1 Kings 3:15
And Solomon awoke, and, behold, it was a dream: and he arose and + 3:15 Gr. comes. came to Jerusalem, and stood before the altar that was in front of the ark of the covenant of the Lord in Sion: and he offered whole burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings, and made a great banquet for himself and all his servants.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
16Then there appeared two harlots before the king, and they stood before him.
Cross References
Genesis 31:54And he offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren, and they ate and drank, and slept in the mountain.
Genesis 41:7And the seven thin ears and blasted with the wind devoured the seven choice and full ears; and Pharao awoke, and it was a dream.
Leviticus 7:11And whatever soul shall touch any unclean thing, either of the uncleanness of a man, or of unclean quadrupeds, or any unclean abominable thing, and shall eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offering, which is the Lord's, that soul shall perish from his people.
1 Kings 8:63And king Solomon offered for the sacrifices of peace-offering which he sacrificed to the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, one hundred and twenty thousand sheep: and the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.
1 Chronicles 16:1So they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tabernacle which David pitched for it; and they offered whole burnt offerings and peace-offerings before God.
2 Chronicles 7:5And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of calves twenty and two thousand, of sheep one hundred and twenty thousand: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 3:6-16
God's Appearance to Solomon. ( b. c. 1014.) 5 In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. 6 And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 7 And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king… Read the whole commentary →