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.
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.
- BSB 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.
- 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
Cross-references · 13
- 2 Chr 7:5And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
- 1 Chr 16:39And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
- 2 Chr 1:3So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
- 2 Chr 1:6–12And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
- 1 Chr 21:29For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.
- Isa 40:16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
- Josh 9:3And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
- 1 Kgs 8:63And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chr 29:32–35And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.
- 2 Chr 30:24For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
- Mic 6:6–7Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
- Josh 10:2That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.
- 1 Kgs 9:2That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.
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