Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 1 Kings 8:63

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a sacrifice: Lev. 3:1-17; Ch1 29:21; Ch2 15:11, Ch2 29:32-35, Ch2 30:24, Ch2 35:7-9; Ezr 6:16, Ezr 6:17; Eze 45:17; Mic 6:7 two and twenty: We are not to suppose that all these victims were sacrificed in one day, or on one altar; for this was the whole amount of those that had been offered during the fourteen days which the feast of dedication and the feast of tabernacles lasted; and there appears to have been an altar erected in the middle of the court, which was set apart for that purpose, in consequence of the great altar of burnt offering being not sufficient for the multitude of sacrifices then offered. dedicated: Num 7:10, Num 7:11, Num 7:84-88; Ch2 2:4, Ch2 7:5; Ezr 6:16, Ezr 6:17; Neh 12:27; Joh 10:22 3 Kings (1 Kings) 8:64

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