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Second Book of Chronicles, Chapter 7

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Chapter 7 of 2 Chronicles—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Now as soon as Solʹo·mon finished praying,1 the fire itself came down from the heavens2 and proceeded to consume the burnt offering3 and the sacrifices, and Jehovah’s glory4 itself filled the house.
  2. And the priests were unable to enter into the house of Jehovah5 because Jehovah’s glory had filled the house of Jehovah.
  3. And all the sons of Israel were spectators when the fire came down and the glory of Jehovah was upon the house, and they immediately bowed6 low with their faces to the earth upon the pavement and prostrated7 themselves and thanked Jehovah, “for he is good,8 for his loving-kindness is to time indefinite.”9
  4. ¶ And the king and all the people were offering sacrifice before Jehovah.10
  5. And King Solʹo·mon went on offering the sacrifice of twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep.11 Thus the king and all the people inaugurated12 the house of the [true] God.
  6. And the priests13 were standing at their posts of duty, and the Levites14 with the instruments of song15 to Jehovah that David16 the king had made to thank Jehovah, “for his loving-kindness is to time indefinite,” when David would render praise by their hand; and the priests were loudly sounding the trumpets17 in front of them, while all the Israelites were standing.
  7. ¶ Then Solʹo·mon sanctified18 the middle of the courtyard that was before the house of Jehovah, because there he rendered up the burnt offerings19 and the fat pieces of the communion sacrifices, for the copper altar20 that Solʹo·mon had made was itself not able to contain the burnt offering and the grain offering21 and the fat pieces.22
  8. And Solʹo·mon proceeded to hold the festival23 at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him,24 a very great congregation[a]25 from the entering in of Haʹmath26 down to the torrent valley of Egypt.27
  9. But on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly,28 because the inauguration of the altar they had held for seven days and the festival for seven days.
  10. And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their homes, joyful29 and feeling good at heart over the goodness30 that Jehovah had performed toward David and toward Solʹo·mon and toward Israel his people.31
  11. ¶ Thus Solʹo·mon finished the house of Jehovah32 and the house of the king;33 and in everything that had come into Solʹo·mon’s heart to do regarding the house of Jehovah and his own house he proved successful.
  12. Jehovah now appeared34 to Solʹo·mon during the night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer,35 and I have chosen36 this place for myself as a house of sacrifice.37
  13. When I shut up the heavens that no rain may occur38 and when I command the grasshoppers to eat up the land39 and if I send a pestilence among my people,40
  14. and my people41 upon whom my name42 has been called humble43 themselves and pray44 and seek my face45 and turn back from their bad ways,46 then I myself shall hear from the heavens47 and forgive their sin,48 and I shall heal their land.49
  15. Now my own eyes50 will prove to be opened and my ears51 attentive to prayer at this place.
  16. And now I do choose52 and sanctify this house that my name53 may prove to be there to time indefinite,54 and my eyes and my heart will certainly prove to be there always.55
  17. ¶ “And if you yourself will walk before me, just as David56 your father walked, even by doing according to all that I have commanded you,57 and you will keep my regulations58 and my judicial decisions,59
  18. I will also establish the throne of your kingship,60 just as I covenanted with David your father,61 saying, ‘There will not a man of yours be cut off from ruling over Israel.’62
  19. But if YOU yourselves turn back63 and actually leave my statutes64 and my commandments65 that I have put before YOU, and YOU actually go and serve other gods66 and bow down to them,67
  20. I will also uproot them from off my ground that I have given them;68 and this house that I have sanctified69 for my name, I shall throw away from before my face,70 and I shall make it a proverbial saying71 and a taunt among all the peoples.72
  21. As for this house that had become heaps of ruins,[b]73 everyone passing by it will stare in amazement74 and be certain to say, ‘For what reason did Jehovah do like that to this land and to this house?’75
  22. And they will have to say, ‘It was for the reason that they left Jehovah76 the God of their forefathers who had brought them out of the land of Egypt,77 and they proceeded to take hold of other gods78 and bow down to them and serve them.79 That is why he brought upon them all this calamity.’”80

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Congregation.” Heb., qa·halʹ; Gr., ek·kle·siʹa; Lat., ec·cleʹsi·a.
  2. ^ See 1Ki 9:8 ftn.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 1Ki 8:54
  2. ^ 1Ki 18:38
  3. ^ Le 9:24; 1Ch 21:26
  4. ^ Ex 40:34; 1Ki 8:11
  5. ^ Ex 40:35
  6. ^ Ex 4:31
  7. ^ Ps 95:6
  8. ^ Ps 31:19; Mt 19:17
  9. ^ Ru 2:20; Je 31:3; La 3:22
  10. ^ 1Ki 8:62
  11. ^ 1Ki 8:63
  12. ^ Nu 7:10; 2Ch 2:4; Ezr 6:16
  13. ^ 2Ch 5:11
  14. ^ 1Ch 23:5
  15. ^ 1Ch 25:7
  16. ^ 1Ki 10:12; Ps 138:8
  17. ^ 2Ch 5:13
  18. ^ 1Ki 8:64
  19. ^ Le 1:3
  20. ^ 2Ch 4:1
  21. ^ Le 2:1
  22. ^ Le 4:8
  23. ^ Le 23:34; De 16:13
  24. ^ 1Ki 8:65
  25. ^ 2Ch 30:13
  26. ^ Nu 34:8; 2Ki 14:25
  27. ^ Nu 34:5; 2Ki 24:7; Is 27:12
  28. ^ Le 23:36; De 16:8; Ne 8:18
  29. ^ De 12:7; 16:15; Ne 8:10
  30. ^ 2Ch 6:41
  31. ^ 1Ki 8:66
  32. ^ 1Ki 9:1
  33. ^ Ec 2:4
  34. ^ 1Ki 9:2; 2Ch 1:7
  35. ^ 2Ki 20:5; Ps 66:19; Lu 1:13; Ac 10:31; 1Pe 3:12
  36. ^ De 12:5; Ps 78:68
  37. ^ De 12:6; 2Ch 2:6
  38. ^ 2Ch 6:26
  39. ^ De 28:38
  40. ^ Le 26:16; Nu 16:46; Eze 14:19
  41. ^ Ex 19:5; De 32:9
  42. ^ Nu 6:27; Is 43:10; 63:19
  43. ^ Le 26:41; 2Ch 33:12; Jm 4:10
  44. ^ 2Ch 6:37
  45. ^ Ho 5:15
  46. ^ De 30:2; Pr 28:13; Is 55:7
  47. ^ 2Ch 30:27
  48. ^ 2Ch 6:39; Ps 103:3
  49. ^ Ps 60:2
  50. ^ 2Ch 16:9
  51. ^ 2Ch 6:40
  52. ^ De 12:21
  53. ^ 1Ki 8:16
  54. ^ 1Ki 9:3
  55. ^ 2Ch 6:20
  56. ^ 1Ki 9:4; Ps 26:3
  57. ^ De 4:40
  58. ^ De 12:1
  59. ^ De 4:5
  60. ^ 2Sa 7:13
  61. ^ Ps 89:28
  62. ^ 1Ki 9:5
  63. ^ Heb 10:38
  64. ^ Le 26:15; Ps 73:27
  65. ^ De 28:15
  66. ^ Jos 23:16
  67. ^ Ex 20:5; 1Ki 9:6
  68. ^ De 4:26; 2Ki 17:20
  69. ^ 1Ki 9:7
  70. ^ 2Ki 25:9
  71. ^ De 28:37; Je 24:9
  72. ^ Ps 44:14
  73. ^ 1Ki 9:8; 2Ki 25:9; Je 7:4
  74. ^ 2Ch 29:8; Je 19:8; Da 9:12
  75. ^ De 29:24; Je 22:8
  76. ^ 2Ch 15:2; Ps 73:27
  77. ^ Ex 12:51; De 29:25
  78. ^ Ps 115:8; Is 2:8; Je 2:11; 10:14
  79. ^ 1Ki 9:9
  80. ^ De 4:26; 2Ch 36:17; Je 22:9

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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