1 Reis 9:25

25 E Salomão oferecia três vezes por ano holocaustos e ofertas pacíficas sobre a altar que edificara ao Senhor, queimando com eles incenso sobre o altar que estava perante o Senhor, depois que acabou de edificar a casa.

1 Reis 9:25 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 9:25

And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings
and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord
The brasen altar, the altar of burnt offering, which stood in the court of the priests, and by whom he offered. The three times were the feasts of passover, pentecost, and tabernacles, as explained in ( 2 Chronicles 8:13 ) , not that these were the only offerings, or these the only times he offered; for he offered all other sacrifices, and at all other times commanded in the law of Moses, as on sabbaths and new moons, as expressed in the above place:

and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the Lord;
the altar of incense, which stood in the holy place, right beside the most holy, in which was the ark, the symbol of the divine Presence; not that Solomon burnt incense in person, but by the priests, whom he furnished with incense; for no king might offer incense, as the case of Uzziah shows:

so he finished the house;
which respects not the building of it, that had been observed before, but the service of it; as he had provided all vessels and utensils for the furniture of it, and all things to be used in them; as sacrifices for the altar of burnt offering, incense for the altar of incense, bread for the shewbread table, and oil for the lamps; so he appointed the courses of the priests, Levites, and porters, to do their duty, who went through every part of service assigned them, and completed the whole; see ( 2 Chronicles 8:14 ) .

1 Reis 9:25 In-Context

23 Estes eram os chefes dos oficiais que estavam sobre a obra de Salomão, quinhentos e cinqüenta, que davam ordens ao povo que trabalhava na obra.

24 Subiu, porém, a filha de Faraó da cidade de Davi � sua casa, que Salomão lhe edificara; então ele edificou Milo.

25 E Salomão oferecia três vezes por ano holocaustos e ofertas pacíficas sobre a altar que edificara ao Senhor, queimando com eles incenso sobre o altar que estava perante o Senhor, depois que acabou de edificar a casa.

26 Também o rei Salomão fez uma frota em Eziom-Geber, que está junto a Elote, na praia do Mar Vermelho, na terra de Edom.

27 Hirão mandou com aquela frota, em companhia dos servos de Salomão, os seus próprios servos, marinheiros que conheciam o mar;