1Ki 8:63, 2Ch 1:6, 7:5, 29:32-35, 30:24, Isa 40:16, Mic 6:6-7 | TSK | STEP | a sacrifice. two and twenty.We are not to suppose that all these victims were sacrificed in one day, or on one altar; for this was the whole amount of those that had been offered during the fourteen days which the feast of dedication and the feast of tabernacles lasted; and there appears to have been an altar erected in the middle of the court, which was set apart for that purpose, in consequence of the great altar of burnt offering being not sufficient for the multitude of sacrifices then offered. dedicated.

1 Kings 8:63

a sacrifice.

Le 3:1-17; 1Ch 29:21; 2Ch 15:11; 29:32-35; 30:24; 35:7-9

two and twenty.We are not to suppose that all these victims were sacrificed in one day, or on one altar; for this was the whole amount of those that had been offered during the fourteen days which the feast of dedication and the feast of tabernacles lasted; and there appears to have been an altar erected in the middle of the court, which was set apart for that purpose, in consequence of the great altar of burnt offering being not sufficient for the multitude of sacrifices then offered.

dedicated.

Nu 7:10,11,84-88; 2Ch 2:4; 7:5; Ezr 6:16,17; Ne 12:27; Joh 10:22

2 Chronicles 1:6

a thousand.

1Ki 3:4; 8:63; 1Ch 29:21; Isa 40:16

2 Chronicles 7:5

a sacrifice.

1:6; 5:6; 15:11; 29:32,33; 30:24; 35:7-9; 1Ki 8:62,63; 1Ch 29:21

Ezr 6:16,17; Eze 45:17; Mic 6:7

twenty and two.The number of sheep and oxen here mentioned has to some appeared incredibly large; but it must be considered that a prodigious number of persons was now at Jerusalem, and that this was the amount of all the victims that had been offered during the seven days of the feast of tabernacles, as well as the time the feast of the dedication lasted.

dedicated.

2:4; Nu 7:10; 1Ki 8:63; Ezr 6:16; Joh 10:22

2 Chronicles 29:32-35

the number.Comparing the sacrifices offered on this occasion with those of Solomon at the dedication of the temple, we may form some idea of the decrease of the prosperity and riches of Judah, or of the decline of the general spirit of piety.

1Ki 3:4; 8:63; 1Ch 29:21; Ezr 6:17

the consecrated.It is probable that the consecrated things denote the peace offerings and thank offerings.

the priests.Peace offerings, and such like, the Levites might flay and dress; but the whole burnt offerings could only be touched by the priests, except in a case of necessity, such as the present.

5; 30:16,17

their brethren.

35:11; Nu 8:15,19; 18:3,6,7

did help them. Heb. strengthened them. for the Levites.

30:3

upright.

1Ch 29:17; Ps 7:10; 26:6; 94:15

the burnt.

the fat.

Ex 29:13; Le 3:15,16

the drink.

Ge 35:14; Le 23:13; Nu 15:5-10