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Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. <a href="/bsb/1_kings/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there. <a href="/kjv/1_kings/3.htm">King James Bible</a> And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. <a href="/nkjv/1_kings/3.htm">New King James Version</a> Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place: Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. <a href="/nasb_/1_kings/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, because that was the great high place; Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. <a href="/nasb/1_kings/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place; Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. <a href="/nasb77/1_kings/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place; Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. <a href="/lsb/1_kings/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place; Solomon offered one thousand burnt offerings on that altar. <a href="/amp/1_kings/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> The king went to Gibeon [near Jerusalem, where the tabernacle and the bronze altar stood] to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. <a href="/csb/1_kings/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there because it was the most famous high place. He offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. <a href="/hcsb/1_kings/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there because it was the most famous high place. He offered 1,000 burnt offerings on that altar. <a href="/asv/1_kings/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. <a href="/cev/1_kings/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The most important shrine was in Gibeon, and Solomon had offered more than 1,000 sacrifices on that altar. <a href="/erv/1_kings/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. <a href="/gwt/1_kings/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> King Solomon went to Gibeon to sacrifice because it was the most important place of worship. Solomon sacrificed 1,000 burnt offerings on that altar. <a href="/gnt/1_kings/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> On one occasion he went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices because that was where the most famous altar was. He had offered hundreds of burnt offerings there in the past. <a href="/isv/1_kings/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> The king used to go to Gibeon to sacrifice, since there was a famous high place there, where Solomon once offered 1,000 burnt offerings on that altar. <a href="/msb/1_kings/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there. <a href="/net/1_kings/3.htm">NET Bible</a> The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. Solomon would offer up a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there. <a href="/nheb/1_kings/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. <a href="/wbt/1_kings/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. <a href="/web/1_kings/3.htm">World English Bible</a> The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_kings/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and the king goes to Gibeon, to sacrifice there, for it [is] the great high place; Solomon causes one thousand burnt-offerings to ascend on that altar. <a href="/ylt/1_kings/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and the king goeth to Gibeon, to sacrifice there, for it is the great high place; a thousand burnt-offerings cause to ascend doth Solomon on that altar. <a href="/slt/1_kings/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the king will go to the hill to sacrifice there; for it was the great height: a thousand burnt-offerings will Solomon bring up upon that altar.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_kings/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> He went therefore to Gabaon, to sacrifice there: for that was the great high place: a thousand victims for holocausts did Solomon offer upon that altar in Gabaon. <a href="/cpdv/1_kings/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And so, he went away to Gibeon, so that he might immolate there; for that was the greatest high place. Solomon offered upon that altar, at Gibeon, one thousand victims as holocausts. <a href="/nabre/1_kings/3.htm">New American Bible</a> The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, because that was the great high place. Upon its altar Solomon sacrificed a thousand burnt offerings. <a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the principal high place; Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place; a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon the altar which was in Gibeon. <a href="/hpbt/1_kings/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And the King went to Gebuun to sacrifice there, because great high place was there; Solomon was sacrificing one thousand offerings on that altar<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_kings/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place; a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. <a href="/sep/1_kings/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And he arose and went to Gabaon to sacrifice there, for that was the highest place, and great: Solomon offered a whole-burnt-offering of a thousand victims on the altar in Gabaon. <a href="/parallel/1_kings/3-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=1149" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_kings/3.htm">Solomon's Prayer for Wisdom</a> 4<a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: ham·me·leḵ (Art:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">Now the king</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: way·yê·leḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">went</a> <a href="/hebrew/1391.htm" title="1391: giḇ·‘ō·nāh (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- A Levitical city in Benjamin. From the same as Geba'; hilly; Gibon, a place in Palestine.">to Gibeon</a> <a href="/hebrew/2076.htm" title="2076: liz·bō·aḥ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To slaughter for sacrifice. A primitive root; to slaughter an animal.">to sacrifice</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">it was</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: hag·gə·ḏō·w·lāh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">the great</a> <a href="/hebrew/1116.htm" title="1116: hab·bā·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- A high place. From an unused root; an elevation.">high place.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8010.htm" title="8010: šə·lō·mōh (N-proper-ms) -- David's son and successor to his throne. From shalowm; peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor.">Solomon</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ya·‘ă·leh (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">offered</a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: ’e·lep̄ (Number-msc) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand.">a thousand</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: ‘ō·lō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">burnt offerings</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">the</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: ham·miz·bê·aḥ (Art:: N-ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">altar there.</a> 5One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-3.htm">2 Chronicles 1:3-6</a> And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness. / Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem. / But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, was in Gibeon before the tabernacle of the LORD. So Solomon and the assembly inquired of Him there. ... <a href="/1_kings/9-25.htm">1 Kings 9:25</a> Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple. <a href="/1_kings/8-63.htm">1 Kings 8:63</a> And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD. <a href="/2_chronicles/7-4.htm">2 Chronicles 7:4-5</a> Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD. / And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. <a href="/1_samuel/9-12.htm">1 Samuel 9:12-14</a> “Yes, he is ahead of you,” they answered. “Hurry now, for today he has come to the city because the people have a sacrifice on the high place. / As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; after that, the guests will eat. Go up at once; you will find him.” / So Saul and his servant went up toward the city, and as they were entering it, there was Samuel coming toward them on his way up to the high place. <a href="/1_samuel/10-8.htm">1 Samuel 10:8</a> And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.” <a href="/1_samuel/15-21.htm">1 Samuel 15:21</a> The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.” <a href="/1_samuel/16-2.htm">1 Samuel 16:2-5</a> “How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’ / Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate.” / So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?” ... <a href="/1_kings/11-7.htm">1 Kings 11:7-8</a> At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites. / He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods. <a href="/2_chronicles/1-2.htm">2 Chronicles 1:2-3</a> Then Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every leader in all Israel—the heads of the families. / And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness. <a href="/2_chronicles/1-13.htm">2 Chronicles 1:13</a> So Solomon went to Jerusalem from the high place in Gibeon, from before the Tent of Meeting, and he reigned over Israel. <a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm">1 Kings 12:32-33</a> And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up. / On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel. So he ordained a feast for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense. <a href="/1_kings/18-30.htm">1 Kings 18:30-32</a> Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down. / And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.” / And with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed. <a href="/2_chronicles/8-12.htm">2 Chronicles 8:12-13</a> At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD he had built in front of the portico. / He observed the daily requirement for offerings according to the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-21.htm">2 Chronicles 29:21-24</a> They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD. / So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splattered it on the altar. They slaughtered the rams and splattered the blood on the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs and splattered the blood on the altar. / Then they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on them. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer on that altar.Gibeon<a href="/1_kings/9-2.htm">1 Kings 9:2</a> That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.<a href="/joshua/9-3.htm">Joshua 9:3</a> And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,<a href="/joshua/10-2.htm">Joshua 10:2</a> That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.a thousand<a href="/1_kings/8-63.htm">1 Kings 8:63</a> And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.<a href="/2_chronicles/1-6.htm">2 Chronicles 1:6,7</a> And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it… <a href="/2_chronicles/29-32.htm">2 Chronicles 29:32-35</a> And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/2-29.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-22.htm">Ascend</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-3.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-25.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-31.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-18.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/2_samuel/21-6.htm">Gibeon</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-40.htm">Great</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-18.htm">gs</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-3.htm">High</a> <a href="/joshua/10-2.htm">Important</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-24.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-3.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-23.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-3.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-22.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-3.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-3.htm">Solomon</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-46.htm">Solomon's</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-15.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/2_samuel/20-18.htm">Used</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-4.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/6-20.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-5.htm">Ascend</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-15.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-15.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-19.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-2.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-5.htm">Gibeon</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-6.htm">Great</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-63.htm">gs</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-2.htm">High</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-11.htm">Important</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-25.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-15.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-64.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-15.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-62.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-62.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-5.htm">Solomon</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-10.htm">Solomon's</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-26.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-7.htm">Used</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-26.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 3</div>1. <a href="/1_kings/3-1.htm">Solomon marries Pharaoh's daughter</a> 2. <a href="/1_kings/3-2.htm">High places being in use, Solomon sacrifices at Gibeon</a> 5. <a href="/1_kings/3-5.htm">Solomon at Gibeon, in the choice which God gave him, </a> 10. <a href="/1_kings/3-10.htm">preferring wisdom, obtains wisdom, riches, and honor</a> 16. <a href="/1_kings/3-16.htm">Solomon's judgment makes him renowned</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_kings/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there Gibeon was a significant location in ancient Israel, known for its high place, which was a site of worship before the temple in Jerusalem was built. The king referred to here is Solomon, who had recently ascended to the throne. This act of going to Gibeon to sacrifice demonstrates Solomon's devotion and desire to seek God's favor at the beginning of his reign. Gibeon was about six miles northwest of Jerusalem, and it was a central place of worship during this period. The tabernacle, which housed the altar of burnt offering, was located there, making it a legitimate place for sacrifices. This act of worship at Gibeon reflects the transitional period in Israel's religious practices before the centralization of worship in Jerusalem.for it was the great high place High places were elevated sites used for worship, often associated with altars and sacred rituals. The term "great high place" indicates that Gibeon was the most prominent of these sites at the time. Before the construction of the temple, high places were common for worship, although they later became associated with idolatry. The use of high places was a holdover from Canaanite practices, but in this context, it was still an acceptable form of worship to Yahweh. The significance of Gibeon as the great high place underscores its importance as a religious center during Solomon's early reign.Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there The offering of a thousand burnt offerings signifies Solomon's immense dedication and the seriousness with which he approached his relationship with God. Burnt offerings were a form of sacrifice that symbolized atonement and dedication to God, as the entire animal was consumed by fire. This act of offering such a large number of sacrifices demonstrates Solomon's desire to honor God and seek His guidance. It also reflects the wealth and resources available to Solomon as king. This event precedes God's appearance to Solomon in a dream, where He grants Solomon wisdom, indicating that Solomon's worship was pleasing to God and set the stage for his wise and prosperous reign.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a> The son of King David and Bathsheba, Solomon is the newly anointed king of Israel. Known for his wisdom, Solomon's reign is marked by peace and prosperity. 2. <a href="/topical/g/gibeon.htm">Gibeon</a> A significant location in ancient Israel, Gibeon was known as a "great high place" where people worshiped God before the temple was built in Jerusalem. It was a central place for worship and sacrifice. 3. <a href="/topical/b/burnt_offerings.htm">Burnt Offerings</a> These were sacrifices made to God, symbolizing atonement and dedication. Solomon's offering of a thousand burnt offerings demonstrates his devotion and desire to seek God's favor.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_worship.htm">The Importance of Worship</a> Solomon's journey to Gibeon highlights the significance of setting aside time and effort to worship God. Worship should be a priority in our lives, reflecting our devotion and reverence. <a href="/topical/s/sacrificial_giving.htm">Sacrificial Giving</a> Solomon's offering of a thousand burnt offerings demonstrates a heart of generosity and commitment. We are called to give sacrificially, not just in material terms but also in our time and talents. <a href="/topical/s/seeking_god's_guidance.htm">Seeking God's Guidance</a> Solomon's actions at Gibeon precede his request for wisdom from God. Before making significant decisions, we should seek God's guidance through prayer and worship. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_high_places.htm">The Role of High Places</a> In the Old Testament, high places were often used for worship before the temple was built. This reminds us of the importance of having dedicated spaces for worship in our lives. <a href="/topical/l/legacy_of_faith.htm">Legacy of Faith</a> Solomon's actions set a precedent for future generations. Our faith and actions can influence and inspire those who come after us.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 3</a> <a href="/q/why_no_non-biblical_gibeonite_record.htm">Why is there no clear historical or archeological record outside the Bible confirming Gibeonite tribute (Joshua 9:21)? </a> <a href="/q/what's_gibeon's_role_in_the_bible.htm">What is Gibeon's significance in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_song_4_fit_solomon's_many_wives.htm">If historically attributed to King Solomon, how does Song of Solomon 4 mesh with the accounts of his many wives and concubines in other biblical texts (e.g., 1 Kings 11:3)?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_verify_solomon's_dream_as_divine.htm">If God truly appeared to Solomon in a dream (1 Kings 3:5), how do we distinguish this from myth or subjective experience?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) Gibeon.--The name itself, signifying "belonging to a hill," indicates its position on the central plateau of Israel, in the land of Benjamin, whence rise several round hills, on one of which the town stood. There was now reared the Tabernacle, with the brazen altar of sacrifice, to which the descendants of the old Gibeonites were attached as "hewers of wood and drawers of water" (<a href="/joshua/9-23.htm" title="Now therefore you are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being slaves, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.">Joshua 9:23</a>). It was therefore naturally "the great high place."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 4. - And the king went to Gibeon [<a href="/joshua/9-3.htm">Joshua 9:3</a>; <a href="/joshua/10-2.htm">Joshua 10:2</a>; <a href="/joshua/18-25.htm">Joshua 18:25</a>; <a href="/joshua/21-17.htm">Joshua 21:17</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/21-1.htm">2 Samuel 21:1</a>. Now known as El-Jib, a commanding eminence (as the name implies) some six miles north of Jerusalem. Strictly, it consists of two heights, on one of which, it is conjectured, the town stood, while the other was the high place. Solomon was accompanied to Gibeon by "all the congregation," including the captains, judges, governors, etc. (<a href="/2_chronicles/1-2.htm">2 Chronicles 1:2, 3</a>] to sacrifice there [This religious service was designed to inaugurate his reign (<a href="/2_chronicles/1-13.htm">2 Chronicles 1:13</a>), after the precedent of <a href="/1_samuel/11-15.htm">1 Samuel 11:15</a>; cf. <a href="/2_samuel/6-2.htm">2 Samuel 6:2</a>. His object was also to supplicate the Divine blessing on his undertakings. If his visit served at the same time as a farewell, or "honourable funeral to the tabernacle" (Wordsw.) this was an accident]; for that was the great high place [being the place of the tabernacle and brazen altar. In <a href="/1_samuel/21-6.htm">1 Samuel 21:6</a> we find the tabernacle at Nob, though without the ark (<a href="/1_samuel/4-2.htm">1 Samuel 4:2</a>). After the massacre of the priests it lost the ephod (<a href="/1_samuel/22-20.htm">1 Samuel 22:20</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/23-6.htm">1 Samuel 23:6</a>). It could hardly remain in a spot stained by so much blood; but how or when it found its way to Gibeon, we do not know. See <a href="/1_chronicles/16-37.htm">1 Chronicles 16:37, 39</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/1-3.htm">2 Chronicles 1:3-6</a>]: a thousand burnt offerings [such numbers were not infrequent at festivals. See on 1 Kings 8:62, and cf. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-33.htm">2 Chronicles 29:33, 34</a>. Rawlinson reminds us that "Xerxes offered 1000 oxen at Troy" (Herod. 7:43).] did Solomon offer [not, of course, personally, as some (Ewald. e.g.) have sup. posed. He is said to have "offered" them, because he (together with the congregation, perhaps) provided them. The immense number alone shows that he cannot have offered in person. The festival probably lasted for seven or eight days,but even then a thousand victims can hardly have been offered whole (עֹלות) unless the altar was greatly enlarged, or additional temporary altars were erected. This latter supposition is not negatived by the next words. See on 1 Kings 8:63, 64.] upon that altar. <a href="/commentaries/1_kings/3-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Now the king הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king went וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk to Gibeon גִּבְעֹ֙נָה֙ (giḇ·‘ō·nāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1391.htm">Strong's 1391: </a> Gibeon -- a Levitical city in Benjamin to sacrifice לִזְבֹּ֣חַ (liz·bō·aḥ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2076.htm">Strong's 2076: </a> To slaughter for sacrifice there, שָׁ֔ם (šām) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> There, then, thither for כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction it [was] הִ֖יא (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are the great הַגְּדוֹלָ֑ה (hag·gə·ḏō·w·lāh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> Great, older, insolent high place. הַבָּמָ֣ה (hab·bā·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1116.htm">Strong's 1116: </a> An elevation Solomon שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה (šə·lō·mōh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8010.htm">Strong's 8010: </a> Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne offered יַעֲלֶ֣ה (ya·‘ă·leh) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively a thousand אֶ֤לֶף (’e·lep̄) Number - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_505.htm">Strong's 505: </a> A thousand burnt offerings עֹלוֹת֙ (‘ō·lō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> Whole burnt offering on עַ֖ל (‘al) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the הַהֽוּא׃ (ha·hū) Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are altar [there]. הַמִּזְבֵּ֥חַ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> An altar <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/3-4.htm">1 Kings 3:4 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_kings/3-4.htm">1 Kings 3:4 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_kings/3-4.htm">1 Kings 3:4 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_kings/3-4.htm">1 Kings 3:4 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_kings/3-4.htm">1 Kings 3:4 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/3-4.htm">1 Kings 3:4 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/3-4.htm">1 Kings 3:4 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/3-4.htm">1 Kings 3:4 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/3-4.htm">1 Kings 3:4 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_kings/3-4.htm">1 Kings 3:4 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-4.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 3:4 The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/3-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 3:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 3:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/3-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 3:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 3:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>