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1 Kings 8:64

1 Kings 8:64 is verse 64 of 1 Kings chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.

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King James Version

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 brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.

World English Bible

The same day the king made the middle of the court holy that was before Yahweh’s house; for there he offered the burnt offering, the meal offering, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was before Yahweh was too little to receive the burnt offering, the meal offering, and the fat of the peace offerings.

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1 Kings 8:62–66 · Berean Standard Bible

62 Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.

63 And 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.

64 On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.

65 So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.

66 On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.

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Hebrew words

בַּיּ֣וֹםon the day הַה֗וּא<the> that קִדַּ֨שׁhe consecrated הַמֶּ֜לֶךְthe king אֶת<obj.>תּ֣וֹךְ[the] middle of הֶחָצֵ֗רthe court אֲשֶׁר֙which לִפְנֵ֣י[was] <to> before בֵית[the] house of יְהוָ֔הYahweh כִּיfor עָ֣שָׂהhe offered שָׁ֗םthere אֶת<obj.>הָֽעֹלָה֙the burnt offering וְאֶתand <obj.>הַמִּנְחָ֔הthe grain offering וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>חֶלְבֵ֣י[the] fat<s> of הַשְּׁלָמִ֑יםthe peace offerings כִּֽיfor מִזְבַּ֤ח[the] altar of הַנְּחֹ֙שֶׁת֙<the> bronze אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich לִפְנֵ֣י[was] <to> before יְהוָ֔הYahweh קָטֹ֗ן[was too] small מֵֽהָכִיל֙for containing אֶת<obj.>הָעֹלָ֣הthe burnt offering וְאֶתand <obj.>הַמִּנְחָ֔הthe grain offering וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>חֶלְבֵ֥י[the] fat<s> of הַשְּׁלָמִֽיםthe peace offerings

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

2 Chronicles 7:7
Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar he had made could not contain all these offerings.

2 Chronicles 4:1
He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

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