] who pass by will be appalled(AP) and say,(AQ) ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ 22 People will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them(AR)—that is why he brought all this disaster on them.’”

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 7:19 The Hebrew is plural.
  2. 2 Chronicles 7:19 The Hebrew is plural.
  3. 2 Chronicles 7:21 See some Septuagint manuscripts, Old Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Targum; Hebrew And though this temple is now so imposing, all
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2 Chronicles 7
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The glory of the Lord fills the temple

7 When King Solomon had finished his prayer, fire came down from heaven. It destroyed the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices. The Lord's bright glory filled the temple. 2 The priests could not go into the Lord's temple because the Lord's glory had completely filled it. 3 All the Israelites saw the fire come down. They also saw the Lord's glory above the temple. They went down on their knees on the flat stones of the yard, with their faces towards the ground. They worshipped the Lord and they thanked him. They said, ‘He is good. His faithful love continues for ever.’

4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices to the Lord. 5 King Solomon offered 22,000 cows and 120,000 sheep and goats as sacrifices. In this way the king and all the people offered the temple as a gift to God. 6 The priests and the Levites stood in their places. The Levites held the musical instruments that King David had made to thank the Lord. They sang these words to praise the Lord: ‘His faithful love continues for ever.’ The priests stood on the other side and they made music with their trumpets. All the Israelites were standing up while this was happening.

7 On the same day, Solomon gave to the Lord the yard that was in front of the temple. He offered burnt offerings and grain offerings to the Lord. He also offered the fat from the friendship offerings there. The bronze altar that Solomon had made was too small to contain all these offerings, so he made these sacrifices in the middle of the yard instead.

8 At that time, Solomon and the big crowd of Israelites who were with him had a festival for seven days. There were people from everywhere in Israel, from Hamath in the north to the Stream of Egypt in the south.[a] 9 On the day after the festival, they all met together. For seven days, they had given offerings to make the altar holy for God. For another seven days, they had enjoyed the festival. 10 Then Solomon sent the people away to their homes. That was on the 23rd day of the seventh month. The people were very happy and full of joy because the Lord had done many good things for King David, for King Solomon and for his people, the Israelites.

The Lord speaks to Solomon

11 Solomon had finished building the Lord's temple and the king's palace. He had done everything that he wanted to do for the temple and his palace. 12 Then the Lord appeared to Solomon at night. He said to Solomon, ‘I have heard your prayer. I have chosen this place as my temple where people can offer sacrifices to me.

13 Sometimes I may stop the rain falling from the sky. I may send locusts to destroy your crops. Or I may send a bad disease to hurt my people. 14 If that happens, my people who belong to me should be humble and they should pray to me. They should turn away from their sins and try to please me. Then I will hear them from heaven. I will forgive their sins and I will make their land successful again. 15 Now I will watch over this place. I will answer the prayers that people offer to me here. 16 I have chosen this temple to be my special home. People will worship me there for ever. I will always be there to watch over it.

17 But you must all continue to serve me well, as your father David did. Do everything that I have commanded you to do. Obey my rules and my laws. 18 If you do that, I will always cause one of your descendants to rule as king. That is what I promised to your father David when I said, “There will always be someone from your family to rule over Israel.”

19 But if any of you turn away from me, I will punish your people. I will do that if you do not obey the laws and rules that I have given to you. I will do it if you choose to serve and to worship other gods. 20 I will remove the people from the land that I have given to them. I will turn away from this temple that I have made a special place for my people to worship me. People from all the other nations will insult them and they will laugh at them. 21 This beautiful temple will became a heap of stones. Everyone who sees it will be very surprised. They will laugh about it! They will ask, “Why has the Lord destroyed this land and this temple?” 22 People will answer, “He has done it because they have turned away from the Lord, the God of their ancestors. He brought their ancestors out of Egypt. But now they have chosen to worship other gods and to serve them. That is why the Lord has caused this trouble to happen to them.” ’

Footnotes

  1. 7:8 People came to the temple from everywhere in Israel. Lebo-Hamath was in the far north of Israel. The Stream of Egypt was the border on the south of Israel.
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2 Crónicas 7
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7 Cuando Salomón terminó de orar, descendió fuego del cielo y consumió el holocausto y los sacrificios, y la gloria del SEÑOR llenó el templo. 2 Los sacerdotes no pudieron entrar en la casa del SEÑOR, porque la gloria del SEÑOR había llenado la casa del SEÑOR. 3 Todos los hijos de Israel vieron descender el fuego y la gloria del SEÑOR sobre el templo, y se postraron con el rostro en tierra sobre el pavimento. Y adoraron y dieron gracias al SEÑOR diciendo: “Porque él es bueno, porque para siempre es su misericordia”.

Fiesta por la dedicación del templo

4 Entonces el rey y todo el pueblo ofrecieron sacrificios delante del SEÑOR. 5 El rey Salomón ofreció en sacrificio veintidós mil toros y ciento veinte mil ovejas. Así el rey y todo el pueblo dedicaron la casa de Dios.

6 Los sacerdotes estaban de pie en sus puestos de servicio, y los levitas tenían los instrumentos de música del SEÑOR, que el rey David hiciera para dar gracias al SEÑOR, “porque para siempre es su misericordia”, cuando David alababa con ellos. Los sacerdotes tocaban trompetas frente a ellos, y todo Israel estaba de pie.

7 Entonces Salomón consagró la parte central del atrio que estaba delante de la casa del SEÑOR, pues allí ofreció los holocaustos y los sebos de los sacrificios de paz. Porque el altar de bronce que Salomón había hecho no podía contener los holocaustos, las ofrendas vegetales y los sebos.

8 En aquella ocasión Salomón y todo Israel con él, una gran congregación desde Lebo-hamat hasta el arroyo de Egipto, hicieron fiesta durante siete días. 9 Y al octavo día hicieron una asamblea festiva, porque habían celebrado la dedicación del altar en siete días; y celebraron la fiesta durante siete días. 10 El día veintitrés del mes séptimo[a], envió al pueblo a sus moradas, alegres y con el corazón gozoso por la bondad que el SEÑOR había hecho a David, a Salomón y a su pueblo Israel.

Pacto de Dios con Salomón

11 Salomón acabó la casa del SEÑOR y la casa del rey, y todo lo que Salomón se había propuesto en su corazón hacer en la casa del SEÑOR y en su propia casa resultó bien. 12 Entonces el SEÑOR se apareció a Salomón de noche y le dijo: “Yo he escuchado tu oración y he elegido para mí este lugar como casa para los sacrificios. 13 Si cierro los cielos de modo que no haya lluvia, o si mando la langosta para que devore la tierra, o si envío peste a mi pueblo; 14 si se humilla mi pueblo sobre el cual es invocado mi nombre, si oran y buscan mi rostro y se vuelven de sus malos caminos, entonces yo oiré desde los cielos, perdonaré sus pecados y sanaré su tierra.

15 “Ahora mis ojos estarán abiertos y mis oídos atentos a la oración hecha en este lugar. 16 Ahora he elegido y he santificado esta casa para que esté allí mi nombre para siempre. Mis ojos y mi corazón estarán allí todos los días. 17 Y en cuanto a ti, si andas delante de mí como anduvo tu padre David, haciendo todas las cosas que te he mandado y guardando mis leyes y mis decretos, 18 entonces estableceré el trono de tu reino como prometí a tu padre David, diciendo: ‘No te faltará un hombre que gobierne en Israel’. 19 Pero si ustedes se vuelven y abandonan mis estatutos y mis mandamientos que he puesto delante de ustedes, y se van y sirven a otros dioses y los adoran, 20 entonces los[b] arrancaré de mi suelo que les[c] he dado. Y esta casa que he santificado a mi nombre, la apartaré de mi presencia, y la convertiré en refrán y escarnio entre todos los pueblos. 21 En cuanto a esta casa, que es sublime, todo el que pase por ella se asombrará y preguntará: ‘¿Por qué ha hecho así el SEÑOR a esta tierra y a esta casa?’. 22 Y responderán: ‘Porque abandonaron al SEÑOR, Dios de sus padres, que los sacó de la tierra de Egipto, y se aferraron a adorar y servir a otros dioses. Por eso él ha traído sobre ellos todo este mal’”.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Crónicas 7:10 Aprox. sep.-oct.
  2. 2 Crónicas 7:20 Según vers. antiguas; heb., los (a ellos).
  3. 2 Crónicas 7:20 Según vers. antiguas; heb., los (a ellos).
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