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2 Chronicles 7:3

Moreover all the children of Israel saw the fire coming down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house: and falling down with their faces to the ground, upon the stone pavement, they adored and praised the Lord: because he is good, because his mercy endureth for ever.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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 worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

In Context

2Neither could the priests enter into the temple of the Lord, because the majesty of the Lord had filled the temple of the Lord.

4And the king and all the people sacrificed victims before the Lord.

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Cross References

Exodus 4:31And the people believed. And they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel: and that he had looked upon their affliction: and falling down they adored.

Numbers 14:5And when Moses and Aaron heard this, they fell down flat upon the ground before the multitude of the children of Israel.

1 Kings 18:39And when all the people saw this, they fell on their faces, and they said: The Lord he is God, the Lord he is God.

1 Chronicles 29:20And David commanded all the assembly: Bless ye the Lord our God. And all the assembly blessed the Lord the God of their fathers: and they bowed themselves and worshipped God, and then the king.

2 Chronicles 20:18Then Josaphat, and Juda, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell hat on the ground before the Lord, and adored him.

2 Chronicles 29:28And all the multitude adored, and the singers, and the trumpeters, were in their office till the holocaust was finished.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 7:2-12

God's Gracious Answer to Solomon. ( b. c. 1004.) 1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire 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 glory 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… Read the whole commentary →

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