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1 Kings 3:15
Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Solomon acts immediately after receiving a divine promise, awakening to find the encounter was a dream before traveling to Jerusalem to stand before the Ark of the covenant.
The words — וַ/יִּקַ֥ץ (va/i.yi.Katz) translates as "and he awoke," while חֲל֑וֹם (cha.Lom) means "a dream," marking the transition from supernatural revelation to waking reality.
The thread — The motif of waking from a dream appears in Genesis 41:7, while the pattern of standing before the Ark and hosting a feast for servants echoes 1 Kings 8:65 and Esther 1:3.
Why it lands — The text demands a concrete response to divine encounter: pilgrimage to the covenant center, sacrificial worship, and the practical provision of those who serve.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
Cross-references
- Genesis 41:7 And the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.
- 1 Kings 8:65 So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.
- Esther 1:3 In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.
- Daniel 5:1 Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
- Genesis 31:54 Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.
- Genesis 40:20 On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
- Leviticus 3:1 “If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD.
- Leviticus 7:11 Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the LORD:
- 2 Samuel 6:17 So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
- 1 Kings 8:63 And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD.