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Now when Solomon[H8010] had made an end[H3615] of praying[H6419], the fire[H784] came down[H3381] from heaven[H8064], and consumed[H398] the burnt offering[H5930] and the sacrifices[H2077]; and the glory[H3519] of the LORD[H3068]filled[H4390] the house[H1004].
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And the priests[H3548]could[H3201] not enter[H935] into the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], because the glory[H3519] of the LORD[H3068] had filled[H4390] the LORD[H3068]'S house[H1004].
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And when all the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]saw[H7200] how the fire[H784] came down[H3381], and the glory[H3519] of the LORD[H3068] upon the house[H1004], they bowed[H3766] themselves with their faces[H639] to the ground[H776] upon the pavement[H7531], and worshipped[H7812], and praised[H3034] the LORD[H3068], saying, For he is good[H2896]; for his mercy[H2617] endureth for ever[H5769].
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Then the king[H4428] and all the people[H5971]offered[H2076]sacrifices[H2077]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068].
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And king[H4428]Solomon[H8010]offered[H2076] a sacrifice[H2077] of twenty[H6242] and two[H8147]thousand[H505]oxen[H1241], and an hundred[H3967] and twenty[H6242]thousand[H505]sheep[H6629]: so the king[H4428] and all the people[H5971]dedicated[H2596] the house[H1004] of God[H430].
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And the priests[H3548]waited[H5975] on their offices[H4931]: the Levites[H3881] also with instruments[H3627] of musick[H7892] of the LORD[H3068], which David[H1732] the king[H4428] had made[H6213] to praise[H3034] the LORD[H3068], because his mercy[H2617] endureth for ever[H5769], when David[H1732]praised[H1984] by their ministry[H3027]; and the priests[H3548] sounded trumpets[H2690] before them, and all Israel[H3478]stood[H5975].
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Moreover Solomon[H8010]hallowed[H6942] the middle[H8432] of the court[H2691] that was before[H6440] the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]: for there he offered[H6213] burnt offerings[H5930], and the fat[H2459] of the peace offerings[H8002], because the brasen[H5178]altar[H4196] which Solomon[H8010] had made[H6213] was not able[H3201] to receive[H3557] the burnt offerings[H4503], and the meat offerings[H4503], and the fat[H2459].
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Also at the same time[H6256]Solomon[H8010]kept[H6213] the feast[H2282]seven[H7651]days[H3117], and all Israel[H3478] with him, a very[H3966]great[H1419]congregation[H6951], from the entering in[H935] of Hamath[H2574] unto the river[H5158] of Egypt[H4714].
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And in the eighth[H8066]day[H3117] they made[H6213] a solemn assembly[H6116]: for they kept[H6213] the dedication[H2598] of the altar[H4196]seven[H7651]days[H3117], and the feast[H2282]seven[H7651]days[H3117].
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And on the three[H7969] and twentieth[H6242]day[H3117] of the seventh[H7637]month[H2320] he sent[H7971] the people[H5971]away[H7971] into their tents[H168], glad[H8056] and merry[H2896] in heart[H3820] for the goodness[H2896] that the LORD[H3068] had shewed[H6213] unto David[H1732], and to Solomon[H8010], and to Israel[H3478] his people[H5971].
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Thus Solomon[H8010]finished[H3615] the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and the king's house[H1004]: and all that came[H935] into Solomon[H8010]'s heart[H3820] to make[H6213] in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and in his own house[H1004], he prosperously effected[H6743].
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And the LORD[H3068]appeared[H7200] to Solomon[H8010] by night[H3915], and said[H559] unto him, I have heard[H8085] thy prayer[H8605], and have chosen[H977] this place[H4725] to myself for an house[H1004] of sacrifice[H2077].
13If[H2005] I shut up[H6113]heaven[H8064] that there be no rain[H4306], or if[H2005] I command[H6680] the locusts[H2284] to devour[H398] the land[H776], or if[H2005] I send[H7971]pestilence[H1698] among my people[H5971];
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If my people[H5971], which are called[H7121] by my name[H8034], shall humble[H3665] themselves, and pray[H6419], and seek[H1245] my face[H6440], and turn[H7725] from their wicked[H7451]ways[H1870]; then will I hear[H8085] from heaven[H8064], and will forgive[H5545] their sin[H2403], and will heal[H7495] their land[H776].
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Now mine eyes[H5869] shall be open[H6605], and mine ears[H241]attent[H7183] unto the prayer[H8605] that is made in this place[H4725].
16For[H5704] now have I chosen[H977] and sanctified[H6942] this house[H1004], that my name[H8034] may be there for[H5704]ever[H5769]: and mine eyes[H5869] and mine heart[H3820] shall be there perpetually[H3117].
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And as for thee, if thou wilt walk[H3212]before[H6440] me, as David[H1732] thy father[H1]walked[H1980], and do[H6213] according to all that I have commanded[H6680] thee, and shalt observe[H8104] my statutes[H2706] and my judgments[H4941];
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Then will I stablish[H6965] the throne[H3678] of thy kingdom[H4438], according as I have covenanted[H3772] with David[H1732] thy father[H1], saying[H559], There shall not fail[H3772] thee a man[H376] to be ruler[H4910] in Israel[H3478].
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But if ye turn away[H7725], and forsake[H5800] my statutes[H2708] and my commandments[H4687], which I have set[H5414]before[H6440] you, and shall go[H1980] and serve[H5647]other[H312]gods[H430], and worship[H7812] them;
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Then will I pluck them up by the roots[H5428]out[H7993] of my land[H127] which I have given[H5414] them; and this house[H1004], which I have sanctified[H6942] for my name[H8034], will I cast out[H7993] of my sight[H6440], and will make[H5414] it to be a proverb[H4912] and a byword[H8148] among all nations[H5971].
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And this house[H1004], which is high[H5945], shall be an astonishment[H8074] to every one that passeth[H5674] by it; so that he shall say[H559], Why hath the LORD[H3068]done[H6213] thus unto this land[H776], and unto this house?[H1004]
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And it shall be answered[H559], Because they forsook[H5800] the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of their fathers[H1], which brought[H935] them forth[H3318] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], and laid hold[H2388] on other[H312]gods[H430], and worshipped[H7812] them, and served[H5647] them: therefore hath he brought[H935] all this evil[H7451] upon them.