1 Kings 8:5
8:5 Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered.
1 Kings 8:62-65
Solomon Dedicates the Temple
8:62 The king and all Israel with him were presenting sacrifices to the Lord.
8:63 Solomon offered as peace offerings to the Lord 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the Israelites dedicated the Lord’s temple.
8:64 That day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the Lord’s temple. He offered there burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that stood before the Lord was too small to hold all these offerings.
8:65 At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival before the Lord our God for two entire weeks. This great assembly included people from all over the land, from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt in the south.
1 Kings 8:2
8:2 All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival
in the month Ethanim
(the seventh month).
1 Kings 5:6
5:6 So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians.”
1 Kings 7:5-7
7:5 All of the entrances
were rectangular in shape
and they were arranged in sets of three.
7:6 He made a colonnade
75 feet
long and 45 feet
wide. There was a porch in front of this and pillars and a roof in front of the porch.
7:7 He also made a throne room, called “The Hall of Judgment,” where he made judicial decisions.
It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters.
Ezra 6:16-17
6:16 The people of Israel – the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles – observed the dedication of this temple of God with joy.
6:17 For the dedication of this temple of God they offered one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and twelve male goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.