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1 Kings 3:4

Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.

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ASV

And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

KJV

And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֵּ֨לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980 →
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
גִּבְעֹ֙נָה֙giv.'O.nahGibeon towardsH1391 →
לִזְבֹּ֣חַliz.Bo.achto sacrificeH2076 →
שָׁ֔םShamthereH8033 →
כִּ֥יkiforH3588 →
הִ֖יאhi'thatH1931 →
הַבָּמָ֣הha.ba.Mah[was] the high placeH1116 →
הַגְּדוֹלָ֑הha.ge.do.Lah<the> greatH1419 →
אֶ֤לֶף'E.lefa thousandH505 →
עֹלוֹת֙'o.lOtburnt offeringsH5930 →
יַעֲלֶ֣הya.'a.Lehhe offered upH5927 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֔הshe.lo.MohSolomonH8010 →
עַ֖ל'alonH5921 →
הַמִּזְבֵּ֥חַha.miz.Be.achthe altarH4196 →
הַהֽוּא׃ha.Hu'<the> thatH1931 →

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2 Chronicles 7:5And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.1 Chronicles 16:39And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon2 Chronicles 1:3And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.2 Chronicles 1:6–12Solomon offered sacrifices there before the LORD on the bronze altar in the Tent of Meeting, where he offered a thousand burnt offerings.1 Chronicles 21:29For the tabernacle of the LORD that Moses had made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were presently at the high place in Gibeon,1 Kings 8:4and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up.1 Samuel 13:9So he said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” And he offered up the burnt offering.Isaiah 40:16Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.Joshua 9:3But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,2 Chronicles 1:6Solomon offered sacrifices there before the LORD on the bronze altar in the Tent of Meeting, where he offered a thousand burnt offerings.1 Kings 8:63And 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.2 Chronicles 30:24For Hezekiah king of Judah contributed a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the assembly, and the officials contributed a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep for the assembly, and a great number of priests consecrated themselves.2 Chronicles 29:32–35The number of burnt offerings the assembly brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.Micah 6:6–7With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?Joshua 10:2So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty.2 Chronicles 29:32The number of burnt offerings the assembly brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.2 Kings 16:15Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, as well as the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings of all the people of the land. Sprinkle on the altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar to seek guidance.”Exodus 29:18Then burn the entire ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

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