When Solomon had finished praying , fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices , and the glory of the LORD filled - the temple.
The priests vvv were unable to enter ... the house of the LORD , because the glory of the LORD - had filled (it) ....
When all the Israelites ... saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple , they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground , and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD : “ For He is good ; - His loving devotion endures forever. ”
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
And King Solomon - offered a sacrifice of 22,000 ... ... oxen and 120,000 ... ... sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated - the house of God.
The priests stood at their posts , as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD , which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying , “ For His loving devotion endures forever. ” - Across from the Levites , the priests sounded trumpets , and all the Israelites were standing.
Then Solomon - consecrated the middle of the courtyard - in front of the house of the LORD , and there he offered the burnt offerings - and the fat of the peace offerings , since the bronze altar (he) had made - could not contain - (all these offerings) - - - -.
So at that time Solomon - and all Israel with him — a very great assembly of people vvv from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt — kept the feast for seven days.
On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly , for the dedication of the altar ... had lasted seven days , and the feast seven days more.
On the twenty-third ... day of the seventh month , (Solomon) sent the people away - to their homes , joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David , for Solomon , and for His people Israel.
When Solomon - had finished the house of the LORD and the royal - palace , successfully carrying out all that was in (his) heart to do for the house of the LORD and for his own palace ,
the LORD appeared to (him) at night and said “ I have heard - your prayer and have chosen this place as a house of sacrifice.
If I close the sky so there is no rain , or if I command ... the locust to devour the land , or if I send a plague among My people ,
and if My people 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 , forgive their sin , and heal - their land.
Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
vvv For I have now chosen and consecrated - this temple so that My Name may be there forever .... My eyes and My heart will be there for all time ....
And as for you , if you walk before Me as your father David walked , doing all - I have commanded you , and if you keep My statutes and ordinances ,
then I will establish - your royal throne , as I covenanted with your father David when I said , ‘ You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel. ’
But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments - I have set before you , and if you go off to serve and worship other gods ,
then I will uproot Israel from the soil - I have given and I will banish from My presence - this temple - I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.
And (when) this temple - has become a heap of rubble , all who pass by it will be appalled and say , ‘ Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple ? ’
And (others) will answer , ‘ Because - they have forsaken - the LORD , the God of their fathers , who brought them out of the land of Egypt , and have embraced other gods , worshiping and serving them — because of this , He has brought all this disaster upon them. ’” -