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1 Kings 8:64

62 Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.

63 And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD.

On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.

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.

66 On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.

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BSB
On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.
KJV
The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
WEB
The same day the king made the middle of the court holy that was before the LORD’s house; for there he offered the burnt offering, the meal offering, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offering, the meal offering, and the fat of the peace offerings.
ASV
The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah; for there he offered the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar that was before Jehovah was too little to receive the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings.
DARBY
The same day the king hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah; for there he offered the burnt-offerings, and the oblations, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar that was before Jehovah was too small to receive the burnt-offerings, and the oblations, and the fat of the peace-offerings.
BLB
On that day the king consecrated the middle of the court that [was] in front of the house of YHWH, for he offered there the burnt offerings and the grain offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that [was] before YHWH [was] too small to receive the burnt offerings and the grain offerings and the fat of the peace offerings.
ÅB
Samme dag helliget kongen den midterste del av forgården som var foran Herrens hus; for der bar han fram brennofferet og matofferet og fettstykkene av takkofferne, fordi kobberalteret som sto for Herrens åsyn, var for lite til å romme brennofferet og matofferet og fettstykkene av takkofferne.
OTB
Samme dag innviet kongen midten av forgården som var foran Herrens hus, fordi der ofret han brennofferet, matofferet og fettet av fredsofferet; for bronsealteret som var foran Herren var for lite til å romme brennofferet, matofferet og fettet av fredsofferet.
B1930
Samme dag helliget kongen den midterste del av forgården som var foran Herrens hus; for der bar han frem brennofferet og matofferet og fettstykkene av takkofferne, fordi kobberalteret som stod for Herrens åsyn, var for lite til å rumme brennofferet og matofferet og fettstykkene av takkofferne.

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  • 2 Chronicles 4:1

    He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

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  • 2 Chronicles 7:7

    Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar he had made could not contain all these offerings.

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