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2Ch 2:4 Strong Concordance Behold, I build [01129] an house [01004] to the name [08034] of the LORD [03068] my God [0430], to dedicate [06942] it to him, and to burn [06999] before [06440] him sweet [05561] incense [07004], and for the continual [08548] shewbread [04635], and for the burnt offerings [05930] morning [01242] and evening [06153], on the sabbaths [07676], and on the new moons [02320], and on the solemn feasts [04150] of the LORD [03068] our God [0430]. This is an ordinance for ever [05769] to Israel [03478].
  King James Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The symbolic meaning of "burning incense" is indicated in Rev 8:3-4. Consult the marginal references to this verse.

The solemn feasts - The three great annnual festivals, the Passover, the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost), and the Feast of tabernacles Lev. 23:4-44; Deut. 16:1-17.
 
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3 And [2532] another [243] angel [32] came [2064] and [2532] stood [2476] at [1909] the altar [2379], having [2192] a golden [5552] censer [3031]; and [2532] there was given [1325] unto him [846] much [4183] incense [2368], that [2443] he should offer [1325] it with the prayers [4335] of all [3956] saints [40] upon [1909] the golden [5552] altar [2379] which [3588] was before [1799] the throne [2362].
4 And [2532] the smoke [2586] of the incense [2368], which came with the prayers [4335] of the saints [40], ascended up [305] before [1799] God [2316] out of [1537] the angel's [32] hand [5495].
30 And thou shalt set [05414] upon the table [07979] shewbread [03899] before [06440] me alway [08548].