2 Chronicles 7:4-11

International Standard Version

⁴Then the king and all the people kept on offering sacrifices in the presence of the Lord. ⁵King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep, which is how^[a] the king and all of the people dedicated God’s Temple. ⁶The priests stood in waiting at their assigned places, along with the descendants of Levi who carried musical instruments used in service to the Lord that King David had made for giving thanks to the Lord—because his gracious love is eternal—whenever David, accompanied by priests^[b] sounding trumpets, offered praises while all of Israel stood in the assembly.^[c]

⁷Solomon also dedicated the middle of the court in front of the Lord’s Temple by offering there burnt offerings and fat from peace offerings because the bronze altar that Solomon had made could not contain the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and fat portion offerings. ⁸At that time Solomon also held a week-long festival attended by all of Israel. The assembly was very large, and included people from as far away as Lebo-hamath^[d] to the Wadi^[e] of Egypt.^[f] ⁹On the day after the festival ended,^[g] they convened a solemn assembly, because they had been dedicating the altar for seven days and observing the festival for seven days. ¹⁰On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, King Solomon^[h] sent the people back home,^[i] and they returned^[j] rejoicing and in good spirits because of the goodness that the Lord had shown to David, to Solomon, and to his people Israel. ¹¹And so Solomon completed the Lord’s Temple, bringing to completion everything that he had planned on doing for the Lord’s Temple and for his own palace.

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Footnotes

2 Chronicles 7:5 The Heb. lacks which is how
2 Chronicles 7:6 Lit. David by their hand, that is, the priests,
2 Chronicles 7:6 The Heb. lacks in the assembly
2 Chronicles 7:8 I.e. the principal city of Syria to the north of Israel in the Orontes Valley.
2 Chronicles 7:8 I.e. a seasonal stream or river that channels water during rain seasons but is dry at other times
2 Chronicles 7:8 Or Brook of Egypt; the southwestern-most border of Israel
2 Chronicles 7:9 Lit. On the eighth day
2 Chronicles 7:10 Lit. he
2 Chronicles 7:10 Lit. back to their tents
2 Chronicles 7:10 The Heb. lacks and they returned

2 Chronicles 7:4-11

New International Version

⁴Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord. ⁵And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the people dedicated the temple of God. ⁶The priests took their positions, as did the Levites^(A) with the Lord’s musical instruments,^(B) which King David had made for praising the Lord and which were used when he gave thanks, saying, “His love endures forever.” Opposite the Levites, the priests blew their trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.

⁷Solomon consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple of the Lord, and there he offered burnt offerings and the fat^(C) of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar he had made could not hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat portions.

⁸So Solomon observed the festival^(D) at that time for seven days, and all Israel^(E) with him—a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath^(F) to the Wadi of Egypt.^(G) ⁹On the eighth day they held an assembly, for they had celebrated^(H) the dedication of the altar for seven days and the festival^(I) for seven days more. ¹⁰On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people to their homes, joyful and glad in heart for the good things the Lord had done for David and Solomon and for his people Israel.

The Lord Appears to Solomon^(J)

¹¹When Solomon had finished^(K) the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had succeeded in carrying out all he had in mind to do in the temple of the Lord and in his own palace,

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