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1 Kings 8:64 Explained in Context
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Verse 64. 64The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
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Quick Meaning
This verse advances the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence: “The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Sacrifice and feast dedicate the temple.”
Read It With
- 1 Kings 8:62–66
Read 1 Kings 8:64 with 8:62–66. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Returns king and people from words to sacrificial worship; sends the people home joyful over divine goodness to David and Israel.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Sacrifice and feast dedicate the temple,” 1 Kings 8:64 advances the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence through the wording “The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: Sacrifice and feast enact the dedication after Solomon's prayer and blessing, bringing the temple assembly to its public close.
Read 1 Kings 8:62–66 together
Why these verses belong together: Sacrifice and feast dedicate the temple is the complete reviewed scene, prayer, oracle, list, or regnal notice bounded at 8:62–8:66.
Verse 62. 62 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.
Verse 63. 63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.
Verse 64. 64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
Verse 65. 65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
Verse 66. 66 On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto 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.
What Remains True
Sacred beauty and public worship remain subordinate to God's freedom, covenant faithfulness, justice, and the dignity of people who build and serve. This unit tests that truth through returns king and people from words to sacrificial worship; sends the people home joyful over divine goodness to David and Israel. In 1 Kings 8:64, the concrete line “The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of…” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
How It Can Shape Life
- The evidence to keep visible in this verse is “The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of….” Evaluate a building or worship project by truthful purpose, safe and fairly compensated labor, accountable costs, access, and whether its practices match the values it claims. This response follows from the unit's own sequence: Returns king and people from words to sacrificial worship; sends the people home joyful over divine goodness to David and Israel.
Continue in Context
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 1 Kings 8:62–66, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Kings
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording and morphology used for lexical, grammatical, name, clause, and older-English checks; this is not a critical apparatus or historical proof.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 8:62–66
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: 1 Kings with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Only printed unit-level translation, lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, and verse-numbering notes; silence is not evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible 1 Kings PDF, printed pp. 599–602, translation and translator notes for 8:62–66
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