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2 Chronicles 7

Fire falls from heaven when Solomon finishes praying at the temple's dedication, and the people worship. God later appears to Solomon at night with a promise: if his people humble themselves, pray, seek his face and turn from their wicked ways, he will hear, forgive and heal their land.

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Key verses

  • Verse 1God answers Solomon's prayer with fire from heaven.
  • Verse 14Humility, prayer and turning back bring God's forgiveness and healing.

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.Selected2 Chronicles 7:1Ask

And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD’s house.Selected2 Chronicles 7:2Ask

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.Selected2 Chronicles 7:3Ask

Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.Selected2 Chronicles 7:4Ask

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.Selected2 Chronicles 7:5Ask

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.Selected2 Chronicles 7:6Ask

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.Selected2 Chronicles 7:7Ask

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.Selected2 Chronicles 7:8Ask

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.Selected2 Chronicles 7:9Ask

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.Selected2 Chronicles 7:10Ask

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.Selected2 Chronicles 7:11Ask

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.Selected2 Chronicles 7:12Ask

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;Selected2 Chronicles 7:13Ask

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.Selected2 Chronicles 7:14Ask

Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.Selected2 Chronicles 7:15Ask

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.Selected2 Chronicles 7:16Ask

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;Selected2 Chronicles 7:17Ask

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.Selected2 Chronicles 7:18Ask

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;Selected2 Chronicles 7:19Ask

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.Selected2 Chronicles 7:20Ask

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?Selected2 Chronicles 7:21Ask

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.Selected2 Chronicles 7:22Ask

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Read alongside

  • James 4:10Humble yourselves and he will lift you up
  • 1 John 1:9If we confess, he is faithful to forgive
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