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 dedicated the house of the LORD.
Solomon offered peace offerings to the LORD—22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. This is how the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.
Solomon and all Israel celebrated the completion of God's temple with massive sacrificial offerings, showing their joy and dedication to the LORD.
📚 Historical Context
This verse describes the dedication ceremony of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem, which took seven years to build and represented the permanent dwelling place of God among His people. The enormous number of animals sacrificed reflects both the wealth of Solomon's kingdom at its peak and the magnitude of this historic moment when God's presence would no longer dwell in a portable tabernacle but in a permanent temple.
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