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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 1:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| 2Ch 1:2 |
Strong Concordance |
Then Solomon [08010] spake [0559] unto all Israel [03478], to the captains [08269] of thousands [0505] and of hundreds [03967], and to the judges [08199], and to every governor [05387] in all Israel [03478], the chief [07218] of the fathers [01]. |
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King James |
Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
SOLEMN OFFERING OF SOLOMON AT GIBEON. (Ch2 1:1-6)
Then Solomon spake unto all Israel--The heads, or leading officers, who are afterwards specified, were summoned to attend their sovereign in a solemn religious procession. The date of this occurrence was the second year of Solomon's reign, and the high place at Gibeon was chosen for the performance of the sacred rites, because the tabernacle and all the ancient furniture connected with the national worship were deposited there. Zadok was the officiating high priest (Ch1 16:39). It is true that the ark had been removed and placed in a new tent which David had made for it at Jerusalem [Ch2 1:4]. But the brazen altar, "before the tabernacle of the Lord," on which the burnt offerings were appointed by the law to be made, was at Gibeon. And although David had been led by extraordinary events and tokens of the divine presence to sacrifice on the threshing-floor of Araunah, Solomon considered it his duty to present his offerings on the legally appointed spot "before the tabernacle," and on the time-honored altar prepared by the skill of Bezaleel in the wilderness (Exo 38:1). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The narrative here corresponds with Kg1 3:4; but is very much fuller. We learn from the present passage:
(1) that Solomon's sacrifice at Gibeon was a great public festivity, to which he collected vast numbers of the people;
(2) that it was made upon the brass altar of Bezaleel, which
(3) stood before the tabernacle; and
(4) that Solomon's vision was on the night of his sacrifice. Consult the marginal references
Ch2 1:5
Sought unto it - i. e., "frequented it" - "were in the habit of making use of it." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Spake - Concerning his intention of going to Gibeon, and that they should attend him thither. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Then Solomon spake - This is supposed to have taken place in the second year of his reign. |
1 And he made [06213] the altar [04196] of burnt offering [05930] of shittim [07848] wood [06086]: five [02568] cubits [0520] was the length [0753] thereof, and five [02568] cubits [0520] the breadth [07341] thereof; it was foursquare [07251]; and three [07969] cubits [0520] the height [06967] thereof.
4 But [061] the ark [0727] of God [0430] had David [01732] brought up [05927] from Kirjathjearim [07157] to the place which David [01732] had prepared [03559] for it: for he had pitched [05186] a tent [0168] for it at Jerusalem [03389].
39 And Zadok [06659] the priest [03548], and his brethren [0251] the priests [03548], before [06440] the tabernacle [04908] of the LORD [03068] in the high place [01116] that was at Gibeon [01391],
1 And Solomon [08010] the son [01121] of David [01732] was strengthened [02388] in his kingdom [04438], and the LORD [03068] his God [0430] was with him, and magnified [01431] him exceedingly [04605].
2 Then Solomon [08010] spake [0559] unto all Israel [03478], to the captains [08269] of thousands [0505] and of hundreds [03967], and to the judges [08199], and to every governor [05387] in all Israel [03478], the chief [07218] of the fathers [01].
3 So Solomon [08010], and all the congregation [06951] with him, went [03212] to the high place [01116] that was at Gibeon [01391]; for there was the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] of God [0430], which Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of the LORD [03068] had made [06213] in the wilderness [04057].
4 But [061] the ark [0727] of God [0430] had David [01732] brought up [05927] from Kirjathjearim [07157] to the place which David [01732] had prepared [03559] for it: for he had pitched [05186] a tent [0168] for it at Jerusalem [03389].
5 Moreover the brasen [05178] altar [04196], that Bezaleel [01212] the son [01121] of Uri [0221], the son [01121] of Hur [02354], had made [06213], he put [07760] before [06440] the tabernacle [04908] of the LORD [03068]: and Solomon [08010] and the congregation [06951] sought [01875] unto it.
6 And Solomon [08010] went up [05927] thither to the brasen [05178] altar [04196] before [06440] the LORD [03068], which was at the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], and offered [05927] a thousand [0505] burnt offerings [05930] upon it.
5 Moreover the brasen [05178] altar [04196], that Bezaleel [01212] the son [01121] of Uri [0221], the son [01121] of Hur [02354], had made [06213], he put [07760] before [06440] the tabernacle [04908] of the LORD [03068]: and Solomon [08010] and the congregation [06951] sought [01875] unto it.
4 And the king [04428] went [03212] to Gibeon [01391] to sacrifice [02076] there; for that [01931] was the great [01419] high place [01116]: a thousand [0505] burnt offerings [05930] did Solomon [08010] offer [05927] upon that altar [04196].