Greatest Celebration is recorded is in 1 Kings 8:62. And the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD*. 63. And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the LORD*, twenty-two thousand oxen and a hundred twenty thousand sheep. So, the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the House of the LORD*. 64. The same day the king sanctified the middle of the court that was in front of the House of the LORD*, for there were offered burnt offerings and meal offerings and the fat of the peace offerings because the bronze altar that was before the LORD* was too small to contain the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings. 65. And at that time Solomon held a feast and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entrance of Hamath to the river of Egypt, before the LORD* our God, seven days and seven days, fourteen days. 66. On the eighth day he sent the people away, and they blessed the king and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD* had done for David His servant and for Israel His people.
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This article is one of 839 in the four-volume One New Man Bible Companion by Rev. William J. Morford: commentary, word studies, myths corrected, Jewish roots, and maps.
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