2 Chronicles 7
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God's answer to Solomon's prayer
Verse 1
WEB 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 Yahweh filled the house.
KJV 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.
TSK when Solomon: 1ki 8:54-61, isa 65:24, da 9:20, ac 4:31, ac 16:25,26; the fire: ge 15:17, ex 29:43, le 9:24, jud 6:21, 1ki 18:24,38, 1ch 21:26, mal 3:1,2; the glory: 2ch 5:13,14, ex 40:34,35, le 9:23, 1ki 8:10,11, isa 6:1-4, eze 10:3,4, eze 43:5, eze 44:4, hag 2:7-9, re 21:23
Verse 3
WEB All the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the glory of Yahweh was on the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshiped, and gave thanks to Yahweh, saying, “For he is good; for his loving kindness endures for ever.”
KJV 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.
TSK they bowed: ex 4:31, le 9:24, nu 14:5, nu 16:22, 1ki 18:39, 1ch 29:20, ps 95:6; For he is: 2ch 5:13, 2ch 20:21, 1ch 16:41, ezr 3:11, ps 103:17, ps 136:1-26, isa 63:7, jer 33:11, heb 7:24,25, lu 1:50
Verse 4
WEB Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before Yahweh.
KJV Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
TSK No cross references.
Verse 5
WEB King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
KJV 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.
TSK a sacrifice: 2ch 1:6, 2ch 5:6, 2ch 15:11, 2ch 29:32,33, 2ch 30:24, 2ch 35:7-9, 1ki 8:62,63, 1ch 29:21, ezr 6:16,17, eze 45:17, mic 6:7; dedicated: 2ch 2:4, nu 7:10, 1ki 8:63, ezr 6:16, joh 10:22
Verse 6
WEB The priests stood, according to their positions; the Levites also with instruments of music of Yahweh, which David the king had made to give thanks to Yahweh, when David praised by their ministry, saying “For his loving kindness endures for ever.” The priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood.
KJV And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of music 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.
TSK the priests: 1ch 16:39,40, 1ch 24:1-3; the Levites: 2ch 29:25, 1ch 6:31,32, 1ch 15:16-21, 1ch 16:4-6,41,42, 1ch 25:1-7, ps 87:7; which David: am 6:5; because his mercy: 2ch 7:3, 1ch 16:34, ps 106:1, ps 107:1, ps 118:1-4, ps 138:8; ministry: isa 52:6; the priests: 2ch 5:12, nu 10:1-10, jos 6:4, 1ch 13:8, 1ch 15:24, 1ch 16:6,42
Verse 7
WEB Moreover Solomon made the middle of the court holy that was before the house of Yahweh; for there he offered the burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offering, and the meal offering, and the fat.
KJV 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 brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.
TSK hallowed: 2ch 36:14, nu 16:37,38, 1ki 8:64, heb 13:10-12; the brazen: 2ch 4:1
Verse 8
WEB So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt.
KJV 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.
TSK kept: le 23:34-43, nu 29:12-38, de 16:13-15, 1ki 8:65, ne 8:13-18, zec 14:16-19, joh 7:2,27-39; a very great: 2ch 30:13; from the entering: ge 15:18, nu 34:5-8, jos 13:3-5, 1ki 4:21-25, am 6:14
Verse 9
WEB On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
KJV 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.
TSK solemn assembly: le 23:36, de 16:8, ne 8:18, joe 1:14; seven days: 2ch 30:23, 1ki 8:65
Verse 10
WEB On the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
KJV 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 showed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
TSK three and twentieth: 1ki 8:66; glad: 2ch 29:36, 2ch 30:26, de 12:7,12,18, de 16:11,14, ne 8:10, ps 32:11, ps 33:1, ps 92:4, ps 100:2, ps 105:3, ps 106:5, ac 2:46, ac 16:34, php 4:4; goodness: 2ch 6:41, ex 18:1
Verse 11
WEB Thus Solomon finished the house of Yahweh, and the king’s house: and he successfully completed all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in the house of Yahweh, and in his own house.
KJV 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.
TSK Solomon: 2ch 2:1, 1ki 9:1-9; all that came: ec 2:4,10,11
Verse 12
WEB Yahweh appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.
KJV 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.
TSK the Lord: 2ch 1:7, ge 17:1, 1ki 9:2; I have heard: 2ki 20:5, ps 10:17, ps 66:19, lu 1:13, ac 10:31, 1jo 5:14,15; have chosen: 2ch 7:16, de 12:5,11, ps 78:68,69, ps 132:13,14; an house of sacrifice: 2ki 2:6, de 12:6
Verse 13
WEB “If I shut up the sky so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
KJV 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;
TSK If I shut up heaven: 2ch 6:26-28, de 11:17, job 11:10, job 12:14, ps 107:34, lu 4:25, re 3:7, re 11:6; I command: ex 10:4-6, ps 105:34, joe 1:4-7, joe 2:25; I send: nu 14:12, nu 16:46,47, 2sa 24:13-15, eze 14:19-21
Verse 14
WEB if my people, who 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.
KJV 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.
TSK my people: isa 63:19; humble: 2ch 6:37-39, 2ch 33:12,13,18,19, le 26:40,41, de 4:29,30, de 30:1-6, eze 33:11, jas 4:9,10; and pray: ac 9:11; seek my face: isa 45:19, la 3:40,41; turn from: pr 28:13, isa 55:6,7, isa 59:20, eze 18:27-30; will I hear: 2ch 6:27,30,39; heal their land: ps 60:2, jer 8:22, jer 33:6, jer 51:9
Verse 15
WEB Now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.
KJV Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
TSK mine eyes: 2ch 6:20,40, de 11:12, ne 1:6, ps 65:2, ps 130:2, 1pe 3:12; that is made in this place: 2ch 6:40
Verse 16
WEB For now have I chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
KJV 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.
TSK have I chosen: de 12:21, de 16:11, 1ki 8:16,44,48, ps 132:14, zec 3:2; my name: 2ch 6:5,6,20, 2ch 33:4-7, 1ki 8:35, 1ki 9:3, 2ki 21:4,7,8; eyes: 2ch 7:15, mt 3:17, joh 2:19-21, col 2:9
Verse 17
WEB “As for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances;
KJV 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;
TSK if thou wilt: de 28:1-14, 1ki 2:3, 1ki 3:14, 1ki 8:25, 1ki 9:4-9, 1ki 11:38, 1ch 28:9, zec 3:7; observe: de 4:40, ps 105:45, eze 36:27, joh 14:21, joh 15:10
Verse 18
WEB then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, according as I covenanted with David your father, saying, ‘There shall not fail you a man to be ruler in Israel.’
KJV 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.
TSK stablish: 2sa 7:13-16; as I have: ps 89:28-40, ps 132:11,12; shall not: 1ki 9:5, jer 33:20,21,25,26; fail thee: 2ch 6:16
Verse 19
WEB But if you 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;
KJV 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;
TSK if ye turn away: le 26:14,33-46, de 28:15,36,37-68, 1sa 12:25, 1ch 28:9; shall go: de 4:23-27, jos 23:15,16, 1ki 9:6,7, 1ki 11:4-8
Verse 20
WEB then I will pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
KJV 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.
TSK I pluck: 2ki 17:20, ps 52:5, jer 12:17, jer 18:7, jer 31:28, jer 45:4, jude 1:12; a proverb: de 28:37, 1ki 9:7, ne 4:1-4, ps 44:14, jer 24:9, la 2:15,16
Verse 21
WEB This house, which is so high, everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall say, ‘Why has Yahweh done thus to this land, and to this house?’
KJV 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?
TSK this house: 1ki 9:8; astonishment: 2ch 29:8, jer 19:8, jer 49:17, jer 50:13; Why: de 29:24-28, 1ki 9:8,9, jer 5:19, jer 13:22, jer 16:10-12, jer 22:8,9,28
Verse 22
WEB They shall answer, ‘Because they abandoned Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and took other gods, worshiped them, and served them. Therefore he has brought all this evil on them.’”
KJV 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.
TSK Because they forsook: jud 2:12,13, jer 1:16, la 2:16,17, la 4:13-15, eze 14:23, eze 36:17-20; therefore: 2ch 36:17, da 9:12