## II Chronicles Chapter 7

###### II Chronicles 7:1
[II Chronicles 7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/7:1)

וּכְכַלּ֤וֹת שְׁלֹמֹה֙ לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֔ל וְהָאֵ֗שׁ יָֽרְדָה֙ מֵֽהַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַתֹּ֥אכַל הָעֹלָ֖ה וְהַזְּבָחִ֑ים וּכְב֥וֹד יְהֹוָ֖ה מָלֵ֥א אֶת־הַבָּֽיִת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now when Shelomo 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.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And when Solomon finished praying, fire descended from heaven and consumed the burnt-offerings and the peace-offerings, and the glory of G d filled the house.


###### II Chronicles 7:2
[II Chronicles 7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/7:2)

וְלֹ֤א יָֽכְלוּ֙ הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים לָב֖וֹא אֶל־בֵּ֣ית יְהֹוָ֑ה כִּֽי־מָלֵ֥א כְבוֹד־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶת־בֵּ֥ית יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord’s house.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the priests could not enter the house of the L rd, for the glory of the L rd filled the house of the L rd.


###### II Chronicles 7:3
[II Chronicles 7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/7:3)

וְכֹ֣ל**׀** בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל רֹאִים֙ בְּרֶ֣דֶת הָאֵ֔שׁ וּכְב֥וֹד יְהֹוָ֖ה עַל־הַבָּ֑יִת וַיִּכְרְעוּ֩ אַפַּ֨יִם אַ֤רְצָה עַל־הָרִֽצְפָה֙ וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֔וּ וְהֹד֤וֹת לַֽיהֹוָה֙ כִּ֣י ט֔וֹב כִּ֥י לְעוֹלָ֖ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And when all the children of Yisra᾽el 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 pavement, and prostrated themselves, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And all the children of Israel saw when the fire came down and the glory of the L rd was upon the house. And they knelt on the floor with their faces to the ground, and they prostrated themselves in thanks to the L rd — [saying:] "for He is good; for His lovingkindness endures forever."


###### II Chronicles 7:4
[II Chronicles 7:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/7:4)

וְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְכׇל־הָעָ֑ם זֹבְחִ֥ים זֶ֖בַח לִפְנֵ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the king and all the people slaughtered sacrifices before the L rd.


###### II Chronicles 7:5
[II Chronicles 7:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/7:5)

וַיִּזְבַּ֞ח הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה֮ אֶת־זֶ֣בַח הַבָּקָר֒ עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ אֶ֔לֶף וְצֹ֕אן מֵאָ֥ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים אָ֑לֶף וַֽיַּחְנְכוּ֙ אֶת־בֵּ֣ית הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְכׇל־הָעָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And king Shelomo offered as a sacrifice twenty two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people consecrated the house of God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And King Solomon slaughtered the sacrifice of cattle, twenty-two thousand, and sheep, one hundred and twenty thousand; and they inaugurated the house of G d, the king and all the people.


###### II Chronicles 7:6
[II Chronicles 7:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/7:6)

וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֞ים עַל־מִשְׁמְרוֹתָ֣ם עֹמְדִ֗ים וְהַלְוִיִּ֞ם בִּכְלֵי־שִׁ֤יר יְהֹוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֜ה דָּוִ֣יד הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ לְהֹד֤וֹת לַֽיהֹוָה֙ כִּֽי־לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּ֔וֹ בְּהַלֵּ֥ל דָּוִ֖יד בְּיָדָ֑ם וְהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ (מחצצרים) [מַחְצְרִ֣ים] נֶגְדָּ֔ם וְכׇל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עֹמְדִֽים׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the priests stood at their posts: the Levites also with the instruments of music of the Lord, which David the king had made to praise the Lord, because his steadfast love endures for ever; with the praises of David in their hands; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Yisra᾽el stood.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the priests were standing on their watches, and the Levites with the instruments of song of the L rd, which King David had made to give thanks to the L rd, "for His lovingkindness endures forever," with the [(instruments of)] praise of the L rd in their hand, and the priests, sounding the trumpets opposite them, and all of Israel standing.


###### II Chronicles 7:7
[II Chronicles 7:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/7:7)

וַיְקַדֵּ֣שׁ שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה אֶת־תּ֤וֹךְ הֶחָצֵר֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ לִפְנֵ֣י בֵית־יְהֹוָ֔ה כִּי־עָ֤שָׂה שָׁם֙ הָעֹל֔וֹת וְאֵ֖ת חֶלְבֵ֣י הַשְּׁלָמִ֑ים כִּֽי־מִזְבַּ֤ח הַנְּחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֣ה שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה לֹ֣א יָכ֗וֹל לְהָכִ֛יל אֶת־הָעֹלָ֥ה וְאֶת־הַמִּנְחָ֖ה וְאֶת־הַחֲלָבִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Moreover Shelomo hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brazen altar which Shelomo had made was not able to contain the burnt offerings, and the meal offerings, and the fat.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Solomon consecrated the midst of the court before the house of the L rd. For he offered there the burnt-offerings and the fats of the peace-offerings. For [(the stone altar made by Solomon in place of)] the copper altar [(made by Moses)], that was before the L rd, could not contain the burnt-offerings and the meal-offerings and the fats.


###### II Chronicles 7:8
[II Chronicles 7:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/7:8)

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה אֶת־הֶ֠חָ֠ג בָּעֵ֨ת הַהִ֜יא שִׁבְעַ֤ת יָמִים֙ וְכׇל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל עִמּ֔וֹ קָהָ֖ל גָּד֣וֹל מְאֹ֑ד מִלְּב֥וֹא חֲמָ֖ת עַד־נַ֥חַל מִצְרָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Also at that time Shelomo kept the feast for seven days, and all Yisra᾽el with him, a very great congregation, from the entrance of Ḥamat to the wadi of Miżrayim.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Solomon made the festival [(Succoth)] at that time, seven days, and all of Israel with him, a very great throng, from before Levo-chamath until Nachal Mitzrayim.


###### II Chronicles 7:9
[II Chronicles 7:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/7:9)

וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֛וּ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁמִינִ֖י עֲצָ֑רֶת כִּ֣י**׀** חֲנֻכַּ֣ת הַמִּזְבֵּ֗חַ עָשׂוּ֙ שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֔ים וְהֶחָ֖ג שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And on the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the consecration of the altar for seven days, and the feast for seven days.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And on the eighth day they made a convocation [(Shemini Atzereth)]. For the inauguration of the altar they made seven days, and the festival [(Succoth)] seven days [(whence it is seen that they ate and drank on Yom Kippur)].


###### II Chronicles 7:10
[II Chronicles 7:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/7:10)

וּבְי֨וֹם עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וּשְׁלֹשָׁה֙ לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י שִׁלַּ֥ח אֶת־הָעָ֖ם לְאׇהֳלֵיהֶ֑ם שְׂמֵחִים֙ וְט֣וֹבֵי לֵ֔ב עַל־הַטּוֹבָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֤ה יְהֹוָה֙ לְדָוִ֣יד וְלִשְׁלֹמֹ֔ה וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַמּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And on the twenty third day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their tents, glad and merry in heart for the bounty that the Lord had bestowed on David, and to Shelomo, and to Yisra᾽el his people.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And [(the next day)], the twenty-third day of the seventh month, he dismissed the people to their tents, rejoicing and glad of heart over the good that the L rd had wrought for David and for Solomon and for Israel, His people.


###### II Chronicles 7:11
[II Chronicles 7:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/7:11)

וַיְכַ֧ל שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה אֶת־בֵּ֥ית יְהֹוָ֖ה וְאֶת־בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְאֵ֨ת כׇּל־הַבָּ֜א עַל־לֵ֣ב שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה לַעֲשׂ֧וֹת בְּבֵית־יְהֹוָ֛ה וּבְבֵית֖וֹ הִצְלִֽיחַ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus Shelomo finished the house of the Lord, and the king’s house: and all that came into Shelomo’s heart to make in the house of the Lord, and in his own house, he carried out successfully.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Solomon finished (building) the house of the L rd and the house of the king. And (in) all that it had entered Solomon's heart to do for the house of the L rd and for his house, he prospered.


###### II Chronicles 7:12
[II Chronicles 7:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/7:12)

וַיֵּרָ֧א יְהֹוָ֛ה אֶל־שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה בַּלָּ֑יְלָה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ אֶת־תְּפִלָּתֶ֔ךָ וּבָחַ֜רְתִּי בַּמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּ֛ה לִ֖י לְבֵ֥ית זָֽבַח׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord appeared to Shelomo by night, and said to him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L rd appeared to Solomon at night, and He said to him: I have heard your prayer, and I have chosen this place for Me as a house of sacrifice.


###### II Chronicles 7:13
[II Chronicles 7:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/7:13)

הֵ֣ן אֶעֱצֹ֤ר הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ וְלֹא־יִהְיֶ֣ה מָטָ֔ר וְהֵן־אֲצַוֶּ֥ה עַל־חָגָ֖ב לֶאֱכ֣וֹל הָאָ֑רֶץ וְאִם־אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח דֶּ֖בֶר בְּעַמִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If I shut up the heaven so that there is no rain, or if I command the grasshopper to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If I hold back the heavens and there be no rain, or if I command the locust to consume the land, or if I send pestilence upon My people —


###### II Chronicles 7:14
[II Chronicles 7:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/7:14)

וְיִכָּנְע֨וּ עַמִּ֜י אֲשֶׁ֧ר נִֽקְרָא־שְׁמִ֣י עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם וְיִֽתְפַּֽלְלוּ֙ וִיבַקְשׁ֣וּ פָנַ֔י וְיָשֻׁ֖בוּ מִדַּרְכֵיהֶ֣ם הָרָעִ֑ים וַֽאֲנִי֙ אֶשְׁמַ֣ע מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְאֶסְלַח֙ לְחַטָּאתָ֔ם וְאֶרְפָּ֖א אֶת־אַרְצָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin, and I will heal their land.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If My people, who are called by My name, humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn back from their evil ways — then I shall hear from the heavens, and I will forgive their sins, and I will heal their land.


###### II Chronicles 7:15
[II Chronicles 7:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/7:15)

עַתָּ֗ה עֵינַי֙ יִהְי֣וּ פְתֻח֔וֹת וְאׇזְנַ֖י קַשֻּׁב֑וֹת לִתְפִלַּ֖ת הַמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now my eyes shall be open and my ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Now, My eyes will be open, and My ears attentive, to the prayer of this place.


###### II Chronicles 7:16
[II Chronicles 7:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/7:16)

וְעַתָּ֗ה בָּחַ֤רְתִּי וְהִקְדַּ֙שְׁתִּי֙ אֶת־הַבַּ֣יִת הַזֶּ֔ה לִֽהְיוֹת־שְׁמִ֥י שָׁ֖ם עַד־עוֹלָ֑ם וְהָי֨וּ עֵינַ֧י וְלִבִּ֛י שָׁ֖ם כׇּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And now, I have chosen and I have sanctified this house for My name to be there forever; and My eyes and My heart will be there all of the days.


###### II Chronicles 7:17
[II Chronicles 7:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/7:17)

וְאַתָּ֞ה אִם־תֵּלֵ֣ךְ לְפָנַ֗י כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר הָלַךְ֙ דָּוִ֣יד אָבִ֔יךָ וְלַעֲשׂ֕וֹת כְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֑יךָ וְחֻקַּ֥י וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֖י תִּשְׁמֽוֹר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you, if you walk before Me as David your father did, to do according to all that I have commanded you, keeping My statutes and My judgments,


###### II Chronicles 7:18
[II Chronicles 7:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/7:18)

וַהֲקִ֣ימוֹתִ֔י אֵ֖ת כִּסֵּ֣א מַלְכוּתֶ֑ךָ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּרַ֗תִּי לְדָוִ֤יד אָבִ֙יךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹֽא־יִכָּרֵ֤ת לְךָ֙ אִ֔ישׁ מוֹשֵׁ֖ל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom, as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Yisra᾽el.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
then I will establish the throne of your kingdom as I covenanted with David your father, saying: No man will be cut off from you, ruling over Israel.


###### II Chronicles 7:19
[II Chronicles 7:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/7:19)

וְאִם־תְּשׁוּב֣וּן אַתֶּ֔ם וַֽעֲזַבְתֶּם֙ חֻקּוֹתַ֣י וּמִצְוֺתַ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לִפְנֵיכֶ֑ם וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֗ם וַֽעֲבַדְתֶּם֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖ם לָהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My mitzvoth that I set before you, and you go and serve other gods and bow down to them,


###### II Chronicles 7:20
[II Chronicles 7:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/7:20)

וּנְתַשְׁתִּ֗ים מֵעַ֤ל אַדְמָתִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣תִּי לָהֶ֔ם וְאֶת־הַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּי לִשְׁמִ֔י אַשְׁלִ֖יךְ מֵעַ֣ל פָּנָ֑י וְאֶתְּנֶ֛נּוּ לְמָשָׁ֥ל וְלִשְׁנִינָ֖ה בְּכׇל־הָעַמִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then I will pluck them up from my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
then I will uproot them from My land that I have given them, and I will cast away from My face the house which I consecrated to My name [viz. Leviticus 26:31], and I will make it a proverb and a byword [(for derision)] among all the peoples.


###### II Chronicles 7:21
[II Chronicles 7:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/7:21)

וְהַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיָ֣ה עֶלְי֔וֹן לְכׇל־עֹבֵ֥ר עָלָ֖יו יִשֹּׁ֑ם וְאָמַ֗ר בַּמֶּ֨ה עָשָׂ֤ה יְהֹוָה֙ כָּ֔כָה לָאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּ֖את וְלַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one who passes by it; so that he shall say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land, and to this house?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And this house, which had been exalted [(even among the nations)], all who pass before it will wonder [(in amazement)] and will say: Why did the L rd do this to this land and to this house?


###### II Chronicles 7:22
[II Chronicles 7:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/7:22)

וְאָמְר֗וּ עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָזְב֜וּ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֣ה**׀** אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבֹתֵיהֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר הוֹצִיאָם֮ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֒יִם֒ וַֽיַּחֲזִ֙יקוּ֙ בֵּאלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲו֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם וַיַּעַבְד֑וּם עַל־כֵּן֙ הֵבִ֣יא עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם אֵ֥ת כׇּל־הָרָעָ֖ה הַזֹּֽאת׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then they will say, Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Miżrayim, and laid hold of other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore he brought all this evil upon them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they will say: It is because they forsook the L rd, the G d of their fathers, who took them out of the land of Egypt, and they embraced other gods and bowed down to them and served them. It is for this that the L rd brought down upon them all of this evil.