King James Version
2 Chronicles 8:12 in the King James Version says “Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,” — study this verse from 2 Chronicles chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,”
2 Chronicles 8:12 · KJV
And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers , even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come. holy: Heb. holiness
Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded. so had David: Heb. so was the commandment of David the man of God
KJV Study — Public Domain
“offered”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
“burnt offerings”
H5930a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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