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2 Chronicles 7
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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
- 2 Chronicles 7:19 The Hebrew is plural.
- 2 Chronicles 7:19 The Hebrew is plural.
- 2 Chronicles 7:21 See some Septuagint manuscripts, Old Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Targum; Hebrew And though this temple is now so imposing, all
2 Chronicles 7
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2 Chronicles 7
King James Version
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 Lord filled the house.
2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord's house.
3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord.
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 Lord, which David the king had made to praise the Lord, 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 Lord: 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 Lord had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the Lord, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the Lord, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.
12 And the Lord 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 before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;
18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.
19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and unto this house?
22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
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A consagração do templo
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7 Quando Salomão acabou de orar, desceu fogo do céu e consumiu os holocaustos. A glória do Senhor encheu o templo. 2 Foi de tal forma que os sacerdotes nem podiam sequer lá entrar! 3 Todo aquele povo que ali estava prostrou-se com o rosto em terra, adorou e louvou o Senhor, quando viu aquilo:
“O Senhor é bom!
A sua bondade é eterna!”
4-5 Então o rei e todo o povo consagraram o templo, oferecendo sacrifícios de paz ao Senhor. A contribuição de Salomão para esse fim foi de 22 000 bois e de 120 000 ovelhas. 6 Os sacerdotes encontravam-se nos lugares que lhes eram atribuídos, segundo as suas funções; os levitas acompanhavam com instrumentos os cânticos de louvor ao Senhor, “porque a sua bondade é eterna.” Os instrumentos que usavam eram os que David fizera, ele próprio, e usara para o culto do Senhor. Chegando a altura em que os sacerdotes tocaram as trombetas, todo o povo se ergueu e ficou de pé.
7 Salomão consagrou o pátio interior do templo, para uso naquele dia, como local de sacrifício para os holocaustos das ofertas de cereais e da porção de gordura das ofertas de paz, porque estes eram tantos que se tornava incomportável sacrificar no altar de bronze.
8 Nos sete dias seguintes, Salomão celebrou com todo o Israel, a festa dos tabernáculos e reuniu-se ali uma grande multidão que chegava de toda a parte de Israel. Vinham desde Hamate, numa das extremidades do país, até ao ribeiro do Egito, no lado oposto. 9 No final, no oitavo dia, realizaram uma assembleia, pois tinham celebrado a dedicação do altar em sete dias e o festival em sete dias suplementares. 10 Depois, no dia 23 do sétimo mês[a], o povo foi mandado para casa, no meio de grandes manifestações de alegria e muito contentamento interior, porque o Senhor tinha sido tão bom para David e Salomão e para o seu povo de Israel.
O Senhor fala de novo a Salomão
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11 Salomão terminou assim a construção do templo e também a do seu próprio palácio; tudo conforme planeara. 12 De noite, apareceu-lhe o Senhor, que lhe disse:
“Ouvi a tua oração e escolhi este sítio para o templo onde me será prestado culto.
13 Se eu fechar os céus de forma a que não haja mais chuva, se ordenar aos gafanhotos que consumam as searas, ou se enviar uma epidemia entre o povo, 14 então, se o meu povo a quem dei o meu nome se humilhar, orar e me buscar, arrependendo-se dos seus pecados, eu responderei desde o céu, perdoarei os seus pecados e sararei a terra. 15 Estarei bem atento e favorável às orações feitas neste lugar. 16 Porque escolhi este templo e o santifiquei para que o meu nome seja nele glorificado para sempre. Os meus olhos e o meu coração estarão aqui continuamente.
17 Quanto a ti mesmo, se andares perante mim como o teu pai, David, se a tua vida se conformar com tudo quanto te ordenei, se respeitares os meus mandamentos e guardares a minha palavra, 18 farei com que os teus descendentes sejam reis de Israel para sempre, tal como prometi a David, teu pai, quando lhe disse: ‘Não te faltará descendente para reinar sobre o trono de Israel.’
19 Contudo, se tu ou os teus filhos se afastarem de mim, se deixarem de seguir as leis e mandamentos que vos dei, para servirem e adorarem outros deuses, 20 então arrancarei este povo da minha terra que lhes dei, e este templo, que santifiquei para que o meu nome seja nele glorificado, será destruído. Afastá-lo-ei da minha vista e farei com que o meu povo se torne motivo de desprezo e de escárnio para todas as nações; uma desgraça que toda a gente receia que venha a acontecer-lhe. 21 Este templo ficará num montão de ruínas, e qualquer pessoa que por aqui passar ficará espantada e abanará a cabeça, dizendo: ‘Porque é que o Senhor fez tais coisas a esta terra e a este templo?’ 22 A resposta será: ‘Porque este povo abandonou o Senhor, Deus dos seus antepassados, o Deus que o tirou da terra do Egito, e agora adora outros deuses. Foi por essa razão que o Senhor trouxe sobre ele este grande mal.’ ”
Footnotes
- 7.10 Mês de Tisri ou Etanim. Entre a lua nova do mês de setembro e o mês de outubro.
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