Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before Yahweh, which was at the Tent of Meeting, and offered one thousand burnt offerings on it.
Parallel translations
- KJV And 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.
- BSB Solomon offered sacrifices there before the LORD on the bronze altar in the Tent of Meeting, where he offered a thousand burnt offerings.
- NKJV And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the Lord, which was at the tabernacle of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.
- NASB And Solomon went up there before the Lord to the bronze altar which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.
- NLT There in front of the Tabernacle, Solomon went up to the bronze altar in the Lord’s presence and sacrificed 1,000 burnt offerings on it.
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Quick answer
Solomon offers a thousand burnt offerings on the bronze altar at Gibeon. He begins his reign with lavish, wholehearted worship.
Overview
The enormous number of burnt offerings, wholly consumed and devoted to God, expresses total dedication and atonement at the start of Solomon's rule. Such abundant sacrifice shows that the king approaches God in dependence and reverence. The endless burnt offerings of the old covenant point ahead to the single, sufficient offering of Jesus.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- 1 Kgs 3:4The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
- 1 Chr 29:21They sacrificed sacrifices to Yahweh, and offered burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the next day after that day, even one thousand bulls, one thousand rams, and one thousand lambs, with their drink offerings and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel,
- 1 Kgs 8:63Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to Yahweh, twenty two thousand head of cattle, and one hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated Yahweh’s house.
- Isa 40:16Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.
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