Now when Solomon had made an end of ^apraying, the ^bfire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the house.

 2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord, because the ^aglory of the Lord had filled the Lord's house.

 3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and ^aworshipped, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

 4 Then the king and all the people ^aoffered sacrifices before the Lord.

 5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people ^adedicated the house of God.

 6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the Lord, which David the king had made to praise the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

 7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.

 8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the ^afeast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the ^briver of Egypt.