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Verse 63. _TWO AND TWENTY THOUSAND OXEN_] This was the whole amount of
the victims that had been offered during the _fourteen_ _days_; i.e.,
the _seven_ days of the _dedication_, and the _seven_ days...
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These numbers have been thought incredible, but they are not
impossible. At least 100, 000, or 120, 000 men 1 Kings 8:65 were
assembled; and as they all offered sacrifice with the king 1 Kings
8:62, t...
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CHAPTER 8THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE
_ 1. The great assembly (1 Kings 8:1)_
2. The transportation of the ark (1 Kings 8:3)
3. The glory of the LORD filling the house (1 Kings 8:10)
4. Solomon's o...
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SOLOMON'S DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE, PRAYER AND ADDRESS. This chapter
is mainly Deuteronomic, being clearly written from the standpoint of
one who has seen the Temple as the one national sanctuary of I...
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The great sacrifice and festival (2 Chronicles 7:4-11)
63. _And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings_ It is ordered
in the Law (Leviticus 7:15) that the greatest part of such peace
offerings...
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SOLOMON OFFERED—TWO AND TWENTY THOUSAND OXEN, &C.— That is, he
offered so many sacrifices during the whole space of time, the whole
_fourteen days;_ the _seven days_ of the feast of dedication, and th...
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D. THE DEDICATORY CELEBRATION 8:62-66
TRANSLATION
(62) And the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifice before the
LORD. (63) And Solomon offered for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
which he of...
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_AND SOLOMON OFFERED A SACRIFICE OF PEACE OFFERINGS, WHICH HE OFFERED
UNTO THE LORD, TWO AND TWENTY THOUSAND OXEN, AND AN HUNDRED AND TWENTY
THOUSAND SHEEP. SO THE KING AND ALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL...
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TWO AND TWENTY THOUSAND, etc.] The quantity seems enormous, but
numbers in the OT., as in other ancient writings, cannot always be
relied on, and profuse sacrifices were common in antiquity....
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THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE. SOLOMON'S PRAYER
1. The chief of the fathers] i.e. heads of families. OUT OF THE CITY]
The Temple and Palace were built on the site of Araunah's threshing
floor (2 Chroni...
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 8
THE CEREMONY AT THE OPENING OF THE *TEMPLE
V1 King Solomon called the leaders of the *tribes and the families in
*Israel together. The...
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AND SOLOMON OFFERED. — The number here given, enormous as it is, can
hardly be supposed due to any error in the text; for it is exactly
reproduced in the Chronicles and by Josephus. Much explanation o...
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וַ יִּזְבַּ֣ח שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה אֵ֣ת זֶ֣בַח
הַ שְּׁלָ
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THE GRADUAL GROWTH OF THE LEVITIC RITUAL
1 Kings 8:1
"Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice."
- 1 Samuel 15:22
BEFORE we enter on the subject of the Temple worship, it is necessary
to emphasize...
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THE TEMPLE SACRIFICES
1 Kings 8:62; 1 Kings 9:25
"I have chosen this house to Myself for a house of sacrifice."
- 2 Chronicles 7:12
"Gifts and sacrifices, that cannot, as touching the conscience ma...
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PETITION AND SACRIFICE
1 Kings 8:54
The man, as we have seen, who kneels most humbly before God is
empowered to bless the people in God's name. What an august and noble
testimony the king bore: “Ther...
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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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The Temple being finished, the great ceremony of dedication commenced.
The permanent link between Tabernacle and Temple was the Ark of the
Covenant. With great care and impressive ceremony, they had c...
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And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered
unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty
thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel d...
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Sheep, and other small beasts, during the seven days, without counting
the oblations of individuals. The law had not prescribed any
particular rites for the dedication of places. But common sense
dict...
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(62) В¶ And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice
before the LORD. (63) And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace
offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand
oxen,...
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The books of First and Second Samuel show us the failure of the
priesthood, and, in consequence, when a state of evident shame and
dishonour overspread the face of Israel, the heart of the people
desi...
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The circumstances which revealed the character of this rest were
remarkable. The staves, with which the priests had borne the ark, were
now the memorial of their journeys with God, who, in His faithfu...
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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 th...
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And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered
unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty
thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel d...
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_And Solomon offered_ By the hands of the priests, _two and twenty
thousand oxen_, &c. Not all in one day, but in seven, or, it may be,
in the fourteen days mentioned 1 Kings 8:65. _So the king and al...
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1 The feast of the dedication of the Temple.
12 and
54 Solomons blessing.
22 Solomons prayer.
62 His sacrifice of peace offrings.
1 THEN [NOTE: 2 Chronicles 5:2.] Solomon assembled the Elders of...
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THE ARK AND TABERNACLE FURNITURE
(vs.1-13)
The temple being completed, there was one matter of importance
remaining. Thus, for the bringing of the ark to the temple Solomon
assembled the elders of Is...
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62-66 Solomon offered a great sacrifice. He kept the feast of
tabernacles, as it seems, after the feast of dedication. Thus should
we go home, rejoicing, from holy ordinances, thankful for God's
Goodn...
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SOLOMON OFFERED A SACRIFICE, by the hands of the priests. A HUNDRED
AND TWENTY THOUSAND SHEEP; not all in one day, but in the seven, or,
it may be, in the fourteen days, mentioned 1 KINGS 8:65. So, i....
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1 Kings 8:63 Solomon H8010 offered H2076 (H8799) sacrifice H2077
offerings H8002 offered H2076 (H8804) LORD H3068 tw
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THE GREAT SACRIFICIAL OFFERING AND FEAST (1 KINGS 8:63).
This special feast of dedication commenced seven days prior to the
Feast of Tabernacles (thus incorporating the Day of Atonement). Large
scale...
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CONTENTS: Ark brought in; Skekinah glory fills the temple. Solomon's
sermon.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: All cost and pains are lost on stately structures unless
God has been in the work,...
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1 Kings 8:1. _Solomon assembled the elders,_ after twenty years'
labour. That is, in the fourth year of his reign he began to build the
temple; in seven years and a half more he finished and dedicated...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 8:65. HAMATH IS THE GRECIAN EPIPHANEIA, the principal city of
Upper Syria, on the Orontes, the Northern frontier of Palestine
(Numbers 13:2; Numbers 34:8). _Th...
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EXPOSITION
THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE.—The stately and impressive service
with which the Temple, the character and contents of which have now
been described, was dedicated, is related in this chapt...
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Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the
tribes, and they brought the ark of the covenant into the temple, and
as they did, the glory of the Lord came and filled the temple and...
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1 Chronicles 29:21; 2 Chronicles 15:11; 2 Chronicles 2:4; 2 Chronicles
29:32;...
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Offered — Not all in one day, but in the seven, or it may be in the
fourteen days, mentioned 1 Kings 8:65....