1Ki 3:4 Cross References

1 Kings 3:4

4: The most important of these altars was at Gibeon, so the king went there and sacrificed one thousand burnt offerings.

Meanwhile, David stationed Zadok the priest and his fellow priests at the Tabernacle of the LORD on the hill of Gibeon, where they continued to minister before the LORD.

Then Solomon led the entire assembly to the hill at Gibeon where God's Tabernacle was located. This was the Tabernacle that Moses, the LORD's servant, had constructed in the wilderness.

There in front of the Tabernacle, Solomon went up to the bronze altar in the LORD's presence and sacrificed a thousand burnt offerings on it.
That night God appeared to Solomon in a dream and said, "What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!"
Solomon replied to God, "You have been so faithful and kind to my father, David, and now you have made me king in his place.
Now, LORD God, please keep your promise to David my father, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth!
Give me wisdom and knowledge to rule them properly, for who is able to govern this great nation of yours?"

At that time, the Tabernacle of the LORD and the altar that Moses made in the wilderness were located at the hill of Gibeon.

All Lebanon's forests do not contain sufficient fuel to consume a sacrifice large enough to honor him. All Lebanon's sacrificial animals would not make an offering worthy of our God.

King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. And so the king and all the people dedicated the Temple of God.

What can we bring to the LORD to make up for what we've done? Should we bow before God with offerings of yearling calves?
Should we offer him thousands of rams and tens of thousands of rivers of olive oil? Would that please the LORD? Should we sacrifice our firstborn children to pay for the sins of our souls? Would that make him glad?

Solomon sacrificed peace offerings to the LORD numbering 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. And so the king and all Israel dedicated the Temple of the LORD.

Then the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had done before at Gibeon.

He and his people became very afraid when they heard all this because Gibeon was a large city--as large as the royal cities and larger than Ai. And the Gibeonite men were mighty warriors.

The people brought to the LORD seventy bulls, one hundred rams, and two hundred lambs for burnt offerings.
They also brought six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep as sacrifices.
But there were too few priests to prepare all the burnt offerings, so their relatives the Levites helped them until the work was finished and until more priests had been purified. For the Levites had been more conscientious about purifying themselves than the priests.
There was an abundance of burnt offerings, along with the usual drink offerings, and a great deal of fat from the many peace offerings. So the Temple of the LORD was restored to service.

King Hezekiah gave the people one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for offerings, and the officials donated one thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep. Meanwhile, many more priests purified themselves.

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