2 Chronicles 8:12

2 Chronicles 8:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the Lord on the altar of the Lord, which he had built before the porch,
• New International Version (NIV)On the altar of the Lord that he had built in front of the portico, Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the Lord,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Solomon offered up burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord that he had built before the vestibule,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord which he had built before the vestibule,

Context of 2 Chronicles 8:12

10And these were the chief of king Solomon's superintendents, two hundred and fifty, that ruled over the people. 11And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David to the house which he had built for her; for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the [places] are holy to which the ark of Jehovah has come. Then Solomon offered up burnt-offerings to Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch; 13even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and at the set feasts, three times in the year, — at the feast of unleavened bread, and at the feast of weeks, and at the feast of tabernacles. 14And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their charges, to praise and serve before the priests, as the duty of every day required; and the doorkeepers by their divisions at every gate: for such was the commandment of David the man of God;

2 Chronicles 8:12 word by word

אָ֣ז הֶעֱלָ֧ה שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה עֹל֖וֹת לַיהוָ֑ה עַ֚ל מִזְבַּ֣ח יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י הָאוּלָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Thenאָז'âz · thenH227
• Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• offeredעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: offer upH5927
• altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• builtבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• porchאוּלָם'ûlâm 'ûlâm · PorticoH197

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 8:12

• 2 Chronicles 4:1And he made a brazen altar: its length was twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits, and its height ten cubits.
• 1 Chronicles 28:17and pure gold for the forks, and the bowls, and the goblets; and for the golden basons by weight for every bason; and for the silver basons by weight for every bason;
• Ezekiel 8:16And he brought me into the inner court of Jehovah's house, and behold, at the entry of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
• Joel 2:17Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare, O Jehovah, thy people, and give not thine inheritance to reproach, that they should be a byword of the nations. Wherefore should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?
• John 10:23And Jesus walked in the temple in the porch of Solomon.

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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings