Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands to heaven.
2 Chronicles 4:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition ALSO SOLOMON made an altar of bronze, its top twenty by twenty cubits and its height ten cubits. American Standard Version (1901) Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof. Common English Bible He also made a bronze altar thirty feet long, thirty feet wide, and fifteen feet high. Catholic Public Domain Version Also, he made a brass altar of twenty cubits in length, and of twenty cubits in width, and of ten cubits in height, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He made also an altar of brass twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits broad, and ten cubits high. |
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands to heaven.
The same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was in front of the house of the Lord, for there he offered the burnt offerings and the grain offerings and the fat pieces of the sacrifices of well-being, because the bronze altar that was before the Lord was too small to receive the burnt offerings and the grain offerings and the fat pieces of the sacrifices of well-being.
Three times a year Solomon used to offer up burnt offerings and sacrifices of well-being on the altar that he built for the Lord, offering incense before the Lord. So he completed the house.
Moreover, the bronze altar that Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur had made was there in front of the tabernacle of the Lord. And Solomon and the assembly inquired at it.
When Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded, he took courage and put away the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns that he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim. He repaired the altar of the Lord that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the Lord.
Then they went inside to King Hezekiah and said, “We have cleansed all the house of the Lord, the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the table for the rows of bread and all its utensils.
Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was in front of the house of the Lord, for there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the offerings of well-being because the bronze altar Solomon had made could not hold the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat parts.
Then Solomon offered up burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord that he had built in front of the vestibule,