2 Chronicles 8:12
New International Version
On the altar of the LORD that he had built in front of the portico, Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the LORD,

New Living Translation
Then Solomon presented burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar he had built for him in front of the entry room of the Temple.

English Standard Version
Then Solomon offered up burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD that he had built before the vestibule,

Berean Standard Bible
At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD he had built in front of the portico.

King James Bible
Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

New King James Version
Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD which he had built before the vestibule,

New American Standard Bible
Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD which he had built in front of the porch;

NASB 1995
Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD which he had built before the porch;

NASB 1977
Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD which he had built before the porch;

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar of Yahweh which he had built before the porch;

Amplified Bible
Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD which he had built in front of the porch [of the temple],

Christian Standard Bible
At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the LORD’s altar he had made in front of the portico.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the LORD’s altar he had made in front of the portico.

American Standard Version
Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Then Solomon was bringing sacrifices to LORD JEHOVAH, and peace offerings on the altar of LORD JEHOVAH that he built before the porch.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Then Solomon offered up to the Lord whole-burnt-offerings on the altar which he had built to the Lord before the temple,

Contemporary English Version
Solomon offered sacrifices to the LORD on the altar he had built in front of the temple porch.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Solomon offered holocausts to the Lord upon the altar of the Lord which he had built before the porch,

English Revised Version
Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the LORD on the LORD's altar that he built in front of the entrance hall.

Good News Translation
Solomon offered sacrifices to the LORD on the altar which he had built in front of the Temple.

International Standard Version
Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the LORD's altar that he had built in front of the porch of the Temple,

JPS Tanakh 1917
Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

Literal Standard Version
Then Solomon has caused burnt-offerings to ascend to YHWH on the altar of YHWH that he built before the porch,

Majority Standard Bible
At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD he had built in front of the portico.

New American Bible
In those times Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the LORD upon the altar of the LORD which he had built in front of the porch,

NET Bible
Then Solomon offered burnt sacrifices to the LORD on the altar of the LORD which he had built in front of the temple's porch.

New Revised Standard Version
Then Solomon offered up burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD that he had built in front of the vestibule,

New Heart English Bible
Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

Webster's Bible Translation
Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

World English Bible
Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to Yahweh on Yahweh’s altar which he had built before the porch,

Young's Literal Translation
Then hath Solomon caused to ascend burnt-offerings to Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah that he built before the porch,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Solomon's Additional Accomplishments
11Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.” 12At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD he had built in front of the portico. 13He observed the daily requirement for offerings according to the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.…

Cross References
2 Chronicles 4:1
He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

2 Chronicles 15:8
When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD's temple.

Joel 2:17
Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, "Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'"


Treasury of Scripture

Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

on the altar

2 Chronicles 4:1
Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.

1 Chronicles 28:17
Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:

Ezekiel 8:16
And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

before the porch

John 10:23
And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.

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2 Chronicles 8
1. Solomon's buildings
7. The remaining Canaanites, Solomon makes tributaries, but the Israelites rulers
11. Pharaoh's daughter removes to her house
12. Solomon's yearly solemn sacrifices
14. He appoints the priests and Levites to their places
17. The navy fetches gold from Ophir














(c) REGULATION OF THE TEMPLE WORSHIP

(2Chronicles 8:12-16).

This whole section corresponds to the single verse, 1Kings 9:25, which the chronicler has paraphrased in 2Chronicles 8:12-13, and extended by the addition of further details in 2Chronicles 8:14-15.

(12) Then.--After the consecration of the Temple. . . .

Verses 12, 13. - Parallel in compressed form 1 Kings 9:25. After a certain rate every day; Hebrew, וּבִדְבַר־יום; the probable meaning is, according to the fixed appointment of day after day (Exodus 23:14; Exodus 29:23, 38; Numbers 28:3; Deuteronomy 16:16).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
At that time
אָ֣ז (’āz)
Adverb
Strong's 227: At that time, place, therefore

Solomon
שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה (šə·lō·mōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne

offered
הֶעֱלָ֧ה (he·‘ĕ·lāh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

burnt offerings
עֹל֖וֹת (‘ō·lō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 5930: Whole burnt offering

to the LORD
לַיהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

on
עַ֚ל (‘al)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the altar
מִזְבַּ֣ח (miz·baḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4196: An altar

of the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

he had built
בָּנָ֖ה (bā·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1129: To build

in front
לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

of the portico.
הָאוּלָֽם׃ (hā·’ū·lām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 197: A vestibule


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OT History: 2 Chronicles 8:12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to Yahweh (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr)
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