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7:9 On the eighth <08066> day <03117> they held <06213> an assembly <06116>, for <03588> they had dedicated <02598> the altar <04196> for seven <07651> days <03117> and celebrated <06213> the festival <02282> for seven <07651> more days <03117>. 7:10 On the twenty-third <07969> <06242> day <03117> of the seventh <07637> month <02320>, Solomon sent <07971> the people <05971> home <0168>. They left happy <08056> and contented <03820> <02896> because <05921> of the good <02896> the Lord <03068> had done <06213> for David <01732>, Solomon <08010>, and his people <05971> Israel <03478>. 7:11 After Solomon <08010> finished <03615> building the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and the royal <04428> palace <01004>, and accomplished <06743> all <03605> his <08010> plans <06213> <03820> <05921> <0935> for the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and his royal palace <01004>, 7:12 the Lord <03068> appeared <07200> to <0413> Solomon <08010> at night <03915> and said <0559> to him: “I have answered <08085> your prayer <08605> and chosen <0977> this <02088> place <04725> to be my temple <01004> where sacrifices <02077> are to be made. 7:13 When <02005> I close up <06113> the sky <08064> so that it doesn’t <03808> rain <04306>, or <02005> command <06680> locusts <02284> to devour <0398> the land’s <0776> vegetation, or <0518> send <07971> a plague <01698> among my people <05971>, 7:14 if my people <05971>, who <0834> belong to me <05921> <08034> <07121>, humble <03665> themselves, pray <06419>, seek <01245> to please me <06440>, and repudiate <07725> their sinful practices <07451> <01870>, then I <0589> will respond <08085> from <04480> heaven <08064>, forgive <05545> their sin <02403>, and heal <07495> their land <0776>. 7:15 Now <06258> I will be <01961> attentive <06605> and responsive <07183> to the prayers <08605> offered in this <02088> place <04725>. 7:16 Now <06258> I have chosen <0977> and consecrated <06942> this <02088> temple <01004> by making it my permanent <05769> home; I will be <01961> constantly present there <08033>. 7:17 You <0859> must serve <01980> me as <0834> your father <01> David <01732> did. Do <06213> everything <03605> I commanded <06680> and obey <08104> my rules <02706> and regulations <04941>. 7:18 Then I will establish <06965> your dynasty <04438> <03678>, just as <0834> I promised <03772> your father <01> David <01732>, ‘You will not <03808> fail <03772> to have a successor <0376> ruling over <04910> Israel <03478>.’ 7:19 “But if <0518> you <0859> people ever turn away <07725> from me, fail to obey <05800> the regulations <02708> and rules <04687> I instructed <05414> you to keep, and decide <01980> to serve <05647> and worship <07812> other <0312> gods <0430>, 7:20 then I will remove <05428> you from <05921> my land <0127> I have <0834> given <05414> you, I will abandon this <02088> temple <01004> I have <0834> consecrated <06942> with my presence <08034>, and I will make <05414> you an object of mockery <04912> and ridicule <08148> among all <03605> the nations <05971>. 7:21 As for this <02088> temple <01004>, which <0834> was <01961> once majestic <05945>, everyone <03605> who passes <05674> by <05921> it will be shocked <08074> and say <0559>, ‘Why <04100> did <06213> the Lord <03068> do this <03602> to this <02063> land <0776> and this <02088> temple <01004>?’ 7:22 Others will then answer <0559>, ‘Because <0834> <05921> they abandoned <05800> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of their ancestors <01>, who <0834> led <03318> them out <03318> of Egypt <04714>. They embraced <02388> other <0312> gods <0430> whom they worshiped <07812> and served <05647>. That is why <03651> <05921> he brought <0935> all <03605> this <02063> disaster <07451> down on <05921> them.’”

• 2Ch 7:11-22 -- The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning

• Solomon

  [ebd] peaceful, (Heb. Shelomoh), David's second son by Bathsheba, i.e., the first after their legal marriage (2 Sam. 12). He was probably born about B.C. 1035 (1 Chr. 22:5; 29:1). He succeeded his father on the throne in early man...
  [nave] SOLOMON Son of David by Bathsheba, 2 Sam. 12:24; 1 Kin. 1:13, 17, 21. Named Jedidiah, by Nathan the prophet, 2 Sam. 12:24, 25. Ancestor of Joseph, Matt. 1:6. Succeeds David to the throne of Israel, 1 Kin. 1:11-48; 2:12; 1...
  

• Temple

  [ebd] first used of the tabernacle, which is called "the temple of the Lord" (1 Sam. 1:9). In the New Testament the word is used figuratively of Christ's human body (John 2:19, 21). Believers are called "the temple of God" (1 Cor....
  [nave] TEMPLE. Solomon's Called also Temple of the Lord, 2 Kin. 11:10; Holy Temple, Psa. 79:1; Holy House, 1 Chr. 29:3; House of God, 1 Chr. 29:2; 2 Chr. 23:9; House of the Lord, 2 Chr. 23:5, 12; Jer. 28:5; Father's House, John 2...
  

• Temple, Solomon's

  [ebd] Before his death David had "with all his might" provided materials in great abundance for the building of the temple on the summit of Mount Moriah (1 Chr. 22:14; 29:4; 2 Chr. 3:1), on the east of the city, on the spot where ...
  

• Afflictions and Adversities

  [nave] AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Benefits of; Benefits of, Illustrated; Consolation in; Deliverance from; Design of; Despondency in; Dispe...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• Blessing

  [nave] BLESSING For blessing before eating, See: Prayer, Thanksgiving Before Taking Food. See also Benedictions. Responsive Blessings of the Law Deut. 28:1-14 For the responsive Curses of the law, See: Curse. Divine, Contingent...
  

• Prayer

  [ebd] is converse with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but in direct address to him. Prayer may be oral or mental, occasional or constant, ejaculatory or formal. It is a "beseeching t...
  [nave] PRAYER. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Answer to, Promised; Answered, Instances of Answered; Confession in; Importunity in, Instances of Importunity in; Intercessor...
  

• Locust

  [isbe] LOCUST - lo'-kust: The translation of a large number of Hebrew and Greek words: 1. Names: (1) 'arbeh from the root rabhah, "to increase" (compare Arabic raba', "to increase"). (2) sal`am, from obsolete [?] cal`am, "to swallo...
  [nave] LOCUST Authorized as food, Lev. 11:22; used as, Matt. 3:4; Mark 1:6. Plague of, Ex. 10:1-19; Psa. 105:34, 35. Devastation by, Deut. 28:38; 1 Kin. 8:37; 2 Chr. 7:13; Isa. 33:4; Joel 1:4-7; Rev. 9:7-10. Sun obscured by, Joe...
  

• Chastisement

  [nave] CHASTISEMENT. From God Lev. 26:28; Deut. 11:2-9; 2 Sam. 7:14, 15; 2 Chr. 6:24-31; 2 Chr. 7:13, 14; Job 5:17; Job 33:19; Psa. 6:1 Psa. 38:1. Psa. 73:14; Psa. 89:32; Psa. 94:12, 13; Psa. 106:41-44; Psa. 107:17-31; Psa. 118:1...
  

• Dedication

  [nave] DEDICATION Law concerning dedicated things, Lev. 27; Num. 18:14; 1 Chr. 26:26, 27. Must be without blemish, Lev. 22:18-23; Mal. 1:14. Not redeemable, Lev. 27:28, 29. Offering must be voluntary, Lev. 1:3; 22:19. See: Offe...
  

• Nation

  [nave] NATION Sins of, Isa. 30:1, 2. Chastised, Isa. 14:26, 27; Jer. 5:29; 18:6-10; 25:12-33; Ezek. 2:3-5; 39:23, 24; Dan. 7:9-12; 9:3-16; Hos. 7:12; Joel 1:1-20; Amos 9:9; Zeph. 3:6, 8. Perish, Psa. 9:17; Isa. 60:12. National a...
  

• PARABLE

  [ebd] (Gr. parabole), a placing beside; a comparison; equivalent to the Heb. mashal, a similitude. In the Old Testament this is used to denote (1) a proverb (1 Sam. 10:12; 24:13; 2 Chr. 7:20), (2) a prophetic utterance (Num. 23:7;...
  [smith] (The word parable is in Greek parable (parabole) which signifies placing beside or together, a comparison, a parable is therefore literally a placing beside, a comparison, a similitude, an illustration of one subject by anoth...
  

• Rain

  [nave] RAIN Forty days of, at the time of the flood, Gen. 7:4, 10-12, 17-24. The plague of, upon Egypt, Ex. 9:22-26, 33, 34. Miraculously caused by Samuel, 1 Sam. 12:16-19; by Elijah, 1 Kin. 18:41-45. David delivered by, 2 Sam. ...
  

• Protracted Meetings

  [nave] PROTRACTED MEETINGS, 1 Kin. 8:65; 2 Chr. 7:8-10; 30:23. See: Revivals.
  

• Repentance

  [nave] REPENTANCE Attributed to God, Gen. 6:6, 7; Ex. 32:14; Deut. 32:36; Judg. 2:18; 1 Sam. 15:11, 29, 35; 2 Sam. 24:16; 1 Chr. 21:15; Psa. 106:45; 110:4; 135:14; Jer. 15:6; 18:8, 10; 26:3; 42:10; Joel 2:13; Amos 7:3, 6; Jonah 3:9...
  

• Offerings

  [nave] OFFERINGS Offered at the door of the tabernacle, Lev. 1:3; 3:2; 17:4, 8, 9; of the temple, 2 Chr. 7:12; 1 Kin. 8:62; 12:27. All animal sacrifices must be eight days old or over, Lev. 22:27. Must be salted, Lev. 2:13; Ezek....
  

• David

  [nave] DAVID 1. King of Israel. Genealogy of, Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Sam. 16:11; 17:12; 1 Chr. 2:3-15; Matt. 1:1-6; Luke 3:31-38. A shepherd, 1 Sam. 16:11. Kills a lion and a bear, 1 Sam. 17:34-36. Anointed king, while a youth, by the ...
  

• Humiliation and Self-affliction

  [nave] HUMILIATION AND SELF-AFFLICTION. Enjoined Lev. 16:29-31; Lev. 23:26-32; Ezra 8:21-23; 2 Chr. 7:14 See: Fasting; Humility.
  

• Joy

  [nave] JOY Attributed to God, Deut. 28:63; 30:9; Jer. 32:41. In heaven, Luke 15:10-32. See: Shouting. Unclassified Scriptures Relating to Deut. 12:18; 1 Sam. 2:1; 1 Chr. 16:27; 2 Chr. 7:10; Ezra 6:22; Neh. 8:10, 12; Neh. 12:43;...
  

• Drought

  [nave] DROUGHT. Gen. 31:40; 1 Kin. 17; 18; Jer. 14:1-6. Sent by God as a judgment, Deut. 28:23, 24; 1 Kin. 8:35; 2 Chr. 6:26; 7:13; Hos. 13:15. See: Famine; Meteorology; Rain. Figurative Psa. 32:4; Isa. 44:3.
  

• Prayer, Blessing, and Dedication

  

• Does the Bible speak more about Hell than Heaven?
  I've heard and read the same statement a number of times, but have never troubled myself to look up each passage. I'm not surprised that looking up "heaven" and "hell" in a concordance would give you contradictory results. T...
• Should a Christian Be Joyful?
  God gives joy and Christ was appointed to give it, since the Gospels, which treat of him, are the "good tidings" (Ecc. 2:26; Is. 61:3; Luke 2:10,11) and God's Word affords joy (Neh. 8:12; Jer. 15:16). Joy is promised to saint...

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