2 Chronicles 1:3

3 And Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to ¹the high place that was at Gibeon, ²for ³the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness, was there.

2 Chronicles 1:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 1:3

So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high
place that was at Gibeon
They agreed to his motion, and went with him thither, see ( 1 Kings 3:4 )

for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses
the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness:
by the Lord's direction; where was also the altar of the Lord, and so most proper to offer sacrifice on, which was what Solomon went thither to do; see ( 1 Chronicles 21:29 ) .

2 Chronicles 1:3 In-Context

1 Solomon the son of David established himself in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and made him exceedingly great.

2 Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to all the leaders in all Israel, the heads of fathers' houses.

3 And Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon, for the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness, was there.

4 (But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.)

5 Moreover, the bronze altar that Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of the LORD. And Solomon and the assembly sought it out.

Cross References

• 1. See 1 Kings 3:4
• 2. 1 Chronicles 16:39; 1 Chronicles 21:29
• 3. Exodus 29:10; Leviticus 10:7; Numbers 14:10