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^(C1)Then the king and all Israel with him ^(C2)offered sacrifice before the LORD.

And Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the LORD, twenty-two thousand oxen and 120,000 sheep. ^(C1)So the king and all the sons of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.

On the same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard that was in front of the house of the LORD, because there he ^(F1)offered the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the fat of the peace offerings; for ^(C1)the bronze altar that was before the LORD was too small to hold the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the fat of the peace offerings.

So ^(C1)Solomon held the ^(F1)feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly ^(C2)from the entrance of Hamath ^(C3)to the brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God, for seven days and seven more days, that is, fourteen days.