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2 Chronicles 5-7
New American Standard Bible

The Ark Is Brought into the Temple

5 (A)So all the work that Solomon performed for the house of the Lord was finished. And Solomon brought in the [a](B)things that his father David had dedicated, the silver, the gold, and all the utensils, and he put them in the treasuries of the house of God.

2 (C)Then Solomon assembled at Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes, and the leaders of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel, (D)to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord up from the city of David, which is Zion. 3 (E)All the men of Israel assembled themselves before the king at (F)the feast, that is in the seventh month. 4 Then all the elders of Israel came, and (G)the Levites picked up the ark. 5 They brought up the ark, the tent of meeting, and all the holy utensils that were in the tent. The Levitical priests brought them up. 6 And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel who had assembled with him before the ark were sacrificing [b]so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered. 7 Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the Most Holy Place, under the wings of the cherubim. 8 For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its [c]poles. 9 The poles were so long that (H)the ends of the poles of the ark could be seen in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen outside; and [d]they are there to this day. 10 (I)There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

The Glory of God Fills the Temple

11 When the priests came out from the holy place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, without regard (J)to divisions), 12 and all the Levitical singers, (K)Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and kinsmen, clothed in fine linen, (L)with cymbals, harps, and lyres, standing east of the altar, and with them 120 priests (M)blowing trumpets 13 in unison when the trumpeters and the singers were to make themselves heard with one voice to praise and to glorify the Lord, and when they raised their voices (N)accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other musical instruments, and when they praised the Lord saying, “(O)He indeed is good for His [e]kindness is everlasting,” then the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud, 14 so that the priests could not rise to minister because of the cloud, for (P)the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.

Solomon’s Dedication of the Temple

6 (Q)Then Solomon said,

“The Lord has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.
2 I have built You a lofty house,
And a place for Your dwelling forever.”

3 Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing. 4 He said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David, and fulfilled it with His hands, saying, 5 ‘Since the day that I brought My people from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, so that My name might be there, nor did I choose a man to be the leader over My people Israel; 6 but (R)I have chosen Jerusalem so that My name might be there, and I (S)have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’ 7 (T)Now it was [f]in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 8 But the Lord said to my father David, ‘Because it was [g]in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was [h]in your heart. 9 Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who [i]will be born to you, he shall build the house for My name.’ 10 Now the Lord has fulfilled His word which He spoke; for I have risen in place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord [j]promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 11 There I have placed the ark (U)in which is the covenant of the Lord, which He made with the sons of Israel.”

Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication

12 Then he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. 13 (V)For Solomon had made a bronze platform, [k]five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the courtyard; and he stood on it, (W)knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven. 14 He said, “Lord, God of Israel, (X)there is no god like You in heaven or on earth, (Y)keeping [l]Your covenant and [m]Your faithfulness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart; 15 (Z)You who have kept with Your servant, my father David, that which You [n]promised him; You have spoken with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day. 16 Now then, Lord, God of Israel, keep to Your servant David, my father, that which You [o]promised him, saying, ‘[p](AA)You shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons pay attention to their way, to walk in My Law as you have walked before Me.’ 17 Now then, Lord, God of Israel, let Your word be confirmed which You have spoken to Your servant David.

18 “But (AB)will God really dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, (AC)heaven and the [q]highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built! 19 Nevertheless, turn Your attention to the prayer of Your servant and to his plea, Lord, my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You; 20 that Your (AD)eye will be open toward this house day and night, toward (AE)the place of which You have said that You would put Your name there, to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place. 21 Listen to the pleadings of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place; hear from Your dwelling place, from heaven; (AF)hear and forgive.

22 “If someone sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house, 23 then hear from heaven and take action and judge Your servants, [r](AG)punishing the wicked by bringing his way on his own head, and justifying the righteous by [s]repaying him according to his righteousness.

24 “If Your people Israel are [t]defeated before an enemy because (AH)they have sinned against You, and they return to You and praise Your name, and pray and plead before You in this house, 25 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You have given to them and to their fathers.

26 “When the (AI)heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and praise Your name, and turn from their sin when You afflict them, 27 then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and Your people Israel; indeed, (AJ)teach them the good way in which they are to walk. And provide rain on Your land, which You have given to Your people as an inheritance.

28 “If there is a (AK)famine in the land, if there is a plague, if there is blight or mildew, if there is locust or grasshopper, if their enemies besiege them in the land of their [u]cities, whatever plague or whatever sickness there is, 29 whatever prayer or plea is made by anyone or by all Your people Israel, [v]each knowing his own affliction and his own pain, and spreading his hands toward this house, 30 then hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and forgive, and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know—(AL)for You alone know the hearts of the sons of mankind— 31 so that they may [w]fear You, to walk in Your ways [x]as long as they live in the land which You have given to our fathers.

32 “Also concerning (AM)the foreigner who is not from Your people Israel, when he comes from a far country on account of Your great name and Your mighty hand and Your outstretched arm, when they come and pray toward this house, 33 then hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, so that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name, and [y]fear You as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that [z]this house which I have built is (AN)called by Your name.

34 “When Your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way You send them, and they pray to You toward this city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name, 35 then hear from heaven their prayer and their pleading, and maintain their cause.

36 “When they sin against You ((AO)for there is no one who does not sin), and You are angry with them and turn them over to an enemy, so that [aa]they take them away captive to a land far off or near, 37 if they [ab]take it to heart in the land where they are taken captive, and repent and plead to You in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong and have acted wickedly’; 38 (AP)if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been taken captive, and pray toward their land which You have given to their fathers and the city which You have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Your name, 39 then hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place, their prayer and pleadings, and maintain their cause, and forgive Your people who have sinned against You.

40 “Now, my God, please, (AQ)let Your eyes be open and (AR)Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

41 “(AS)Now then arise, Lord God, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might; let Your priests, Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let Your godly ones rejoice in what is good.

42 “Lord God, do not turn away the face of Your anointed; (AT)remember Your faithfulness to Your servant David.”

The Shekinah Glory

7 (AU)Now when Solomon had finished praying, (AV)fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the house. 2 (AW)And the priests could not enter the house of the Lord because the glory of the Lord filled the Lord’s house. 3 All the sons of Israel, seeing the fire come down and the glory of the Lord upon the house, bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave praise to the Lord, saying, “(AX)Certainly He is good, certainly His faithfulness is everlasting.”

Sacrifices Offered

4 (AY)Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before the Lord. 5 King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. 6 The priests stood at their posts, and (AZ)the Levites also, with the musical instruments for the Lord, which King David had made for giving praise to the Lord—“for His faithfulness is everlasting”—whenever David gave praise through their [ac]ministry; (BA)the priests on the other side blew trumpets and all Israel was standing.

7 (BB)Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard that was before the house of the Lord, for he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings there, because the bronze altar which Solomon had made was not able to contain the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the fat.

The Feast of Dedication

8 So (BC)Solomon held the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly that came from the entrance of Hamath to the (BD)brook of Egypt. 9 And on the eighth day they held (BE)a solemn assembly, because they held the dedication of the altar for seven days, and the feast for seven days. 10 Then on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people to their tents, rejoicing and happy in heart because of the goodness that the Lord had shown to David, to Solomon, and to His people Israel.

God’s Promise and Warning

11 (BF)So Solomon finished the house of the Lord and the king’s palace, and successfully completed everything that [ad]he had planned on doing in the house of the Lord and in his palace.

12 Then the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him, “I have heard your prayer and (BG)have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. 13 (BH)If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people, 14 (BI)and My people [ae]who are called by My name humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 15 (BJ)Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the [af]prayer offered in this place. 16 For (BK)now I have chosen and consecrated this house so that My name may be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there [ag]always. 17 As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, to do according to everything that I have commanded you, and keep My statutes and My ordinances, 18 then I will establish your royal throne as I covenanted with your father David, saying, ‘[ah](BL)You shall not lack a man to be ruler in Israel.’

19 “(BM)But if you turn away and abandon My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, 20 (BN)then I will uproot [ai]you from My land which I have given [aj]you, and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight; and I will make it (BO)a proverb and an object of scorn among all peoples. 21 As for this house, which was exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and say, ‘(BP)Why has the Lord done these things to this land and to this house?’ 22 And they will say, ‘Because (BQ)they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who brought them from the land of Egypt, and they adopted other gods, and worshiped and served them; therefore He has brought all this adversity on them.’”

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 5:1 Lit dedicated things of his
  2. 2 Chronicles 5:6 Lit sheep...numbered for multitude
  3. 2 Chronicles 5:8 Lit poles above
  4. 2 Chronicles 5:9 Lit it is
  5. 2 Chronicles 5:13 Or faithfulness
  6. 2 Chronicles 6:7 Lit with
  7. 2 Chronicles 6:8 Lit with
  8. 2 Chronicles 6:8 Lit with
  9. 2 Chronicles 6:9 Lit will come forth from your loins
  10. 2 Chronicles 6:10 Lit spoke
  11. 2 Chronicles 6:13 About 7.5 ft. long and wide and 4.5 ft. high or 2.3 m and 1.4 m
  12. 2 Chronicles 6:14 Or the
  13. 2 Chronicles 6:14 Or the
  14. 2 Chronicles 6:15 Lit spoke to
  15. 2 Chronicles 6:16 Lit have spoken to
  16. 2 Chronicles 6:16 Lit There shall not be cut off to you a man from before Me
  17. 2 Chronicles 6:18 Lit heaven of heavens
  18. 2 Chronicles 6:23 Lit returning
  19. 2 Chronicles 6:23 Lit giving
  20. 2 Chronicles 6:24 Lit struck
  21. 2 Chronicles 6:28 Lit gates
  22. 2 Chronicles 6:29 Lit whoever shall know
  23. 2 Chronicles 6:31 Or revere
  24. 2 Chronicles 6:31 Lit all the days that they live on the face of the land
  25. 2 Chronicles 6:33 Or revere
  26. 2 Chronicles 6:33 Lit Your name is called upon this house
  27. 2 Chronicles 6:36 Lit their captors lead them captive
  28. 2 Chronicles 6:37 Lit return to their heart
  29. 2 Chronicles 7:6 Lit hand
  30. 2 Chronicles 7:11 Lit came upon the heart of Solomon to do
  31. 2 Chronicles 7:14 Lit over whom My name is called
  32. 2 Chronicles 7:15 Lit prayer of this place
  33. 2 Chronicles 7:16 Lit all the days
  34. 2 Chronicles 7:18 Lit There shall not be cut off to you a man
  35. 2 Chronicles 7:20 As in ancient versions; MT them
  36. 2 Chronicles 7:20 As in some ancient versions; MT them
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2 Chronicles 5-7
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5 When all the work Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished,(A) he brought in the things his father David had dedicated(B)—the silver and gold and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of God’s temple.

The Ark Brought to the Temple(C)

2 Then Solomon summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark(D) of the Lord’s covenant from Zion, the City of David. 3 And all the Israelites(E) came together to the king at the time of the festival in the seventh month.

4 When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark, 5 and they brought up the ark and the tent of meeting and all the sacred furnishings in it. The Levitical priests(F) carried them up; 6 and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted.

7 The priests then brought the ark(G) of the Lord’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim. 8 The cherubim(H) spread their wings over the place of the ark and covered the ark and its carrying poles. 9 These poles were so long that their ends, extending from the ark, could be seen from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today. 10 There was nothing in the ark except(I) the two tablets(J) that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt.

11 The priests then withdrew from the Holy Place. All the priests who were there had consecrated themselves, regardless of their divisions.(K) 12 All the Levites who were musicians(L)—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps and lyres. They were accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.(M) 13 The trumpeters and musicians joined in unison to give praise and thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, the singers raised their voices in praise to the Lord and sang:

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

Then the temple of the Lord was filled with the cloud,(O) 14 and the priests could not perform(P) their service because of the cloud,(Q) for the glory(R) of the Lord filled the temple of God.

6 Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud;(S) 2 I have built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever.(T)”

3 While the whole assembly of Israel was standing there, the king turned around and blessed them. 4 Then he said:

“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hands has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to my father David. For he said, 5 ‘Since the day I brought my people out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to have a temple built so that my Name might be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over my people Israel. 6 But now I have chosen Jerusalem(U) for my Name(V) to be there, and I have chosen David(W) to rule my people Israel.’

7 “My father David had it in his heart(X) to build a temple for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 8 But the Lord said to my father David, ‘You did well to have it in your heart to build a temple for my Name. 9 Nevertheless, you are not the one to build the temple, but your son, your own flesh and blood—he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.’

10 “The Lord has kept the promise he made. I have succeeded David my father and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the Lord promised, and I have built the temple for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 11 There I have placed the ark, in which is the covenant(Y) of the Lord that he made with the people of Israel.”

Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication(Z)(AA)

12 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. 13 Now he had made a bronze platform,(AB) five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high,[a] and had placed it in the center of the outer court. He stood on the platform and then knelt down(AC) before the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven. 14 He said:

“Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you(AD) in heaven or on earth—you who keep your covenant of love(AE) with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way. 15 You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised(AF) and with your hand you have fulfilled it—as it is today.

16 “Now, Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail(AG) to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me according to my law,(AH) as you have done.’ 17 And now, Lord, the God of Israel, let your word that you promised your servant David come true.

18 “But will God really dwell(AI) on earth with humans? The heavens,(AJ) even the highest heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built! 19 Yet, Lord my God, give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence. 20 May your eyes(AK) be open toward this temple day and night, this place of which you said you would put your Name(AL) there. May you hear(AM) the prayer your servant prays toward this place. 21 Hear the supplications of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.(AN)

22 “When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath(AO) and they come and swear the oath before your altar in this temple, 23 then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning(AP) the guilty and bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.

24 “When your people Israel have been defeated(AQ) by an enemy because they have sinned against you and when they turn back and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication before you in this temple, 25 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to them and their ancestors.

26 “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain(AR) because your people have sinned against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them, 27 then hear from heaven and forgive(AS) the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live, and send rain on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.

28 “When famine(AT) or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or when enemies besiege them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come, 29 and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of their afflictions and pains, and spreading out their hands toward this temple— 30 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive,(AU) and deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know their hearts (for you alone know the human heart),(AV) 31 so that they will fear you(AW) and walk in obedience to you all the time they live in the land you gave our ancestors.

32 “As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come(AX) from a distant land because of your great name and your mighty hand(AY) and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple, 33 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner(AZ) asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.

34 “When your people go to war against their enemies,(BA) wherever you send them, and when they pray(BB) to you toward this city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name, 35 then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.

36 “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin(BC)—and you become angry with them and give them over to the enemy, who takes them captive(BD) to a land far away or near; 37 and if they have a change of heart(BE) in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captivity and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong and acted wickedly’; 38 and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their captivity where they were taken, and pray toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and toward the temple I have built for your Name; 39 then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their pleas, and uphold their cause. And forgive(BF) your people, who have sinned against you.

40 “Now, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive(BG) to the prayers offered in this place.

41 “Now arise,(BH) Lord God, and come to your resting place,(BI)
    you and the ark of your might.
May your priests,(BJ) Lord God, be clothed with salvation,
    may your faithful people rejoice in your goodness.(BK)
42 Lord God, do not reject your anointed one.(BL)
    Remember the great love(BM) promised to David your servant.”

The Dedication of the Temple(BN)

7 When Solomon finished praying, fire(BO) came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled(BP) the temple.(BQ) 2 The priests could not enter(BR) the temple of the Lord because the glory(BS) 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.”(BT)

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(BU) with the Lord’s musical instruments,(BV) 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(BW) 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(BX) at that time for seven days, and all Israel(BY) with him—a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath(BZ) to the Wadi of Egypt.(CA) 9 On the eighth day they held an assembly, for they had celebrated(CB) the dedication of the altar for seven days and the festival(CC) 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(CD)

11 When Solomon had finished(CE) 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(CF) to him at night and said:

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

13 “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain,(CI) or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, 14 if my people, who are called by my name,(CJ) will humble(CK) themselves and pray and seek my face(CL) and turn(CM) from their wicked ways, then I will hear(CN) from heaven, and I will forgive(CO) their sin and will heal(CP) their land. 15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.(CQ) 16 I have chosen(CR) 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(CS) as David your father did, and do all I command, and observe my decrees(CT) and laws, 18 I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted(CU) with David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor(CV) to rule over Israel.’(CW)

19 “But if you[b] turn away(CX) and forsake(CY) the decrees and commands I have given you[c] and go off to serve other gods and worship them, 20 then I will uproot(CZ) Israel from my land,(DA) 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(DB) among all peoples. 21 This temple will become a heap of rubble. All[d] who pass by will be appalled(DC) and say,(DD) ‘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(DE)—that is why he brought all this disaster on them.’”

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 6:13 That is, about 7 1/2 feet long and wide and 4 1/2 feet high or about 2.3 meters long and wide and 1.4 meters high
  2. 2 Chronicles 7:19 The Hebrew is plural.
  3. 2 Chronicles 7:19 The Hebrew is plural.
  4. 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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