1 Now when Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed
the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and Yahweh’s glory filled the house.

2 The priests could not enter into Yahweh’s house, because Yahweh’s glory filled
Yahweh’s house.

3 All the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and Yahweh’s
glory was on the house. They bowed themselves with their faces to the ground on the
pavement, worshiped, and gave thanks to Yahweh, saying, “For he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever!”

4 Then the king and allthe people offered
sacrifices before Yahweh.

5 King Solomon offered a sacrifice of
twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a
hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the
king and all the people dedicated God’s
house.

6 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 forever.”
The priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood.

7 Moreover Solomon made the middle of
the court that was before Yahweh’s house
holy; 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, the meal offering, and the fat.

8 So Solomon held the feast at that time
for seven days, and all Israel with him, a
very great assembly, from the entrance of
Hamath to the brook of Egypt.

9 On the eighth day, they held a solemn
assembly; for they kept the dedication of
the altar seven days, and the feast seven
days.

10 On the twenty-third day ofthe seventh
month, he sent the people away to their
tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David, to
Solomon, and to Israel his people.

11 Thus Solomon finished Yahweh’s
house and the king’s house; and he
successfully completed all that came into
Solomon’s heart to make in Yahweh’s
house and in his own house.