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He also burned incense to the LORD. And so he finished the work of building the Temple. <a href="/esv/1_kings/9.htm">English Standard Version</a> Three times a year Solomon used to offer up burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar that he built to the LORD, making offerings with it before the LORD. So he finished the house. <a href="/bsb/1_kings/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</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="/kjv/1_kings/9.htm">King James Bible</a> And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house. <a href="/nkjv/1_kings/9.htm">New King James Version</a> Now three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he had built for the LORD, and he burned incense with them on the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the temple. <a href="/nasb_/1_kings/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them on the altar which was before the LORD. So he finished the house. <a href="/nasb/1_kings/9.htm">NASB 1995</a> Now three times in a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to the LORD, burning incense with them on the altar which was before the LORD. So he finished the house. <a href="/nasb77/1_kings/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Now three times in a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to the LORD, burning incense with them on the altar which was before the LORD. So he finished the house. <a href="/lsb/1_kings/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And three times in a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to Yahweh, burning incense with them on the altar which was before Yahweh. So he finished the house. <a href="/amp/1_kings/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Three times a year [during the major annual festivals] Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built to the LORD, and he burned incense with them before the LORD. So he finished the house [of the LORD]. <a href="/csb/1_kings/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, and he burned incense with them in the LORD’s presence. So he completed the temple. <a href="/hcsb/1_kings/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, and he burned incense with them in the LORD&#8217s presence. So he completed the temple. <a href="/asv/1_kings/9.htm">American Standard Version</a> And three times a year did Solomon offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which he built unto Jehovah, burning incense therewith, upon the altar that was before Jehovah. So he finished the house. <a href="/cev/1_kings/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Three times a year, Solomon burned incense and offered sacrifices to the LORD on the altar he had built. Solomon had now finished building the LORD's temple. <a href="/erv/1_kings/9.htm">English Revised Version</a> And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, burning incense therewith, upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house. <a href="/gwt/1_kings/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Three times a year Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he built for the LORD. He burnt them on the altar that was in the LORD's presence. And he finished the temple. <a href="/gnt/1_kings/9.htm">Good News Translation</a> Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built to the LORD. He also burned incense to the LORD. And so he finished building the Temple. <a href="/isv/1_kings/9.htm">International Standard Version</a> Three times every year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar that he had built to the LORD, burning incense with the offerings in the presence of the Lord. This concludes the record of the Temple construction. <a href="/msb/1_kings/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</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="/net/1_kings/9.htm">NET Bible</a> Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense along with them before the LORD. He made the temple his official worship place. <a href="/nheb/1_kings/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to the LORD three times a year, burning incense with them, on the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house. <a href="/wbt/1_kings/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which he built to the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house. <a href="/web/1_kings/9.htm">World English Bible</a> Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to Yahweh three times per year, burning incense with them on the altar that was before Yahweh. So he finished the house. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_kings/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And Solomon caused burnt-offerings and peace-offerings to ascend three times in a year on the altar that he built for YHWH, and he burned it as incense with that which [is] before YHWH, and finished the house. <a href="/ylt/1_kings/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Solomon caused to ascend, three times in a year, burnt-offerings and peace-offerings on the altar that he built to Jehovah, and he perfumed it with that which is before Jehovah, and finished the house. <a href="/slt/1_kings/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Solomon brought up three times in a year burnt-offerings and peace upon the altar which he built to Jehovah, and he burnt incense upon it that was before Jehovah: and he completed the house.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_kings/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Solomon also offered three times every year holocausts, and victims of peace offerings upon the altar which he had built to the Lord, and he burnt incense before the Lord: and the temple was finished. <a href="/cpdv/1_kings/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Also, three times each year, Solomon offered holocausts and victims of peace offerings, upon the altar that he had built to the Lord, and he burned incense before the Lord. And the temple was perfected. <a href="/nabre/1_kings/9.htm">New American Bible</a> Three times a year Solomon used to offer burnt offerings and communion offerings on the altar which he had built to the LORD, and to burn incense before the LORD. Thus he completed the temple. <a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Three times a year Solomon used to offer up burnt offerings and sacrifices of well-being on the altar that he built for the LORD, offering incense before the LORD. So he completed the house.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar, and he burned incense upon it before the LORD. So he finished the house of the LORD. <a href="/hpbt/1_kings/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Solomon was offering sacrifices three times in a year and peace offerings on the altar that is before LORD JEHOVAH, and he set incense upon it before LORD JEHOVAH and he finished the house.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_kings/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, offering thereby, upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house. <a href="/parallel/1_kings/9-25.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=3858" 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/9.htm">Solomon's Numerous Achievements</a> …24As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces. 25<a href="/hebrew/7969.htm" title="7969: šā·lōš (Number-fs) -- A three, triad. Or shalosh; masculine shlowshah; or shloshah; a primitive number; three; occasionally third, or Thrice.">Three</a> <a href="/hebrew/6471.htm" title="6471: pə·‘ā·mîm (N-fp) -- A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence. Or pa;amah; from pa'am; a stroke, literally or figuratively.">times</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: baš·šā·nāh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">a year</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: wə·he·‘ĕ·lāh (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-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/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/8002.htm" title="8002: ū·šə·lā·mîm (Conj-w:: N-mp) -- A sacrifice for alliance or friendship, peace offering. From shalam; properly, requital, i.e. A sacrifice in thanks.">and peace 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/4196.htm" title="4196: ham·miz·bê·aḥ (Art:: N-ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">the altar</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: bā·nāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">he had built</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">for the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6999.htm" title="6999: wə·haq·ṭêr (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-InfAbs) -- To make sacrifices smoke. A primitive root; to smoke, i.e. Turn into fragrance by fire.">burning incense</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’it·tōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">with them</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7999.htm" title="7999: wə·šil·lam (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to be safe; figuratively, to be completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate.">So he completed</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·bā·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the temple.</a> 26King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.…<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/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="/1_kings/3-4.htm">1 Kings 3:4</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="/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_kings/8-62.htm">1 Kings 8:62</a> Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD. <a href="/2_chronicles/5-6.htm">2 Chronicles 5:6</a> There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered. <a href="/1_kings/8-5.htm">1 Kings 8:5</a> There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered. <a href="/2_chronicles/1-6.htm">2 Chronicles 1:6</a> Solomon offered sacrifices there before the LORD on the bronze altar at the Tent of Meeting, where he offered a thousand burnt offerings. <a href="/1_kings/3-15.htm">1 Kings 3:15</a> Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants. <a href="/2_chronicles/7-8.htm">2 Chronicles 7:8-10</a> So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days. / On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more. / On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel. <a href="/1_kings/9-3.htm">1 Kings 9:3</a> And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time. <a href="/2_chronicles/6-12.htm">2 Chronicles 6:12-13</a> Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. / Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven, <a href="/1_kings/6-38.htm">1 Kings 6:38</a> In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years. <a href="/2_chronicles/2-4.htm">2 Chronicles 2:4</a> Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening as well as on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is ordained for Israel forever. <a href="/1_kings/8-64.htm">1 Kings 8:64</a> On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to the LORD, and he burnt incense on the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.three times<a href="/exodus/23-14.htm">Exodus 23:14-17</a> Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year… <a href="/exodus/34-23.htm">Exodus 34:23</a> Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.<a href="/deuteronomy/16-16.htm">Deuteronomy 16:16</a> Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:he burnt<a href="/exodus/30-7.htm">Exodus 30:7</a> And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.<a href="/1_chronicles/23-13.htm">1 Chronicles 23:13</a> The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.<a href="/2_chronicles/26-16.htm">2 Chronicles 26:16-21</a> But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense… <a href="/1_kings/6-38.htm">1 Kings 6:38</a> And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.<a href="/2_chronicles/8-16.htm">2 Chronicles 8:16</a> Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. 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These festivals were times when all Israelite males were required to appear before the Lord at the place He would choose, which was eventually the temple in Jerusalem. This practice is rooted in the Mosaic Law, specifically in <a href="/exodus/23-14.htm">Exodus 23:14-17</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/16-16.htm">Deuteronomy 16:16</a>.Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings Burnt offerings (olah) were sacrifices that were completely consumed by fire, symbolizing total dedication to God. Peace offerings (shelamim) were sacrifices that expressed gratitude and fellowship with God, often shared between the offerer, the priests, and God. Solomon's participation in these offerings highlights his role not only as king but also as a spiritual leader, ensuring the nation's worship was conducted according to God's commandments.on the altar he had built for the LORD This altar was part of the temple complex that Solomon constructed in Jerusalem, as described in <a href="/1_kings/6.htm">1 Kings 6-7</a>. The altar was central to the sacrificial system, serving as the place where offerings were made to God. Its construction was a fulfillment of God's promise to David that his son would build a house for His name (<a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-13</a>).burning incense with them before the LORD Incense was burned as a symbol of prayers ascending to God, as seen in <a href="/psalms/141-2.htm">Psalm 141:2</a> and <a href="/revelation/8-3.htm">Revelation 8:3-4</a>. The burning of incense was a priestly duty, indicating that Solomon was ensuring the proper worship practices were maintained. This act also reflects the importance of maintaining a pleasing aroma before the Lord, symbolizing the people's prayers and devotion.So he completed the temple The completion of the temple was a significant event in Israel's history, marking the establishment of a permanent place for God's presence among His people. It fulfilled the promise made to David and symbolized God's dwelling with Israel. The temple's completion also foreshadows the coming of Jesus Christ, who referred to His body as the temple (<a href="/john/2-19.htm">John 2:19-21</a>), indicating that He is the ultimate dwelling place of God's presence.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a> The king of Israel, son of David, known for his wisdom and for building the temple in Jerusalem. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a> The holy place in Jerusalem built by Solomon as a permanent dwelling for the Ark of the Covenant and a place for worship. 3. <a href="/topical/b/burnt_offerings_and_peace_offerings.htm">Burnt Offerings and Peace Offerings</a> Sacrifices made to God, symbolizing atonement and fellowship, respectively. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_altar.htm">The Altar</a> The structure built by Solomon for offering sacrifices to the LORD. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The covenant name of God, Yahweh, to whom the offerings and incense were dedicated.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_worship.htm">Faithfulness in Worship</a> Solomon's regular offerings demonstrate the importance of consistent and faithful worship practices. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_sacrifices.htm">Symbolism of Sacrifices</a> The burnt and peace offerings symbolize atonement and fellowship with God, pointing to the ultimate sacrifice of Christ. <a href="/topical/c/completion_of_the_temple.htm">Completion of the Temple</a> The completion of the temple signifies the fulfillment of God's promises and the establishment of a central place for worship. <a href="/topical/r/role_of_leadership_in_worship.htm">Role of Leadership in Worship</a> As king, Solomon's dedication to worship sets an example for the nation, highlighting the influence of leaders in spiritual matters. <a href="/topical/i/incense_as_prayer.htm">Incense as Prayer</a> The burning of incense represents prayers rising to God, encouraging believers to maintain a life of prayer.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25) And three times in a year.--This verse seems by the last words to be a kind of note or postscript to the description of the completion and consecration of the Temple. To the record of the great inaugural sacrifice it adds a notice of the solemn renewal of the royal offering, both of victims and of incense, three times in a year--no doubt at the three great feasts, the Passover, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. As has been already said (see Note on <a href="/1_kings/8-63.htm" title="And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to 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.">1Kings 8:63</a>), there is no reason to suppose that on these occasions, or on any others, Solomon personally usurped the pries?s office.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 25. - And three times in a year [i.e., no doubt at the three feasts, the times of greatest solemnity, and when there was the largest concourse of people. See <a href="/2_chronicles/8-12.htm">2 Chronicles 8:12</a>. The design of this verse may be to show that there was no longer any offering on high places. It would thus refer to <a href="/1_kings/3-2.htm">1 Kings 3:2</a>, as ver. 24 to <a href="/1_kings/3-1.htm">1 Kings 3:1</a>] did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord [the chronicler adds, "before the porch"], and he burnt incense. [It has been supposed by some that Solomon sacrificed and burnt incense propria manu. According to Dean Stanley ("Jewish Ch." 2. pp. 220, 221), "he solemnly entered, not only the temple courts with sacrifices, but penetrated into the Holy Place itself, where in later years none but the priests were allowed to enter, and offered incense on the altar of incense." But this positive statement is absolutely destitute of all basis. For, in the first place, there is nothing in the text to support it. If Solomon ordered, or defrayed the cost of, the sacrifices, etc., as no doubt he did, the historian would properly and naturally describe him as offering burnt offerings. Qui facit per alium facit per se, and priests are expressly mentioned as present at these sacrifices (<a href="/1_kings/8-6.htm">1 Kings 8:6</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/5-7.htm">2 Chronicles 5:7-14</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/7-2.htm">2 Chronicles 7:2, 5</a>). We have just as much reason, and no more, for believing that the king built Mille (ver. 24) with his own hands, and with his own hands "made a navy of ships" (ver. 26), as that he sacrificed, etc., in propria persona. And, secondly, it is simply inconceivable, if he had so acted, that it should have attracted no more notice, and that our historian should have passed it over thus lightly. We know what is recorded by our author as having happened when, less than two centuries afterwards, King Uzziah presumed to intrude on the functions of the priests (<a href="/2_chronicles/26-17.htm">2 Chronicles 26:17-20</a>); cf. <a href="/1_kings/13-1.htm">1 Kings 13:1</a>), and we know what had happened some five centuries before (<a href="/numbers/16-35.htm">Numbers 16:35</a>), when men who were not of the seed of Aaron came near to offer incense before the Lord. It is impossible that Solomon could have disregarded that solemn warning without some protest, or without a syllable of blame on the part of our author. And the true account of these sacrifices is that they were offered by the king as the builder of the temple, and probably throughout his life, by the hands of the ministering priests (<a href="/2_chronicles/8-14.htm">2 Chronicles 8:14</a>). Thrice in the year he showed his piety by a great function, at which he offered liberally] upon the altar [Heb. upon that, sc. altar אתּו. See Gesen. Lex., p. 94; Ewald, Syntax, 332a (3) ] that was before the Lord. [The altar of incense stood before the entrance to the oracle, the place of the Divine presence. See on 1 Kings 6:22-3. So he finished the house. [Same word, but in the Kal form in <a href="/1_kings/7-51.htm">1 Kings 7:51</a>. The Piel form, used here, may convey the deeper meaning, "he perfected," i.e., by devoting it to its proper use. It was to be "a house of sacrifice" (<a href="/2_chronicles/7-12.htm">2 Chronicles 7:12</a>). <a href="/commentaries/1_kings/9-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Three שָׁלֹשׁ֩ (šā·lōš) Number - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7969.htm">Strong's 7969: </a> Three, third, thrice times פְּעָמִ֨ים (pə·‘ā·mîm) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6471.htm">Strong's 6471: </a> A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence a year בַּשָּׁנָ֜ה (baš·šā·nāh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> A year Solomon שְׁלֹמֹ֡ה (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 וְהֶעֱלָ֣ה (wə·he·‘ĕ·lāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively burnt offerings עֹל֣וֹת (‘ō·lō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> Whole burnt offering and peace offerings וּשְׁלָמִ֗ים (ū·šə·lā·mîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8002.htm">Strong's 8002: </a> A sacrifice for alliance or friendship, peace offering on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the altar הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> An altar he had built בָּנָ֣ה (bā·nāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> To build for the LORD, לַיהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel burning incense וְהַקְטֵ֣יר (wə·haq·ṭêr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6999.htm">Strong's 6999: </a> To smoke, turn into fragrance by fire with them אִתּ֔וֹ (’it·tōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> Nearness, near, with, by, at, among before לִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face the LORD. יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel So he completed וְשִׁלַּ֖ם (wə·šil·lam) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7999.htm">Strong's 7999: </a> To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate the temple. הַבָּֽיִת׃ (hab·bā·yiṯ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/9-25.htm">1 Kings 9:25 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_kings/9-25.htm">1 Kings 9:25 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_kings/9-25.htm">1 Kings 9:25 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_kings/9-25.htm">1 Kings 9:25 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_kings/9-25.htm">1 Kings 9:25 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/9-25.htm">1 Kings 9:25 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/9-25.htm">1 Kings 9:25 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/9-25.htm">1 Kings 9:25 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/9-25.htm">1 Kings 9:25 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_kings/9-25.htm">1 Kings 9:25 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-25.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 9:25 Three times a year did Solomon offer (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/9-24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 9:24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 9:24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/9-26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 9:26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 9:26" /></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>