2 Chronicles 7 · Verse 5

2 Chronicles 7:5

And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
2 Chronicles 7:5, King James Version

2 Chronicles 7:5 in other translations

BSBAnd King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
WEBKing Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated God’s house.
ASVAnd king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
YLTand king Solomon sacrificeth the sacrifice of the herd, twenty and two thousand, and of the flock, a hundred and twenty thousand, and the king and all the people dedicate the house of God.
DARBYAnd king Solomon sacrificed a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
BBEKing Solomon made an offering of twenty-two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people kept the feast of the opening of the house of God.
WebsterAnd king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

What does 2 Chronicles 7:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 7:5-6
5-6. so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God--The ceremonial of dedication consisted principally in the introduction of the ark into the temple, and in the sacrificial offerings that were made on a scale of magnitude suitable to the extraordinary occasion. All present, the king, the people, and the priests, took part according to their respective stations in the performance of the solemn service. The duty, of course, devolved chiefly on the priests, and hence in proceeding to describe their several departments of work, the historian says, generally, "the priests waited on their offices." While great numbers would be occupied with the preparation and offering of the victims, others sounded with their trumpets, and the different bands of the Levites praised the Lord with vocal and instrumental music, by the hundred thirty-sixth Psalm, the oft-recurring chorus of which is, "for His mercy endureth for ever."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Twenty and two thousand oxen, etc. - The amount of all the victims that had been offered during the seven days of the feast of tabernacles, and the seven days of the feast of the dedication.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 7:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּזְבַּ֞חvai.yiz.Bachand he sacrificedH2076
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
שְׁלֹמֹה֮she.lo.MohSolomonH8010
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
זֶ֣בַחZe.vach[the] sacrifice ofH2077
הַבָּקָ֗רha.ba.Kar<the> cattleH1241
עֶשְׂרִ֤ים'es.RimtwentyH6242
וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙u.she.Na.yimand twoH8147
אֶ֔לֶף'E.lefthousandH505
וְצֹ֕אןve.Tzonand sheepH6629
מֵאָ֥הme.'Ahone hundredH3967
וְעֶשְׂרִ֖יםve.'es.Rimand twentyH6242
אָ֑לֶף'A.lefthousandH505
וַֽיַּחְנְכוּ֙vai.yach.ne.Khuand they dedicatedH2596
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
הָעָֽם\׃ha.'Amthe peopleH5971

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 7:5

  • John 10:22

    And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.

  • Ezekiel 45:17

    And it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:24

    For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.

  • 1 Kings 8:62-63

    And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the Lord. And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.

  • Micah 6:7

    Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

  • 2 Chronicles 5:6

    Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

  • 2 Chronicles 1:6

    And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the Lord, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.

  • 2 Chronicles 15:11

    And they offered unto the Lord the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

  • Numbers 7:10

    And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.

  • 2 Chronicles 29:32-33

    And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord. And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:21

    And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings unto the Lord, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:

  • 2 Chronicles 2:4

    Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 7:4

    Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord.

  • 2 Chronicles 7:5

    And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

  • 2 Chronicles 7:6

    And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the Lord, which David the king had made to praise the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

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2 Chronicles 7:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y ofreció el rey Salomón en sacrificio veinte y dos mil bueyes, y ciento veinte mil ovejas; y así dedicaron la casa de Dios el rey y todo el pueblo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le roi Salomon sacrifia un sacrifice de 22 000 bœufs et de 120 000 moutons. Et le roi et tout le peuple firent la dédicace de la maison de Dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und der König Salomo opferte als Schlachtopfer 22000 Rinder und 120000 Schafe. Und der König und das ganze Volk weihten das Haus Gottes ein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Mactavit igitur rex Salomon hostias, boum viginti duo millia, arietum centum viginti millia: et dedicavit domum Dei rex, et universus populus.