Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And the king will go to the hill to sacrifice there; for it was the great height: a thousand burnt-offerings will Solomon bring up upon that altar.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
Holman Bible
The king went to Gibeon
International Standard Version
The king used to go to Gibeon to sacrifice, since there was a famous high place there, where Solomon once offered 1,000 burnt offerings on that altar.
A Conservative Version
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt-offerings upon that altar.
American Standard Version
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
Amplified
The king went to Gibeon [near Jerusalem, where the tabernacle and the bronze altar stood] to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
Bible in Basic English
And the king went to Gibeon to make an offering there, because that was the chief high place: it was Solomon's way to make a thousand burned offerings on that altar.
Darby Translation
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer up upon that altar.
King James 2000
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice, for the great high place [was] there. Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
Modern King James verseion
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there. For that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the king went to Gibeon, to offer there: for that was a great offering place. And there Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings upon that altar.
NET Bible
The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. Solomon would offer up a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there.
New Heart English Bible
The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
The Emphasized Bible
So then the king went to Gibeon, to sacrifice there, for, that, was the great high place, - a thousand ascending-sacrifices, did Solomon offer up on that altar.
Webster
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
World English Bible
The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer on that altar.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the king goeth to Gibeon, to sacrifice there, for it is the great high place; a thousand burnt-offerings cause to ascend doth Solomon on that altar.
Themes
Children » Instances of » Solomon
Dream » Instances of » Of solomon, concerning his choice of wisdom
gibeon » A city » A city of the hivites » The tabernacle located at
gibeon » A city » A city of the hivites » Solomon worships at, and offers sacrifices
High places » Sometimes used for true worship
High places » A term used to describe places of worship
High places » God sometimes worshipped on
High places » Mentioned in scripture » gibeon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Places » High » Sometimes used for true worship
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 3:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon Requests Wisdom From God
3 And Solomon will love Jehovah, going in the laws of David. his father: only he was sacrificing and burning incense upon the heights. 4 And the king will go to the hill to sacrifice there; for it was the great height: a thousand burnt-offerings will Solomon bring up upon that altar. 5 In the hill Jehovah was seen to Solomon in a dream at night: and God will say, Ask what I shall give to thee.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Chronicles 16:39
And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the dwelling of Jehovah in the height which is in Gibeon
1 Chronicles 21:29
And the dwelling of Jehovah which Moses made in the desert, and the altar of burnt-offering in that time in the height in Gibeon.
2 Chronicles 1:3
And Solomon and all the convocation with him will go to the height which is in Gibeon; for there was the tent of appointment of God, which Moses servant of Jehovah made in the desert.
Joshua 9:3
And the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho and to Ai.
Joshua 10:2
And they will fear greatly, for a great city was Gibeon, as one of the cities of the kingdom, and that it was great above Ai, and all her men mighty.
1 Kings 8:63
And Solomon will sacrifice a sacrifice of peace which he sacrificed to Jehovah, twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. And the king and all the sons of Israel will consecrate the house of Jehovah.
1 Kings 9:2
And Jehovah will be seen to Solomon the second time as he was seen to him in the hill.
2 Chronicles 1:6-12
And Solomon will go up there upon the altar of brass before Jehovah, which is at the tent of appointment, and he will bring up a thousand burnt-offerings upon it
2 Chronicles 7:5
And king Solomon will sacrifice a Sacrifice of oxen, twenty and two thousand; and sheep, a hundred and twenty thousand. And the king and all the people will consecrate the house of God.
2 Chronicles 29:32-35
And the number of the burnt-offerings which the convocation brought, will be seventy oxen, a hundred rams, two hundred lambs: all these for a bunt-offering to Jehovah.
2 Chronicles 30:24
For Hezekiah king of Judah lifted up to the convocation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the chiefs lifted up to the convocation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and the priests will consecrate themselves to a multitude.
Isaiah 40:16
And Lebanon not enough to burn, and its beasts not enough for a burnt-offering.
Micah 6:6-7
With what shall I come before Jehovah? I will bow to the high God; shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves, the sons of a year?