1 Kings 9:25

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And Solomon offered three times a year burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar that he had built for YHWH, and he burned incense with them on that which was before the face of YHWH. And he finished the house.

Latin

Offerebat quoque Salomon, tribus vicibus per annos singulos, holocausta et pacificas victimas super altare quod ædificaverat Domino, et adolebat thymiama coram Domino: perfectumque est templum.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

1 Kings 9:25

Three times a year, Solomon showed great leadership for Israel by offering sacrifices at the national festivals of:

Unleavened Bread,
Weeks (also called Pentecost or Harvest), and
Tabernacles (Deuteronomy 16:16).

Theme notes and profiles

Solomon

Events

Reign of Solomon

Related verses

2 Chronicles 8:16
Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out, from the day the foundation was laid for the house of the LORD until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.
Exodus 23:14–17
Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
2 Chronicles 8:12–13
At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD he had built in front of the portico.
Deuteronomy 16:16
Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.
1 Chronicles 23:13
The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.
2 Chronicles 26:16–21
But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
Exodus 30:7
And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.
1 Kings 6:38
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.
Exodus 34:23
Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 34:25
…because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out upon this place and will not be quenched.’
2 Chronicles 29:11
Now, my sons, do not be negligent, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, to minister before Him, and to burn incense.”

Parallels

2 Chronicles 8:1–18

People

Solomon: Son of David, king of Israel, known for his wisdom

Glossary

Kings, Books of First and Second Phoenicia, Phoenicians Temple

Topics

Altar of Incense: Said to be Before the Lord Peace-Offerings by Solomon Three Times a Year the Anniversary Feasts were Seasons of Sacrificing

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