7. But when Jeremiah perceived it, he blamed them, saying, yes and the place shall be unknown until God gather the people again together, and mercy come:
8. and then shall the Lord disclose these things, and the glory of the Lord shall be seen, and the cloud. As also it was showed with Moses; as also Solomon implored that the place might be consecrated greatly,
9. and it was also declared that he, having wisdom, offered a sacrifice of dedication, and of the finishing of the temple; so we would have it now.
10. As Moses prayed to the Lord, and fire came down out of heaven and consumed the sacrifice, even so prayed Solomon also, and the fire came down and consumed the burnt offerings;
11. (and Moses said, Because the sin offering had not been eaten, it was consumed in like manner with the rest;)
12. and Solomon kept the eight days.
13. And the same things were related both in the public archives and in the records that concern Nehemiah; and how he, founding a library, gathered together the books about the kings and prophets, and the books of David, and letters of kings about sacred gifts.
14. And in like manner Judas also gathered together for us all those writings that had been scattered by reason of the war that befell, and they are still with us.
15. If therefore you⌃ have need thereof, send some to fetch them to you.
16. Seeing then that we are about to keep the purification, we write to you; you⌃ will therefore do well if you⌃ keep the days.
17. Now God, who saved all his people, and restored the heritage to all, and the kingdom, and the priesthood, and the hallowing,