the hearts of the children of men:)
[31] That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live
in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
[32] Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of
thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and
thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;
[33] Then hear thou from the heavens, even
from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of
the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house
which I have built is called by thy name.
[34] If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the
way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and
the house which I have built for thy name;
[35] Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their
supplication, and maintain their cause.
[36] If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth
not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them
away captives unto a land far off or near;
[37] Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they
are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned,
we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
[38] If they return to thee with all their heart and with all
their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their
land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the
house which I have built for thy name:
[39] Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling
place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have
sinned against thee.
[40] Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be
attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
[41] Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting
place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let
thy saints rejoice in goodness.
[42] O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the
mercies of David thy servant.
2Chr.7
[1] 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.
[2] And the priests could
not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house.
[3]
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.
[4] Then the king and all the
people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
[5] 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.
[6] And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick
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.
[7]
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 brasen altar which Solomon
had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.
[8] 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.
[9] 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.
[10] 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 shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his
people.
[11] 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.
[12]
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.
[13] 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;
[14] 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.
[15] Now
mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
[16] For now
have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine