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2 Chronicles 1:3
And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel travel to the high place at Gibeon immediately after Solomon addresses the military commanders, judges, and family leaders.
The words — וַ/יֵּלְכ֗וּ (va/i.ye.le.Khu) translates "and they went," marking the deliberate movement of Solomon and the assembly toward the high place at Gibeon (בְּ/גִבְע֑וֹן).
The thread — The text places the Tent of Meeting at Gibeon, a site cross-referenced in 1 Chronicles 16:39 and 1 Chronicles 21:29 where Moses’ tabernacle and its bronze altar were located.
Why it lands — The verse records the Tent of Meeting at Gibeon while noting David had already moved the ark to Jerusalem, requiring the reader to distinguish the separate locations of the tabernacle and the ark without conflating them.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness.
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 16:39 And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon
- 1 Chronicles 21:29 For the tabernacle of the LORD that Moses had made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were presently at the high place in Gibeon,
- Exodus 26:1 “You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.
- Exodus 36:8 All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them.
- Exodus 40:2 “On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
- Exodus 40:34 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
- Leviticus 1:1 Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,
- Deuteronomy 34:5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said.
- 1 Kings 3:4 Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.