X-Dreamers
Bible chapter guide
2 Chronicles 7
When Solomon finishes praying, fire comes down from heaven to consume the offerings and the glory of the LORD fills the house. The dedication and the feast last fourteen days, and God answers by night: 'If my people humble themselves and pray… I will hear from heaven.'
Summary written for the Labs; read the chapter itself for the full text.
See it in the Labs
Also in this chapter
How sure can we be?
- Textually stated
The ark was brought up in the seventh month, the month Ethanim, at the feast.
Stated in 1 Kings 8:2; the feast of the seventh month is the Feast of Tabernacles.
- Textually stated
22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep were offered.
Stated in 1 Kings 8:63 and 2 Chronicles 7:5; the middle of the court was consecrated because the bronze altar was too small (8:64).
- Textually stated
Fire came down from heaven and consumed the offerings, and the people bowed with their faces to the pavement.
Stated in 2 Chronicles 7:1–3; Kings does not mention it.