2 Chronicles · Chapter 7

[ edit] And whanne Salomon hadde fulfilde heeldynge out preyers, fijr came doun fro heuen, and deuoured þe brent ſacrifices, and þe ſlayn offrynges; and þe mageſte of þe Lord fulfilde þe hous. And þe preſtis myȝten not goon in to þe temple of þe Lord; forþi þat þe mageſte of þe Lord hadde fulfilde þe temple of þe Lord. Bot and alle þe ſonis of Yſrael ſawen fijr goyng doun, and þe glorie of þe Lord vpon þe hous, and fallynge doun bowed in to þe erþ vpon þe pament paued wiþ ſtoon, honourden, and preyſeden þe Lord, For he is good, for in to þe world þe mercy of hym. Þe kyng forſoþe, and al þe puple offreden ſlayn offryngis beforn þe Lord.

Kyng Salomon þanne ſlowȝ hooſtis of oxen two and twenty þouſand, of weþers an hundreþ and twenty þouſand; and þe kyng bilde up þe hous of God, and al þe puple. Þe preſtis forſoþe ſtooden in þeir offices, and þe Leuytes in orgnys of dytees of þe Lord, þe whiche kyng Dauid maad to preyſen þe Lord, For in to world þe mercy of hym, ſyngynge þe ympnes of Dauid bi þeir hondis; bot þe preſtis ſungyn in trumpis beforne hem, and al þe puple of Yrael ſtood.

And Salomon halowed þe myddil of þe porche beforn þe temple of þe Lord; forſoþe he hadde offrede þere brent ſacrifices, and talwes of peyſible þingis, for þe braſen auter þat he hadde maad myȝte not ſuſteynen þe brent ſacrifices, and ſacrifices, and talwes of peyſible þingus. Þanne Salamon made ſolempnyte in þat tyme ſeuen days, and al Yrael wiþ hym, a ful grete chirche, fro þe entre of Emaþ vnto þe ſtreme of Egipt. And þe eyȝþe day he maad a collect, for þi þat he halowed þe auter ſeuen dais, and hadde halowede þe ſolempnyte ſeuen days.

Þanne in þe þre and twentiþe day of þe ſeuenþ moneþ he laft þe puplis to þeir tabernaclis, ioyinge and gladynge vpon þe good þat God hadde don to Dauid, and to Salomon, and to his puple Iſrael. And Salomon ful eendid þe hous of þe Lord, and þe hous of þe kyng, and alle þingus þat he hadde diſpoſed in his hert, þat he do in þe hous of þe Lord and in his owne hous; and he is maad welſum.

Forſoþe þe Lord aperde to hym þe nyȝt, and ſeiþ, I haue herde þi preier, and choſen þis place to me in to an hous of ſacrifice. Ȝif I ſchal cloſen heuen, and reyn flowe not, and ſchul ſenden, and comaunden to þe locuſt, þat he deuoure þe lond, and ſchul ſende peſtilence in to my puple; forſoþe my puple turned, vpon whom inwardly clepid is my name, me han preyed, and ſouȝt my face, and done penaunce fro þeir werſt weyes, I ſchal heere fro heuen, and ben mercyable to þe ſynnes of hem, and helyn þeir lond.

Alſo myn eeȝen ſchul ben opened, and my eeris rerid up to þe horiſoun of hym, þat in þis place ſchal preie; forſoþe I haue choſen, and halowed þis place, þat my name be þere in to euermore, and my eeȝen and myn herte abiden ſtille þere alle days.

Þou alſo, ȝif þou go before me, as ȝeede Dauid þi fadir, and doſt aftir alle þingus þat I haue comaundide to þee, and my riȝtwiſneſſe and domes kepiſt, I ſchal areren þe trone of þi rewme, as I behiȝte to Dauid þi fadir, ſeyinge, Þere ſchal not ben don awei fro þi lynage a man, þat be prince in Yſrael. Ȝif forſoþe ȝe weren turned aweiward, and forſaken myn riȝtwiſneſſes and myn heſtis þat I haue purpoſed to ȝou, and goynge awey ȝe ſeruen to alyen goddis, and honouren hem, I ſchal pullen ȝou vp fro my lond, þat I haue ȝeuen to ȝou, and þis hous þat I haue bilde to my name I ſchal þrowen awey fro my face, and taken it in to a parable, and in to exſaumple to alle puplis.

And þis hous ſchal ben in to a prouerbe to alle weye goeris; and þei ſchuln ſeyn, wondrynge, Why þus dide þe Lord to þis lond, and to þis hous? And þei ſchuln anſweryn, For þei forſoken þe Lord God of þeir faders, þe whiche lad hem out fro þe lond of Egipt, and han taken alyen goddis, and honoureden hem, and heryeden; þerfor camen vpon þem alle þes euels.