1 Kings 8:62-64

New English Translation

Solomon Dedicates the Temple

⁶² The king and all Israel with him were presenting sacrifices to the Lord. ⁶³ Solomon offered as peace offerings^[a] to the Lord 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the Israelites dedicated the Lord’s temple. ⁶⁴ That day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the Lord’s temple. He offered there burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that stood before the Lord was too small to hold all these offerings.^[b]