1 Kings 8:63

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Solomon	שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה she.lo.Moh	H8010	Shelomah · proper noun, a man's name
offered	וַיִּזְבַּ֣ח vai.yiz.Bach	H2076	to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
sacrifice	זֶ֣בַח Ze.vach	H2077	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct
offerings	הַשְּׁלָמִים֮ ha.she.la.Mim	H8002	properly · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
offered	זָבַ֣ח za.Vach	H2076	to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	לַיהוָה֒ la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
two	וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ u.she.Na.yim	H8147	two · conjunction + noun, common both genders dual absolute
twenty	עֶשְׂרִ֤ים 'es.Rim	H6242	twenty · noun, common masculine plural absolute
thousand	אֶ֔לֶף 'E.lef	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · noun, common both genders singular absolute
oxen	בָּקָ֗ר ba.Kar	H1241	beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gen… · noun, common both genders singular absolute
hundred	מֵאָ֥ה me.'Ah	H3967	a hundred · noun, common feminine singular absolute
twenty	וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים ve.'es.Rim	H6242	twenty · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
thousand	אָ֑לֶף 'A.lef	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · noun, common both genders singular absolute
sheep	וְצֹ֕אן ve.Tzon	H6629	a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats) · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular absolute
king	הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
children	בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
dedicated	וַֽיַּחְנְכוּ֙ vai.yach.ne.Khu	H2596	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
house	בֵּ֣ית beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title

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Cross-references

Ezra 6:16-17 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house o…
2 Chronicles 15:11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
Nehemiah 12:27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedi…
Leviticus 3:1-17 And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without…
Numbers 7:10-11 And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the alta…
Numbers 7:84-88 This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bo…
1 Chronicles 29:21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullo…
2 Chronicles 2:4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 8:62–end

We read before that Judah and Israel were eating and drinking, and very cheerful under their own vines and fig-trees; here we have them so in God's courts. Now they found Solomon's words true concerning Wisdom's ways, that they are ways of pleasantness. I. They had abundant joy and satisfaction while they attended at God's house, for there, 1. Solomon offered a great sacrifice, 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep, enough to have drained the country of cattle if it had not been a very fruitful land. The heathen thought themselves very generous when they offered sacrifices by hundreds (hecatombs they called them), but Solomon out-did them: he offered them by thousands. When Moses dedicated his altar…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 8:63

So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord--The dedication was not a ceremony ordained by the law, but it was done in accordance with the sentiments of reverence naturally associated with edifices appropriated to divine worship. [See on Ch2 7:5.]

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 8:63

Two and twenty thousand oxen - This was the whole amount of the victims that had been offered during the fourteen days; i.e., the seven days of the dedication, and the seven days of the feast of tabernacles. In what way could they dispose of the blood of so many victims?

John Gill on 1 Kings 8:63

And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the Lord,.... Part of which belonged to the offerer, and with those Solomon feasted the people all the days of the feast of the dedication, if not of tabernacles also; for the number was exceeding large, as follows: 22,000 oxen, and 120,000 sheep; which, as suggested, might be the number for all the fourteen days; nor need it seem incredible, since, as Josephus (b) says, at a passover celebrated in the times of Cestius the Roman governor, at the evening of the passover, in two hours time 256,500 lambs were slain; however, this was a very munificent sacrifice of Solomon's, in which he greatly exceeded the Heathens, who…

Dictionary and topics

Commerce — From the time that men began to live in cities, trade, in some shape, must have been carried on to supply the town-dwellers with necessaries from foreign as well as native sources, for we find that…
Prayer — Is converse with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but in direct address to him. Prayer may be oral or mental, occasional or constant, ejaculatory or…
Temple, Solomon’s — Before his death David had “with all his might” provided materials in great abundance for the building of the temple on the summit of Mount Moriah (1 Chr. 22:14; 29:4; 2 Chr. 3:1), on the east of the…
Cattle · Used for sacrifice — Used for sacrifice
Church · HOUSE OF THE LOR — HOUSE OF THE LOR
Peace Offerings · Was offered: At dedication of temple — Was offered: At dedication of temple
Sheep · Offered in sacrifice under the law — Offered in sacrifice under the law
Temple, The First · Solemnly dedicated to God by Solomon — Solemnly dedicated to God by Solomon

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Kings 8:63

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 8:62–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 8:63

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 8:63

John Gill on 1 Kings 8:63

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 8:63

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 8:62–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 8:63

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 8:63

John Gill on 1 Kings 8:63

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 8:62-64

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 8:62-66

Rashi on 1 Kings 8:59