1 Kings 8:63-65

Good News Translation

⁶³He sacrificed 22,000 head of cattle and 120,000 sheep as fellowship offerings. And so the king and all the people dedicated the Temple. ⁶⁴That same day he also consecrated the central part of the courtyard, the area in front of the Temple, and then he offered there the sacrifices burned whole, the grain offerings, and the fat of the animals for the fellowship offerings. He did this because the bronze altar was too small for all these offerings.

⁶⁵There at the Temple, Solomon and all the people of Israel celebrated the Festival of Shelters for seven^[a] days. There was a huge crowd of people from as far away as Hamath Pass in the north and the Egyptian border in the south.

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Footnotes

1 Kings 8:65 One ancient translation seven; Hebrew fourteen.

1 Kings 8:63-65

New International Version

⁶³Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the Lord: twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated^(A) the temple of the Lord.

⁶⁴On that same day the king consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple of the Lord, and there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings and the fat^(B) of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar^(C) that stood before the Lord was too small to hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings.^(D)

⁶⁵So Solomon observed the festival^(E) at that time, and all Israel with him—a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath^(F) to the Wadi of Egypt.^(G) They celebrated it before the Lord our God for seven days and seven days more, fourteen days in all.

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1 Kings 8:63-65

New King James Version

⁶³And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the Lord, twenty-two thousand bulls and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord. ⁶⁴On ^(A)the same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was in front of the house of the Lord; for there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the ^(B)bronze altar that was before the Lord was too small to receive the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.

⁶⁵At that time Solomon held ^(C)a feast, and all Israel with him, a great assembly from ^(D)the entrance of Hamath to ^(E)the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, ^(F)seven days and seven more days—fourteen days.