1 Reyes 8:63

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63 Y Salom贸n ofreci贸 como sacrificio de las ofrendas de paz, que 茅l ofreci贸 al SE脩OR, veintid贸s mil bueyes y ciento veinte mil ovejas. As铆 dedicaron la casa del SE脩OR el rey y todos los hijos de Israel.

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1 Reyes 8:63 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:63

And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he
offered unto the Lord
Part of which belonged to the offerer, and with those Solomon feasted the people all the days of the feast of the dedication, if not of tabernacles also; for the number was exceeding large, as follows:

22,000 oxen, and 120,000 sheep;
which, as suggested, might be the number for all the fourteen days; nor need it seem incredible, since, as Josephus F2 says, at a passover celebrated in the times of Cestius the Roman governor, at the evening of the passover, in two hours time 256,500 lambs were slain; however, this was a very munificent sacrifice of Solomon's, in which he greatly exceeded the Heathens, whose highest number of sacrifices were hecatombs, or by hundreds, but his by thousands:

so the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the
Lord;
devoted it to divine and religious worship by these sacrifices: hence in imitation of this sprung the dedication of temples with the Heathens; the first of which among the Romans was that in the capitol at Rome F3 by Romulus; the rites and ceremonies used therein by them may be read in Cicero, Livy, Tacitus, and others F4.


FOOTNOTES:

F2 De Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 9. sect. 3.
F3 Vid. Liv. Hist. Decad. 1. l. 1. p. s. & l. 2. p. 33.
F4 Vid. Hospinian. de Templis, l. 4. c. 2. p. 451. & Alex. ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 6. c. 14.
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1 Reyes 8:63 In-Context

61 Est茅n, pues, vuestros corazones enteramente dedicados al SE脩OR nuestro Dios, para que andemos en sus estatutos y guardemos sus mandamientos, como en este d铆a.
62 Y el rey y todo Israel con 茅l ofrecieron sacrificios delante del SE脩OR.
63 Y Salom贸n ofreci贸 como sacrificio de las ofrendas de paz, que 茅l ofreci贸 al SE脩OR, veintid贸s mil bueyes y ciento veinte mil ovejas. As铆 dedicaron la casa del SE脩OR el rey y todos los hijos de Israel.
64 Aquel d铆a el rey consagr贸 la parte central del atrio que estaba delante de la casa del SE脩OR, pues all铆 ofreci贸 el holocausto, la ofrenda de cereal y la grosura de las ofrendas de paz; porque el altar de bronce que estaba delante del SE脩OR era demasiado peque帽o para contener el holocausto, la ofrenda de cereal y la grosura de las ofrendas de paz.
65 As铆 Salom贸n celebr贸 la fiesta en aquella ocasi贸n, y todo Israel con 茅l, una gran asamblea desde la entrada de Hamat hasta el torrente de Egipto, delante del SE脩OR nuestro Dios, por siete d铆as y siete d铆as m谩s, o sea catorce d铆as.
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