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63 Solomon sacrificed the fellowship offerings which he offered to Yahweh: twenty-two thousand oxen and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep; and the king and all of the Israelites[a] dedicated the house of Yahweh. 64 On that day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard before the house of Yahweh because he offered there the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the fellowship offerings because the bronze altar that was in the presence of Yahweh was too small to hold the burnt offerings and the grain offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings. 65 Solomon held the festival at that time and all of Israel with him, a great assembly from Lebo Hamath up to the wadi[b] of Egypt before Yahweh our God, for seven days and seven days, a total of fourteen days.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 8:63 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. 1 Kings 8:65 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season