2 Chronicles 7:5

“so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God--The ceremonial of dedication consisted principally in the introduction of the ark into the temple, and in the sacrificial offerings that were made on a scale of magnitude suitable to the extraordinary occasion. All present, the king, the people, and the priests, took part according to their respective stations in the performance of the solemn service. The duty, of course, devolved chiefly on the priests, and hence in proceeding to describe their several departments of work, the historian says, generally, "the priests waited on their offices." While great numbers would be occupied with the preparation and offering of the victims,…”

“a sacrifice: Ch2 1:6, Ch2 5:6, Ch2 15:11, Ch2 29:32, Ch2 29:33, Ch2 30:24, Ch2 35:7-9; Kg1 8:62, Kg1 8:63; Ch1 29:21; Ezr 6:16, Ezr 6:17; Eze 45:17; Mic 6:7 twenty and two: The number of sheep and oxen here mentioned has to some appeared incredibly large; but it must be considered that a prodigious number of persons was now at Jerusalem, and that this was the amount of all the victims that had been offered during the seven days of the feast of tabernacles, as well as the time the feast of the dedication lasted. dedicated: Ch2 2:4; Num 7:10; Kg1 8:63; Ezr 6:16; Joh 10:22 2 Chronicles 7:6”