56. Praise the Lord! He has kept his promise and given us peace. Every good thing he promised to his servant Moses has happened.
57. The Lord our God was with our ancestors to help them, and I pray that he will be with us and never abandon us.
58. May the Lord help us obey him and follow all the laws and teachings he gave our ancestors.
59. I pray that the Lord our God will remember my prayer day and night. May he help everyone in Israel each day, in whatever way we need it.
60. Then every nation will know that the Lord is the only true God.
61. Obey the Lord our God and follow his commands with all your heart, just as you are doing today.
62-63. Solomon and the people dedicated the temple to the Lord by offering twenty-two thousand cattle and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep as sacrifices to ask the Lord's blessing.
64. On that day, Solomon dedicated the courtyard in front of the temple and made it acceptable for worship. He offered the sacrifices there because the bronze altar in front of the temple was too small.
65. Solomon and the huge crowd celebrated the Festival of Shelters at the temple for seven days. There were people from as far away as the Egyptian Gorge in the south and Lebo-Hamath in the north.
66. Then on the eighth day, he sent everyone home. They said goodbye and left, very happy, because of all the good things the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.