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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 8:63 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
1Ki 8:63	Strong Concordance	And Solomon [08010] offered [02076] a sacrifice [02077] of peace offerings [08002], which he offered [02076] unto the LORD [03068], two [08147] and twenty [06242] thousand [0505] oxen [01241], and an hundred [03967] and twenty [06242] thousand [0505] sheep [06629]. So the king [04428] and all the children [01121] of Israel [03478] dedicated [02596] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
	King James	And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto 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.

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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]
So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord--The dedication was not a ceremony ordained by the law, but it was done in accordance with the sentiments of reverence naturally associated with edifices appropriated to divine worship. [See on Ch2 7:5.]

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord--The dedication was not a ceremony ordained by the law, but it was done in accordance with the sentiments of reverence naturally associated with edifices appropriated to divine worship. [See on Ch2 7:5.]

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
These numbers have been thought incredible, but they are not impossible. At least 100, 000, or 120, 000 men Kg1 8:65 were assembled; and as they all offered sacrifice with the king Kg1 8:62, the number of victims must have been enormous. Part of the flesh of so many victims would be eaten; but much of the meat may have been privately burned Lev 19:6, the object of the sacrifice being the glory of God, and not the convenience of the people. Profusion was a usual feature of the sacrifices of antiquity.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

These numbers have been thought incredible, but they are not impossible. At least 100, 000, or 120, 000 men Kg1 8:65 were assembled; and as they all offered sacrifice with the king Kg1 8:62, the number of victims must have been enormous. Part of the flesh of so many victims would be eaten; but much of the meat may have been privately burned Lev 19:6, the object of the sacrifice being the glory of God, and not the convenience of the people. Profusion was a usual feature of the sacrifices of antiquity.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Offered - Not all in one day, but in the seven, or it may be in the fourteen days, mentioned Kg1 8:65.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Offered - Not all in one day, but in the seven, or it may be in the fourteen days, mentioned Kg1 8:65.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Two and twenty thousand oxen - This was the whole amount of the victims that had been offered during the fourteen days; i.e., the seven days of the dedication, and the seven days of the feast of tabernacles. In what way could they dispose of the blood of so many victims?

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Two and twenty thousand oxen - This was the whole amount of the victims that had been offered during the fourteen days; i.e., the seven days of the dedication, and the seven days of the feast of tabernacles. In what way could they dispose of the blood of so many victims?

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