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FULL TITHEMalachi 3:10

10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may befood in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “andsee if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour outso much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it

2 Chronicles 29Hezekiah Purifies the Temple

29 Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalemtwenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah daughter of Zechariah. 2 He did what wasright in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David had done.

3 In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the temple of the Lordand repaired them. 4 He brought in the priests and the Levites, assembled them in the squareon the east side 5 and said: “Listen to me, Levites! Consecrate yourselves now and consecratethe temple of the Lord, the God of your ancestors. Remove all defilement from the sanctuary.6 Our parents were unfaithful; they did evil in the eyes of the Lord our God and forsook him.

They turned their faces away from the Lord’s dwelling place and turned their backs on him.7 They also shut the doors of the portico and put out the lamps. They did not burn incense orpresent any burnt offerings at the sanctuary to the God of Israel. 8 Therefore, the anger of theLord has fallen on Judah and Jerusalem; he has made them an object of dread and horror andscorn, as you can see with your own eyes. 9 This is why our fathers have fallen by the swordand why our sons and daughters and our wives are in captivity. 10 Now I intend to make acovenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger will turn away from us. 11 Mysons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him and serve him,to minister before him and to burn incense.”

12 Then these Levites set to work:

from the Kohathites,Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah;

from the Merarites,Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel;

from the Gershonites, Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah;13 from the descendants of Elizaphan,

Shimri and Jeiel;from the descendants of Asaph,

Zechariah and Mattaniah;

14 from the descendants of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei;from the descendants of Jeduthun,

Shemaiah and Uzziel.



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15 When they had assembled their fellow Levites and consecrated themselves, they went in topurify the temple of the Lord, as the king had ordered, following the word of the Lord. 16 Thepriests went into the sanctuary of the Lord to purify it. They brought out to the courtyard of theLord’s temple everything unclean that they found in the temple of the Lord. The Levites took itand carried it out to the Kidron Valley. 17 They began the consecration on the first day of thefirst month, and by the eighth day of the month they reached the portico of the Lord. For eightmore days they consecrated the temple of the Lord itself, finishing on the sixteenth day of thefirst month.

18 Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported: “We have purified the entire temple of theLord, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table for setting out theconsecrated bread, with all its articles. 19 We have prepared and consecrated all the articlesthat King Ahaz removed in his unfaithfulness while he was king. They are now in front of theLord’s altar.”

20 Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials together and went up to thetemple of the Lord. 21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven male lambs and seven

male goats as a sin offering[a] for the kingdom, for the sanctuary and for Judah. The kingcommanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer these on the altar of the Lord.22 So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splashed it against thealtar; next they slaughtered the rams and splashed their blood against the altar; then theyslaughtered the lambs and splashed their blood against the altar. 23 The goats for the sinoffering were brought before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them.24 The priests then slaughtered the goats and presented their blood on the altar for a sinoffering to atone for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sinoffering for all Israel.

25 He stationed the Levites in the temple of the Lord with cymbals, harps and lyres in the wayprescribed by David and Gad the king’s seer and Nathan the prophet; this was commanded bythe Lord through his prophets. 26 So the Levites stood ready with David’s instruments, and thepriests with their trumpets.

27 Hezekiah gave the order to sacrifice the burnt offering on the altar. As the offering began,singing to the Lord began also, accompanied by trumpets and the instruments of David king ofIsrael. 28 The whole assembly bowed in worship, while the musicians played and the trumpetssounded. All this continued until the sacrifice of the burnt offering was completed.

29 When the offerings were finished, the king and everyone present with him knelt down andworshiped. 30 King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to praise the Lord with thewords of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed down andworshiped.

31 Then Hezekiah said, “You have now dedicated yourselves to the Lord. Come and bringsacrifices and thank offerings to the temple of the Lord.” So the assembly brought sacrificesand thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings.

32 The number of burnt offerings the assembly brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams andtwo hundred male lambs—all of them for burnt offerings to the Lord. 33 The animalsconsecrated as sacrifices amounted to six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep and goats.34 The priests, however, were too few to skin all the burnt offerings; so their relatives theLevites helped them until the task was finished and until other priests had been consecrated,



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for the Levites had been more conscientious in consecrating themselves than the priests hadbeen. 35 There were burnt offerings in abundance, together with the fat of the fellowshipofferings and the drink offerings that accompanied the burnt offerings.

So the service of the temple of the Lord was reestablished. 36 Hezekiah and all the peoplerejoiced at what God had brought about for his people, because it was done so quickly.

2 Chronicles 30New International Version (NIV)

Hezekiah Celebrates the Passover

30 Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh,inviting them to come to the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover to theLord, the God of Israel. 2 The king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalemdecided to celebrate the Passover in the second month. 3 They had not been able to celebrate itat the regular time because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had

not assembled in Jerusalem. 4 The plan seemed right both to the king and to the wholeassembly. 5 They decided to send a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan,calling the people to come to Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover to the Lord, the God ofIsrael. It had not been celebrated in large numbers according to what was written.

6 At the king’s command, couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the kingand from his officials, which read:

“People of Israel, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, that he may return toyou who are left, who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria. 7 Do not be like

your parents and your fellow Israelites, who were unfaithful to the Lord, the God of theirancestors, so that he made them an object of horror, as you see. 8 Do not be stiff-necked, asyour ancestors were; submit to the Lord. Come to his sanctuary, which he has consecratedforever. Serve the Lord your God, so that his fierce anger will turn away from you. 9 If youreturn to the Lord, then your fellow Israelites and your children will be shown compassion bytheir captors and will return to this land, for the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate.He will not turn his face from you if you return to him.”

10 The couriers went from town to town in Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun, butpeople scorned and ridiculed them. 11 Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun

humbled themselves and went to Jerusalem. 12 Also in Judah the hand of God was on thepeople to give them unity of mind to carry out what the king and his officials had ordered,following the word of the Lord.

13 A very large crowd of people assembled in Jerusalem to celebrate the Festival of UnleavenedBread in the second month. 14 They removed the altars in Jerusalem and cleared away theincense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley.

15 They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priestsand the Levites were ashamed and consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to thetemple of the Lord. 16 Then they took up their regular positions as prescribed in the Law ofMoses the man of God. The priests splashed against the altar the blood handed to them by theLevites. 17 Since many in the crowd had not consecrated themselves, the Levites had to kill thePassover lambs for all those who were not ceremonially clean and could not consecrate their



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lambs[a] to the Lord. 18 Although most of the many people who came from Ephraim,Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover,contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May the Lord, who isgood, pardon everyone 19 who sets their heart on seeking God—the Lord, the God of theirancestors—even if they are not clean according to the rules of the sanctuary.” 20 And the Lordheard Hezekiah and healed the people.

21 The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread forseven days with great rejoicing, while the Levites and priests praised the Lord every day withresounding instruments dedicated to the Lord.[b]

22 Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites, who showed good understanding of theservice of the Lord. For the seven days they ate their assigned portion and offered fellowshipofferings and praised[c] the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

23 The whole assembly then agreed to celebrate the festival seven more days; so for anotherseven days they celebrated joyfully. 24 Hezekiah king of Judah provided a thousand bulls andseven thousand sheep and goats for the assembly, and the officials provided them with athousand bulls and ten thousand sheep and goats. A great number of priests consecratedthemselves. 25 The entire assembly of Judah rejoiced, along with the priests and Levites and allwho had assembled from Israel, including the foreigners who had come from Israel and alsothose who resided in Judah. 26 There was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the days of Solomonson of David king of Israel there had been nothing like this in Jerusalem. 27 The priests and theLevites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, hisholy dwelling place.

2 Chronicles 29 34Clarke's Commentary on the Bible They could not flay all the burnt-offerings - Peace-offerings, and such like, the Levites mightflay and dress; but the whole burnt-offerings, that is, those which were entirely consumed onthe altar, could be touched only by the priests, unless in a case of necessity, such as ismentioned here.The Levites were more upright in heart - The priests seem to have been very backward in thisgood work; the Levites were more ready to help forward this glorious reformation. Why theformer should have been so backward is not easy to tell; but it appears to have been the fact.Indeed, it often happens that the higher orders of the priesthood are less concerned for theprosperity of true religion than the lower. Why is this? They are generally too busy aboutworldly things, or too much satisfied with secular emoluments. A rich priesthood is notfavorable either to the spread or depth of religion. Earthly gratifications are often put in theplace of Divine influences: it is almost a miracle to see a very rich man deeply interested inbehalf either of his own soul, or the souls of others.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings,.... Take off theskins of them, which used to be done by the priests, Leviticus 1:6,wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them till the work was ended; assisted in theflaying of the sacrifices, until they had gone through the service of this time, and the skins ofall the sacrifices were flayed off:and until the other priests had sanctified themselves; who had been negligent of it, or had



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defiled themselves by idolatry:for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests; were moreready to do it, and did it with greater cheerfulness and good will; were not backward to do it,but did it at once.

Geneva Study Bible But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their

brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests hadsanctified themselves: for the Levites were {q} more upright in heart to sanctify themselves thanthe priests.(q) Meaning, were more zealous to set forth the religion.

Wesley's Notes 29:34 Too few - Such as were sanctified and fit for their work, as the following words shew: forotherwise the number of the priests was more than sufficient for this employment. Burnt -offerings - And much less all the other sacrifices, which were more numerous; the slayingwhereof was the priests proper work. The Levites - Necessity excusing their deviation from the

rule.

King James Translators' Notes did help...: Heb. strengthened them

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 34-36. the priests were too few, … wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them-Theskins of beasts intended as peace offerings might be taken off by the officers, because, in suchcases, the carcass was not wholly laid upon the altar; but animals meant for burnt offeringswhich were wholly consumed by fire could be flayed by the priests alone, not even the Levitesbeing allowed to touch them, except in cases of unavoidable necessity (2Ch 35:11). The dutybeing assigned by the law to the priests (Le 1:6), was construed by consuetudinary practice asan exclusion of all others not connected with the Aaronic family.for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests-that is,displayed greater alacrity than the priests. This service was hastened by the irrepressiblesolicitude of the king. Whether it was that many of the priests, being absent in the country, hadnot arrived in time-whether from the long interruption of the public duties, some of them hadrelaxed in their wonted attentions to personal cleanliness, and had many preparations tomake-or whether from some having participated in the idolatrous services introduced by Ahaz,they were backward in repairing to the temple-a reflection does seem to be cast upon their

order as dilatory and not universally ready for duty (compare 2Ch 30:15). Thus was the newlyconsecrated temple reopened to the no small joy of the pious king and all the people.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 29:20-36 As soon as Hezekiah heard that the temple was ready, he lost no time. Atonementmust be made for the sins of the last reign. It was not enough to lament and forsake those sins;they brought a sin-offering. Our repentance and reformation will not obtain pardon but in andthrough Christ, who was made sin, that is, a sin-offering for us. While the offerings were on thealtar, the Levites sang. Sorrow for sin must not prevent us from praising God. The king and thecongregation gave their consent to all that was done. It is not enough for us to be where God is

worshipped, if we do not ourselves worship with the heart. And we should offer up our spiritualsacrifices of praise and thanksgiving, and devote ourselves and all we have, as sacrifices,acceptable to the Father only through the Redeemer



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2 Chronicles 7:4Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD

Clark’s Commentary

The king and all the people offered sacrifices - They presented the victims to the priests, andthey and the Levites slew them, and sprinkled the blood: or perhaps the people themselvesslew them; and, having caught the blood, collected the fat, etc., presented them to the prieststo be offered as the law required.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible Then the king and all the people,.... Of these two verses; see Gill on 1 Kings 8:62; see Gill on 1Kings 8:63.

Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament The sacrifices and the festival. After fire from heaven had devoured the sacrifices, and Solomon

had praised the Lord for the fulfilment of His word, and sought for the congregation the furtherbestowal of the divine blessing (1 Kings 8:54-61), the dedication of the temple was concludedby a great thank-offering, of which we have in 2 Chronicles 7:5, 2 Chronicles 7:6 an accountwhich completely agrees with 1 Kings 8:62-63. - In 2 Chronicles 7:6 the author of the Chr.again makes express mention of the singing and playing of the Levites when these offeringswere presented. In the performance of this sacrificial act the priests stood !"#$%&'%()*, in theirstations; but that does not signify separated according to their divisions (Berth.), but in officiissuis (Vulg.), i.e., ordines suos et functiones suas a Davide 1 Chronicles 2 Chronicles 1Chronicles 24:7. institutas servarunt (Ramb.); see on Numbers 8:26. The Levites with theinstruments of song of Jahve, which David had made, i.e., with the instruments invented andappointed by David for song to the praise of the Lord. !+,-. +,#+ )-)/-., not hymnos Davidcanentes per manus suas (Vulg.), taking +,#+ )-)/ for the praising appointed by David, which bythe hands of the Levites, i.e., was performed by the hands of the Levites (Berth.), but literally:when David sang praise by their hand (i.e., their service). This clause seems to be added to therelative clause, "which king David had made," for nearer definition, and to signify that theLevites used the same instruments which David had introduced when he praised God by theplaying of the Levites. The form !,$001% as in 1 Chronicles 15:24.

Geneva Study Bible Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 2Ch 7:4-11. Solomon's Sacrifices.4. Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices-Whether the individual worshippersslaughtered their own cattle, or a certain portion of the vast number of the Levitical order inattendance performed that work, as they sometimes did, in either case the offerings were madethrough the priests, who presented the blood and the fat upon the altar (see on [422]1Ki 8:62).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 7:1-22 God's answer to Solomon's prayer. - God gave a gracious answer to Solomon's prayer.

The mercies of God to sinners are made known in a manner well suited to impress all whoreceive them, with his majesty and holiness. The people worshipped and praised God. When hemanifests himself as a consuming Fire to sinners, his people can rejoice in him as their Light.Nay, they had reason to say, that God was good in this. It is of the Lord's mercies we are not



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consumed, but the sacrifice in our stead, for which we should be very thankful. And whoeverbeholds with true faith, the Saviour agonizing and dying for man's sin, will, by that view, findhis godly sorrow enlarged, his hatred of sin increased, his soul made more watchful, and hislife more holy. Solomon prosperously effected all he designed, for adorning both God's houseand his own. Those who begin with the service of God, are likely to go on successfully in theirown affairs. It was Solomon's praise, that what he undertook, he went through with; it was bythe grace of God that he prospered in it. Let us then stand in awe, and sin not. Let us fear theLord's displeasure, hope in his mercy, and walk in his commandments

1 Kings 3New International Version (NIV)

Solomon Asks for Wisdom

3 Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and married his daughter. He broughther to the City of David until he finished building his palace and the temple of the Lord, and thewall around Jerusalem. 2 The people, however, were still sacrificing at the high places, because

a temple had not yet been built for the Name of the Lord. 3 Solomon showed his love for theLord by walking according to the instructions given him by his father David, except that heoffered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.

4 The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for that was the most important high place, andSolomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. 5 At Gibeon the Lord appeared toSolomon during the night in a dream, and God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to giveyou.”

6 Solomon answered, “You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David,

because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued thisgreat kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this very day.

7 “Now, Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I amonly a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. 8 Your servant is here amongthe people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. 9 So give yourservant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong.For who is able to govern this great people of yours?”

10 The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. 11 So God said to him, “Since you

have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death ofyour enemies but for discernment in administering justice, 12 I will do what you have asked. Iwill give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you,nor will there ever be. 13 Moreover, I will give you what you have not asked for—both wealthand honor—so that in your lifetime you will have no equal among kings. 14 And if you walk inobedience to me and keep my decrees and commands as David your father did, I will give you along life.” 15 Then Solomon awoke—and he realized it had been a dream.

He returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant and sacrificed burntofferings and fellowship offerings. Then he gave a feast for all his court.

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Preparations for Building the Temple

5 [a]When Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king to succeed his fatherDavid, he sent his envoys to Solomon, because he had always been on friendly terms withDavid. 2 Solomon sent back this message to Hiram:

3 “You know that because of the wars waged against my father David from all sides, he couldnot build a temple for the Name of the Lord his God until the Lord put his enemies under hisfeet. 4 But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary ordisaster. 5 I intend, therefore, to build a temple for the Name of the Lord my God, as the Lordtold my father David, when he said, ‘Your son whom I will put on the throne in your place willbuild the temple for my Name.’

6 “So give orders that cedars of Lebanon be cut for me. My men will work with yours, and I willpay you for your men whatever wages you set. You know that we have no one so skilled infelling timber as the Sidonians.”

7 When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was greatly pleased and said, “Praise be to theLord today, for he has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”

8 So Hiram sent word to Solomon:

“I have received the message you sent me and will do all you want in providing the cedar andjuniper logs. 9 My men will haul them down from Lebanon to the Mediterranean Sea, and I willfloat them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate them and you can takethem away. And you are to grant my wish by providing food for my royal household.”

10 In this way Hiram kept Solomon supplied with all the cedar and juniper logs he wanted,11 and Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand cors[b] of wheat as food for his household, inaddition to twenty thousand baths[c][d] of pressed olive oil. Solomon continued to do this forHiram year after year. 12 The Lord gave Solomon wisdom, just as he had promised him. Therewere peaceful relations between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.

13 King Solomon conscripted laborers from all Israel—thirty thousand men. 14 He sent themoff to Lebanon in shifts of ten thousand a month, so that they spent one month in Lebanon andtwo months at home. Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor. 15 Solomon had seventy

thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills, 16 as well as thirty-threehundred[e] foremen who supervised the project and directed the workers. 17 At the king’scommand they removed from the quarry large blocks of high-grade stone to provide afoundation of dressed stone for the temple. 18 The craftsmen of Solomon and Hiram andworkers from Byblos cut and prepared the timber and stone for the building of the temple.


Solomon Builds the Temple

6 In the four hundred and eightieth[a] year after the Israelites came out of Egypt, in the fourthyear of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build



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the temple of the Lord.

2 The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirtyhigh.[b] 3 The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple extended the width of thetemple, that is twenty cubits,[c] and projected ten cubits[d] from the front of the temple. 4 Hemade narrow windows high up in the temple walls. 5 Against the walls of the main hall andinner sanctuary he built a structure around the building, in which there were side rooms. 6 The

lowest floor was five cubits[e] wide, the middle floor six cubits[f ] and the third floor seven.[g] He made offset ledges around the outside of the temple so that nothing would be inserted intothe temple walls.

7 In building the temple, only blocks dressed at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chiselor any other iron tool was heard at the temple site while it was being built.

8 The entrance to the lowest[h] floor was on the south side of the temple; a stairway led up tothe middle level and from there to the third. 9 So he built the temple and completed it, roofingit with beams and cedar planks. 10 And he built the side rooms all along the temple. Theheight of each was five cubits, and they were attached to the temple by beams of cedar.

11 The word of the Lord came to Solomon: 12 “As for this temple you are building, if youfollow my decrees, observe my laws and keep all my commands and obey them, I will fulfillthrough you the promise I gave to David your father. 13 And I will live among the Israelites andwill not abandon my people Israel.”

14 So Solomon built the temple and completed it. 15 He lined its interior walls with cedarboards, paneling them from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and covered the floor of thetemple with planks of juniper. 16 He partitioned off twenty cubits at the rear of the temple withcedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy

Place. 17 The main hall in front of this room was forty cubits[i] long. 18 The inside of thetemple was cedar, carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; no stone was tobe seen.

19 He prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the Lordthere. 20 The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty wide and twenty high. He overlaidthe inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar. 21 Solomon covered theinside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the innersanctuary, which was overlaid with gold. 22 So he overlaid the whole interior with gold. He alsooverlaid with gold the altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary.

23 For the inner sanctuary he made a pair of cherubim out of olive wood, each ten cubits high.24 One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing five cubits—ten cubitsfrom wing tip to wing tip. 25 The second cherub also measured ten cubits, for the twocherubim were identical in size and shape. 26 The height of each cherub was ten cubits. 27 Heplaced the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple, with their wings spread out. Thewing of one cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the other touched the other wall, andtheir wings touched each other in the middle of the room. 28 He overlaid the cherubim withgold.

29 On the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer rooms, he carved cherubim,palm trees and open flowers. 30 He also covered the floors of both the inner and outer roomsof the temple with gold.



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31 For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors out of olive wood that were one fifthof the width of the sanctuary. 32 And on the two olive-wood doors he carved cherubim, palmtrees and open flowers, and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold. 33 Inthe same way, for the entrance to the main hall he made doorframes out of olive wood thatwere one fourth of the width of the hall. 34 He also made two doors out of juniper wood, eachhaving two leaves that turned in sockets. 35 He carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowerson them and overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.

36 And he built the inner courtyard of three courses of dressed stone and one course oftrimmed cedar beams.

37 The foundation of the temple of the Lord was laid in the fourth year, in the month of Ziv.38 In the eleventh year in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in all itsdetails according to its specifications. He had spent seven years building it.


Solomon Builds His Palace

7 It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace. 2 Hebuilt the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high,[a] with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams. 3 It was roofed with cedarabove the beams that rested on the columns—forty-five beams, fifteen to a row. 4 Its windowswere placed high in sets of three, facing each other. 5 All the doorways had rectangular frames;they were in the front part in sets of three, facing each other.[b]

6 He made a colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty wide.[c] In front of it was a portico, and infront of that were pillars and an overhanging roof.

7 He built the throne hall, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge, and he covered it withcedar from floor to ceiling.[d] 8 And the palace in which he was to live, set farther back, wassimilar in design. Solomon also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom hehad married.

9 All these structures, from the outside to the great courtyard and from foundation to eaves,

were made of blocks of high-grade stone cut to size and smoothed on their inner and outerfaces. 10 The foundations were laid with large stones of good quality, some measuring tencubits[e] and some eight.[f ] 11 Above were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.12 The great courtyard was surrounded by a wall of three courses of dressed stone and onecourse of trimmed cedar beams, as was the inner courtyard of the temple of the Lord with itsportico.

The Temple’s Furnishings

13 King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram,[g] 14 whose mother was a widow from the

tribe of Naphtali and whose father was from Tyre and a skilled craftsman in bronze. Huram wasfilled with wisdom, with understanding and with knowledge to do all kinds of bronze work. Hecame to King Solomon and did all the work assigned to him.



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15 He cast two bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.[h] 16 He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; each capital wasfive cubits[i] high. 17 A network of interwoven chains adorned the capitals on top of the pillars,seven for each capital. 18 He made pomegranates in two rows[ j] encircling each network todecorate the capitals on top of the pillars.[k] He did the same for each capital. 19 The capitalson top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of lilies, four cubits[l] high. 20 On thecapitals of both pillars, above the bowl-shaped part next to the network, were the two hundredpomegranates in rows all around. 21 He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. Thepillar to the south he named Jakin[m] and the one to the north Boaz.[n] 22 The capitals on topwere in the shape of lilies. And so the work on the pillars was completed.

23 He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim andfive cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits[o] to measure around it. 24 Below the rim, gourdsencircled it—ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.

25 The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south andthree facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward thecenter. 26 It was a handbreadth[p] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily

blossom. It held two thousand baths.[q]

27 He also made ten movable stands of bronze; each was four cubits long, four wide and threehigh.[r] 28 This is how the stands were made: They had side panels attached to uprights.29 On the panels between the uprights were lions, bulls and cherubim—and on the uprights aswell. Above and below the lions and bulls were wreaths of hammered work. 30 Each stand hadfour bronze wheels with bronze axles, and each had a basin resting on four supports, cast withwreaths on each side. 31 On the inside of the stand there was an opening that had a circularframe one cubit[s] deep. This opening was round, and with its basework it measured a cubitand a half.[t] Around its opening there was engraving. The panels of the stands were square,

not round. 32 The four wheels were under the panels, and the axles of the wheels wereattached to the stand. The diameter of each wheel was a cubit and a half. 33 The wheels weremade like chariot wheels; the axles, rims, spokes and hubs were all of cast metal.

34 Each stand had four handles, one on each corner, projecting from the stand. 35 At the topof the stand there was a circular band half a cubit[u] deep. The supports and panels wereattached to the top of the stand. 36 He engraved cherubim, lions and palm trees on thesurfaces of the supports and on the panels, in every available space, with wreaths all around.37 This is the way he made the ten stands. They were all cast in the same molds and wereidentical in size and shape.

38 He then made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths[v] and measuring four cubitsacross, one basin to go on each of the ten stands. 39 He placed five of the stands on the southside of the temple and five on the north. He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeastcorner of the temple. 40 He also made the pots[w] and shovels and sprinkling bowls.

So Huram finished all the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of the Lord:

41 the two pillars;

the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;

the two sets of network decorating the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;



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42 the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates foreach network decorating the bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars);

43 the ten stands with their ten basins;

44 the Sea and the twelve bulls under it;

45 the pots, shovels and sprinkling bowls.

All these objects that Huram made for King Solomon for the temple of the Lord were ofburnished bronze. 46 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between

Sukkoth and Zarethan. 47 Solomon left all these things unweighed, because there were somany; the weight of the bronze was not determined.

48 Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in the Lord’s temple:

the golden altar;

the golden table on which was the bread of the Presence;

49 the lampstands of pure gold (five on the right and five on the left, in front of the innersanctuary);

the gold floral work and lamps and tongs;

50 the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and censers;

and the gold sockets for the doors of the innermost room, the Most Holy Place, and also for thedoors of the main hall of the temple.

51 When all the work King Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished, hebrought in the things his father David had dedicated—the silver and gold and the furnishings—

and he placed them in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.

1 Kings 8

The Ark Brought to the Temple8 Then King Solomon summoned into his presence at Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all theheads of the tribes and the chiefs of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark of the Lord’scovenant from Zion, the City of David. 2 All the Israelites came together to King Solomon at thetime of the festival in the month of Ethanim, the seventh month.

3 When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark, 4 and they brought upthe ark of the Lord and the tent of meeting and all the sacred furnishings in it. The priests andLevites carried them up, 5 and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had

gathered about him were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they couldnot be recorded or counted.



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6 The priests then brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary ofthe temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim. 7 The cherubimspread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its carrying poles.8 These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of theinner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today. 9 There wasnothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where theLord made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt.

10 When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud filled the temple of the Lord.11 And the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of theLord filled his temple.

12 Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud; 13 I haveindeed built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever.”

14 While the whole assembly of Israel was standing there, the king turned around and blessedthem. 15 Then he said:

“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his own hand has fulfilled what he promisedwith his own mouth to my father David. For he said, 16 ‘Since the day I brought my peopleIsrael out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to have a temple built so thatmy Name might be there, but I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.’

17 “My father David had it in his heart to build a temple for the Name of the Lord, the God ofIsrael. 18 But the Lord said to my father David, ‘You did well to have it in your heart to build atemple for my Name. 19 Nevertheless, you are not the one to build the temple, but your son,your own flesh and blood—he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.’

20 “The Lord has kept the promise he made: I have succeeded David my father and now I sit onthe throne of Israel, just as the Lord promised, and I have built the temple for the Name of theLord, the God of Israel. 21 I have provided a place there for the ark, in which is the covenant ofthe Lord that he made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt.”

Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication

22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the whole assembly of Israel,spread out his hands toward heaven 23 and said:

“Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below—you whokeep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way.24 You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you havepromised and with your hand you have fulfilled it—as it is today.

25 “Now Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you madeto him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to sit before me on the throneof Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me faithfully as youhave done.’ 26 And now, God of Israel, let your word that you promised your servant David myfather come true.

27 “But will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot containyou. How much less this temple I have built! 28 Yet give attention to your servant’s prayer andhis plea for mercy, Lord my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in



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your presence this day. 29 May your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, this placeof which you said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that you will hear the prayer your servant praystoward this place. 30 Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when theypray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.

31 “When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath and they come andswear the oath before your altar in this temple, 32 then hear from heaven and act. Judge

between your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing down on their heads what they havedone, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.

33 “When your people Israel have been defeated by an enemy because they have sinned againstyou, and when they turn back to you and give praise to your name, praying and makingsupplication to you in this temple, 34 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your peopleIsrael and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

35 “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinnedagainst you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn fromtheir sin because you have afflicted them, 36 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of yourservants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live, and send rain on the land yougave your people for an inheritance.

37 “When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, orwhen an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come,38 and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of theafflictions of their own hearts, and spreading out their hands toward this temple— 39 then hearfrom heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive and act; deal with everyone according to all they do,since you know their hearts (for you alone know every human heart), 40 so that they will fearyou all the time they live in the land you gave our ancestors.

41 “As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distantland because of your name— 42 for they will hear of your great name and your mighty handand your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple, 43 then hear fromheaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples ofthe earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know thatthis house I have built bears your Name.

44 “When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and whenthey pray to the Lord toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your

Name, 45 then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.

46 “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you become angrywith them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive to their own lands, faraway or near; 47 and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, andrepent and plead with you in the land of their captors and say, ‘We have sinned, we have donewrong, we have acted wickedly’; 48 and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul inthe land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to you toward the land you gavetheir ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name;49 then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold theircause. 50 And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses theyhave committed against you, and cause their captors to show them mercy; 51 for they are yourpeople and your inheritance, whom you brought out of Egypt, out of that iron-smeltingfurnace.



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52 “May your eyes be open to your servant’s plea and to the plea of your people Israel, and mayyou listen to them whenever they cry out to you. 53 For you singled them out from all thenations of the world to be your own inheritance, just as you declared through your servantMoses when you, Sovereign Lord, brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

54 When Solomon had finished all these prayers and supplications to the Lord, he rose frombefore the altar of the Lord, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward

heaven. 55 He stood and blessed the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying:

56 “Praise be to the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not oneword has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses. 57 May the Lordour God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us nor forsake us. 58 Mayhe turn our hearts to him, to walk in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees andlaws he gave our ancestors. 59 And may these words of mine, which I have prayed before theLord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servantand the cause of his people Israel according to each day’s need, 60 so that all the peoples ofthe earth may know that the Lord is God and that there is no other. 61 And may your hearts befully committed to the Lord our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this

time.”

The Dedication of the Temple

62 Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the Lord. 63 Solomon offereda sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the Lord: twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred andtwenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the temple of theLord.

64 On that same day the king consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the

temple of the Lord, and there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings and the fat of thefellowship offerings, because the bronze altar that stood before the Lord was too small to holdthe burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings.

65 So Solomon observed the festival at that time, and all Israel with him—a vast assembly,people from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt. They celebrated it before the Lord our God forseven days and seven days more, fourteen days in all. 66 On the following day he sent thepeople away. They blessed the king and then went home, joyful and glad in heart for all thegood things the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.

1 Kings 8:5 King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before theark, sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted

2 Chronicles 1:6 Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the LORD in the tent of meetingand offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.

Gill’sAnd King Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled together,.... On thissolemn occasion:

were with him before the ark; while it was in the court of the priests, before it was carried intothe most holy place:





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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 1Ki 8:62-64. His Sacrifice of Peace Offering.62. the king, and all Israel … offered sacrifice before the Lord-This was a burnt offering with itsaccompaniments, and being the first laid on the altar of the temple, was, as in the analogouscase of the tabernacle, consumed by miraculous fire from heaven (see 2Ch 7:1). On remarkableoccasions, the heathens sacrificed hecatombs (a hundred animals), and even chiliombs (athousand animals), but the public sacrifices offered by Solomon on this occasion surpassed allthe other oblations on record, without taking into account those presented by privateindividuals, which, doubtless, amounted to a large additional number. The large proportion ofthe sacrifices were peace offerings, which afforded the people an opportunity of festiveenjoyment.

KielSacrifices and feast. - 1 Kings 8:62, 1 Kings 8:63. The dedicatory prayer was followed by amagnificent sacrifice offered by the king and all Israel. The thank-offering (!,%)&' 1.6)consisted, in accordance with the magnitude of the manifestation of divine grace, of 22,000oxen and 120,000 sheep. This enormous number of sacrificial animals, in which J. D. Michaelisfound serious difficulties, Thenius endeavours to set aside as too large, by calculating that as

these sacrifices were offered in seven days, reckoning the sacrificial day at twelve full hours,there must have been about five oxen and about twenty-five sheep slaughtered and offered insacrifice every minute for the king alone. This calculation would be conclusive, if there were anyfoundation for the three assumptions upon which it rests: namely, (1) that the number ofsacrifices mentioned was offered for the king alone; (2) that the slaughtering and preparationof the sacrificial animals could only be performed by the priests and Levites; and (3) that thewhole of the flesh of these sacrificial animals was to be consumed upon the altar. But thesethree assumptions are all erroneous. There is nothing in the account about their being "for theking alone." For it is obvious that the words "and Solomon offered a sacrifice" are not to beunderstood as signifying that the king had these sacrifices offered for himself alone, but thatthe words refer to the sacrifices offered by the king and all Israel for the consecration of thetemple, from the simple fact that in 1 Kings 8:62 "Solomon and all Israel" are expresslymentioned as offering sacrifice, and that after the statement of the number of the sacrifices wefind these words in 1 Kings 8:63 : "so the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the houseof Jehovah." Moreover it is very evident from the law in Leviticus 1 and 3 that at the offering ofsacrifice the slaughtering, flaying, and preparation of the sacrificial animals were performed byany Israelite, and that it was only the sprinkling of the blood against the altar and the burningof the sacrificial portions upon the altar which were the exclusive province of the priests. Inorder to form a correct idea of the enormous number of sacrifices which could be slaughteredon any one day we will refer again to the notice in Josephus (Bell. Jud. vi. 9, 3) alreadymentioned in the Comm. on the Pentateuch, p. 683 (translation), that in the reign of the

emperor Nero the procurator Cestius directed the priests to count the number of the paschallambs, and that they counted 250,000, which were slaughtered for the passover between theninth and eleventh hours of the day, and of which the blood was sprinkled upon the altar. Ifthen it was possible at that time to slaughter more than 250,000 lambs in three hours of theafternoon, and to sprinkle the blood upon the altar, there can have been no difficulty inslaughtering and sacrificing 3000 oxen and 18,000 sheep at the dedication of the temple oneach of the seven days of the festival. As all Israel from Hamath to the brook of Egypt came toJerusalem to this festival, we shall not be above the mark if we estimate the number of theheads of houses present at 100,000. And with very little trouble they could have slaughtered3000 oxen and 18,000 sheep a day and prepared them for sacrificing. How many priests tookan active part in this, we do not indeed know, in fact we have no information as to the numberof the priests in Solomon's time; but we know that in the time of David the number of Levitesqualified for service, reckoning from their thirtieth year, was 38,000, so that we may certainlyassume that there were two or three thousand priests. Now if only the half of these Levites and



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priests had come to Jerusalem to the dedication of the temple, they alone could haveslaughtered 3000 oxen and 18,000 sheep every day. And would not a thousand priests havebeen sufficient to sprinkle the blood of so many animals upon the altar and to turn the fatbetween the morning and evening sacrifice? If we divided these sacrifices among a thousandpriests, each one would only have had to attend to the sprinkling of the blood and burning ofthe fat of three oxen and eighteen sheep each day. - But the brazen altar of burnt-offeringmight not have been large enough for the burning of so many sacrifices, notwithstanding thefact that only the fat portions of the thank-offerings were consumed, and they did not requiremuch room; since the morning and evening burnt-offerings were added daily, and as festalofferings they would certainly not consist of a lamb only, but at least of one bullock, and theywere burned whole, although the altar of burnt-offering with a surface of 144 square yards (seemy bibl. Archol. i. p. 127) would hold a very large quantity of sacrificial flesh at once. In v. 64,however, it is expressly stated that Solomon sanctified the middle of the court, which wasbefore the house of Jehovah, to burn the burnt-offering and meat-offering and the fat portionsof the thank-offerings there, because the brazen altar was too small to hold these sacrifices."The middle of the court" ($01/ 7#-") is the whole of the inner portion of the court of the priests,which was in front of the temple-house and formed the centre of the court surrounding thetemple. Of course we have not to imagine that the sacrifices were offered upon the stone

pavement of the court, but must assume that there were auxiliary altars erected in the innercourt around the brazen altar. By the burnt-offering and the meat-offering (belonging to it:/14-%/("3# /)#*/("3) we are not to understand certain burnt-offerings, which were offered fora definite number of thank-offerings, as Thenius supposes. The singular and the definite articleare both at variance with this. The reference is rather to the (well-known) daily morning andevening burnt-offerings with their meat-offering, and in this case, no doubt, to such a festalsacrifice as is prescribed in Numbers 28 for the great yearly feasts.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

8:62-66 Solomon offered a great sacrifice. He kept the feast of tabernacles, as it seems, afterthe feast of dedication. Thus should we go home, rejoicing, from holy ordinances, thankful forGod's Goodness

1 Kings 8:63Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the LORD: twenty-two thousand cattle

and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the Israelitesdedicated the temple of the LORD

Barne’s Notes On The BibleThese numbers have been thought incredible, but they are not impossible. At least 100, 000, or120, 000 men 1 Kings 8:65 were assembled; and as they all offered sacrifice with the king 1Kings 8:62, the number of victims must have been enormous. Part of the flesh of so manyvictims would be eaten; but much of the meat may have been privately burned Leviticus 19:6,the object of the sacrifice being the glory of God, and not the convenience of the people.Profusion was a usual feature of the sacrifices of antiquity.

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the feast of tabernacles. In what way could they dispose of the blood of so many victims?

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the Lord,.... Part ofwhich belonged to the offerer, and with those Solomon feasted the people all the days of thefeast of the dedication, if not of tabernacles also; for the number was exceeding large, asfollows:

22,000 oxen, and 120,000 sheep; which, as suggested, might be the number for all thefourteen days; nor need it seem incredible, since, as Josephus (b) says, at a passover celebratedin the times of Cestius the Roman governor, at the evening of the passover, in two hours time256,500 lambs were slain; however, this was a very munificent sacrifice of Solomon's, in whichhe greatly exceeded the Heathens, whose highest number of sacrifices were hecatombs, or byhundreds, but his by thousands:so the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord; devoted it to divineand religious worship by these sacrifices: hence in imitation of this sprung the dedication oftemples with the Heathens; the first of which among the Romans was that in the capitol atRome (c) by Romulus; the rites and ceremonies used therein by them may be read in Cicero,Livy, Tacitus, and others (d).(b) De Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 9. sect. 3.((c) Vid. Liv. Hist. Decad. 1. l. 1. p. s. & l. 2. p. 33. (d) Vid.Hospinian. de Templis, l. 4. c. 2. p. 451. & Alex. ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 6. c. 14.

Geneva Study Bible And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two andtwenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all thechildren of Israel dedicated the {y} house of the LORD.(y) Before the oracle where the ark was.

Wesley's Notes 8:63 Offered - Not all in one day, but in the seven, or it may be in the fourteen days,mentioned ver.65.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 63. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord-The dedicationwas not a ceremony ordained by the law, but it was done in accordance with the sentiments ofreverence naturally associated with edifices appropriated to divine worship. [See on [302]2Ch7:5.]

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 8:62-66 Solomon offered a great sacrifice. He kept the feast of tabernacles, as it seems, afterthe feast of dedication. Thus should we go home, rejoicing, from holy ordinances, thankful forGod's Goodness.


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place for the Lord’, Psalm 132, then the rending of the garments of our heart, then theabundance of sacrifice, then the appearance of the Lord, then FINALLY the train of secularfigures streming into Zion for wisdom and blessing; to adhere to the Presence of the LordAlmighty; Sheba. We are attempting to reverse the Provided sequence)

Psalm 132:5till I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."

A song of ascents.

1Lord, remember David and all his self-denial.2

He swore an oath to the Lord, he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob: 3“I will not enter my house or go to my bed, 4I will allow no sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids, 5till I find a place for the Lord, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”6We heard it in Ephrathah, we came upon it in the fields of Jaar:[a]7

“Let us go to his dwelling place, let us worship at his footstool, saying, 8‘Arise, Lord, and come to your resting place, you and the ark of your might. 9May your priests be clothed with your righteousness; may your faithful people sing for joy.’”10For the sake of your servant David, do not reject your anointed one.11The Lord swore an oath to David, a sure oath he will not revoke:“One of your owndescendants I will place on your throne. 12

If your sons keep my covenant and the statutes I teach them,then their sons will sit on yourthrone for ever and ever.”13For the Lord has chosen Zion, he has desired it for his dwelling, saying, 14“This is my resting place for ever and ever; here I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it. 15I will bless her with abundant provisions; her poor I will satisfy with food. 16I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her faithful people will ever sing for joy.

17“Here I will make a horn[b] grow for David and set up a lamp for my anointed one. 18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but his head will be adorned with a radiant crown.”



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Barnes’Until I find out a place for the Lord - A place for the ark of God; a place where it may constantlyand safely remain. The symbol of the divine presence rested on the mercy-seat, the cover ofthe ark, and hence, this was represented as the seat or the house of God.An habitation for the mighty God of Jacob - Hebrew, "For the mighty One of Jacob." Thereference is to a permanent dwelling-place for the ark. It had been moved from place to place.There was no house appropriated to it, or reared expressly for it, and David resolved to providesuch a house - at first, a tent or tabernacle on Mount Zion - and then, a more spacious andmagnificent structure, the temple. The latter he was not permitted to build, though the purposewas in his heart.

Clarke's Commentary on the Bible The mighty God of Jacob - $,.* .9*, abir yaacob, the Mighty One of Jacob. We have this epithetof God for the first time, Genesis 49:24. Hence, perhaps, the abirim of the heathen, the stoutones, the strong beings.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Until I find a place for the Lord,.... To build a house on for the Lord; which it seems wasunknown till the times of David; for though mention had been made of a place the Lord wouldchoose to cause his name to dwell in, yet the particular place was not pointed out,Deuteronomy 12:11. David was very solicitous to find it out, and did, 1 Chronicles 22:1;an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob; See Gill on Psalm 132:2; or "habitations", or"tabernacles" (t); the temple, which is meant, consisting of three parts, the court, the holyplace, and the holy of holies; this was typical of the human nature of Christ, the temple of hisbody, the tabernacle of God's pitching, John 2:19; in which the fulness of the Godhead dwells,the glory of God is seen, and through whom he grants his presence to his people; and also ofthe church of God, the temple of the living God, where he dwells and is worshipped: and thatthis might be a fit habitation for God was the great desire of the Messiah, and not only the endand issue of his sufferings and death, but also the design of his preparations and intercessionin heaven, John 14:2.(t) "habitacula", Pagninus, Montanus; "tabernacula", Musculus, Vatablus, Cocceius.

GenevaUntil I find out a place for the {c} LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.(c) That is, the ark, which was a sign of God's presence.

Wesley's Notes 132:5 Until - Until I have raised an house in which the ark may be put.

King James Translators' Notes an habitation: Heb. habitations

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 5. habitation-literally, "dwellings," generally used to denote the sanctuary.

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presence. When work is to be done for the Lord, it is good to tie ourselves to a time. It is goodin the morning to fix upon work for the day, with submission to Providence, for we know notwhat a day may bring forth. And we should first, and without delay, seek to have our ownhearts made a habitation of God through the Spirit. He prays that God would take up hisdwelling in the habitation he had built; that he would give grace to the ministers of thesanctuary to do their duty. David pleads that he was the anointed of the Lord, and this hepleads as a type of Christ, the great Anointed. We have no merit of our own to plead; but, forHis sake, in whom there is a fulness of merit, let us find favour. And every true believer inChrist, is an anointed one, and has received from the Holy One the oil of true grace. Therequest is, that God would not turn away, but hear and answer their petitions for his Son's sake

1 Chronicles 22:7 David said to Solomon: "My son, I had it in my heart to build a house for theName of the LORD my God.

Psalm 26:8 LORD, I love the house where you live, the place where your glory dwells.

Psalm 84:1 For the director of music. According to gittith. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. Howlovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty!

Psalm 132:2 He swore an oath to the LORD, he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:

9 When Solomon had finished building the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and hadachieved all he had desired to do, 2 the Lord appeared to him a second time, as he hadappeared to him at Gibeon. 3 The Lord said to him:

“I have heard the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple,

which you have built, by putting my Name there forever. My eyes and my heart will always bethere.

4 “As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart and uprightness, as Davidyour father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws, 5 I will establish yourroyal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, ‘You shall neverfail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

6 “But if you[a] or your descendants turn away from me and do not observe the commands anddecrees I have given you[b] and go off to serve other gods and worship them, 7 then I will cut

off Israel from the land I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for myName. Israel will then become a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples. 8 Thistemple will become a heap of rubble. All[c] who pass by will be appalled and will scoff and say,‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ 9 People will answer,‘Because they have forsaken the Lord their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, andhave embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why the Lord brought all thisdisaster on them.’”

Solomon’s Other Activities

10 At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built these two buildings—the temple ofthe Lord and the royal palace— 11 King Solomon gave twenty towns in Galilee to Hiram king ofTyre, because Hiram had supplied him with all the cedar and juniper and gold he wanted.12 But when Hiram went from Tyre to see the towns that Solomon had given him, he was not





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report I heard. 8 How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continuallystand before you and hear your wisdom! 9 Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted inyou and placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he hasmade you king to maintain justice and righteousness.”

10 And she gave the king 120 talents[b] of gold, large quantities of spices, and preciousstones. Never again were so many spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King

Solomon.

11 (Hiram’s ships brought gold from Ophir; and from there they brought great cargoes ofalmugwood[c] and precious stones. 12 The king used the almugwood to make supports[d] forthe temple of the Lord and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians.So much almugwood has never been imported or seen since that day.)

13 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, besides what he hadgiven her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned with her retinue to her owncountry.

Solomon’s Splendor

14 The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents,[e] 15 not includingthe revenues from merchants and traders and from all the Arabian kings and the governors ofthe territories.

16 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels[f ] ofgold went into each shield. 17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold,with three minas[g] of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest ofLebanon.

18 Then the king made a great throne covered with ivory and overlaid with fine gold. 19 Thethrone had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. On both sides of the seat were armrests,with a lion standing beside each of them. 20 Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at eitherend of each step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any other kingdom. 21 All KingSolomon’s goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest ofLebanon were pure gold. Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of littlevalue in Solomon’s days. 22 The king had a fleet of trading ships[h] at sea along with the shipsof Hiram. Once every three years it returned, carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes andbaboons.

23 King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth.24 The whole world sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in hisheart. 25 Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift—articles of silver and gold, robes,weapons and spices, and horses and mules.

26 Solomon accumulated chariots and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelvethousand horses,[i] which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. 27 Theking made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-figtrees in the foothills. 28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue[ j]—the

royal merchants purchased them from Kue at the current price. 29 They imported a chariotfrom Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty.[k] They alsoexported them to all the kings of the Hittites and of the Arameans.



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2 Chronicles 7New International Version (NIV)

The Dedication of the Temple7 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt

offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple. 2 The priests could notenter the temple of the Lord because the glory of the Lord filled it. 3 When all the Israelites sawthe fire coming down and the glory of the Lord above the temple, they knelt on the pavementwith their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying,

“He is good; his love endures forever.”4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord. 5 And King Solomonoffered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred and twenty thousandsheep and goats. So the king and all the people dedicated the temple of God. 6 The prieststook their positions, as did the Levites with the Lord’s musical instruments, which King David

had made for praising the Lord and which were used when he gave thanks, saying, “His loveendures forever.” Opposite the Levites, the priests blew their trumpets, and all the Israeliteswere standing.

7 Solomon consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple of the Lord, andthere he offered burnt offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronzealtar he had made could not hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat portions.

8 So Solomon observed the festival at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him—a vastassembly, people from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt. 9 On the eighth day they held an

assembly, for they had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days and the festival forseven days more. 10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people to theirhomes, joyful and glad in heart for the good things the Lord had done for David and Solomonand for his people Israel.

The Lord Appears to Solomon

11 When Solomon had finished the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had succeededin carrying out all he had in mind to do in the temple of the Lord and in his own palace, 12 theLord appeared to him at night and said:

“I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices.

13 “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the landor send a plague among my people, 14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humblethemselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear fromheaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 15 Now my eyes will be open and myears attentive to the prayers offered in this place. 16 I have chosen and consecrated this templeso that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.

17 “As for you, if you walk before me faithfully as David your father did, and do all I command,

and observe my decrees and laws, 18 I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted withDavid your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to rule over Israel.’



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19 “But if you[a] turn away and forsake the decrees and commands I have given you[b] and gooff to serve other gods and worship them, 20 then I will uproot Israel from my land, which Ihave given them, and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. I will make it abyword and an object of ridicule among all peoples. 21 This temple will become a heap ofrubble. All[c] who pass by will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to thisland and to this temple?’ 22 People will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the Lord, the Godof their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshipingand serving them—that is why he brought all this disaster on them.’”

2 Kings 22The Book of the Law Found

22 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-oneyears. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath. 2 He didwhat was right in the eyes of the Lord and followed completely the ways of his father David, not

turning aside to the right or to the left.

3 In the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the secretary, Shaphan son of Azaliah,the son of Meshullam, to the temple of the Lord. He said: 4 “Go up to Hilkiah the high priestand have him get ready the money that has been brought into the temple of the Lord, which thedoorkeepers have collected from the people. 5 Have them entrust it to the men appointed tosupervise the work on the temple. And have these men pay the workers who repair the templeof the Lord— 6 the carpenters, the builders and the masons. Also have them purchase timberand dressed stone to repair the temple. 7 But they need not account for the money entrusted tothem, because they are honest in their dealings.”

8 Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law in thetemple of the Lord.” He gave it to Shaphan, who read it. 9 Then Shaphan the secretary went tothe king and reported to him: “Your officials have paid out the money that was in the temple ofthe Lord and have entrusted it to the workers and supervisors at the temple.” 10 Then Shaphanthe secretary informed the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan readfrom it in the presence of the king.

11 When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his robes. 12 He gave theseorders to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Akbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan thesecretary and Asaiah the king’s attendant: 13 “Go and inquire of the Lord for me and for the

people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is theLord’s anger that burns against us because those who have gone before us have not obeyed thewords of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerningus.”

14 Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Akbor, Shaphan and Asaiah went to speak to the prophetHuldah, who was the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe.She lived in Jerusalem, in the New Quarter.

15 She said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Tell the man who sent you

to me, 16 ‘This is what the Lord says: I am going to bring disaster on this place and its people,according to everything written in the book the king of Judah has read. 17 Because they haveforsaken me and burned incense to other gods and aroused my anger by all the idols theirhands have made,[a] my anger will burn against this place and will not be quenched.’ 18 Tell



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the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel,says concerning the words you heard: 19 Because your heart was responsive and you humbledyourself before the Lord when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its people—that they would become a curse[b] and be laid waste—and because you tore your robes andwept in my presence, I also have heard you, declares the Lord. 20 Therefore I will gather you toyour ancestors, and you will be buried in peace. Your eyes will not see all the disaster I amgoing to bring on this place.’”

So they took her answer back to the king.

James 4:10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up

2 Chronicles 7:14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and prayand seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I willforgive their sin and will heal their land.

Proverbs 29:23 Pride brings a person low, but the lowly in spirit gain honor.

Ezekiel 21:26 this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Take off the turban, remove the crown. Itwill not be as it was: The lowly will be exalted and the exalted will be brought low.

Luke 1:52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble.

Luke 14:11 For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humblethemselves will be exalted."

James 4:6 But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud butshows favor to the humble."

1 Peter 5:6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up indue time.

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yourselves in the sight of the Lord - Compare Matthew 23:12. See the notes at James 4:6. Thatis, be willing to take your appropriate place in the dust on account of your transgressions. This

is to be "in the sight of the Lord," or before him. Our sins have been committed against him;and their principal aggravation, whoever may have been wronged by them, and great as is theircriminality in other respects, arises from that consideration. Psalm 51:4, "against thee, theeonly, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight." Luke 15:18, "I will arise and go to myfather, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee." As the Beingagainst whom we have sinned is the only one who can pardon, it is proper that we shouldhumble ourselves before him with penitent confession.

And he shall lift you up - He will exalt you from the condition of a broken-hearted penitent tothat of a forgiven child; will wipe away your tears, remove the sadness of your heart, fill youwith joy, and clothe you with the garments of salvation. This declaration is in accordance withall the promises in the Bible, and with all the facts which occur on the earth, that God is willingto show mercy to the humble and contrite, and to receive those who are truly penitent into hisfavor. Compare Luke 15:22.



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Clarke's Commentary on the Bible Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord - In James 4:7 they were exhorted to submit to God;here they are exhorted to humble themselves in his sight. Submission to God's authority willprecede humiliation of soul, and genuine repentance is performed as in the sight of God; forwhen a sinner is truly awakened to a sense of his guilt and danger, he seems to see,whithersoever he turns, the face of a justly incensed God turned against him.

He shall lift you up - Mourners and penitents lay on the ground, and rolled themselves in thedust. When comforted and pardoned, they arose from the earth, shook themselves from thedust, and clothed themselves in their better garments. God promises to raise these from thedust, when sufficiently humbled.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord,.... Which is done, when men, before the Lord, andfrom their hearts, and in the sincerity of their souls, acknowledge their meanness andunworthiness, their vileness, sinfulness, and wretchedness, and implore the grace and mercy ofGod in Christ, as did Abraham, Jacob, Job, Isaiah, Paul, and the publican; and when they walk

humbly with God, acknowledging they can do nothing without him; owning their dependenceon his grace, and ascribing all they have, and are, unto it:and he shall lift you up; this is God's usual way to lift up the meek, and exalt those that humblethemselves; he lifts them from the dunghill, to set them among princes; he gives them a place,and a name in his house, better than sons and daughters; he adorns them with his grace; heclothes them with the righteousness of his Son, he grants them nearness to himself; and at lastwill introduce them into his kingdom and glory.

Geneva Study Bible Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

People's New Testament 4:10 Humble yourselves. See Mt 23:12.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 10. in the sight of the Lord-as continually in the presence of Him who alone is worthy to beexalted: recognizing His presence in all your ways, the truest incentive to humility. The tree, togrow upwards, must strike its roots deep downwards; so man, to be exalted, must have hismind deep-rooted in humility. In 1Pe 5:6, it is, Humble yourselves under the mighty hand ofGod, namely, in His dealings of Providence: a distinct thought from that here.lift you up-in part in this world, fully in the world to come.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 4:1-10 Since all wars and fightings come from the corruptions of our own hearts, it is right tomortify those lusts that war in the members. Wordly and fleshly lusts are distempers, which willnot allow content or satisfaction. Sinful desires and affections stop prayer, and the working ofour desires toward God. And let us beware that we do not abuse or misuse the merciesreceived, by the disposition of the heart when prayers are granted When men ask of Godprosperity, they often ask with wrong aims and intentions. If we thus seek the things of thisworld, it is just in God to deny them. Unbelieving and cold desires beg denials; and we may besure that when prayers are rather the language of lusts than of graces, they will return empty

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is enmity to God. An enemy may be reconciled, but enmity never can be reconciled. A man mayhave a large portion in things of this life, and yet be kept in the love of God; but he who setshis heart upon the world, who will conform to it rather than lose its friendship, is an enemy toGod. So that any one who resolves at all events to be upon friendly terms with the world, mustbe the enemy of God. Did then the Jews, or the loose professors of Christianity, think theScripture spake in vain against this worldly-mindedness? or does the Holy Spirit who dwells inall Christians, or the new nature which he creates, produce such fruit? Natural corruption showsitself by envying. The spirit of the world teaches us to lay up, or lay out for ourselves, accordingto our own fancies; God the Holy Spirit teaches us to be willing to do good to all about us, aswe are able. The grace of God will correct and cure the spirit by nature in us; and where hegives grace, he gives another spirit than that of the world. The proud resist God: in theirunderstanding they resist the truths of God; in their will they resist the laws of God; in theirpassions they resist the providence of God; therefore, no wonder that God resists the proud.How wretched the state of those who make God their enemy! God will give more grace to thehumble, because they see their need of it, pray for it are thankful for it, and such shall have it.Submit to God, ver. 7. Submit your understanding to the truth of God; submit your wills to thewill of his precept, the will of his providence. Submit yourselves to God, for he is ready to doyou good. If we yield to temptations, the devil will continually follow us; but if we put on the

whole armour of God, and stand out against him, he will leave us. Let sinners then submit toGod, and seek his grace and favour; resisting the devil. All sin must be wept over; here, ingodly sorrow, or, hereafter, in eternal misery. And the Lord will not refuse to comfort one whoreally mourns for sin, or to exalt one who humbles himself before Him

Ezekiel 45:17It will be the duty of the prince to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings and drinkofferings at the festivals, the New Moons and the Sabbaths--at all the appointed festivals ofIsrael. He will provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings and fellowship offeringsto make atonement for the Israelites

The people's gifts were to be placed in the hands of the prince, so as to form a common stock,out of which the prince was to provide what was necessary for each sacrifice. Compare 1 Kings8:62; Ezra 7:17. The prince handed the gifts to the priests, whose part it was to sacrifice andoffer. But the prominent part assigned to the prince in "making reconciliation for the sins of thepeople" seems to typify the union of the kingly and priestly offices in the person of theMediator of the New covenant.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings,.... Or, "upon the prince shall be theburnt offerings" (e); it shall lie upon him to provide them; who is not the high priest, as Jarchi;nor the civil magistrate or king, as Menachem; but Christ, who is both Prince and Priest; andwhose sacrifice of himself is designed by these, and the other sacrifices after mentioned, ofwhich the sacrifices were all typical; though he is but one, they many, his answers to them all,and is one for all; and though his is but once offered up, they often, because of the fulness ofefficacy in the one, and the want of it in the other; and though in itself infinitely superior tothese. Of the burnt offerings, and of their being typical of Christ; see Gill on Ezekiel 40:39,and meat offerings, and drink offerings; the meat offerings, which were rather bread offerings,

were made of fine flour, with oil poured, and frankincense put thereon, Leviticus 2:1 and weretypical of Christ, compared to a corn of wheat dying in the earth, and bringing forth fruit, John12:24 and to wheat as bruised and ground into fine flour, kneaded and baked, which maydenote his various sufferings, and so made bread of; he being the true and living bread, which



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gives life to men. The "oil" poured upon this offering may signify the grace of the Spirit withoutmeasure on Christ; and the "frankincense" how savoury and acceptable he is to his people. The"drink offering" was of wine, which went along with other sacrifices, and was very acceptable toGod; and may denote the blood of Christ, which is drink indeed; and his love expressed inshedding it, which is better than the choicest wine; both these are held forth, Christ's flesh,which is meat, and his blood, which is drink, in the ordinance of the supper, administered byhis priests, whom he furnishes with such offerings to set before his saints:in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, and in all solemnities of the house ofIsrael; in the feasts of the passover, tabernacle, and pentecost, which were all figures of Christ;of his being the passover sacrificed for us, of his tabernacling in our nature, and of the effusionof his Spirit; and the "new moons", and "sabbaths", and "solemn days", are only Old Testamentphrases to express the times of New Testament worship; see Isaiah 66:23, as monthly days forthe administration of the ordinance of the supper, and the Lord's day for the preaching of theword, and other parts of public worship; in all which the sacrifice of Christ, his blood,righteousness, and satisfaction, make a principal part:he shall prepare the sin offering; which also was a type of Christ; of which See Gill on Ezekiel40:39, and this, with themeat offering; and the burnt offering, of which before, were to be prepared by the prince

himself, or our Lord Jesus Christ: and also the "peace offerings", or thank offerings (f); his ownthank offerings for himself and his people; see John 11:41 and the thank offerings of them, ortheir sacrifices of praise, which become acceptable through him, Hebrews 13:15, and evenhimself, for whom the saints offer thanks to God, 2 Corinthians 9:15, and as the end of all thelegal sacrifices wasto make reconciliation for the house of Israel; so this is the end and use of the sacrifice ofChrist, typified by them, to make peace for the Israel of God; which could not be made by them,by their obedience, repentance, or faith; and yet was necessary to their happiness, to theircommunion with God, and enjoyment of him; this Christ has made by his obedience, sufferings,and death, whereby he has fulfilled the law, satisfied justice, and made atonement for sin: thisis all at his expense, and is meant by his "preparing" these offerings; which denotes his readyand cheerful engagement to become a sacrifice; his voluntary offering up himself unto God, orgiving himself an offering and a sacrifice unto him; and also his furnishing his ministers withproper matter for their ministrations in all the solemn times and seasons thereof, which is thedoctrine of his sacrifice and satisfaction, or salvation by a crucified Christ; and so as the peopleare to offer to their maintenance, Christ the Prince takes care to furnish them for their ministry.(e) "et super principem erunt holocausta", V. L. Starckius; "nam principi incumbet dareholocausta", Junius & Tremellius. (f) "eucharistica", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus, Piscator.

Geneva Study Bible And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings,in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house ofIsrael: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and thepeace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.

King James Translators' Notes peace...: or, thank offerings

Scofield Reference Notes Margin reconciliation

Heb. "kaphar," atone. See Scofield Note: "Dan 9:24".

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary



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45:1-25 In the period here foretold, the worship and the ministers of God will be provided for;the princes will rule with justice, as holding their power under Christ; the people will live inpeace, ease, and godliness. These things seem to be represented in language taken from thecustoms of the times in which the prophet wrote. Christ is our Passover that is sacrificed for us:we celebrate the memorial of that sacrifice, and feast upon it, triumphing in our deliverance outof the Egyptian slavery of sin, and our preservation from the destroying sword of Divine justice,in the Lord's supper, which is our passover feast; as the whole Christian life is, and must be,the feast of the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth

Ezekiel 36:38As numerous as the flocks for offerings at Jerusalem during her appointed festivals. So will theruined cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD

2 Chronicles 35:7 Josiah provided for all the lay people who were there a total of thirtythousand lambs and goats for the Passover offerings, and also three thousand cattle--all fromthe king's own possessions.

BarnesAs the Holy flock – a reference to the flocks and herds brought up to Jerusalem to beconsecrated and offered unto the Lord 2 Chronicles 35:7. Thus, the idea is brought out:

(1) of the multiplication of the people,

(2) of their dedication to the service of God.

Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

As the holy flock - The Church of Christ, without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing.The flock of Jerusalem - The Jerusalem that is from above, the city of the living God, the placewhere his Majesty dwells. As they came in ancient times to the solemn national feasts so shallthey come when they have fully returned unto the Lord, and received his salvation by ChristJesus.I do not ask my reader's pardon for having considered this most beautiful chapter as relating,not to the restoration from the Babylonish captivity, but to the redemption under the newcovenant by Jesus Christ. There is no period of the Jewish history from that time until now, towhich it can be applied. It must belong to the Gospel dispensation, and if the Jews will stillrefuse, contradict, and blaspheme, let no Christian have any fellowship with them in theiropposition to this Almighty Savior. Let none be indifferent to his salvation; let all plead hispromises; and let the messengers of the Churches proclaim to the Christian world a Free, a Full,and a Present Salvation! And may great grace rest upon themselves, and upon all their flocks!

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts,.... Like flocks of sheep, whichwere consecrated and set apart for holy uses, for sacrifices; even like the flocks of sheep, whichwere brought to Jerusalem to be offered in sacrifice at the three solemn festivals in the year;especially at the passover, when the Jews came from all parts of the country to slay and eattheir passover; and every family had a lamb, which in all must be a great number: we read ofthirty thousand lambs and three thousand bullocks given at one time for this service by KingJosiah, besides what was given by the princes, 2 Chronicles 35:7. The Targum is,"as the holy people, as a people that is cleansed, and comes to Jerusalem at the feasts of thepassover:''



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or, "as the flock of the Holy Ones" (q); either of the holy God, Father, Son, and Spirit; or of holymen, who are made holy or sanctified by the Spirit of God:so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men; or with men that are like sheep formeekness, harmlessness, patience, cleanness, society, and usefulness; and not with such as arecomparable to unclean beasts, or beasts of prey; so it denotes both the quantity of personsthat shall inhabit Judea, and dwelt both in the cities and churches there, and the quality ofthem.(q) "sicut oves sanctorum", Vatablus, Gussetius, Starckius.

Geneva Study Bible As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities befilled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Wesley's Notes 36:38 As the holy flock - Flocks designed to holy uses. In her solemn feasts - These flockswere for quality, the best of all; and for numbers, very great, on the solemn feasts. Thus shallmen multiply, and fill the cities of replanted Judea. And the increase of the numbers of men is

then honourable, when they are all dedicated to God as a holy flock, to be presented to him forliving sacrifices. Crowds are a lovely sight in God's temple.

King James Translators' Notes holy...: Heb. flock of holy things

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 38. As the holy flock-the great flock of choice animals for sacrifice, brought up to Jerusalem atthe three great yearly festivals, the passover, pentecost, and feast of the tabernacles.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 36:25-38 Water is an emblem of the cleansing our polluted souls from sin. But no water can domore than take away the filth of the flesh. Water seems in general the sacramental sign of thesanctifying influences of the Holy Ghost; yet this is always connected with the atoning blood ofChrist. When the latter is applied by faith to the conscience, to cleanse it from evil works, theformer is always applied to the powers of the soul, to purify it from the pollution of sin. All thathave an interest in the new covenant, have a new heart and a new spirit, in order to theirwalking in newness of life. God would give a heart of flesh, a soft and tender heart, complyingwith his holy will. Renewing grace works as great a change in the soul, as the turning a deadstone into living flesh. God will put his Spirit within, as a Teacher, Guide, and Sanctifier. Thepromise of God's grace to fit us for our duty, should quicken our constant care and endeavourto do our duty. These are promises to be pleaded by, and will be fulfilled to, all true believers inevery age

Nehemiah 12:27At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from where they livedand were brought to Jerusalem to celebrate joyfully the dedication with songs of thanksgivingand with the music of cymbals, harps and lyres

1 Chronicles 15:28 So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouts,with the sounding of rams' horns and trumpets, and of cymbals, and the playing of lyres andharps.



Psalm 92:3 to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp.

Psalm 150:5 praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals.

Psalm 51:17My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise

Psalm 34:18 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed inspirit.

Psalm 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Joel 2:13 Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he isgracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sendingcalamity.

Micah 6:6 With what shall I come before the LORD and bow down before the exalted God? Shall

I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?

Malachi 3:4 and the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the LORD, as in daysgone by, as in former years.

Hebrews 3:15As has just been said: "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in therebellion.

Ezra 6:16Then the people of Israel--the priests, the Levites and the rest of the exiles--celebrated thededication of the house of God with joy

We are not attractive to the world around us because we are bland and indifferential. Not onlyare we pale, meager people, but we are pathetic. We are pledged to a soul-Husband Who we donot know, Whom we no longer adore, and Who we never associate with. Our tepid and shabby

marriage harangues us, hampers us, hangs upon us like a moth eaten shawl, grey anddilapidated. We are an adulteress with the world; we are infidels. Let us love One, love HIM, andlove Him with our WHOLE being; our heart, our mind, or soul, our very strength. With everysinew.

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