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2 Chronicles 5:6

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There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And king Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.

KJV

Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 5

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

they could not be counted or numbered

The sacrifice is left unnumbered on purpose, sheep and oxen beyond counting before the ark even reaches its place. The same excess marks 1 Kings 8:5, and Chronicles changes nothing in it. Worship this lavish previews the chapter's own argument, that what happens after matters more than what is spent.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

(2.) When Christ is formed in a soul, the law written in the heart, the ark of the covenant settled there, so that it becomes the temple of the Holy Ghost, there is true satisfaction in that soul. (3.) Whatever we have the comfort of we must, by the sacrifice of praise, give God the glory of, and not be straitened therein; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְand the king

    vehamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹ֗הSolomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • עֲדַ֧ת[the] congregation of

    ʾadatH5712 →

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • הַנּוֹעָדִ֥יםwho were gathered

    hanoadimH3259 →

  • עָלָ֖יוwith him

    ʾalavH5921 →5755 times

  • לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • הָאָר֑וֹןthe ark

    haaronH727 →202 times

  • מְזַבְּחִים֙[were] sacrificing

    mezabechimH2076 →134 times

  • צֹ֣אןsheep

    tzonH6629 →274 times

  • וּבָקָ֔רand cattle

    uvakarH1241 →183 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֧רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יִסָּפְר֛וּthey were counted

    yisaferuH5608 →159 times

  • וְלֹ֥אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • יִמָּנ֖וּthey were numbered

    yimanuH4487 →

  • מֵרֹֽב׃from multitude

    meroH7230 →149 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Samuel 6:13When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.3 works1 Chronicles 29:21The next day they offered sacrifices and presented burnt offerings to the LORD: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, along with their drink offerings, and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.2 works1 Chronicles 16:1–2So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.2 works2 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.2 works2 Samuel 6:17So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.2 worksEzekiel 45:17And it shall be the prince’s part to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings for the feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—for all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel. He will provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel.2 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ezekiel 46:12When the prince makes a freewill offering to the LORD, whether a burnt offering or a peace offering, the gate facing east must be opened for him. He is to offer his burnt offering or peace offering just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate must be closed after he goes out.2 worksLeviticus 8:3and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.”2 works1 Kings 8:5There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    2 Samuel 6:13

    When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 15:15

      And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD.

    • 1 Kings 8:5

      There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

    • Numbers 4:15

      When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they…

    • 1 Chronicles 15:2

      Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”

    • Joshua 3:3

      and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.

  • Through

    1 Kings 8:5

    There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 6:13

      When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 29:21

    The next day they offered sacrifices and presented burnt offerings to the LORD: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, along with their drink offerings, and other sacrifices in abundance for…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 7:4–9

      Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

    • Ezra 6:17

      For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe…

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and W. H. Bennett, The Books of Chronicles (Expositor's Bible).

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