God having given testimony to Solomon's prayer by fire from heaven, and glory in the Temple, the people worship him.

1 ¶ Now when Solomonº had made an endºª of praying,ºª the fireº came downºª from heaven,º² and consumedºª the burnt offeringº and the sacrifices;º and the gloryº of the LORDº filledºª² the house.º 2 And the priestsº couldºª not² enterºª into² the houseº of the LORD,º because² the gloryº of the LORDº had filledºª² the LORD'Sº house.º 3 And when all² the childrenº of Israelº sawºª how the fireº came down,ºª and the gloryº of the LORDº upon² the house,º they bowedºª themselves with their facesº to the groundº upon² the pavement,º and worshipped,ºª and praisedºª the LORD,º [saying], For² [he is] good;º for² his mercyº [endureth] for ever.º

Solomon's solemn sacrifice.

4 ¶ Then the kingº and all² the peopleº offeredºª sacrificesº beforeº the LORD.º 5 And kingº Solomonº offeredºª² a sacrificeº of twentyº and twoº thousandº oxen,º and an hundredº and twentyº thousandº sheep:º so the kingº and all² the peopleº dedicatedºª² the houseº of God.º 6 And the priestsº waitedºª on² their offices:º the Levitesº also with instrumentsº of musickº of the LORD,º which² Davidº the kingº had madeºª to praiseºª the LORD,º because² his mercyº [endureth] for² ever,¹ when Davidº praisedºª by their ministry;º and the priestsº sounded² trumpetsºªªª before² them, and all² Israelº stood.ºª 7 Moreover Solomonº hallowedºª² the middleº of the courtº that² [was] beforeº the houseº of the LORD:º for² there² he offeredºª burnt offerings,º and the fatº of the peace offerings,º because² the brasenº altarº which² Solomonº had madeºª was not ableºª² to receiveºª² the burnt offerings,º and the meat offerings,º and the fat.º

Solomon having kept the feast of Tabernacles, and the feast of the dedication of the altar, dismisseth the people.

8 ¶ Also at the same² timeº Solomonº keptºª² the feastº sevenº days,º and all² Israelº with² him, a veryº greatº congregation,º from the entering inºª² of Hamathº unto² the riverº of Egypt.º 9 And in the eighthº dayº they madeºª a solemn assembly:º for² they keptºª the dedicationº of the altarº sevenº days,º and the feastº sevenº days.º 10 And on the threeº and twentiethº dayº of the seventhº monthº he sentºª² the peopleº away¹ª into their tents,º gladº and merryº in heartº for² the goodnessº that² the LORDº had shewedºª unto David,º and to Solomon,º and to Israelº his people.º 11 Thus Solomonº finishedºª² the houseº of the LORD,º and the king'sº house:º and all² that cameºª into² Solomon'sº heartº to makeºª in the houseº of the LORD,º and in his own house,º he prosperously effected.ºª

God appearing to Solomon giveth him promises upon condition.

12 ¶ And the LORDº appearedºª to² Solomonº by night,º and saidºª unto him, I have heardºª² thy prayer,º and have chosenºª this² placeº to myself for an houseº of sacrifice.º 13 Ifº I shut upºª heavenº that there be² no² rain,º or if² I commandºª² the locustsº to devourºª the land,º or if² I sendºª pestilenceº among my people;º 14 If my people,º which² are calledºª² by my name,º shall humble¹ª themselves,² and pray,ºª and seekºª my face,º and turnºª from their wickedº ways;º² then will I² hearºª from² heaven,º and will forgiveºª their sin,º and will healºª² their land.º 15 Now² mine eyesº shall be² open,ºª and mine earsº attentº unto the prayerº [that is made] in this² place.º 16 For now² have I chosenºª and sanctifiedºª² this² house,º that my nameº may be² there² for¹ ever:º² and mine eyesº and mine heartº shall be² there² perpetually.º² 17 And as for thee,² if² thou wilt walk¹ª² beforeº me, as² Davidº thy fatherº walked,ºª and doºª according to all² that² I have commandedºª thee, and shalt observeºª my statutesº and my judgments;º 18 Then will I stablishºª² the throneº of thy kingdom,º according as² I have covenantedºª with Davidº thy father,º saying,ºª There shall not² failºª thee a manº [to be] rulerºª in Israel.º 19 But if² ye² turn away,ºª and forsakeºª my statutesº and my commandments,º which² I have setºª beforeº you, and shall goºª and serveºª otherº gods,º and worshipºª them; 20 Then will I pluck them up by the rootsºª out of²² my landº which² I have givenºª them; and this² house,º which² I have sanctifiedºª for my name,º will I cast outºª of²² my sight,º and will makeºª it [to be] a proverbº and a bywordº among all² nations.º 21 And this² house,º which² is² high,º shall be an astonishmentºª to every one² that passethºª by² it; so that he shall say,ºª Why² hath the LORDº doneºª thus² unto this² land,º and unto this² house?º 22 And it shall be answered,ºª Because²² they forsookºª² the LORDº Godº of their fathers,º which² brought them forthºª out of the landº² of Egypt,º and laid holdºª on otherº gods,º and worshippedºª them, and servedºª them: therefore²² hath he broughtºª² all² this² evilº upon² them.