1 Kings 8:62-66
Legacy Standard Bible
The Offering for the House of Yahweh
62 (A)Now the king and all Israel with him were (B)offering sacrifices before Yahweh. 63 And Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to Yahweh, 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. (C)So the king and all the sons of Israel dedicated the house of Yahweh. 64 On the same day the king set apart as holy the middle of the court that was before the house of Yahweh, because there he [a]offered the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat of the peace offerings; for (D)the bronze altar that was before Yahweh was too small to hold the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat of the peace offerings.
65 So (E)Solomon celebrated the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly (F)from [b]Lebo-hamath (G)to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, for seven days and seven more days, even fourteen days. 66 On the eighth day he sent the people away and they blessed the king. Then they went to their tents with gladness and goodness of heart because of all the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David His [c]servant and to Israel His people.
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- 1 Kings 8:64 Lit made
- 1 Kings 8:65 Or the entrance of Hamath
- 1 Kings 8:66 Or slave, cf. 8:52; see Foreword, “The Terminology of Slave”
1 Kings 8:62-66
English Standard Version
Solomon's Sacrifices
62 (A)Then (B)the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the Lord. 63 Solomon offered as peace offerings to the Lord 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord. 64 The same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord, for there he offered the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings, because (C)the bronze altar that was before the Lord was too small to receive the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings.
65 So Solomon held (D)the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from (E)Lebo-hamath to (F)the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days.[a] 66 On the eighth day he sent the people away, and they blessed the king and went to their homes joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had shown to David his servant and to Israel his people.
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- 1 Kings 8:65 Septuagint; Hebrew seven days and seven days, fourteen days
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