2 Chronicles 7:1-9 ▼

1 When Solomon finished praying,  fire descended from heaven and consumed the ^•burnt offering and the sacrifices,  and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

2 The priests were not able to enter the LORD’s temple because the glory of the LORD filled the temple of the LORD.

3 All the Israelites were watching when the fire descended and the glory of the LORD came on the temple. They bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground. They worshiped and praised the LORD: For He is good, for His  faithful love endures forever . 

4 The king and all the people were offering sacrifices in the LORD’s presence. 

5 King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. In this manner the king and all the people dedicated God’s temple.

6 The priests and the Levites were standing at their stations. The Levites had the musical instruments of the LORD , which King David had made to praise the LORD  — “for His faithful love endures forever ” — when he offered praise with them.  Across from the Levites, the priests were blowing trumpets, and all the people were standing.

7 Since the bronze altar that Solomon had made  could not accommodate the burnt offering, the ^•grain offering, and the fat of the ^•fellowship offerings, Solomon first consecrated the middle of the courtyard  that was in front of the LORD’s temple and then offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings there. 

8 So Solomon and all Israel with him  — a very great assembly, from the entrance to Hamath  to the Brook of Egypt  — observed the festival at that time for seven days.

9 On the eighth day  they held a sacred assembly,  for the dedication of the altar lasted seven days and the festival seven days.