1 Kings 9:25
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.”
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“Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which he built unto Jehovah, burning incense therewith, upon the altar that was before Jehovah. So he finished the house.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Solomon caused to ascend, three times in a year, burnt-offerings and peace-offerings on the altar that he built to Jehovah, and he perfumed it with that which <FI>is<Fi> before Jehovah, and finished the house.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 9:25 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 23:14Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
- Exodus 30:7And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.
- Exodus 34:23Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 16:16Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.
- Judges 11:40that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
- 1 Kings 6:9So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.
- 1 Kings 6:14So Solomon built the temple and finished it.
- 1 Kings 6:38In his eleventh year and eighth month, the month of Bul, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.
- 1 Chronicles 23:13The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.
- 2 Chronicles 8:12At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD he had built in front of the portico.
- 2 Chronicles 8:16Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out, from the day the foundation was laid for the house of the LORD until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.
- 2 Chronicles 26:16But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
- 2 Chronicles 29:11Now, my sons, do not be negligent, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, to minister before Him, and to burn incense.”
- 2 Chronicles 34:25because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out upon this place and will not be quenched.’
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