King James Version
What Does 2 Chronicles 1:6 Mean?
“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.”
Context
4
But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
5
Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. he put: or, was there
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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.
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In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
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And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(6) **And Solomon went up thither to the “brasen altar.**—So Vulg. incorrectly. Rather, *And Solomon offered there on the brasen altar;* so LXX. and Syriac.
**Before the Lord.**—The altar stood before the entry of the Lord’s dwellingplace (Exodus 40:6). (Comp. Judges 20:23; Judges 20:26.)
**Which was at the tabernacle of the congregation.**—*Which altar belonged to the tent of tryst.* In 1Kings 6:22 the golden altar is said in like manner to belong to the Holy of holies, before which it stood. (The Vulg. seems to have read “the brasen altar, before the Lord’s tent of meeting”; comp. 2Chronicles 1:3.)
**And offered.**—*He offered* (*I say*)*.* The verb is repeated before its object for clearness’ sake.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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