1 Kings 9:25

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense before the LORD with them, and so he fulfilled the temple obligations.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Three times in a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built to the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And three times a year did Solomon offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which he built unto Jehovah, burning incense therewith, [upon the altar] that was before Jehovah. So he finished the house.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And thre tymes in the yeare dyd Salomon offre burntofferynges and deedofferynges vpon the altare that he had buylded vnto the LORDE, and burnt incense vpon it before the LORDE, and so was the house ended and fynished.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And thrise a yere did Salomon offer burnt offringes and peace offrings vpon the altar which he built vnto the Lord: and hee burnt incense vpon the altar that was before the Lorde, when hee had finished the house.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And thryse a yere did Solomon offer burnt offringes & peace offringes vpon the aulter whiche he buylt vnto the Lorde, and he burnt incense vpon the aulter that was before the Lord, and so he finished the house.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that [was] before the LORD. So he finished the house.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And Solomon caused to ascend, three times in a year, burnt-offerings and peace-offerings on the altar that he built to Jehovah, and he perfumed it with that which `is' before Jehovah, and finished the house.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And three times a year did Solomon offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which he built unto Jehovah, burning incense therewith, `upon the altar' that was before Jehovah. So he finished the house.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And three times a year did Solomon offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which he built unto Jehovah, burning incense therewith, [upon the altar] that was before Jehovah. So he finished the house.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Three times in the year it was Solomon's way to give burned offerings and peace-offerings on the altar he had made to the Lord, causing his fire-offering to go up on the altar before the Lord.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings 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.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 23:14-17 : 14 Three times a year you are to celebrate a festival to me. 15 Observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread; for seven days eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you came out of Egypt. Do not appear before me empty-handed. 16 Celebrate the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of your work, of what you sow in the field, and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your produce from the field. 17 Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Sovereign Lord, the LORD.
  • Deut 16:16 : 16 Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord your God at the place He will choose: during the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Tabernacles. No one is to appear before the Lord empty-handed.
  • 2 Chr 8:12-13 : 12 At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord that he had constructed in front of the portico. 13 He offered the daily required sacrifices according to the command of Moses for the Sabbaths, the New Moons, and the three annual festivals—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.
  • 2 Chr 8:16 : 16 So all of Solomon’s work was carried out until the day the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid and until it was completed. The house of the Lord was finished perfectly.
  • 2 Chr 26:16-21 : 16 But after Uzziah became strong, his heart was lifted up with pride, leading to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the Lord his God and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense. 17 Azariah the priest, along with eighty brave priests of the Lord, followed him in. 18 They confronted King Uzziah and said to him, 'It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord. That is for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who have been consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful, and you will not be honored by the Lord God.' 19 Uzziah, who was holding a censer to burn incense, became angry. While he was raging at the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead in the presence of the priests in the house of the Lord, near the altar of incense. 20 Azariah the chief priest and all the other priests looked at him, and they saw that he had leprosy on his forehead. So they hurried him out, and he himself was eager to leave because the Lord had afflicted him. 21 King Uzziah had leprosy until the day he died. He lived in a separate house, excluded from the temple of the Lord. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
  • 2 Chr 29:11 : 11 My sons, do not be negligent now, for the LORD has chosen you to stand in His presence, to serve Him, and to minister to Him, and to burn incense.
  • 2 Chr 34:25 : 25 Because they have abandoned Me and burned incense to other gods, provoking Me to anger with all the works of their hands, My wrath will be poured out on this place, and it will not be quenched.'
  • 1 Kgs 6:38 : 38 In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul (the eighth month), the house was completed in every detail according to its specifications. Solomon built it in seven years.
  • 1 Chr 23:13 : 13 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was set apart, he and his descendants forever, to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the Lord, to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.
  • Exod 30:7 : 7 Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he trims the lamps.
  • Exod 34:23 : 23 Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Chr 8:12
    83%

    12At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord that he had constructed in front of the portico.

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
    79%

    1When Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and everything he desired to accomplish,

  • 2 Chr 7:7
    79%

    7Solomon also consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the Temple of the LORD, and there he offered burnt offerings, the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar he had made could not hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat portions.

  • 1 Kgs 3:2-4
    3 verses
    78%

    2However, the people were still sacrificing on the high places because no house had yet been built for the name of the LORD.

    3Solomon loved the LORD, walking according to the statutes of his father David, yet he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.

    4The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there because it was the most prominent high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

  • 2 Chr 1:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5The bronze altar that Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, had made was there in front of the Lord's tabernacle, and Solomon and the assembly sought it out.

    6There Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the Lord at the tent of meeting and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.

  • 2 Chr 2:4
    76%

    4The house I am building will be large because our God is greater than all gods.

  • 1 Kgs 8:62-64
    3 verses
    76%

    62Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.

    63And Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the LORD: twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD.

    64On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to hold all the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat portions of the fellowship offerings.

  • 1 Kgs 3:15
    76%

    15Then Solomon awoke, and it was a dream. He came to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and held a feast for all his servants.

  • 1 Kgs 9:10
    76%

    10At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon had built the temple of the LORD and the royal palace,

  • 2 Chr 7:1
    74%

    1When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

  • 2 Kgs 16:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12When the king returned from Damascus, he saw the altar, approached it, and offered sacrifices on it.

    13He offered his burnt offering and his grain offering, poured out his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings on the altar.

  • 1 Kgs 6:14
    74%

    14So Solomon built the house and completed it.

  • 2 Chr 7:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

    5King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep and goats. So the king and all the people dedicated the temple of God.

  • 2 Chr 8:16
    73%

    16So all of Solomon’s work was carried out until the day the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid and until it was completed. The house of the Lord was finished perfectly.

  • 2 Chr 8:1
    73%

    1After twenty years during which Solomon built the house of the Lord and his own house,

  • 2 Chr 7:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11So Solomon finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he successfully accomplished everything he had planned to do for the house of the LORD and for his own house.

    12Then the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

  • 1 Kgs 7:1
    73%

    1Solomon built his palace over the course of thirteen years, completing its construction entirely.

  • 2 Chr 3:1
    72%

    1Then Solomon began building the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    72%

    1Solomon assigned seventy thousand men to carry burdens, eighty thousand men to cut stone in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred supervisors to oversee them.

  • 2 Chr 9:3
    72%

    3When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon and the house he had built,

  • 1 Kgs 6:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1In the four hundred eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv (the second month), he began building the house of the LORD.

    2The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

  • 2 Chr 5:1
    72%

    1So all the work that Solomon did for the temple of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the holy items dedicated by his father David— the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
    71%

    15This is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • 1 Kgs 11:8
    71%

    8He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.

  • 1 Kgs 9:3
    71%

    3The LORD said to him, 'I have heard your prayer and your plea that you made before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will always be there.'

  • 2 Chr 3:3
    71%

    3These are the measurements that Solomon laid for building the house of God: sixty cubits long, according to the old standard, and twenty cubits wide.

  • Ezra 3:5
    71%

    5After that, they offered the regular burnt offerings, the offerings for the new moons, and the sacred festivals of the LORD, as well as freewill offerings presented to the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 21:26
    71%

    26There David built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called on the LORD, and He answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of the burnt offering.

  • 1 Kgs 7:51
    70%

    51So all the work King Solomon did for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the things his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 33:16
    70%

    16Then he restored the altar of the LORD and offered on it sacrifices of peace offerings and thanksgiving. And he commanded Judah to worship the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 6:22
    70%

    22So the entire house was overlaid with gold until the entire house was finished. He also overlaid the altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary with gold.

  • 2 Chr 29:35
    70%

    35In addition to the burnt offerings, there were abundant fat portions of peace offerings and drink offerings for the burnt offerings. So the service of the house of the LORD was set in proper order.

  • Acts 7:47
    70%

    47But it was Solomon who built Him a house.

  • 2 Chr 33:5
    70%

    5He built altars to all the stars of the sky in both courtyards of the temple of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 6:13
    70%

    13For Solomon had made a bronze platform, placing it in the middle of the courtyard. It was five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high. He stood on it, knelt on his knees before the entire assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven.

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    69%

    1Then David said, 'This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of burnt offerings for Israel.'

  • 1 Kgs 1:53
    69%

    53So King Solomon sent men, and they brought Adonijah down from the altar. He came and bowed to King Solomon, who said to him, "Go to your home."

  • 1 Kgs 8:22
    69%

    22Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.

  • 2 Kgs 21:5
    69%

    5He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the LORD's house.

  • 2 Chr 4:19
    69%

    19Solomon made all the items for the house of God: the golden altar, the tables on which were the bread of the Presence,

  • 1 Kgs 7:48
    69%

    48Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar, the golden table for the bread of the Presence,