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.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And 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 · 1611

And 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 · 1901

And 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 · 1949

And 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 · 1862

and 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) · 1752

He 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 · 1890

And 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.

Context

v.3And Solomon loved Jehovah, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

v.4This passage

v.5In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

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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