11 Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh from the city of David to the house he had built for her,(A) for he said, “My wife must not live in the house[a] of King David of Israel because the places the ark of the Lord has come into are holy.”

Public Worship Established at the Temple

12 At that time(B) Solomon offered burnt offerings to the Lord on the Lord’s altar he had made in front of the portico.(C) 13 He followed the daily requirement(D) for offerings according to the commandment of Moses(E) for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed festivals: the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Shelters.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:11 LXX reads city

11 Now Solomon (A)brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the house he had built for her, for he said, “My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places to which the ark of the Lord has come are holy.”

12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord which he had built before the vestibule, 13 according to the (B)daily rate, offering according to the commandment of Moses, for the Sabbaths, the New Moons, and the (C)three appointed yearly (D)feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.

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11 Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter(A) up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her, for he said, “My wife must not live in the palace of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the Lord has entered are holy.”

12 On the altar(B) of the Lord that he had built in front of the portico, Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the Lord, 13 according to the daily requirement(C) for offerings commanded by Moses for the Sabbaths,(D) the New Moons(E) and the three(F) annual festivals—the Festival of Unleavened Bread,(G) the Festival of Weeks(H) and the Festival of Tabernacles.(I)

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