King Solomon offered as a sacrifice 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

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I and the Father Are One

22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter,

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(A)Will the Lord be pleased with[a] thousands of rams,
    with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
(B)Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
    the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:7 Or Will the Lord accept

17 (A)It shall be the prince's duty to furnish the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings, at the feasts, the new moons, and the Sabbaths, all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel: he shall provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement on behalf of the house of Israel.

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16 And the people of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the returned exiles, celebrated the (A)dedication of this house of God with joy. 17 They offered at the dedication of this house of God 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel (B)12 male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

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Then Josiah contributed to the lay people, as Passover offerings for all who were present, lambs and young goats from the flock to the number of 30,000, and 3,000 bulls; (A)these were from the king's possessions. And his officials contributed willingly to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. (B)Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the chief officers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings 2,600 Passover lambs and 300 bulls. Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave to the Levites for the Passover offerings 5,000 lambs and young goats and 500 bulls.

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24 For Hezekiah king of Judah (A)gave the assembly 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep for offerings, and the princes gave the assembly 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. And the priests (B)consecrated themselves in great numbers.

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32 The number of the burnt offerings that the assembly brought was 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord. 33 And the consecrated offerings were 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep.

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11 They sacrificed to the Lord on that day (A)from the spoil that they had brought 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep.

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And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

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Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the Lord my God and dedicate it to him for the burning of (A)incense of sweet spices before him, and for (B)the regular arrangement of the showbread, and for (C)burnt offerings morning and evening, (D)on the Sabbaths and the new moons and the appointed feasts of the Lord our God, as ordained forever for Israel.

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And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the Lord, which was at the tent of meeting, (A)and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.

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21 And they offered sacrifices to the Lord, and on the next day offered burnt offerings to the Lord, 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, and 1,000 lambs, with their (A)drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.

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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.

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10 And the chiefs offered offerings for the (A)dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed; and the chiefs offered their offering before the altar.

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