1 Kings 8:62

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

⁶²Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.⁶³And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD. ⁶⁴On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings. ⁶⁵So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him-a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt-observed the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days-fourteen days in all. ⁶⁶On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.

Bible Verse Review
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2 Samuel 6:17-19, 2 Chronicles 7:4-7

Reciprocal: Leviticus 3:7 - offer it 1 Kings 8:5 - sacrificing sheep 1 Chronicles 29:21 - sacrificed 2 Chronicles 7:5 - a sacrifice

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifice before the Lord. For burnt offerings, which having been laid upon the altar, as soon as the king had done praying to God, and blessing the people, and exhorting them, fire came down from heaven, and consumed them; which showed the Lord's acceptance of the sacrifices, and was another confirmation, besides the cloud, of the Lord's well pleasedness with the temple, and of his taking possession of it to reside in it; upon which the people bowed and worshipped, and praised the Lord for his goodness and mercy, 2 Chronicles 7:1.