2 The priests could not enter into the Lord’s house, because the Lord’s glory filled the Lord’s house.
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, worshipped, and gave thanks to the Lord, saying,“For he is good;for his loving kindness endures forever.”
4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord.
5 King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated God’s house.
6 The priests stood, according to their positions; the Levites also with instruments of music of the Lord, which David the king had made to give thanks to the Lord, when David praised by their ministry, saying “For his loving kindness endures forever.” The priests sounded shofars before them; and all Israel stood.
7 Moreover Solomon made the middle of the court that was before the Lord’s house holy; for there he offered the burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offering, the meal offering, and the fat.
8 So Solomon held the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt.