2 Chronicles 7:1-3

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The Dedication of the Temple^(A)

7 When Solomon finished praying, fire^(B) came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled^(C) the temple.^(D) ²The priests could not enter^(E) the temple of the Lord because the glory^(F) of the Lord filled it. ³When 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.”^(G)

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2 Chronicles 7:10-18

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¹⁰On 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^(A)

¹¹When Solomon had finished^(B) 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, ¹²the Lord appeared^(C) to him at night and said:

“I have heard your prayer and have chosen^(D) this place for myself^(E) as a temple for sacrifices.

¹³“When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain,^(F) or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, ¹⁴if my people, who are called by my name,^(G) will humble^(H) themselves and pray and seek my face^(I) and turn^(J) from their wicked ways, then I will hear^(K) from heaven, and I will forgive^(L) their sin and will heal^(M) their land. ¹⁵Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.^(N) ¹⁶I have chosen^(O) 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^(P) as David your father did, and do all I command, and observe my decrees^(Q) and laws, ¹⁸I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted^(R) with David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor^(S) to rule over Israel.’^(T)