1 Kings 3:15
And Solomon awoke, and lo! it was a dream. So he entered into Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and caused to go up ascending-sacrifices and offered peace-offerings, and made a banquet for all his servants.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
16Then, came there in two unchaste women, unto the king,—and stood before him.
Cross References
Genesis 31:54and Jacob offered sacrifice in the mountain, and called on his brethren to eat bread. So they did eat bread, and tarried the night in the mountain.
Genesis 41:7Then did the lean ears swallow up the seven fat and full ears. So Pharaoh awoke and lo! it was a dream.
Leviticus 7:11And, this, is the law of the peace-offering which one may bring near unto Yahweh.
1 Kings 8:63So Solomon offered as a sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he offered unto Yahweh—Oxen, two and twenty thousand, and Sheep, a hundred and twenty thousand,—Thus did, the king and all the sons of Israel, dedicate the house of Yahweh.
1 Chronicles 16:1So they brought in the ark of God, and placed it in the midst of the tent, which David had pitched for it,—and they brought near ascending-sacrifices and peace-offerings, before God.
2 Chronicles 7:5And King Solomon offered a sacrifice—of oxen, twenty-two thousand, and of sheep, a hundred and twenty thousand,—and 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 →