1 Kings 9:25

1 Kings 9:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house.
• New International Version (NIV)Three times a year Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense before the Lord along with them, and so fulfilled the temple obligations.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Three times a year Solomon used to offer up burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar that he built to the Lord, making offerings with it before the Lord. So he finished the house.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he had built for the Lord, and he burned incense with them on the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the temple.

Context of 1 Kings 9:25

23These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon’s work, five hundred and fifty, who bore rule over the people that wrought in the work. 24But Pharaoh’s daughter came up from the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her: then he built Millo. And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built to the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house. 26And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. 27And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, sailors that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

1 Kings 9:25 word by word

וְהֶעֱלָ֣ה שְׁלֹמֹ֡ה שָׁלֹשׁ֩ פְּעָמִ֨ים בַּשָּׁנָ֜ה עֹל֣וֹת וּשְׁלָמִ֗ים עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּנָ֣ה לַיהוָ֔ה וְהַקְטֵ֣יר אִתּ֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְשִׁלַּ֖ם אֶת־הַבָּֽיִת׃Read the interlinear

• threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• timesפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• offerעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: offer upH5927
• offeringsעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
• offeringsשֶׁ֫לֶםshelem · peace offeringH8002
• altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• builtבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• incenseקָטַרqâţar · to offer: offerH6999
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• finishedשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004

Cross-references for 1 Kings 9:25

• Exodus 23:14Three times thou shalt keep a feast to me in the year.
• Exodus 34:23Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
• Deuteronomy 16:16Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
• 2 Chronicles 8:12Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
• Exodus 30:7And Aaron shall burn on it sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
• 1 Chronicles 23:13The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister to him, and to bless in his name for ever.
• 2 Chronicles 26:16But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
• 2 Chronicles 29:11My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister to him, and burn incense.
• 2 Chronicles 34:25Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.
• 1 Kings 6:38And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all its parts, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
• 2 Chronicles 8:16Now all the work of Solomon was prepared to the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 9:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Three times in a year did Solomon offer - These three times were: The passover. The feast of pentecost. 3. The feast of tabernacles.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Three times - i. e., (see the marginal reference) the three solemn Feasts - the Feast of unleavened bread, the Feast of weeks, and the Feast of tabernacles. Did Solomon offer … and he burnt incense - Not with his own hand, but by his priests 1 Kings 8:6; 2 Chronicles 5:7-14. In sacred, as in ordinary, history, men are said to do that which they cause to be done.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-28Verses 15-28 Here is a further account of Solomon's greatness. He began at the right end, for he built God's house first, and finished that before he began his own; then God blessed him, and he prospered in all his other buildings. Let piety begin, and profit follow; leave pleasure to the last. Whatever pains we take for the glory of God, and to profit others, we are likely to have the advantage. Canaan, the holy land, the glory of all lands, had no gold…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25Three times a year, Solomon showed great leadership for Israel by offering sacrifices at the national festivals of: Unleavened Bread, Weeks (also called Pentecost or Harvest), and Tabernacles (Deuteronomy 16:16).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Solomon
• Peace offerings
• Altar
• Chief
• Levy
• Pentateuch
• Atonement, Day of
• Incense
• King; Kingdom
• Kings, Books of

Commentaries on 1 Kings 9

• 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
• 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