1 Kings 8:62

Study note

Setting — The narrative describes King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel offering sacrifices immediately after Solomon's charge to remain fully devoted to the LORD.

The words — זֹבְחִ֥ים (zōḇḥîm) = [were] sacrificing, paired with זֶ֖בַח (zēḇaḥ) = a sacrifice, marking the active presentation of ritual gifts.

The thread — This corporate worship pattern recurs at 2 Chronicles 7:4 and Ezra 6:16, where leaders and communities similarly consecrate sacred spaces through mass offerings.

Why it lands — It records a historical moment of national worship that fulfills the preceding command to keep God's statutes, requiring no theological expansion beyond the text's plain report.

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