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2 Chronicles 7

2 Chron. 7:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Nowz when Solomon
Shlomoh (Hebrew #8010)
peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor
KJV usage: Solomon.
Pronounce: shel-o-mo'
Origin: from 7965
had made an end
kalah (Hebrew #3615)
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
KJV usage: accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when ... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, X fully, X have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.
Pronounce: kaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
of praying
palal (Hebrew #6419)
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
KJV usage: intreat, judge(-ment), (make) pray(-er, -ing), make supplication.
Pronounce: paw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
, the fire
'esh (Hebrew #784)
fire (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
Pronounce: aysh
Origin: a primitive word
a came down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
from heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
, and consumed
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
the burnt offering
`olah (Hebrew #5930)
feminine active participle of 5927; a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
KJV usage: ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to. See also 5766.
Pronounce: o-law'
Origin: or mowlah {o-law'}
and the sacrifices
zebach (Hebrew #2077)
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
KJV usage: offer(- ing), sacrifice.
Pronounce: zeh'-bakh
Origin: from 2076
; and the glory
kabowd (Hebrew #3519)
from 3513; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
KJV usage: glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).
Pronounce: kaw-bode'
Origin: rarely kabod {kaw-bode'}
b of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
filled
male' (Hebrew #4390)
a primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: accomplish, confirm, + consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, X draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-)flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-)full, + have wholly.
Pronounce: maw-lay'
Origin: or malae (Esth. 7:5) {maw-law'}
the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
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1 Kings 8:54• 54And it was so, that when Solomon had ended praying all this prayer and supplication to Jehovah, he arose from before the altar of Jehovah, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth to the heavens, (1 Kings 8:54)
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Ex. 29:43• 43And there will I meet with the children of Israel; and it shall be hallowed by my glory. (Ex. 29:43)
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Lev. 9:24• 24And there went out fire from before Jehovah, and consumed on the altar the burnt-offering and the fat; and all the people saw it, and they shouted, and fell on their faces. (Lev. 9:24)
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Judg. 6:21• 21And the Angel of Jehovah put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. And the Angel of Jehovah departed out of his sight. (Judg. 6:21)
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1 Kings 18:38• 38Then the fire of Jehovah fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. (1 Kings 18:38)
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1 Chron. 21:26• 26And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him from the heavens by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering. (1 Chron. 21:26)
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Mal. 3:1‑2• 1Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith Jehovah of hosts.
 2But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers’ soap: (Mal. 3:1‑2)
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2 Chron. 5:13‑14• 13—it came to pass when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one voice to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah; and when they lifted up their voice with trumpets, and cymbals, and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah: For he is good, for his loving-kindness endureth forever; that then the house, the house of Jehovah, was filled with a cloud,
 14and the priests could not stand to do their service because of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah had filled the house of God. (2 Chron. 5:13‑14)
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Ezek. 10:3‑4• 3Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
 4Then the glory of Jehovah went up from the cherub over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Jehovah's glory. (Ezek. 10:3‑4)

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Burnt Offering or Sacrifice,
Fire,
Glory,
Heaven,
House,
Offering; Offering Up,
Sacrifice,
Solomon

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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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.
1 Kings 8:54‑61• 54And it was so, that when Solomon had ended praying all this prayer and supplication to Jehovah, he arose from before the altar of Jehovah, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth to the heavens,
 55and he stood and blessed the whole congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
 56Blessed be Jehovah, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there has not failed one word of all his good promises which he spoke through Moses his servant!
 57Jehovah our God be with us, as he was with our fathers; let him not forsake us nor cast us off:
 58that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.
 59And let these my words, with which I have made supplication before Jehovah, be nigh to Jehovah our God day and night, that he maintain the right of his servant, and the right of his people Israel, as the matter of each day shall require;
 60that all peoples of the earth may know that Jehovah is God, that there is none else;
 61and that your heart may be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes and to keep his commandments, as at this day. (1 Kings 8:54‑61)
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Isa. 65:24• 24And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; while they are yet speaking, I will hear. (Isa. 65:24)
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Dan. 9:20• 20Whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin, and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Jehovah my God for the holy mountain of my God; (Dan. 9:20)
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Acts 4:31• 31And when they prayed, the place wherein they were gathered together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God with boldness. (Acts 4:31)
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Acts 16:25‑26• 25But about midnight, Paul and Silas in praying were singing praises to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;
 26and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and the bands of all were loosed. (Acts 16:25‑26)
the fire.
Gen. 15:17• 17And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. (Gen. 15:17)
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Ex. 29:43• 43And there will I meet with the children of Israel; and it shall be hallowed by my glory. (Ex. 29:43)
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Lev. 9:24• 24And there went out fire from before Jehovah, and consumed on the altar the burnt-offering and the fat; and all the people saw it, and they shouted, and fell on their faces. (Lev. 9:24)
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Judg. 6:21• 21And the Angel of Jehovah put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. And the Angel of Jehovah departed out of his sight. (Judg. 6:21)
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1 Kings 18:24,38• 24and call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of Jehovah: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
 38Then the fire of Jehovah fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. (1 Kings 18:24,38)
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1 Chron. 21:26• 26And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him from the heavens by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering. (1 Chron. 21:26)
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Mal. 3:1‑2• 1Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith Jehovah of hosts.
 2But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers’ soap: (Mal. 3:1‑2)
the glory.
2 Chron. 5:13‑14• 13—it came to pass when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one voice to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah; and when they lifted up their voice with trumpets, and cymbals, and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah: For he is good, for his loving-kindness endureth forever; that then the house, the house of Jehovah, was filled with a cloud,
 14and the priests could not stand to do their service because of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah had filled the house of God. (2 Chron. 5:13‑14)
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Ex. 40:34‑35• 34And the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.
 35And Moses could not enter into the tent of meeting, for the cloud abode on it, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle. (Ex. 40:34‑35)
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Lev. 9:23• 23And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and came out, and blessed the people; and Jehovah's glory appeared to all the people. (Lev. 9:23)
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1 Kings 8:10‑11• 10And it came to pass when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah,
 11and the priests could not stand to do their service because of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah had filled the house of Jehovah. (1 Kings 8:10‑11)
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Isa. 6:1‑4• 1In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
 2Above him stood the seraphim each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
 3And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, [is] Jehovah of hosts: the whole earth [is] full of his glory.
 4And the foundations of the thresholds were moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. (Isa. 6:1‑4)
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Ezek. 10:3‑4• 3Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
 4Then the glory of Jehovah went up from the cherub over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Jehovah's glory. (Ezek. 10:3‑4)
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Ezek. 43:5• 5And the Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of Jehovah filled the house. (Ezek. 43:5)
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Ezek. 44:4• 4Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house. And I looked, and behold the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah; and I fell upon my face. (Ezek. 44:4)
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Hag. 2:7‑9• 7and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith Jehovah of hosts.
 8The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith Jehovah of hosts.
 9The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, saith Jehovah of hosts; and in this place will I give peace, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Hag. 2:7‑9)
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Rev. 21:23• 23And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon, that they should shine on it: for the glory of God illumined it, and the Lamb is the lamp of it. (Rev. 21:23)
• Next in chapter 7 we find in verses 2 Chron. 7:1-3; 6-7 a passage which is lacking in the book of Kings....This passage tallies with and admirably harmonizes with the character of the millennial worship, as presented in Chronicles! (“Solomon's Prayer: 2 Chronicles 6-7” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And when Solomon had ended praying, the fire came down from the heavens and consumed the burnt-offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of Jehovah filled the house.

W. Kelly Translation

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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 Jehovah filled the house.