The Feast of the Dedication was at Jerusalem, and it was winter.
Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the Lord, twenty-two thousand oxen and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the Lord.
King Solomon sacrificed twenty-two thousand oxen and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
The Israelites, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the descendants of the captivity kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.
And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebub, and by the ruler of the demons He casts out demons.”
Others said, “These are not the words of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s Porch.