1 Kings 9:25
in 1 Kings 9Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which he built unto Jehovah, burning incense therewith, upon the altar that was before Jehovah. So he finished the house.
KJV
And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house.
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This verse in 1 Kings 9
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Three times - i. e., (see the marginal reference) the three solemn Feasts - the Feast of unleavened bread, the Feast of weeks, and the Feast of tabernacles. Did Solomon offer ... and he burnt incense - Not with his own hand, but by his priests 1Ki 8:6; 2Ch 5:7-14. In sacred, as in ordinary, history, men are said to do that which they cause to be done.
This site's exposition
three times in a year
Three times in a year names the three pilgrim feasts, unleavened bread, weeks and tabernacles, the fixed rhythm Solomon's own offerings now keep at the altar he built. Burnt offerings, peace offerings, and incense are rendered through the priests at the king's charge, the construction Scripture regularly uses for a king's public acts he causes done rather than performs with his own hand. So he finished the house closes an account that opened at 6:1, an inclusio marking the whole building narrative complete.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
With his sacrifices he burnt incense, not himself (that was king Uzziah's crime), but the priest for him, at his charge, and for his particular use. It is said, He offered on the altar which he himself built.
And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord,.... The brasen altar, the altar of burnt offering, which stood in the court of the priests, and by whom he offered.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Three times in a year did Solomon offer - These three times were: 1. The passover. 2. The feast of pentecost. 3. The feast of tabernacles.
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהֶעֱלָ֣ה | veheelah | and he offered up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֡ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| שָׁלֹשׁ֩ | shalosh | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| פְּעָמִ֨ים | peamim | times | H6471 → | 118 times |
| בַּשָּׁנָ֜ה | bashanah | in the year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| עֹל֣וֹת | olot | burnt offerings | H5930 → | 287 times |
| וּשְׁלָמִ֗ים | ushelamim | and peace offerings | H8002 → | 87 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ | hamizbeach | the altar | H4196 → | 401 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בָּנָ֣ה | banah | he had built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| לַיהוָ֔ה | layahweh | for Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְהַקְטֵ֣יר | vehakteir | and he made smoke | H6999 → | 116 times |
| אִתּ֔וֹ | ʾito | with it | H854 → | 929 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לִפְנֵ֣י | lifnei | [was] <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְשִׁלַּ֖ם | veshilam | and he completed | H7999 → | 116 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבָּֽיִת׃ | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
וְהֶעֱלָ֣הand he offered up
veheelahH5927 →890 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֡הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
שָׁלֹשׁ֩three
shaloshH7969 →432 times
פְּעָמִ֨יםtimes
peamimH6471 →118 times
בַּשָּׁנָ֜הin the year
bashanahH8141 →877 times
עֹל֣וֹתburnt offerings
olotH5930 →287 times
וּשְׁלָמִ֗יםand peace offerings
ushelamimH8002 →87 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙the altar
hamizbeachH4196 →401 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בָּנָ֣הhe had built
banahH1129 →376 times
לַיהוָ֔הfor Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְהַקְטֵ֣ירand he made smoke
vehakteirH6999 →116 times
אִתּ֔וֹwith it
ʾitoH854 →929 times
אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לִפְנֵ֣י[was] <to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְשִׁלַּ֖םand he completed
veshilamH7999 →116 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַבָּֽיִת׃the house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
7 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 16:16Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast…
it leads to
- Proverbs 3:9–10
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
- Psalms 96:8
Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and enter His courts.
- Haggai 1:9
You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you…
- Exodus 23:14–17
Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
- Matthew 2:11
On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense…
- Proverbs 3:9–10
Through
2 Chronicles 8:16Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out, from the day the foundation was laid for the house of the LORD until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 5:18
So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.
- 1 Kings 6:7
The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
- 1 Kings 5:18
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.