Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

Here is, I. The gracious answer which God immediately made to Solomon's prayer: The fire came down from heaven and consumed the sacrifice, Ch2 7:1. In this way God testified his acceptance of Moses (Lev 9:24), of Gideon (Jdg 6:21), of David (Ch1 21:26), of Elijah (Kg1 18:38); and, in general, to accept the burnt-sacrifice is, in the Hebrew phrase, to turn it to ashes, Psa 20:3.

Commenting on 2 Chronicles 7:1-11

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

Then the king and all the people,.... Of these two verses; see Gill on Kg1 8:62; see Gill on Kg1 8:63. . 2 Chronicles 7:6 ch2 7:6 ch2 7:6 ch2 7:6And the priests waited on their offices,.... Performed them, some in offering sacrifices, others in blowing trumpets, as it may be explained from the latter part of the verse: the Levites also with instruments of...

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Reformed @jfbcommentary

SOLOMON'S SACRIFICES. (Ch2 7:4-11) Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices--Whether the individual worshippers slaughtered their own cattle, or a certain portion of the vast number of the Levitical order in attendance performed that work, as they sometimes did, in either case the offerings were made through the priests, who presented the blood and the fat upon the altar (see on Kg1 8:62).