2 Chronicles 8:12
in 2 Chronicles 8At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD he had built in front of the portico.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch,
KJV
Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the Lord on the altar of the Lord, which he had built before the porch,
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 8
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThen Solomon offered burnt offerings to the Lord,.... Meaning not barely at the time he rebuilt the above cities, for it was his constant practice: on the altar of the Lord, which he had built before the porch; the brasen altar, which was at the entrance into the temple, within the court; of which see 2Ch 4:1.
This site's exposition
burnt offerings unto the Lord on the altar
on 2 Chronicles 8:12-16
Solomon offers the burnt offerings at the daily rate, and on the sabbaths, new moons and the three annual feasts of unleavened bread, weeks and tabernacles, exactly as the commandment of Moses required. He sets the priests in their courses and the Levites in their charges to praise and to minister, and the porters at every gate, following the order David had already established in 1 Chronicles 23-26. Verse 14 calls David the man of God, a title Chronicles gives sparingly, elsewhere only to Moses and to one later prophet. Because the priests and Levites departed not from that commandment in any matter, the chapter can close by saying the house of the LORD was perfected, worship carried out in order rather than stone alone finishing the temple.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
There were daily sacrifices, a certain rate every day, as duly as the day came, weekly sacrifices on the sabbath, double to what was offered on other days, monthly sacrifices on the new moons, and yearly sacrifices at the three solemn feasts.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
on the altar of the Lord This was the copper altar that Solomon built.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
Solomon brought up from the City of David That is Zion, for he let her dwell in the City of David when he married her, and she was there until he completed building his palace.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אָ֣ז | ʾaz | then | H227 → | 141 times |
| הֶעֱלָ֧ה | heelah | he offered up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| עֹל֖וֹת | olot | burnt offerings | H5930 → | 287 times |
| לַיהוָ֑ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עַ֚ל | ʾal | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מִזְבַּ֣ח | mizbach | [the] altar of | H4196 → | 401 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בָּנָ֖ה | banah | he had built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הָאוּלָֽם׃ | haulam | the porch | H197 → | 34 times |
אָ֣זthen
ʾazH227 →141 times
הֶעֱלָ֧הhe offered up
heelahH5927 →890 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֛הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
עֹל֖וֹתburnt offerings
olotH5930 →287 times
לַיהוָ֑הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
עַ֚לon
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
מִזְבַּ֣ח[the] altar of
mizbachH4196 →401 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בָּנָ֖הhe had built
banahH1129 →376 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
הָאוּלָֽם׃the porch
haulamH197 →34 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
Ezekiel 8:16So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:19
When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to…
- Deuteronomy 17:3
and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—
- Jeremiah 32:33
They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.
- Jeremiah 2:27
say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble…
- Ezekiel 11:1
Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them…
- Deuteronomy 4:19
Through
Joel 2:17Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among…
it leads to
- Psalms 115:2
Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
- Ezekiel 8:16
So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five…
- Psalms 79:10
Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
- Psalms 115:2
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.