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1As soon as Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and burned up the offerings. The Lord 's dazzling glory then filled the temple,[#Lv 9.23,24.]
2and the priests could not go in.
3When the crowd of people saw the fire and the Lord 's glory, they knelt down and worshiped the Lord . They prayed:[#1 Ch 16.34; 2 Ch 5.11-13; Ezra 3.11; Ps 100.5; 106.1; 107.1; 118.1; 136.1; Jr 33.11.]
“The Lord is good,
and his love never ends.”
4-5Solomon and the people dedicated the temple to the Lord by sacrificing 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep.
6Everybody stood up during the ceremony. The priests were in their assigned places, blowing their trumpets. And the Levites faced them, playing the musical instruments that David had made for them to use when they praised the Lord for his never-ending love.
7On that same day, Solomon dedicated the courtyard in front of the temple and got it ready to be used for worship. The bronze altar he had made was too small, so he used the courtyard to offer sacrifices to please the Lord and grain sacrifices, and also to send up in smoke the fat from the other offerings.[#7.7 See the note at 1.6.]
8For 7 days, Solomon and the crowd celebrated the Festival of Shelters, and people came from as far away as the Egyptian Gorge in the south and Lebo-Hamath in the north.
9Then on the next day, everyone came together for worship. They had celebrated a total of 14 days, 7 days for the dedication of the altar and 7 more days for the festival.
10Then on the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent everyone home. They left very happy because of all the good things the Lord had done for David and Solomon, and for his people Israel.[#7.10 See the note at 5.2,3.]
11The Lord 's temple and Solomon's palace were now finished. In fact, everything Solomon had planned to do was completed.
12Some time later, the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream and said: