3:4 The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. 1 Solomon would offer up 2 a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there.
9:25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings 5 on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense along with them before the Lord. He made the temple his official worship place. 6
1 tn Heb “for it was the great high place.”
2 tn The verb form is an imperfect, which is probably used here in a customary sense to indicate continued or repeated action in past time. See GKC 314 §107.b.
3 tn Heb “and look, a dream.”
4 tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”
5 tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”
6 tn Heb “and he made complete the house.”
7 tn Heb “the food on his table.”
8 tn Heb “the seating of his servants and the standing of his attendants.”
9 tn Heb “there was no breath still in her.”