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He did this because the bronze altar which he had made was too small for all these offerings. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/2_chronicles/7-7.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/2_chronicles/7-7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/2_chronicles/7-7.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/2_chronicles/1.htm">2 Chronicles</a> > <a href="/gntd/2_chronicles/7.htm">Chapter 7</a> > Verse 7</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_chronicles/7-6.htm" title="2 Chronicles 7:6">◄</a> 2 Chronicles 7:7 <a href="../2_chronicles/7-8.htm" title="2 Chronicles 7:8">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/7.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/2_chronicles/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Solomon consecrated the central part of the courtyard, the area in front of the Temple, and then offered there the sacrifices burned whole, the grain offerings, and the fat from the fellowship offerings. He did this because the bronze altar which he had made was too small for all these offerings. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was in front of the house of the LORD; for there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the offerings of well-being because the bronze altar Solomon had made could not hold the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat parts.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/2_chronicles/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />On that same day, Solomon dedicated the courtyard in front of the temple and got it ready to be used for worship. The bronze altar he had made was too small, so he used the courtyard to offer sacrifices to please the LORD and grain sacrifices, and also to send up in smoke the fat from the other offerings. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the court facing the house of the LORD; he offered there the burnt offerings and the fat of the communion offerings, since the bronze altar which Solomon had made could not hold the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the fat.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/2_chronicles/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Solomon also sanctified the middle of the court before the temple of the Lord: for he offered there the holocausts, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brazen altar, which he had made, could not hold the holocausts and the sacrifices and the fat:<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">Solomon also sanctified the middle of the court before the temple of the Lord: for he offered there the holocausts, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brazen altar, which he had made, could not hold the holocausts and the sacrifices and the fat:</p><p class="hdg">hallowed</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/36-14.htm">2 Chronicles 36:14</a> Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people wickedly transgressed according to all the abominations of the Gentiles: and they defiled the house of the Lord, which he had sanctified to himself in Jerusalem.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../numbers/16-37.htm">Numbers 16:37,38</a> Command Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest to take up the censers that lie in the burning, and to scatter the fire of one side and the other: because they are sanctified . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_kings/8-64.htm">1 Kings 8:64</a> In that day the king sanctified the middle of the court, that was before the house of the Lord for there he offered the holocaust, and sacrifice, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brazen altar that was before the Lord, was too little to receive the holocaust, and sacrifice, and the fat of the peace offerings.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../hebrews/13-10.htm">Hebrews 13:10-12</a> We have an altar whereof they have no power to eat who serve the tabernacle. . . . </p><p class="hdg">the brazen</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/4-1.htm">2 Chronicles 4:1</a> He made also an altar of brass twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits broad, and ten cubits high.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/2_chronicles/7.htm">Sacrifices of Dedication</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>And the priests stood in their offices: and the Levites with the instruments of music of the Lord, which king David made to praise the Lord: because his mercy endureth for ever, singing the hymns of David by their ministry: and the priests sounded with trumpets before them, and all Israel stood. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl">Solomon also sanctified the middle of the court before the temple of the Lord: for he offered there the holocausts, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brazen altar, which he had made, could not hold the holocausts and the sacrifices and the fat:</span><span class="reftext">8</span>And Solomon kept the solemnity at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entrance of Emath to the torrent of Egypt.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../numbers/29-39.htm">Numbers 29:39</a></span><br />These things shall you offer to the Lord in your solemnities: besides your vows and voluntary oblations for holocaust, for sacrifice, for libation, and for victims of peace offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_kings/8-64.htm">1 Kings 8:64</a></span><br />In that day the king sanctified the middle of the court, that was before the house of the Lord for there he offered the holocaust, and sacrifice, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brazen altar that was before the Lord, was too little to receive the holocaust, and sacrifice, and the fat of the peace offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/7-2.htm">Able</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-22.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-13.htm">Brazen</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-13.htm">Bronze</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-1.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-6.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/5-11.htm">Consecrated</a> <a 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