1 Kings 8:58-66

58 that 1He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances, which He commanded our fathers.
59 "And may these words of mine, with which I have made supplication before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that He may maintain the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, as each day requires,
60 so 2that all the peoples of the earth may know that 3the LORD is God; there is no one else.
61 "4Let your heart therefore be wholly devoted to the LORD our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day."

Dedicatory Sacrifices

62 5Now the king and all Israel with him 6offered sacrifice before the LORD.
63 Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the LORD, 22,000 * * oxen and 120,000 * * sheep. 7So the king and all the sons of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.
64 On the same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD, because there he offered the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat of the peace offerings; for 8the bronze altar that was before the LORD was too small to hold the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat of the peace offerings.
65 So 9Solomon observed the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly 10from the entrance of Hamath 11to the brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God, for seven days and seven more days, even fourteen * days.
66 On the eighth day he sent the people away and they blessed the king. Then they went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had shown to David His servant and to Israel His people.

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Cross References 11

  • 1. Psalms 119:36; Jeremiah 31:33
  • 2. Joshua 4:24; 1 Samuel 17:46; 1 Kings 8:43; 2 Kings 19:19
  • 3. Deuteronomy 4:35; 1 Kings 18:39; Jeremiah 10:10-12
  • 4. Deuteronomy 18:13; 1 Kings 11:4; 2 Kings 20:3
  • 5. 2 Chronicles 7:4-10
  • 6. 2 Samuel 6:17-19; Ezra 6:16, 17
  • 7. Ezra 6:15-18; Nehemiah 12:27
  • 8. 2 Chronicles 4:1
  • 9. Leviticus 23:34-42; 1 Kings 8:2
  • 10. Numbers 34:8; Joshua 13:5; Judges 3:3; 2 Kings 14:25
  • 11. Genesis 15:18; Exodus 23:31; Numbers 34:5; Joshua 13:3

Footnotes 6

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