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1 Kings 8
⁶⁰ Then people all over the earth will know that the LORD alone is God and there is no other.
⁶¹ And may you be completely faithful to the LORD our God. May you always obey his decrees and commands, just as you are doing today.”
⁶² Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices to the LORD.
⁶³ Solomon offered to the LORD a peace offering of 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep and goats. And so the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the Temple of the LORD.
⁶⁴ That same day the king consecrated the central area of the courtyard in front of the LORD’s Temple. He offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of peace offerings there, because the bronze altar in the LORD’s presence was too small to hold all the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
⁶⁵ Then Solomon and all Israel celebrated the Festival of Shelters in the presence of the LORD our God. A large congregation had gathered from as far away as Lebo-hamath in the north and the Brook of Egypt in the south. The celebration went on for fourteen days in all—seven days for the dedication of the altar and seven days for the Festival of Shelters.
⁶⁶ After the festival was over, Solomon sent the people home. They blessed the king and went to their homes joyful and glad because the LORD had been good to his servant David and to his people Israel.
1 Kings 9
¹ So Solomon finished building the Temple of the LORD, as well as the royal palace. He completed everything he had planned to do.
² Then the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had done before at Gibeon.
³ The LORD said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your petition. I have set this Temple apart to be holy—this place you have built where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.
⁴ “As for you, if you will follow me with integrity and godliness, as David your father did, obeying all my commands, decrees, and regulations,