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2 Chronicles 1:6 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 6. 6And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
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Role in This Section
This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Solomon begins at Gibeon.”
Read It With
- 2 Chronicles 1:1–6
Read 2 Chronicles 1:6 with 1:1–6. The selected wording supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Solomon's strengthened rule opens with Israel's leaders, the wilderness tabernacle, Bezalel's altar, and abundant offerings at Gibeon.
Why It Needs Context
2 Chronicles 1:6 depends on 1:1–6; isolating “And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, object, or transition from “Solomon begins at Gibeon.”
Read 2 Chronicles 1:1–6 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Chronicles 1:1–6 forms the complete movement “Solomon begins at Gibeon”: Solomon's strengthened rule opens with Israel's leaders, the wilderness tabernacle, Bezalel's altar, and abundant offerings at Gibeon.
Verse 1. 1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
Verse 2. 2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.
Verse 3. 3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
Verse 4. 4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
Verse 5. 5 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
Verse 6. 6 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: 2 Chronicles 1:1–6, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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