2 Chronicles 7:3
When all the people of Israel saw the fire come down and the glory of Yahweh over the house, they bowed down with their faces to the ground on the stone pavement and worshiped and gave thanks to Yahweh. They said, “For he is good, for his covenant loyalty endures forever.”
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2The priests could not enter the house of Yahweh, because his glory filled his house.
4So the king and all the people offered sacrifices to Yahweh.
Cross References
Exodus 4:31The people believed. When they heard that Yahweh had observed the Israelites and that he had seen their oppression, then they bowed their heads and worshiped him.
Numbers 14:5Then Moses and Aaron lay facedown before all the assembly of the community of the people of Israel.
1 Kings 18:39When all the people saw this, they lay facedown on the ground and said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”
1 Chronicles 29:20David said to all the assembly, “Now bless Yahweh your God.” All the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, bowed their heads and worshiped Yahweh and prostrated themselves before the king.
2 Chronicles 20:18Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground. All Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Yahweh, worshiping him.
2 Chronicles 29:28All the assembly worshiped, the singers sang, and the trumpeters played; all this continued until the burnt offering 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 →