Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.
Parallel translations
- WEB The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
- KJV And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
- NKJV Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place: Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
- NASB And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, because that was the great high place; Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
- NLT The most important of these places of worship was at Gibeon, so the king went there and sacrificed 1,000 burnt offerings.
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Quick answer
Solomon goes to the great high place at Gibeon and offers a thousand burnt offerings. His lavish worship expresses wholehearted devotion to God.
Overview
Gibeon held the tabernacle and bronze altar at this time, making it the chief high place. Solomon's offering of a thousand burnt offerings shows extravagant, sincere worship at the outset of his reign. This costly devotion sets the stage for God's gracious appearing to him, illustrating that the LORD meets those who seek Him earnestly.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Chr 7:5And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
- 1 Chr 16:39And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon
- 2 Chr 1:3And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
- 2 Chr 1:6–12Solomon offered sacrifices there before the LORD on the bronze altar in the Tent of Meeting, where he offered a thousand burnt offerings.
- 1 Chr 21:29For the tabernacle of the LORD that Moses had made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were presently at the high place in Gibeon,
- Isa 40:16Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.
- Josh 9:3But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
- 1 Kgs 8:63And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chr 29:32–35The number of burnt offerings the assembly brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.
- 2 Chr 30:24For Hezekiah king of Judah contributed a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the assembly, and the officials contributed a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep for the assembly, and a great number of priests consecrated themselves.
- Mic 6:6–7With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
- Josh 10:2So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
- 1 Kgs 9:2the LORD appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.
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