He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal he had built in Samaria.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Solomon stood before the altar of the <sc>Lordsc> in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky.<n id="1" />

With the authority of the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> he cried out against the altar, &#8220;O altar, altar! This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says, &#8216;Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />

Solomon demonstrated his loyalty to the <sc>Lordsc> by following<n id="1" /> the practices<n id="2" /> of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.p>

The inner sanctuary was 30 feet<n id="1" /> long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold,<n id="2" /> as well as the cedar altar.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">Solomon also made all these items for the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which was kept the Bread of the Presence,<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Elijah then told all the people, &#8220;Approach me.&#8221; So all the people approached him. He repaired the altar of the <sc>Lordsc> that had been torn down.<n id="1" />

With the stones he constructed an altar for the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="1" /> Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs<n id="2" /> of seed.

<p class="bodytext">When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the <sc>Lordsc>, he got up from before the altar of the <sc>Lordsc> where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky.<n id="1" />

That day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple. He offered there burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that stood before the <sc>Lordsc> was too small to hold all these offerings.<n id="1" />