Solomon's Sacrifices
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Then a the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.
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And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the LORD, twenty-two thousand bulls and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.
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On b the same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was in front of the house of the LORD; for there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the c bronze altar that was before the LORD was too small to receive the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
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At that time Solomon held d a feast, and all Israel with him, a great assembly from e the entrance of Hamath to f the Brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God, g seven days and seven more days - fourteen days.
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h On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the good that the LORD had done for His servant David, and for Israel His people.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 7:4 - 10
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 7:7
Furthermore Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was in front of the house of the LORD; for there he offered burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 4:1
Moreover he made a bronze altar: twenty cubits was its length, twenty cubits its width, and ten cubits its height.
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Leviticus 23:34
Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the LORD.
1 Kings 8:2
Therefore all the men of Israel assembled with King Solomon at the feast in the month of Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
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Numbers 34:8
From Mount Hor you shall mark out your border to the entrance of Hamath; then the direction of the border shall be toward Zedad.
Joshua 13:5
The land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon as far as the entrance to Hamath.
Judges 3:3
Namely, five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who dwelt in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to the entrance of Hamath.
2 Kings 14:25
He restored the territory of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which He had spoken through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet who was from Gath Hepher.
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Genesis 15:18
On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates -
Exodus 23:31
And I will set your bounds from the Red Sea to the sea, Philistia, and from the desert to the River. For I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.
Numbers 34:5
The border shall turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the Sea.
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2 Chronicles 7:8
At that time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of Egypt.
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2 Chronicles 7:9
And on the eighth day they held a sacred assembly, for they observed the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
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