^3:4The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places.⁷ Solomon would offer up⁸ a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there.

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Footnotes

7 Heb “for it was the great high place.”
8 The verb form is an imperfect, which is probably used here in a customary sense to indicate continued or repeated action in past time. See §107.b.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for that was the most important high place, and Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there because it was the most famous high place. He offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

NLTNew Living Translation

The most important of these places of worship was at Gibeon, so the king went there and sacrificed 1,000 burnt offerings.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice, for the great high place was there. Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

KJV 1900King James Version

And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

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