Now three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he had built for the Lord, and he burned incense with them on the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the temple.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Three times—That is, the three solemn feasts: the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.

Did …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

And three times in a year. —This verse seems, by its last words, to be a kind of note or postscript to the description of…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings
and peace offerings upon the altar which he …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Here is a further account of Solomon's greatness. He began correctly, for he built God's house first and finished it before he began his own. Then …