SEV Biblia, Chapter 8:63
Y ofreció Salomón sacrificios pacíficos, los cuales sacrificó al SEÑOR, que fueron veintidós mil bueyes, y ciento veinte mil ovejas. Así dedicaron el rey y todos los hijos de Israel la Casa del SEÑOR.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:63
Verse 63. Two and twenty thousand oxen] This was the whole amount of the victims that had been offered during the fourteen days; i.e., the seven days of the dedication, and the seven days of the feast of tabernacles. In what way could they dispose of the blood of so many victims?
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 63. And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the Lord , etc.] Part of which belonged to the offerer, and with those Solomon feasted the people all the days of the feast of the dedication, if not of tabernacles also; for the number was exceeding large, as follows: 22,000 oxen, and 120,000 sheep ; which, as suggested, might be the number for all the fourteen days; nor need it seem incredible, since, as Josephus says, at a passover celebrated in the times of Cestius the Roman governor, at the evening of the passover, in two hours time 256,500 lambs were slain; however, this was a very munificent sacrifice of Solomon’s, in which he greatly exceeded the Heathens, whose highest number of sacrifices were hecatombs, or by hundreds, but his by thousands: so the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord ; devoted it to divine and religious worship by these sacrifices: hence in imitation of this sprung the dedication of temples with the Heathens; the first of which among the Romans was that in the capitol at Rome by Romulus; the rites and ceremonies used therein by them may be read in Cicero, Livy, Tacitus, and others f160 . Ver. 64 . The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord , etc.] The court of the priests that was before the holy place, adjoining to it, in which was the altar of burnt offering; this, or, however, the middle part of it, he sanctified for present use, to offer sacrifices on, for a reason hereafter given: for there he offered burnt offerings and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings ; which was the reason why the middle of the great court was for this time set apart for this service.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 62-66 - Solomon offered a great sacrifice. He kept the feast of tabernacles, a it seems, after the feast of dedication. Thus should we go home rejoicing, from holy ordinances, thankful for God's Goodnes __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ויזבח 2076 שׁלמה 8010 את 853 זבח 2077 השׁלמים 8002 אשׁר 834 זבח 2076 ליהוה 3068 בקר 1241 עשׂרים 6242 ושׁנים 8147 אלף 505 וצאן 6629 מאה 3967 ועשׂרים 6242 אלף 505 ויחנכו 2596 את 853 בית 1004 יהוה 3068 המלך 4428 וכל 3605 בני 1121 ישׂראל׃ 3478
