King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle that could not be counted or numbered for multitude.
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King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle that could not be counted or numbered for multitude.
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Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
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And king Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 5:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Samuel 6:13 When those who bore Yahweh’s ark had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
- 1 Chronicles 16:1-2 They brought in God’s ark, and set it in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God. When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in Yahweh’s name.
- 1 Chronicles 29:21 They sacrificed sacrifices to Yahweh, and offered burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the next day after that day, even one thousand bulls, one thousand rams, and one thousand lambs, with their drink offerings and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel,
- 1 Kings 8:5 King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle, that could not be counted or numbered for multitude.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (6) Assembled.—(Nô‘ad, to meet at an appointed time and…
(6) Assembled.—(Nô‘ad, to meet at an appointed time and place, Exo_25:22). Not the same word as in 2Ch_5:2-3 (qâhal), of which the root meaning is probably to call together.
Before the ark.—By the omission of a single Hebrew word [’ittô] before this phrase, the whole form of the sentence is altered from that of Kings. There we read “(were) with him before the Ark sacrificing,” &c.
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Sacrificed.—Were sacrificing.
And the priests . . .—The verse is wholly identical with 1Ki_8:6 (see Notes there).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain King Solomon and all the congregation sacrificed; i.e. ,…
King Solomon and all the congregation sacrificed; i.e. , of course, with the intervention of their priests.
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