2 Chronicles 7:5
in 2 Chronicles 7And 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.
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ASV
And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
KJV
And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 7
Commentary
4 notes on this verseTwenty and two thousand oxen, etc. - The amount of all the victims that had been offered during the seven days of the feast of tabernacles, and the seven days of the feast of the dedication.
This site's exposition
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices
on 2 Chronicles 7:4-6
The count is vast, “22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep,” more than the bronze altar could hold. So verse 7 consecrates the middle of the courtyard for more offerings. The Levites play “the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made,” the order Chronicles traces to 1 Chronicles 25.
This site's exposition
a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen
Clarke takes the figure as the total for both weeks, the seven days of dedication and the seven days of the Feast of Tabernacles. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown add a festival of that length gave time for so many victims to be offered. The whole nation shared in the act.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The sacrifices were so numerous that the altar could not contain them all; but, rather than any of them should be turned back (though we may suppose the blood of them all was sprinkled upon the altar), the flesh of the burnt-offerings and the fat of the peace-offerings were burnt in the midst of the court (
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּזְבַּ֞ח | vaiyizbach | and he sacrificed | H2076 → | 134 times |
| הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹה֮ | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| זֶ֣בַח | zevach | [the] sacrifice of | H2077 → | 162 times |
| הַבָּקָ֗ר | habakar | <the> cattle | H1241 → | 183 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֤ים | ʾesrim | twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ | ushenayim | and two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| אֶ֔לֶף | ʾelef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| וְצֹ֕אן | vetzon | and sheep | H6629 → | 274 times |
| מֵאָ֥ה | meah | one hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים | veesrim | and twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| אָ֑לֶף | ʾalef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| וַֽיַּחְנְכוּ֙ | vaiyachnekhu | and they dedicated | H2596 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָעָֽם׃ | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
וַיִּזְבַּ֞חand he sacrificed
vaiyizbachH2076 →134 times
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
שְׁלֹמֹה֮Solomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
זֶ֣בַח[the] sacrifice of
zevachH2077 →162 times
הַבָּקָ֗ר<the> cattle
habakarH1241 →183 times
עֶשְׂרִ֤יםtwenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙and two
ushenayimH8147 →768 times
אֶ֔לֶףthousand
ʾelefH505 →505 times
וְצֹ֕אןand sheep
vetzonH6629 →274 times
מֵאָ֥הone hundred
meahH3967 →581 times
וְעֶשְׂרִ֖יםand twenty
veesrimH6242 →315 times
אָ֑לֶףthousand
ʾalefH505 →505 times
וַֽיַּחְנְכוּ֙and they dedicated
vaiyachnekhuH2596 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
הָעָֽם׃the people
haamH5971 →1873 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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
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…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 29:34
However, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had been consecrated. For the Levites had…
- 2 Chronicles 35:7–8
From his own flocks and herds Josiah contributed 30,000 lambs and goats plus 3,000 bulls for the Passover offerings for all the people who were present.
- 2 Chronicles 29:34
Through
Numbers 7:10When the altar was anointed, the leaders approached with their offerings for its dedication and presented them before the altar.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 7:9
On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more.
- 2 Chronicles 7:9
Through
Ezekiel 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…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 46:4–12
The burnt offering that the prince presents to the LORD on the Sabbath day shall be six unblemished male lambs and an unblemished ram.
- Isaiah 66:23
From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 31:3
The king contributed from his own possessions for the regular morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, as written in the Law of…
- Leviticus 23:1–44
Then the LORD said to Moses,
- 1 Kings 8:63–64
And 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.
- Ezekiel 46:4–12
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
