Solomon Dedicates the Temple
62 Then 2 Chr. 7:4–10the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the Lord. 63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the Lord, twenty-two thousand bulls and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord. 64 On 2 Chr. 7:7the same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was in front of the house of the Lord; for there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the 2 Chr. 4:1bronze altar that was before the Lordwas too small to receive the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
65 At that time Solomon held Lev. 23:34; 1 Kin. 8:2a feast, and all Israel with him, a great assembly from Num. 34:8; Josh. 13:5; Judg. 3:3; 2 Kin. 14:25the entrance of Hamath to Gen. 15:18; Ex. 23:31; Num. 34:5the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, 2 Chr. 7:8seven days and seven more days—fourteen days. 66 2 Chr. 7:9On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the good that the Lord had done for His servant David, and for Israel His people.