2 Chronicles 7:3
All the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the LORD’s glory was on the house. They bowed themselves with their faces to the ground on the pavement, worshiped, and gave thanks to the LORD, saying, “For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever!”
World English Bible
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In Context
2The priests could not enter into the LORD’s house, because the LORD’s glory filled the LORD’s house.
4Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
Cross References
Exodus 4:31The people believed, and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.
Numbers 14:5Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
1 Kings 18:39When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “The LORD, he is God! The LORD, he is God!”
1 Chronicles 29:20Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless the LORD your God!” All the assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads and prostrated themselves before the LORD and the king.
2 Chronicles 20:18Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the LORD, worshiping the LORD.
2 Chronicles 29:28All the assembly worshiped, the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded. 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 →