2 Chronicles 7
1 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from the sky and burned all the offerings and sacrifices [that were on the altar], and the glorious radiance of Yahweh filled the temple.
and like/as to end: finish Solomon to/for to pray and [the] fire to go down from [the] heaven and to eat [the] burnt offering and [the] sacrifice and glory LORD to fill [obj] [the] house: home
2 The radiance [was extremely bright], with the result that the priests could not enter the temple of Yahweh.
and not be able [the] priest to/for to come (in): come to(wards) house: temple LORD for to fill glory LORD [obj] house: temple LORD
3 When all the Israeli people [who were there] saw the fire coming down and the glory of Yahweh above the temple, they prostrated themselves with their faces touching the ground. They worshiped and thanked Yahweh, singing, “Yahweh is always good to us; he faithfully loves us forever.”
and all son: descendant/people Israel to see: see in/on/with to go down [the] fire and glory LORD upon [the] house: home and to bow face land: soil [to] upon [the] pavement and to bow and to give thanks to/for LORD for pleasant for to/for forever: enduring kindness his
4 Then the king and all the people who were there dedicated the temple to Yahweh by offering more sacrifices to him. King Solomon gave 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep and goats to be sacrificed.
and [the] king and all [the] people to sacrifice sacrifice to/for face: before LORD
and to sacrifice [the] king Solomon [obj] sacrifice [the] cattle twenty and two thousand and flock hundred and twenty thousand and to dedicate [obj] house: temple [the] God [the] king and all [the] people
6 The priests stood in their positions, and the other descendants of Levi stood in their positions holding the musical instruments [to praise] Yahweh, instruments that King David had caused to be made for praising Yahweh and thanking him. [They sang], “He faithfully loves us forever.” Facing the other descendants of Levi the priests stood, blowing their trumpets, while all the Israeli people were standing [and listening].
and [the] priest upon charge their to stand: stand and [the] Levi in/on/with article/utensil song LORD which to make David [the] king to/for to give thanks to/for LORD for to/for forever: enduring kindness his in/on/with to boast: praise David in/on/with hand: themselves their and [the] priest (to blow *Q(k)*) before them and all Israel to stand: stand
7 Solomon dedicated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple. Then he gave offerings to be completely burned there along with the fat of the animals to be sacrificed to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. The priests burned them there in the courtyard because in addition to those things there were offerings of grain, with the result that there was not enough space on the bronze altar to burn all those sacrifices.
and to consecrate: consecate Solomon [obj] midst [the] court which to/for face: before house: temple LORD for to make: offer there [the] burnt offering and [obj] fat [the] peace offering for altar [the] bronze which to make Solomon not be able to/for to sustain [obj] [the] burnt offering and [obj] [the] offering and [obj] [the] fat
8 Solomon [and the other people] celebrated the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters for seven days. There was a huge group of people who celebrated with him. Some of them came from [as far away as] Lebo-Hamath [in the far north] and the border of Egypt [in the far south].
and to make: do Solomon [obj] [the] feast in/on/with time [the] he/she/it seven day and all Israel with him assembly great: large much from Lebo Hamath till Brook (Brook of) Egypt
9 On the eighth/next day they gathered again [to worship Yahweh]. They had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters for seven days.
and to make: do in/on/with day [the] eighth assembly for dedication [the] altar to make: do seven day and [the] feast seven day
10 Then on the next day Solomon sent them to their homes. They were very joyful because of all the good things that Yahweh had done for David and Solomon and for all his Israeli people.
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11 Solomon’s [workers] finished building the temple and Solomon’s palace. And Solomon finished doing everything else that he had planned to do.
and to end: finish Solomon [obj] house: temple LORD and [obj] house: home [the] king and [obj] all [the] to come (in): come upon heart Solomon to/for to make: do in/on/with house: temple LORD and in/on/with house: home his to prosper
12 Then Yahweh appeared to him one night [in a dream] and said to him, “I have heard your prayer, and I have chosen this temple to be the place where my people will offer sacrifices to me.
and to see: see LORD to(wards) Solomon in/on/with night and to say to/for him to hear: hear [obj] prayer your and to choose in/on/with place [the] this to/for me to/for house: home sacrifice
13 “When I prevent any rain from falling, or when I command locusts to eat all the crops, or when I send a plague among my people,
look! to restrain [the] heaven and not to be rain and look! to command upon locust to/for to eat [the] land: country/planet and if to send: depart pestilence in/on/with people my
14 if the people who belong to me humble themselves and pray, and request me to help them, and if they turn away from their sinful behavior, then I will hear from heaven. I will forgive them for having sinned and I will cause them to prosper again.
and be humble people my which to call: call by name my upon them and to pray and to seek face my and to return: repent from way: conduct their [the] bad: evil and I to hear: hear from [the] heaven and to forgive to/for sin their and to heal [obj] land: country/planet their
15 I [SYN] will see them and I [SYN] will hear them when they pray to me in this place.
now eye my to be to open and ear my attentive to/for prayer [the] place [the] this
16 I have chosen and have (set apart/dedicated) this temple in order that people may worship [MTY] me there forever. I will always watch over [MTY] it and protect [IDM] it.
and now to choose and to consecrate: consecate [obj] [the] house: home [the] this to/for to be name my there till forever: enduring and to be eye my and heart my there all [the] day
17 “And as for you, if you obey me as David your father did, and if you do all that I command you to do, and obey all my laws and decrees,
and you(m. s.) if to go: walk to/for face: before my like/as as which to go: walk David father your and to/for to make: do like/as all which to command you and statute: decree my and justice: judgement my to keep: obey
18 I will make sure that your descendants will always be kings, which is what I promised to David your father, saying, ‘Some of your descendants will always be the kings of Israel.’
and to arise: establish [obj] throne royalty your like/as as which to cut: lack to/for David father your to/for to say not to cut: lack to/for you man to rule in/on/with Israel
19 “But if you Israelis turn away from me and disobey the decrees and commands that I have given to you, and you start to worship other gods,
and if to return: turn back [emph?] you(m. p.) and to leave: forsake statute my and commandment my which to give: put to/for face: before your and to go: went and to serve: minister God another and to bow to/for them
20 I will cause you to be expelled from this land that I have given to you, and I will abandon this temple that I have set apart to be the place where people should worship me. I will cause it to be despised and ridiculed by people of all nations.
and to uproot them from upon land: soil my which to give: give to/for them and [obj] [the] house: home [the] this which to consecrate: consecate to/for name my to throw from upon face: before my and to give: make him to/for proverb and to/for taunt in/on/with all [the] people
21 Although this temple is now greatly respected, when that happens, all the people who pass by will be appalled, and they will say, ‘Why has Yahweh done terrible things like this to this country and to this temple?’
and [the] house: home [the] this which to be high to/for all to pass upon him be desolate: appalled and to say in/on/with what? to make: do LORD thus to/for land: country/planet [the] this and to/for house: home [the] this
22 And others will reply, ‘It happened because they rejected Yahweh, the God to whom their ancestors belonged, the one who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and they have been worshiping other gods and trying to please them. And that is why Yahweh has caused them to experience all these disasters.’”
and to say upon which to leave: forsake [obj] LORD God father their which to come out: send them from land: country/planet Egypt and to strengthen: hold in/on/with God another and to bow to/for them and to serve: minister them upon so to come (in): bring upon them [obj] all [the] distress: harm [the] this
