1-3 God having given testimony to Solomon's prayer by fire from heaven, and glory in the temple, the people worship him 4-7 Solomon's solemn sacrifice 8-11 Solomon having kept the feast of tabernacles, and the feast of dedication of the altar, dismisses the people 12-22 God appearing to Solomon, gives him promises upon condition

when Solomon 1Ki 8:54 Isa 65:24 Da 9:20 Ac 4:31 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 43:5 44:4 Hag 2:7-9 Re 21:23

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.

the priests 2Ch 5:14 Ex 24:17 Isa 6:5 Re 15:8

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.

they bowed Ex 4:31 Le 9:24 Nu 14:5 16:22 1Ki 18:39 1Ch 29:20 Ps 95:6

For he is 2Ch 5:13 20:21 1Ch 16:41 Ezr 3:11 Ps 103:17 136:1 Isa 63:7 Jer 33:11 Heb 7:24,25 Lu 1:50

4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

Then the king They presented the victims to the priests, and they and the Levites slew them, and sprinkled the blood; or, perhaps, the people themselves slew them, and having caught the blood, collected the fat, etc. presented them to the priests to be offered as the law required.

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.

a sacrifice 2Ch 1:6 5:6 15:11 29:32,33 30:24 35:7-9 1Ki 8:62,63 1Ch 29:21 Ezr 6:16,17 Eze 45:17 Mic 6:7

twenty and two The number of sheep and oxen here mentioned has to some appeared incredibly large; but it must be considered that a prodigious number of persons was now at Jerusalem, and that this was the amount of all the victims that had been offered during the seven days of the feast of tabernacles, as well as the time the feast of the dedication lasted.

dedicated 2Ch 2:4 Nu 7:10 1Ki 8:63 Ezr 6:16 Joh 10:22

6 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.

the priests 1Ch 16:39,40 24:1-3

the levites 2Ch 29:25 1Ch 6:31,32 15:16-21 16:4-6,41,42 25:1-7 25:1-7 Ps 87:7

which David Am 6:5

because his mercy 2Ch 7:3 1Ch 16:34 Ps 106:1 107:1 118:1-4 138:8

ministry [heb] hand Isa 52:6

the priests 2Ch 5:12 Nu 10:1-10 Jos 6:4 1Ch 13:8 15:24 16:6,42

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 brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.

hallowed 2Ch 36:14 Nu 16:37,38 1Ki 8:64 Heb 13:10-12

the brazen 2Ch 4:1

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.

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 That is, from one extremity of the land to another; Hamath being situated on the north, and the river of Egypt on the south. Ge 15:18 Nu 34:5-8 Jos 13:3-5 1Ki 4:21-25 Am 6:14

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.

solemn assembly [heb] restraint Le 23:36 De 16:8 Ne 8:18 Joe 1:14

seven days 2Ch 30:23 1Ki 8:65

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 showed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.

three and twentieth 1Ki 8:66

glad 2Ch 29:36 30:26 De 12:7,12,18 16:11,14 Ne 8:10 Ps 32:11 33:1 92:4 100:2 105:3 106:5 Ac 2:46 16:34 Php 4:4

goodness 2Ch 6:41 Ex 18:1

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.

Solomon 2Ch 2:1 1Ki 9:1

all that came Ec 2:4,10,11

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.

the Lord 2Ch 1:7 Ge 17:1 1Ki 9:2

I have heard 2Ki 20:5 Ps 10:17 66:19 Lu 1:13 Ac 10:31 1Jo 5:14,15

have chosen 2Ch 7:16 De 12:5,11 Ps 78:68,69 132:13,14

an house of sacrifice 2Ki 2:6 De 12:6

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;

If I shut up heaven 2Ch 6:26-28 De 11:17 Job 11:10 12:14 Ps 107:34 Lu 4:25 Re 3:7 Re 3:7 11:6

I command Ex 10:4-6 Ps 105:34 Joe 1:4-7 2:25

I send Nu 14:12 16:46,47 2Sa 24:13-15 Eze 14:19-21

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.

my people Isa 63:19

which are called by my name [heb] upon whom my name is called
humble 2Ch 6:37-39 33:12,13,18,19 Le 26:40,41 De 4:29,30 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 59:20 Eze 18:27-30

will I hear 2Ch 6:27,30,39

heal their land Ps 60:2 Jer 8:22 33:6 51:9

15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

mine eyes 2Ch 6:20,40 De 11:12 Ne 1:6 Ps 65:2 130:2 1Pe 3:12

that is made in this place [heb] of this place 2Ch 6:40

16 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.

have I chosen De 12:21 16:11 1Ki 8:16,44,48 Ps 132:14 Zec 3:2

my name 2Ch 6:5,6,20 33:4-7 1Ki 8:35 9:3 2Ki 21:4,7,8

eyes 2Ch 7:15 Mt 3:17 Joh 2:19-21 Col 2:9

17 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;

if thou wilt De 28:1 1Ki 2:3 3:14 8:25 9:4 11:38 1Ch 28:9 Zec 3:7

observe De 4:40 Ps 105:45 Eze 36:27 Joh 14:21 15:10

18 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.

stablish 2Sa 7:13-16

as I have Ps 89:28-40 132:11,12

shall not 1Ki 9:5 Jer 33:20,21,25,26

fail thee [heb] be cut off to thee 2Ch 6:16

19 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;

if ye turn away Le 26:14,33 De 28:15,36,37 1Sa 12:25 1Ch 28:9

shall go De 4:23-27 Jos 23:15,16 1Ki 9:6,7 11:4-8

20 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.

I pluck 2Ki 17:20 Ps 52:5 Jer 12:17 18:7 31:28 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

21 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?

this house 1Ki 9:8

astonishment 2Ch 29:8 Jer 19:8 49:17 50:13

Why De 29:24-28 1Ki 9:8,9 Jer 5:19 13:22 16:10-12 22:8,9,28

22 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.

Because they forsook Jud 2:12,13 Jer 1:16 La 2:16,17 4:13-15 Eze 14:23 36:17-20

therefore 2Ch 36:17 Da 9:12