1 Kings 9:25

²³ They were also the chief officers over Solomon’s projects: 550 supervisors over the people who did the work.

²⁴ As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.

Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.

²⁶ King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.

²⁷ And Hiram sent his servants, men who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.

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: Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.
KJV: And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.
WEB: Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to the LORD three times per year, burning incense with them on the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.
ASV: And three times a year did Solomon offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which he built unto Jehovah, burning incense therewith, [upon the altar] that was before Jehovah. So he finished the house.
DARBY: And three times in the year did Solomon offer up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar that he had built to Jehovah, and he burned incense upon that which was before Jehovah. So he finished the house.
BLB: And Solomon offered three times a year burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar that he had built for YHWH, and he burned incense with them on that which [was] before the face of YHWH. And he finished the house.

ÅB: Tre ganger om året ofret Salomo brennoffer og takkoffer på det alter han hadde bygget for Herren, og han brant røkelse ved det alter som sto for Herrens åsyn, og hadde nå huset ferdig.
OTB: Nå tre ganger i året ofret Salomo brennoffer og fredsoffer på alteret som han bygde for Herren, og brente røkelse med dem på alteret som var foran Herren. Så fullførte han huset.
B1930: Tre ganger om året ofret Salomo brennoffer og takkoffer på det alter han hadde bygget for Herren, og han brente røkelse ved det alter som stod for Herrens åsyn, og hadde nu huset ferdig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Exodus 23:14–17
Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
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2 Chronicles 8:12–13
At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD he had built in front of the portico.
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Deuteronomy 16:16
Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.
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2 Chronicles 8:16
Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out, from the day the foundation was laid for the house of the LORD until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.
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2 Chronicles 34:25
because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out upon this place and will not be quenched.’
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2 Chronicles 29:11
Now, my sons, do not be negligent, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, to minister before Him, and to burn incense.”
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Exodus 34:23
Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
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1 Kings 6:38
In his eleventh year and eighth month, the month of Bul, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.
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