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Contemporary English Version

2 Chronicles 1:6

and there at the bronze altar, Solomon offered a thousand animals as sacrifices to please the Lord .

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Tabernacle;   Thompson Chain Reference - Giving;   Liberality-Parsimony;   Munificence;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle, the;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sacrifice;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Solomon offered sacrifices there in the Lord’s presence on the bronze altar at the tent of meeting; he offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.
Hebrew Names Version
Shlomo went up there to the brazen altar before the LORD, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered one thousand burnt offerings on it.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the Lord , which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.
New Century Version
Solomon went up to the bronze altar in the presence of the Lord at the Meeting Tent and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.
New English Translation
Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the Lord which was at the meeting tent, and he offered up a thousand burnt sacrifices.
Amplified Bible
And Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the LORD at the Tent of Meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.
New American Standard Bible
And Solomon went up there before the LORD to the bronze altar which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.
World English Bible
Solomon went up there to the brazen altar before Yahweh, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered one thousand burnt offerings on it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Salomon offred there before the Lord vpon the brasen altar that was in the Tabernacle of the Congregation: euen a thousand burnt offrings offred he vpon it.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Solomon went up there before Yahweh to the bronze altar which was at the tent of meeting, and offered one thousand burnt offerings on it.
Berean Standard Bible
Solomon offered sacrifices there before the LORD on the bronze altar at the Tent of Meeting; on it he offered a thousand burnt offerings.
Complete Jewish Bible
On the bronze altar at the tent of meeting Shlomo offered a thousand burnt offerings before Adonai .
Darby Translation
And Solomon offered there upon the brazen altar before Jehovah which was at the tent of meeting; and he offered up a thousand burnt-offerings upon it.
Easy-to-Read Version
Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the Lord at the Meeting Tent and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.
George Lamsa Translation
And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
Good News Translation
In front of the Tent the king worshiped the Lord by offering sacrifices on the bronze altar; he had a thousand animals killed and burned whole on it.
Lexham English Bible
And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before Yahweh, which was at the tent of assembly, and he offered upon it a thousand burnt offerings.
Literal Translation
And Solomon went up there on the bronze altar before Jehovah, that was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered on it a thousand burnt offerings.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Salomon offred a thousande burntofferynges vpo the brasen altare that stode before the Tabernacle of witnesse.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
And Solomon went up there to the brass altar before the Lord at the Tent of meeting, offering on it a thousand burned offerings.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Solomon gat vp there before the Lord, to the brasen aulter that was before the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt sacrifices vpon it.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Solomon offered there, upon the brazen altar before the LORD, which was at the tent of meeting, he offered a thousand burnt-offerings upon it.
King James Version (1611)
And Solomon went vp thither to the brasen Altar before the Lord, which was at the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings vpon it.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Solomon brought victims thither to the brazen altar that was before the Lord in the tabernacle, and offered upon it a thousand whole-burnt-offerings.
English Revised Version
And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Salomon stiede to the brasun autir, bifor the tabernacle of boond of pees of the Lord, and offride in it a thousynde sacrifices.
Update Bible Version
And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before Yahweh, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt-offerings on it.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar before the LORD, which [was] at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt-offerings upon it.
New King James Version
And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.
New Living Translation
There in front of the Tabernacle, Solomon went up to the bronze altar in the Lord 's presence and sacrificed 1,000 burnt offerings on it.
New Life Bible
Solomon went before the Lord to the brass altar at the meeting tent. And he gave a thousand burnt gifts on it.
New Revised Standard
Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the Lord , which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Solomon went up thither, unto the altar of bronze before Yahweh, which belonged to the tent of meeting, - and caused to go up thereon a thousand ascending-sacrifices.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar, before the tabernacle of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up on it a thousand victims.
Revised Standard Version
And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the LORD, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
Young's Literal Translation
And Solomon goeth up thither, on the altar of brass, before Jehovah, that [is] at the tent of meeting, and causeth to ascend upon it a thousand burnt-offerings.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Solomon went up there before the LORD to the bronze altar which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.

Contextual Overview

1 King Solomon, the son of David, was now in complete control of his kingdom, because the Lord God had blessed him and made him a powerful king. 2At that time, the sacred tent that Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the desert was still kept at Gibeon, and in front of the tent was the bronze altar that Bezalel had made. One day, Solomon told the people of Israel, the army commanders, the officials, and the family leaders, to go with him to the place of worship at Gibeon, even though his father King David had already moved the sacred chest from Kiriath-Jearim to the tent that he had set up for it in Jerusalem. Solomon and the others went to Gibeon to worship the Lord , 6 and there at the bronze altar, Solomon offered a thousand animals as sacrifices to please the Lord . 7 God appeared to Solomon that night in a dream and said, "Solomon, ask for anything you want, and I will give it to you." 8 Solomon answered: Lord God, you were always loyal to my father David, and now you have made me king of Israel. 9 I am supposed to rule these people, but there are as many of them as there are specks of dust on the ground. So keep the promise you made to my father 10 and make me wise. Give me the knowledge I'll need to be the king of this great nation of yours. 11 God replied: Solomon, you could have asked me to make you rich or famous or to let you live a long time. Or you could have asked for your enemies to be destroyed. Instead, you asked for wisdom and knowledge to rule my people. 12 So I will make you wise and intelligent. But I will also make you richer and more famous than any king before or after you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a thousand: 1 Kings 3:4, 1 Kings 8:63, 1 Chronicles 29:21, Isaiah 40:16

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 7:5 - a sacrifice 2 Chronicles 15:11 - seven hundred Malachi 3:4 - as

Cross-References

Genesis 1:5
and named the light "Day" and the darkness "Night." Evening came and then morning—that was the first day.
Genesis 1:6

The Second Day

God said, "I command a dome to separate the water above it from the water below it."
Genesis 1:7
And that's what happened. God made the dome
Genesis 1:8
and named it "Sky." Evening came and then morning—that was the second day.
Genesis 1:11
God said, "I command the earth to produce all kinds of plants, including fruit trees and grain." And that's what happened.
Genesis 1:12
The earth produced all kinds of vegetation. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.
Genesis 1:13
Evening came and then morning—that was the third day.
Genesis 1:14

The Fourth Day

God said, "I command lights to appear in the sky and to separate day from night and to show the time for seasons, special days, and years.
Genesis 1:20

The Fifth Day

God said, "I command the ocean to be full of living creatures, and I command birds to fly above the earth."
Genesis 1:22
Then he gave the living creatures his blessing—he told the ocean creatures to live everywhere in the ocean and the birds to live everywhere on earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And 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 1 Kings 3:4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The narrative here corresponds with 1 Kings 3:4; but is very much fuller. We learn from the present passage:

(1) that Solomon’s sacrifice at Gibeon was a great public festivity, to which he collected vast numbers of the people;

(2) that it was made upon the brass altar of Bezaleel, which

(3) stood before the tabernacle; and

(4) that Solomon’s vision was on the night of his sacrifice. Consult the marginal references

2 Chronicles 1:5

Sought unto it - i. e., “frequented it” - “were in the habit of making use of it.”


 
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