2 Chronicles 1:6
in 2 Chronicles 1Solomon offered sacrifices there before the LORD on the bronze altar in the Tent of Meeting, where he offered a thousand burnt offerings.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar before Jehovah, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt-offerings upon it.
KJV
And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the Lord, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 1
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd Solomon went up thither,.... To the high place at Gibeon: to the brasen altar before the lord; where he used to be, and accept the sacrifices of his people, though the ark, the symbol of his presence, was not there: which was at the tabernacle of the congregation; that is, which altar was there; or rather "who", that is, God, was there, as Osiander, hearing the prayers of his people, and accepting their offerings: and offered a thousand offerings upon it; by the priests, see 1Ki 3:4.
This site's exposition
Bezaleel the son of Uri
on 2 Chronicles 1:5-6
The brasen altar Solomon approaches was made by Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, the same craftsman Exodus names for the tabernacle's furniture, tying Solomon's worship back to the pattern given at Sinai. His thousand burnt offerings are made at that altar rather than before the ark, healing in one act the split worship the previous verses named. Kings records the thousand offerings without naming the altar's maker; Chronicles supplies the craftsman and, with him, the line of continuity back to Moses.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
His father David had left him flocks and herds in abundance ( 1 Chron. xxvii. 29, 31 ), and thus he gave God his dues out of them. The ark was at Jerusalem (
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
offered a thousand burnt offerings--This holocaust he offered, of course, by the hands of the priests. The magnitude of the oblation became the rank of the offerer on this occasion of national solemnity. HIS CHOICE OF WISDOM IS BLESSED BY GOD.
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The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּעַל֩ | vaiyaal | and he went up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֨ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| שָׁ֜ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | to | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מִזְבַּ֤ח | mizbach | [the] altar of | H4196 → | 401 times |
| הַנְּחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ | hanechoshet | <the> bronze | H5178 → | 140 times |
| לִפְנֵ֣י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לְאֹ֣הֶל | leohel | [was] to [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵ֑ד | moed | meeting | H4150 → | 223 times |
| וַיַּ֧עַל | vaiyaal | and he offered up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| עָלָ֛יו | ʾalav | on it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| עֹל֖וֹת | olot | burnt offerings | H5930 → | 287 times |
| אָֽלֶף׃ | ʾalef | a thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
וַיַּעַל֩and he went up
vaiyaalH5927 →890 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֨הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
שָׁ֜םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
עַל־to
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
מִזְבַּ֤ח[the] altar of
mizbachH4196 →401 times
הַנְּחֹ֙שֶׁת֙<the> bronze
hanechoshetH5178 →140 times
לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לְאֹ֣הֶל[was] to [the] tent of
leohelH168 →345 times
מוֹעֵ֑דmeeting
moedH4150 →223 times
וַיַּ֧עַלand he offered up
vaiyaalH5927 →890 times
עָלָ֛יוon it
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
עֹל֖וֹתburnt offerings
olotH5930 →287 times
אָֽלֶף׃a thousand
ʾalefH505 →505 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
1 Kings 3:4Now 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.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 1:3
And 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…
- 2 Chronicles 7:5
And 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 16:39
And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon
- 2 Chronicles 1:6–12
Solomon offered sacrifices there before the LORD on the bronze altar in the Tent of Meeting, where he offered a thousand burnt offerings.
- 1 Chronicles 21:29
For 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,
- 2 Chronicles 1:3
Through
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.
it leads to
- Ezra 6:16–17
Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.
- Ezra 6:16–17
Through
Isaiah 40:16Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.
it leads to
- Micah 6:6–7
With 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?
- Psalms 40:6
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
- Micah 6:6–7
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This page draws on Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
