Three times a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace-offerings on the altar which he built to Yahweh, burning incense therewith, [on the altar] that was before Yahweh. So he finished the house.

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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 greatne . He began correctly, for he built God's house first and finished it before he began his own. Then G…

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