So 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.
Parallel translations
- WEB So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for God’s Tent of Meeting was there, which Yahweh’s servant Moses had made in the wilderness.
- BSB And 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.
- NKJV Then Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for the tabernacle of meeting with God was there, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness.
- NASB Then Solomon and all the assembly with him went to the high place which was at Gibeon, because God’s tent of meeting was there which Moses, the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness.
- NLT Then he led the entire assembly to the place of worship in Gibeon, for God’s Tabernacle was located there. (This was the Tabernacle that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had made in the wilderness.)
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Quick answer
Solomon and the assembly go to Gibeon, where the Tent of Meeting made by Moses still stood. He seeks God at the authorized place of worship.
Overview
The Mosaic tabernacle and bronze altar remained at Gibeon, while the ark was now in Jerusalem, so worship was temporarily divided between two sites before the temple united them. Solomon's choice to begin at the historic Tent of Meeting shows continuity with God's revealed pattern of worship. The longing for one dwelling place points forward to Christ, in whom God fully dwells.
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Cross-references · 9
- 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,
- 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.
- Exod 40:34Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
- Deut 34:5So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
- 1 Kgs 3:4–15And 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.
- Lev 1:1And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
- Exod 26:1–37Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.
- Exod 40:2On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
- Exod 36:8And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
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