Solomon Worships at Gibeon
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a Solomon the son of David established himself in his kingdom, b and the Lord his God was with him and made him exceedingly great.
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Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the c commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to all the leaders in all Israel, the heads of fathers' houses.
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And Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to d the high place that was at Gibeon, e for f the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness, was there.
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g (But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.)
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Moreover, h the bronze altar that i Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of the Lord. And Solomon and the assembly j sought it out.
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And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the Lord, which was at the tent of meeting, k and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.
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Cross References
1 Kings 2:46
Then the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck him down, and he died. So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
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Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:25
And the Lord made Solomon very great in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
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Cross References
1 Chronicles 27:1
This is the number of the people of Israel, the heads of fathers' houses, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all matters concerning the divisions that came and went, month after month throughout the year, each division numbering 24,000:
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Cross References
1 Kings 3:4
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
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Cross References
1 Chronicles 16:39
And he left Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place that was at Gibeon
1 Chronicles 21:29
For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.
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Cross References
Exodus 29:10
Then you shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting. Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull.
Leviticus 10:7
And do not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you." And they did according to the word of Moses.
Numbers 14:10
Then all the congregation said to stone them with stones. But the glory of the Lord appeared at the tent of meeting to all the people of Israel.
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Cross References
2 Samuel 6:2 - 17
And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale-judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim.
1 Chronicles 15:25 - 16:1
So David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of Obed-edom with rejoicing.
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Cross References
Exodus 27:1 - 2
You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.
Exodus 38:1 - 2
He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. Five cubits was its length, and five cubits its breadth. It was square, and three cubits was its height.
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Cross References
Exodus 31:2
See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
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Cross References
1 Chronicles 13:3
Then let us bring again the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it in the days of Saul.
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Cross References
1 Kings 3:4
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
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