2 Maccabees 2:9

9 "It was also declared that he, being wise, offered the sacrifice for dedication and for the finishing of the temple.

2 Maccabees 2:9 In-Context

7 When Jeremiah perceived this, he blamed them, saying, `As for that place, it shall be unknown until the time that God gather His people together again and receive them into mercy.

8 Then shall the Lord show them these things; and the glory of the Lord shall appear, and the cloud also, as it was shown under Moses, and as when Solomon desired that the place might be honorably sanctified.'

9 "It was also declared that he, being wise, offered the sacrifice for dedication and for the finishing of the temple.

10 And as when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire came down from heaven and consumed the sacrifices, even so prayed Solomon also, and the fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offerings.

11 And Moses said, `Because the sin offering was not to be eaten, it was consumed.'