1 Kings 3:4
What does 1 Kings 3:4 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 3:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the king went to Gibeon to make an offering there, because that was the chief high place: it was Solomon's way to make a thousand burned offerings on that altar.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and the king goeth to Gibeon, to sacrifice there, for it <FI>is<Fi> the great high place; a thousand burnt-offerings cause to ascend doth Solomon on that altar.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He went therefore to Gabaon, to sacrifice there: for that was the great high place: a thousand victims for holocausts, did Solomon offer upon that altar, in Gabaon.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer up upon that altar.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 9:2
that Jehovah appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.
- 1 Kings 8:63
And Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he offered unto Jehovah, two and twenty thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of Jehovah.
- Isaiah 40:16
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.
- 2 Chronicles 30:24
For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the assembly for offerings a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the assembly a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
- 2 Chronicles 29:32
And the number of the burnt-offerings which the assembly brought was threescore and ten bullocks, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt-offering to Jehovah.
- Joshua 10:2
that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.
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