1 Kings 3:4

And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that [was] the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

And the king {H4428} went {H3212} to Gibeon {H1391} to sacrifice {H2076} there; for that {H1931} was the great {H1419} high place {H1116}: a thousand {H505} burnt offerings {H5930} did Solomon {H8010} offer {H5927} upon that altar {H4196}.

One time the king went to Giv'on to sacrifice there, because that was the main high place. Shlomo offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.

Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.

And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Chronicles 7:5 (6 votes)

    And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

  • 2 Chronicles 1:3 (6 votes)

    So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that [was] at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:39 (6 votes)

    And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that [was] at Gibeon,

  • 2 Chronicles 1:6 (5 votes)

    And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which [was] at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.

  • 2 Chronicles 1:12 (5 votes)

    Wisdom and knowledge [is] granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that [have been] before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:29 (5 votes)

    For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, [were] at that season in the high place at Gibeon.

  • Isaiah 40:16 (4 votes)

    And Lebanon [is] not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.