2 Chronicles 7
New King James Version
Solomon Dedicates the Temple(A)
7 When (B)Solomon had finished praying, (C)fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and (D)the glory of the Lord filled the [a]temple. 2 (E)And 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:
4 (H)Then 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 (I)And 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 their [b]ministry. (J)The priests sounded trumpets opposite them, while all Israel stood.
7 Furthermore (K)Solomon 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 (L)At that time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly (M)from the entrance of Hamath to (N)the[c] Brook of Egypt. 9 And on the eighth day they held a (O)sacred assembly, for they observed the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. 10 (P)On 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 (Q)Solomon 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(R)
12 Then the Lord (S)appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: “I have heard your prayer, (T)and have chosen this (U)place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. 13 (V)When 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 (W)called by My name will (X)humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, (Y)then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 15 Now (Z)My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place. 16 For now (AA)I have chosen and [d]sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and [e]My eyes and [f]My heart will be there perpetually. 17 (AB)As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and My judgments, 18 then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, as I covenanted with David your father, saying, (AC)‘You shall not fail to have a man as ruler in Israel.’
19 (AD)“But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them, 20 (AE)then I will uproot them from My land which I have given them; and this house which I have [g]sanctified for My name I will cast out of My sight, and will make it a proverb and a (AF)byword among all peoples.
21 “And as for (AG)this [h]house, which [i]is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be (AH)astonished and say, (AI)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and this house?’ 22 Then they will answer, ‘Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and embraced other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore He has brought all this calamity on them.’ ”
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 7:1 Lit. house
- 2 Chronicles 7:6 Lit. hand
- 2 Chronicles 7:8 The Shihor, 1 Chr. 13:5
- 2 Chronicles 7:16 set apart
- 2 Chronicles 7:16 My attention
- 2 Chronicles 7:16 My concern
- 2 Chronicles 7:20 set apart
- 2 Chronicles 7:21 Temple
- 2 Chronicles 7:21 Or was
역대하 7
Korean Living Bible
성전 봉헌식
7 솔로몬이 기도를 마치자 하늘에서 불이 내려와 제단의 모든 제물을 태워 버렸고 성전에는 여호와의 영광의 광채가 가득하였다.
2 그래서 제사장들은 그 영광의 광채 때문에 성전에 들어갈 수가 없었다.
3 모든 이스라엘 사람들은 불이 하늘에서 내려오는 것과 여호와의 영광의 광채가 성전에 가득한 것을 보고 넓적한 돌을 깐 바닥에 엎드려 여호와께 경배하며 감사를 드리고 이렇게 외쳤다. “여호와는 선하시고 그의 사랑은 영원하다!”
4-5 그런 다음 왕과 모든 백성들은 여호와께 제사를 드려 성전 봉헌식을 거행하였는데 이 봉헌식에 솔로몬왕이 드린 제물은 소 22,000마리와 양 120,000마리였다.
6 그때 제사장들은 직분대로 자기 위치에 서고 레위 사람들은 다윗이 여호와께 감사와 찬양을 드리기 위해 직접 만든 악기를 가지고 “여호와의 사랑은 영원하다!” 하고 찬송하였다. 그리고 제사장들은 백성들이 서 있는 가운데 나팔을 불었다.
7 그 날 솔로몬왕은 성전 앞뜰의 중앙을 거룩히 구별하고 거기서 불로 태워 바치는 번제와 곡식으로 드리는 소제와 그리고 화목제의 기름을 드렸다. 이것은 봉헌식에 드려진 제물이 너무 많아 솔로몬이 만든 놋제단에 그 모든 것을 다 드릴 수가 없었기 때문이었다.
8 솔로몬과 백성들은 그 다음 7일 동안을 성전 봉헌 축제 주간으로 지켰다. 북으로 하맛 고개에서부터 남으로 이집트 [a]국경에 이르기까지 이스라엘 전역에서 모여든 수많은 백성들은
9 7일 동안의 성전 봉헌 축제를 가진 후에 8일째 되는 날에 거룩한 모임을 갖고 그때부터 다시 7일 동안을 [b]초막절로 지켰다.
10 그러고서 솔로몬은 7월 23일에 백성들을 집으로 돌려보냈다. 그들은 여호와께서 다윗과 솔로몬과 그 백성 이스라엘에게 베푸신 은혜를 생각하며 기뻐하고 즐거워하였다. 솔로몬에게 두 번째 나타나신 하나님
11 솔로몬이 성전과 왕궁과 그 밖에 자기가 짓고 싶었던 것을 다 완성했을 때
12 여호와께서 밤에 그에게 나타나 이렇게 말씀하셨다. “내가 이미 네 기도를 듣고 나를 위하여 이 곳을 제사 드리는 성전으로 택하였다.
13 내가 하늘을 닫아 비가 오지 않게 하거나 메뚜기로 모든 농작물을 먹어 버리게 하거나 너희 가운데 전염병을 보낼 때
14 만일 내 백성이 스스로 낮추고 기도하며 나를 찾고 악한 길에서 돌아서면 내가 하늘에서 듣고 그들의 죄를 용서하며 그들의 땅을 다시 축복해 주겠다.
15 내가 이제 이 성전을 주시하고 이 곳에서 드리는 모든 기도에 귀를 기울일 것이다.
16 이것은 내가 이 성전을 택하여 거룩하게 하고 내가 영원히 경배를 받을 곳으로 삼았기 때문이다. 그러므로 내 눈과 마음이 항상 여기에 머물러 있을 것이다.
17 “네가 너의 아버지 다윗이 행한 것처럼 내 법에 순종하고 내가 너에게 명령한 모든 것을 지키면
18 내가 너의 아버지 다윗에게 약속한 대로 네 후손이 항상 이스라엘을 다스리도록 하겠다.
19 그러나 만일 너와 네 백성이 나의 법과 명령에 불순종하고 다른 신을 섬기면
20 내가 준 땅에서 너희를 제거하고 내가 내 이름을 위해 거룩하게 한 이 성전을 버려 사람들의 웃음거리가 되게 하겠다.
21 지금은 이 성전이 굉장하지만 그 때는 이 곳을 지나가는 사람들이 이것을 보고 놀라며 ‘어째서 여호와가 이 땅과 성전을 이렇게 하셨을까?’ 하고 물으면
22 ‘그거야 그들이 자기들의 조상들을 이집트에서 인도해 낸 그들의 하나님 여호와를 버리고 다른 신을 섬기므로 여호와가 그들에게 이 모든 재앙을 내렸기 때문이 아닌가!’ 하고 서로 대답할 것이다.”
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.
2 Chronicles 7
English Standard Version
Fire from Heaven
7 (A)As soon as Solomon finished his prayer, (B)fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, (C)and the glory of the Lord filled the temple. 2 And the priests could not enter the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord filled the Lord's house. 3 When all the people of Israel saw the fire come down and the glory of the Lord on the temple, they bowed down with their faces to the ground on the pavement and worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying, “For he is good, (D)for his steadfast love endures forever.”
The Dedication of the Temple
4 (E)Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before the Lord. 5 King Solomon offered as a sacrifice 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. 6 The priests stood at their posts; (F)the Levites also, with the instruments for music to the Lord that King David had made for giving thanks to the Lord—(G)for his steadfast love endures forever—whenever David offered praises by their ministry;[a] (H)opposite them the priests sounded trumpets, and all Israel stood.
7 (I)And Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord, for there he offered the burnt offering and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar Solomon had made could not hold the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat.
8 At that time Solomon held the feast for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from (J)Lebo-hamath to the (K)Brook of Egypt. 9 And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for they had kept the dedication of the altar seven days and the feast seven days. 10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the prosperity[b] that the Lord had granted to David and to Solomon and to Israel his people.
If My People Pray
11 (L)Thus Solomon finished the house of the Lord and the king's house. All that Solomon had planned to do in the house of the Lord and in his own house he successfully accomplished. 12 Then the Lord appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer (M)and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice. 13 (N)When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, 14 if my people who are called by my name (O)humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 15 (P)Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place. 16 (Q)For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time. 17 And as for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, doing according to all that I have commanded you and keeping my statutes and my rules, 18 then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with David your father, saying, (R)‘You shall not lack a man to rule Israel.’
19 (S)“But if you[c] turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, 20 (T)then I will pluck you[d] up from my land that I have given you, and this house that I have consecrated for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it (U)a proverb and a byword among all peoples. 21 And at this house, which was exalted, everyone passing by will be astonished and say, (V)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’ 22 Then they will say, ‘Because they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods and worshiped them and served them. Therefore he has brought all this disaster on them.’”
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 7:6 Hebrew by their hand
- 2 Chronicles 7:10 Or good
- 2 Chronicles 7:19 The Hebrew for you is plural here
- 2 Chronicles 7:20 Hebrew them; twice in this verse
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