2 Chronicles 7:1-3

Solomon Dedicates the Temple

7:1 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven 1  and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the Lord’s splendor filled the temple. 7:2 The priests were unable to enter the Lord’s temple because the Lord’s splendor filled the Lord’s temple. 7:3 When all the Israelites saw the fire come down and the Lord’s splendor over the temple, they got on their knees with their faces downward toward the pavement. They worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying, 2  “Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!”

2 Chronicles 7:10-12

7:10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon 3  sent the people home. They left 4  happy and contented 5  because of the good the Lord had done for David, Solomon, and his people Israel.

The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning

7:11 After Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and the royal palace, and accomplished all his plans for the Lord’s temple and his royal palace, 6  7:12 the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: “I have answered 7  your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made. 8 

1 tn Or “the sky.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

2 tn The word “saying” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

4 tn The words “they left” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

5 tn Heb “good of heart.”

6 tn Heb “and all that entered the heart of Solomon to do in the house of the Lord and in his house he successfully accomplished.”

7 tn Heb “I have heard.”

8 tn Heb “temple of sacrifice.” This means the Lord designated the temple as the place for making sacrifices, and this has been clarified in the translation.