3:4 The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. 1 Solomon would offer up 2 a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there.
9:25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings 10 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. 11
1 tn Heb “for it was the great high place.”
2 tn The verb form is an imperfect, which is probably used here in a customary sense to indicate continued or repeated action in past time. See GKC 314 §107.b.
3 tn Heb “the food on his table.”
4 tn Heb “the seating of his servants and the standing of his attendants.”
5 tn Heb “there was no breath still in her.”
5 tn The words “from the sky” are added for stylistic reasons.
7 tn Heb “to hold the burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.”
9 tn Heb “and look, a dream.”
10 tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”
11 tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”
12 tn Heb “and he made complete the house.”