Now when Solomon had made an end of praying,.... The prayer recorded in the preceding chapter: the fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; which was the token God gave of his acceptance of them, of which there had been several instances before, Lev 9:24, Kg1 18:38, and the glory of the Lord filled the house; the glory of the Shechinah of the Lord, as the Targum, see Kg1 8:11.