1-11 The feast of the temple 12-21 Solomon's blessing 54-61 Solomon's blessing 22-35 Solomon's prayer 62-66 His sacrifice of peace offerings

A.M. 3000 B.C. 1004
Solomon This did not take place, according to Abp. Usher, till the year after the temple was finished, because that year after the temple was finished, because that year was a {jubilee}. `The 8th day of the 7th month, {viz.} the 30th of our October, being Friday, was the first of the seven days of dedication; the 10th day, Saturday, November 1, the fast of expiation or atonement was held; whereon, according to the levitical law, the jubilee was proclaimed by sound of trumpet. The 15th day, Friday, was the feast of tabernacles, which was always very solemnly kept; and the day following, Nov. 14, being our Saturday, when the Sabbath was ended, the people returned home.' 2Ch 5:2

assembled Jos 23:2 24:1 1Ch 28:1 2Ch 30:1 Ezr 3:1

chief of the fathers. [heb] princes Nu 7:3

that they might bring 2Sa 6:1,2,6,12 1Ch 13:1-5 15:3,25

out of the city 1Ki 3:15 2Sa 5:7-9 6:12-17 1Ch 11:7 15:29 16:1 Ps 9:11 102:21 Isa 28:16 46:13 1Pe 2:6

2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

at the feast Le 23:34 Nu 29:12 De 16:13 2Ch 5:3 7:8-10 Ezr 3:4 Ne 8:14-18 Zec 14:16-19 Joh 7:2,37

3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

the priests took up Nu 4:15 De 31:9 Jos 3:6,14,15 4:9 6:6 1Ch 15:2,11-15 2Ch 5:5-8

4 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.

and the 1Ki 3:4 2Ch 1:3

tabernacle Ex 40:2-33

5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

sacrificing sheep 1Ki 8:62,63 2Sa 6:13 1Ch 16:1

6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.

And the priests 1Ki 8:4 2Sa 6:17 2Ch 5:7

his place 1Ki 6:19 Ex 26:33,34 40:20,21

under the wings 1Ki 6:27 Ex 25:20-22 37:9 1Sa 4:4 2Sa 6:2 Ps 80:1 99:1 Isa 37:16 Eze 10:5

7 For the cherubim spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

8 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.

drew out the staves Ex 25:14,15 37:4,5 40:20

ends [heb] heads
holy place. or, ark, as 2Ch 5:9

unto this day Jos 4:9 Mt 28:15

9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

nothing Ex 25:21 De 10:2 2Ch 5:10

in the ark Ex 16:33 Nu 17:10 Heb 9:4

put there at Horeb Ex 25:21 40:20 De 10:2,5 31:26

when. or, where 1Ki 8:21 Ex 24:8 34:27,28 De 4:13

the cloud Ex 13:21 14:24 16:10 24:16-18 40:34,35 Le 16:2 Nu 9:15 2Ch 5:13,14 7:1-3 Eze 10:4 Re 15:8

10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,

11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.

for the glory Le 9:6,23 Eze 43:2,4,5 44:4 Joh 1:14 Ac 7:55 2Co 3:18 4:6 Re 21:11,23

12 Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

The lord De 4:11 2Ch 6:1,2 Ps 18:8-11 97:2

the thick Ex 20:21 Le 16:2 De 5:22 Isa 45:15 Heb 12:18

13 I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.

surely built 2Sa 7:13 1Ch 17:12 22:10,11 28:6,10,20 2Ch 6:2

a settled Ps 78:68,69 132:13,14 Joh 4:21-23 Ac 6:14 Heb 8:5-13 9:11,12,24

14 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)

blessed all 1Ki 8:55,56 Jos 22:6 2Sa 6:18 1Ch 16:2 2Ch 6:3 30:18-20 Ps 118:26 Lu 24:50,51

all the congregation 2Ch 7:6 Ne 8:7 9:2 Mt 13:2

15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

blessed 1Ch 29:10,20 2Ch 6:4 20:26 Ne 9:5 Ps 41:13 72:18,19 115:18 117:1,2 Lu 1:68 Eph 1:3 1Pe 1:3

which spake 2Sa 7:5,25,28,29 1Ch 17:12 Isa 1:20 Lu 1:70

hath Jos 21:45 23:15,16 Ps 138:2 Mt 24:35 Lu 1:54,55,72

16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

Since 2Sa 7:6,7 2Ch 6:5

I chose 1Ch 17:5,6 Ps 132:13

my name 1Ki 8:29 11:36 De 12:11 2Ki 23:27 Ne 1:9 Jer 7:12

I chose David 1Sa 16:1 2Sa 7:8 1Ch 28:4 Ps 78:70 89:19,20

17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

2Sa 7:2,3 1Ch 17:1,2 22:7 28:2

18 And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.

Whereas 2Ch 6:7-9 2Co 8:12

19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

1Ki 5:3-5 2Sa 7:5,12,13 1Ch 17:4,11,12 22:8-10 28:6

20 And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

hath performed 1Ki 8:15 Ne 9:8 Isa 9:7 Jer 29:10,11 Eze 12:25 37:14 Mic 7:20 Ro 4:21 Php 1:6

as the Lord 1Ch 28:5,6

21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

And I have 1Ki 8:5,6

the covenant 1Ki 8:9 Ex 34:28 De 9:9,11 31:26

22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:

stood before the altar 1Ki 8:54 2Ki 11:14 23:3 2Ch 6:12,13

spread forth Ex 9:29,33 2Ch 6:12 Ezr 9:5 Job 11:13 Ps 28:2 63:4 Isa 1:15 1Ti 2:8

23 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:

Lord God Ge 33:20 Ex 3:15

no God Ex 15:11 1Sa 2:2 2Sa 7:22 Ps 35:10 86:8 89:6-8 113:5 Isa 40:18,25 Jer 10:6,16 Mic 7:18

who keepest De 7:9 Ne 1:5 9:32 Ps 89:3-5 Da 9:4 Mic 7:19,20 Lu 1:72

walk before 1Ki 2:4 3:6 6:12 Ge 17:1 2Ki 20:3

24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.

thou spakest 1Ki 8:15 2Sa 7:12,16 2Ch 6:14,15

25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

keep with thy 1Ki 2:4 2Sa 7:27-29 1Ch 17:23-27 Lu 1:68-72

There shall not, etc. [heb] There shall not be cut off unto thee a man from my sight.

so that [heb] only if
thy children 1Ki 2:4 9:4-6 1Ch 28:9 2Ch 6:16,17

26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.

and now 1Ki 8:23 Ex 24:10 1Sa 1:17 Ps 41:13 Isa 41:17 45:3

let thy word 2Sa 7:25-29 2Ch 1:9 Ps 119:49 Jer 11:5 Eze 36:36,37

27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?

But will 2Ch 6:18 Isa 66:1 Joh 1:14 Ac 7:48,49 17:24 2Co 6:16 1Jo 3:1

the heaven De 10:14 2Ch 2:6 Ps 113:4 139:7-16 Jer 23:24 2Co 12:2

28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:

Yet have thou 2Ch 6:19 Ps 141:2 Da 9:17-19 Lu 18:1,7

hearken Ps 4:1 5:1 86:3,6,7 88:1,2

29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.

That thine 1Ki 8:52 2Ki 19:16 2Ch 6:20,40 7:15 16:9 Ne 1:6 Ps 34:15 Da 9:18

My name 1Ki 8:16,43 11:36 Ex 20:24 De 12:11 16:2,6 26:2 2Ki 21:4,7 23:27 2Ch 6:5,6,20 7:16 20:8 33:4,7 Ne 1:9 Joh 14:13,14

toward this place. or, in this place Da 6:10

30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

when they shall 2Ch 20:8,9 Ne 1:5,6

toward this place. or, in this place.
and hear 1Ki 8:34,36,39,43,49 2Ch 6:21 Ps 33:13,14 113:5,6 123:1 Ec 5:2 Isa 57:15 Mt 6:9

forgive 1Ki 8:34,36,39 2Ch 7:14 Ps 130:3,4 Da 9:19 Mt 6:12

31 If any man trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:

If any man Solomon here puts {seven cases}, in all of which the mercy and intervention of God would be indispensably requisite; and he earnestly bespeaks that mercy and intervention, on condition that the people pray towards the holy place, and with a feeling heart make earnest supplication to the throne of mercy.

trespass 2Ch 6:22,23

an oath be laid upon him [heb] he require an oath of him Ex 22:8-11 Le 5:1 Pr 30:9

the oath Nu 5:16-22

32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

hear thou 1Ki 8:30

condemning Ex 34:7 Nu 5:27 De 25:1 Pr 1:31 Isa 3:10,11 Eze 18:13,30 Ro 2:6-10

justifying Ex 23:7 Pr 17:15 Isa 3:10 Eze 18:20 Ro 2:13 7:9

33 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:

smitten down Le 26:17,25 De 28:25,48 Jos 7:8 2Ch 6:24,25 Ps 44:10

because they have Jos 7:11,12 Jud 6:1,2 2Ki 17:7-18 18:11,12 2Ch 36:14-17

turn again Le 26:39-42 Ne 1:8,9 Jon 3:10

pray Ezr 9:5 Ne 9:1-3 Isa 63:15-19 64:1-12 Da 9:3

in. or, toward 1Ki 8:30

34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.

forgive the sin 1Ki 8:30 Ezr 1:1-6 Ps 106:47 Jer 31:4-9,27 32:37 33:10-13 Da 9:12,19,25 Am 7:2

which thou gavest Ge 13:15 Ex 6:8 Jos 21:43

35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:

heaven 1Ki 17:1 De 26:19 11:17 28:12,23,24 2Sa 24:13 Jer 14:1-7 Eze 14:13 Mal 3:10 Lu 4:25 Re 11:6

if they pray 1Ki 8:33 2Ch 6:24,26 Ro 10:9 15:9

confess 1Ki 8:29,30 Joe 1:13-20 2:15-17

and turn 1Ki 8:33 Isa 1:15,16 9:13 Eze 18:30-32 Ho 14:1

36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

thou teach Ps 25:4,5,8,12 27:11 32:8 94:12 119:33 143:8 Isa 35:8 Mic 4:2

the good way 1Sa 12:23 2Ch 6:26,27 Isa 30:21 Jer 6:16 42:3 Mt 22:16

give rain 1Ki 18:1,27-40,45 Ps 68:9 Jer 14:22 Jas 5:17,18

37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;

in the land famine Le 26:16,25,26 De 28:21,22,25,38-42,52-61 2Ki 6:25-29 1Ch 21:12 2Ch 6:28-31 20:9 Ps 105:34,35 Jer 32:2 39:1-3 Eze 14:21 Joe 1:4-7 2:25,26

cities. or, jurisdiction

38 What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

prayer 2Ch 20:5-13 Ps 50:15 91:15 Isa 37:4,15-21 Joe 2:17 Am 7:1-6

the plague 2Ch 6:29 Job 7:11 Ps 32:3,4 42:6,9,11 73:21,22 142:3-5 Pr 14:10 Ro 7:24 Php 4:6

spread forth 1Ki 8:22 Isa 1:15

39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)

then hear 1Ki 8:32,36

give to every man. Ps 18:20-26 28:4 Jer 17:10 32:19 Eze 18:30 Re 22:12

for thou 1Sa 16:7 1Ch 28:9 2Ch 6:30 Ps 11:4,5 Joh 2:25 21:17 Ac 1:24 Heb 4:12,13 Re 2:23

40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

fear thee Ge 22:12 Ex 20:20 De 6:2,13 1Sa 12:24 Ps 115:13 130:4 Jer 32:29,40 Ho 3:5 Ac 9:31 10:2 Heb 12:28 Re 15:4 19:5

41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;

a stranger 1Ki 10:1,2 Ru 1:16 2:11 2Ch 6:32 Isa 56:3-7 Mt 8:5,10,11 15:22-28 Lu 17:18 Joh 12:20 Ac 10:1-4

cometh out 1Ki 10:1,2 Ex 18:8-12 2Ki 5:1-7,16,17 Isa 60:1-10 Mt 2:1 12:42 Ac 8:27

42 (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;

For they shall Ex 15:14 De 4:6 Jos 2:10,11 9:9,10 2Ch 32:31 Da 2:47 3:28 4:37

great name Ex 3:13-16 34:5-7 Jos 7:9 Ps 86:8,9 Eze 20:9

thy strong hand Ex 3:19 9:15 13:14 De 3:24 4:34 11:2,3 2Ki 17:36 Ps 89:13 136:12 Isa 51:9 63:12 Jer 31:11 32:17

when he shall Isa 66:19,20 Jer 3:19 Zec 14:16 Ac 8:27

43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.

that all the people 1Sa 17:46 2Ki 19:19 2Ch 6:33 Ps 22:27 67:2 72:10,11 86:9 Isa 11:9 Re 11:15

fear thee Ps 102:15 117:1-2

this house [heb] thy name is called upon this house 1Ki 8:29

44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:

go out to battle De 20:1-4 31:3-6 Jos 1:2-5 2Ch 6:34

whithersoever Nu 31:1 Jos 6:2-5 8:1,2 Jud 1:1,2 4:6 6:14 1Sa 15:3,18 30:8 2Sa 5:19,23

shall pray 2Ch 14:9-12 18:31 20:6-13 32:20

toward the city [heb] the way of the city 1Ki 8:16 Ps 78:67-69 132:13,14 Da 9:17-19

45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

cause. or, right Ge 18:25 Ps 9:4 Jer 5:28

46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;

If they sin The second clause of this verse, as it is here translated, renders this {supposition} entirely negatory; for if there be {no man that sinneth not}, it is useless to say, IF {they sin}: but this objection is removed by rendering the original, `If they shall sin against thee, (for there is no man that, {lo yechetai,} may not sin') i.e. there is no man {impeccable} or {infallible}; none that is not liable to transgress.

there is no man 2Ch 6:36 Job 14:4 15:14-16 Ps 19:12 130:3 143:2 Pr 20:9 Ec 7:20 Isa 53:6 64:6 Ro 3:19 Ga 3:22 Jas 3:2 1Jo 1:8-10

unto the land Le 26:34-39 De 4:26,27 28:36,54-68 29:28 2Ki 17:6,18,23 25:21 Da 9:7-14 Lu 21:24

47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;

Yet if they Le 26:4-45 De 4:29-31 30:1,2 2Ch 6:37 33:12 Eze 16:61,63 18:28 Hag 1:7 Lu 15:17

bethink themselves [heb] bring back to their heart
saying Ezr 9:6,7 Ne 1:6 9:26-30 Ps 106:6 Isa 64:6-12 Da 9:5-11 Zec 12:10

done perversely Job 33:27,28 Jer 31:18-20 Lu 15:18

48 And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

And so return De 4:29 6:5,6 Jud 10:15,16 1Sa 7:3,4 Ne 1:9 Ps 119:2,10,145 Pr 23:26 Isa 55:6,7 Jer 3:10 24:7 29:12-14 Da 9:13 Ho 14:1,2 Ac 8:37 Ro 10:10

pray unto 1Ki 8:29,30 Da 6:10

the city 1Ki 8:44

49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,

then hear 1Ki 8:30

cause. or, right 1Ki 8:45 2Ki 19:19 Zec 1:15,16

50 And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:

and give them 2Ch 30:9 Ezr 7:6,27,28 Ne 1:11 2:4-8 Ps 106:46 Pr 16:7 Da 1:9,10 Ac 7:10

51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:

thy people 1Ki 8:53 Ex 32:11,12 Nu 14:13-19 De 9:26-29 2Ch 6:39 Ne 1:10 Isa 63:16-18 64:9 Jer 51:19

the furnace De 4:20 Jer 11:4

52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.

That thine 1Ki 8:29 2Ch 6:40

in all that Ps 86:5 145:18

53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O LORD God.

separate Ex 19:5,6 33:16 Nu 23:9 De 4:34 7:6-8 9:26,29 14:2 32:9 2Co 6:14-18 Tit 2:14 1Pe 2:9

thine inheritance De 32:9 Jer 10:16 Eph 1:18

as thou De 33:1-3,26-29

54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.

when Solomon Lu 11:1 22:45

kneeling 2Ch 6:13 Ps 95:6 Lu 22:41,45 Ac 20:26 21:5

with his hands 1Ki 8:22 2Ch 6:12

55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

blessed 1Ki 8:14 Nu 6:23-26 2Sa 6:18 1Ch 16:2

56 Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.

Blessed be 1Ki 8:15

hath given rest De 3:20 12:10,12 Jos 21:44 2Ch 14:6 Heb 4:3-9

there Jos 21:45 23:14,15 Lu 1:54,55,72,73 21:33

failed [heb] fallen 1Sa 3:19 2Ki 10:10

57 The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:

De 31:6,8 Jos 1:5,9 1Ch 28:9 2Ch 32:7,8 Ps 46:7,11 Isa 8:10 41:10 Mt 1:23 28:20 Ro 8:31 Heb 13:5

58 That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.

incline Ps 110:3 119:36 So 1:4 Jer 31:33 Eze 36:26,27 Php 2:13 Heb 13:21

his commandments De 4:1,45 6:1

59 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:

let these my words. This and the following verse are a sort of supplement to the prayer; and there is an important addition to this prayer in 2ch 6:41,42, apparently taken from one of the Psalms.

nigh Ps 102:1,2 141:2 Joh 17:9,20-24 1Jo 2:2

at all times [heb] the thing of a day in his day Lu 11:3

as the matter De 33:25

60 That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.

That all 1Ki 8:43 Jos 4:24 1Sa 17:46 2Ki 19:19

the lord 1Ki 18:39 De 4:35,39 Isa 44:6,8,24 45:5,6,22 Jer 10:10-12 Joe 2:27

61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

perfect 1Ki 11:4 15:3,14 Ge 17:1 De 18:13 2Ki 20:3 1Ch 28:9 Job 1:1,8 Ps 37:37 2Co 7:1 Php 3:12-16

62 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.

2Sa 6:17-19 2Ch 7:4-7

63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.

a sacrifice Le 3:1-17 1Ch 29:21 2Ch 15:11 29:32-35 30:24 35:7-9 Ezr 6:16,17 Eze 45:17 Mic 6:7

two and twenty We are not to suppose that all these victims were sacrificed in one day, or on one altar; for this was the whole amount of those that had been offered during the {fourteen days} which the feast of dedication and the feast of tabernacles lasted; and there appears to have been an altar erected in the middle of the court, which was {set apart} for that purpose, in consequence of the great altar of burnt offering being not sufficient for the multitude of sacrifices then offered.

dedicated Nu 7:10,11,84-88 2Ch 2:4 7:5 Ezr 6:16,17 Ne 12:27 Joh 10:22

64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brazen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.

hallow 2Ch 7:7

the brasen 2Ch 4:1

65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.

held 1Ki 8:2 Le 23:34-43 2Ch 7:8,9

a great 2Ch 30:13 Ps 40:9,10

from the entering 1Ki 4:21,24 Nu 34:5,8 Jos 13:5 Jud 3:3 2Ki 14:25 Am 6:14

the river Ge 15:18 Ex 23:31 Nu 34:5 Jos 13:3

seven days 2Ch 7:8,9 30:23

66 On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.

the eighth day In the parallel passage of Chronicles this termed `the three and twentieth day of the seventh month;' that is, the {ninth} day of the dedication; which Jarchi reconcile by supposing that Solomon gave them leave to return on the {eighth} day, and many of them did return, and that he dismissed the remainder on the {ninth}, or twenty-third of the seventh month. See note on 1ki 8:1 2Ch 7:10 31:1

blessed. or, thanked 1Ki 8:1,47

joyful De 12:7,12,18 16:11 2Ch 29:36 30:26,27 Ne 8:10 Ps 95:1,2 100:1,2 106:4,5 122:6,9 Isa 61:9,10 66:13,14 Jer 31:12-14 Zep 3:14 Zec 9:9,17 Ac 2:46 Ga 5:22 Php 4:4