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1 Kings 3:4

King James Version (KJV)

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1 Kings 3:4

Verse 4 of 28

Scripture focus

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.

1 Kings 3:4 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Kings 3:4

Theological / Devotional

Went to Gibeon. Gibeon was nearly 6 mi. (9.6 km.) northwest of Jerusalem. After the success of the measures taken to establish the kingdom Solomon held a great festival at Gibeon for the whole nation (2 Chron. 1:1—3), in grateful thanksgiving to the Lord for the blessings conferred. The tabernacle that had been built in the wilderness was located there (2 Chron. 1:3). It will be recalled that, long before, the Gibeonites had deceived Joshua, and accordingly had been sentenced to be “hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God” (Joshua 9:23).

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