2 Chronicles 8:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָ֣ז הֶעֱלָ֧ה שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה עֹל֖וֹת לַיהוָ֑ה עַ֚ל מִזְבַּ֣ח יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י הָאוּלָֽם׃

Transliteration

Then heʿĕlāh šəlōmōh ʿōlôt la-YHWH upon mizbēaḥ YHWH that bānāh li-pnê hā-ʾûlām

Grammar Details

• *heʿĕlāh*: hiphil perfect 3ms - offered/brought up
• *šəlōmōh*: proper noun ms - Solomon
• *ʿōlôt*: noun fp - burnt offerings
• *la-YHWH*: preposition + divine name - to/for YHWH
• *mizbēaḥ*: noun ms construct - altar of
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *bānāh*: qal perfect 3ms - built
• *li-pnê*: preposition + noun mp construct - before/in front of
• *hā-ʾûlām*: definite article + noun ms - the porch/vestibule

Word Meanings

• *heʿĕlāh*: offered/brought up/sacrificed
• *ʿōlôt*: burnt offerings/whole burnt sacrifices
• *mizbēaḥ*: altar/place of sacrifice
• *ʾûlām*: porch/vestibule/portico

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch,

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then offred Salomon burntofferynges vnto the LORDE vpon the LORDES altare, which he had buylded before the porche,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Salomon offered burnt offrings vnto the Lord, on the altar of the Lorde, which he had built before the porche,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then Solomon offred burnt offringes vnto the Lorde on the aulter of the Lorde, whiche he had buylt before the porche:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings to Yahweh on the altar of Yahweh, which he had built before the porch,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Then hath Solomon caused to ascend burnt-offerings to Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah that he built before the porch,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then Solomon made burned offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord which he had put up in front of the covered way,

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar of Yahweh, which he had built before the porch,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then Solomon offered burnt sacrifices to the LORD on the altar of the LORD which he had built in front of the temple’s porch.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 4:1 : 1 Moreover, he made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
• 2 Chr 15:8 : 8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
• Ezek 8:16 : 16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
• Joel 2:17 : 17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare your people, O LORD, and give not your heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?
• John 10:23 : 23 And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon's porch.
• 1 Chr 28:17 : 17 Also pure gold for the forks, bowls, and cups: and for the golden basins he gave gold by weight for every basin; and likewise silver by weight for every basin of silver: