1. As soon as Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and burnt up the offerings. The Lord's dazzling glory then filled the temple,
2. and the priests could not go in.
3. When the crowd of people saw the fire and the Lord's glory, they knelt down and worshipped the Lord. They prayed:“The Lord is good,and his love never ends.”
4-5. Solomon and the people dedicated the temple to the Lord by sacrificing twenty-two thousand cattle and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep.