Wednesday Bible Study: I wish Chronicles would be over but we have a long way to go

I warned you that Chronicles is the most boring book of the  Bible. Ch. 7 is consistent with 1 Kings 8 and 9 in that Solomon performs a sacrifice, and has a second vision of God, but the descriptions are quite different. The fire doesn ' t come down from heaven to consume the sacrifice in Kings, and the description of the sacrifice and festival here is more extensive. The words God speaks to Solomon in the vision are different here and in 1 Kings 9, although the general idea is similar. Other than that, I got nothin ' to say. 7 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of theLord filled the temple.2 The priests could not enter the temple of theLord because the glory of theLord filled it.3 When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of theLord above the temple, they knelt on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to theLord, saying,“He is good;    his love endures forever. ”4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before theLord.5 And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the people dedicated the temple of God.6 The priests took their positions, as did the Levites with theLord’s musical instruments, which King David had made for praising theLord and which we...
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