1 Kings 3:15

¹³ Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal.

¹⁴ So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”

Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.

¹⁶ At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

¹⁷ One woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.
KJV: And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
WEB: Solomon awoke; and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the LORD’s covenant, and offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.
ASV: And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream: and he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and offered up burnt-offerings, and offered peace-offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
DARBY: And Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and offered up burnt-offerings, and offered peace-offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
BLB: And Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem and stood before the face of the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and he offered up burnt offerings, and he made peace offerings, and he made a feast for all his servants.

ÅB: Da våknet Salomo, og han skjønte at det var en drøm. Og da han kom til Jerusalem, trådte han fram for Herrens pakts-ark og ofret brennoffer og bar fram takkoffer og gjorde et gjestebud for alle sine tjenere.
OTB: Da våknet Salomo, og se, det var en drøm. Og han kom til Jerusalem og sto foran Herrens paktsark, og ofret brennoffer og fredsoffer, og holdt en fest for alle sine tjenere.
B1930: Da våknet Salomo, og han skjønte at det var en drøm. Og da han kom til Jerusalem, trådte han frem for Herrens pakts-ark og ofret brennoffer og bar frem takkoffer og gjorde et gjestebud for alle sine tjenere.

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Genesis 41:7
And the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.
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1 Kings 8:65
So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.
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Esther 1:3
In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.
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Daniel 5:1
Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
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1 Chronicles 16:1–2
So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
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Leviticus 3:1–17
“If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 7:5
And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
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Genesis 31:54
Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.
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