2 Chronicles 1:5
3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
6 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, was in Gibeon before the tabernacle of the LORD. So Solomon and the assembly inquired of Him there.
- KJV
- Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
- WEB
- Moreover the bronze altar that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made was there before the LORD’s tabernacle; and Solomon and the assembly were seeking counsel there.
- ASV
- Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of Jehovah: and Solomon and the assembly sought unto it.
- DARBY
- And the brazen altar that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of Jehovah; and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
- BLB
- And the bronze altar that Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur had made, was [in Gibeon] before the tabernacle of YHWH. And Solomon and the assembly sought Him.
- ÅB
- Og kobberalteret som Besalel, sønn til Uri og sønnesønn til Hur, hadde gjort, sto der foran Herrens tabernakel, og Salomo og de som han hadde kalt sammen, søkte dit.
- OTB
- Nå var kobberalteret som Besalel, sønn av Uri, sønn av Hur, hadde laget,
der foran Herrens tabernakel,
og Salomo og forsamlingen søkte det ut. - B1930
- Og kobberalteret som Besalel, sønn til Uri og sønnesønn til Hur, hadde gjort, stod der foran Herrens tabernakel, og Salomo og de som han hadde kalt sammen, søkte dit.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 31:2
See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:
Read in contextExodus 38:1–7
And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
Read in context1 Chronicles 2:19–20
And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
Read in contextExodus 27:1–8
And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.
Read in context1 Chronicles 13:3
And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul.
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