Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 7:4
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
Verse 4. The king and all the people offered sacrifices] They presented the victims to the priests, and they and the Levites slew them, and sprinkled the blood: or perhaps the people themselves slew them; and, having caught the blood, collected the fat, &c., presented them to the priests to be offered as the law required.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
4. Then the king and all the peopleoffered sacrificesWhether the individual worshippersslaughtered their own cattle, or a certain portion of the vast numberof the Levitical order in attendance performed that work, as theysometimes did, in either case the offerings were made through thepriests, who presented the blood and the fat upon the altar (see on1Ki 8:62).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Ver. 4,5. Then the king and all the people,…. Of these two verses,
[See comments on 1Ki 8:62],
[See comments on 1Ki 8:63].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(4) Then.And.
Offered sacrifices.Were sacrificing a sacrifice. LXX., . Vulg., immolabant.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
(4-10) THE SACRIFICES AND THE FESTIVAL. (Comp. 1Ki. 8:62-66.) The two narratives are again mainly coincident.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
How grateful is praise from a poor sinner to the Lord, when the Lord had pardoned his sin, and received him into favor. It is really beautiful to behold the joy of Solomon and his people upon this occasion.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 7:4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
Ver. 4. Then the king, &c. ] See 1Ki 8:62 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
offered = sacrificed. Hebrew. zebach. App-43.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
2Ch 7:4-7
2Ch 7:4-7
SACRIFICES PREPARED FOR THE GREAT FEAST
“Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before Jehovah. And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. And the priests stood according to their offices; the Levites also with instruments of music of Jehovah, which David the king had made to give thanks unto Jehovah (for his lovingkindness endureth forever), when David praised by their ministry: and the priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood. Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah; for there he offered the burnt-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat.”
Solomon evidently felt free to make any changes in the sacred rituals that came to his mind. The use here of another altar, other than the official one, is only one of many innovations and changes initiated by Solomon. The tremendous numbers of animals sacrificed on this occasion is a problem in the minds of some; but there is no honest device by which men in the 20th century, three thousand years afterward, can make any dependable corrections for what is written. Our comment is simply: “That must have been some big barbecue”!
E.M. Zerr:
2Ch 7:4-5. This account is given also in 1Ki 8:62-66. The gratitude felt for the goodness of God prompted the king and the people to make this vast offering.
2Ch 7:6. The priests did the part exclusively belonging to them, and the other Levites used the instruments of music of the Lord. This is an inspired statement, so we must know that after David had made the musical instruments for religious service, the Lord accepted and blessed them.
2Ch 7:7. The altar of burnt sacrifices originally would take care of all the animals required in the regular or set feasts; also for the occasions of offerings for sins of individuals. But the occasion of this dedication was very special, and an emergency was created. In view of that, Solomon was authorized to use the extra space of the court as a place for the great number of sacrifices.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
Then the king: They presented the victims to the priests, and they and the Levites slew them, and sprinkled the blood; or, perhaps, the people themselves slew them, and having caught the blood, collected the fat, etc., presented them to the priests to be offered as the law required. 2Ch 7:4
Reciprocal: 1Ki 8:62 – General 2Ki 16:15 – the king’s burnt 1Ch 29:21 – sacrificed Eze 45:17 – the prince’s Eze 46:10 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ch 7:4-5. Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices They had offered sacrifices before; but now they renewed them, and offered more, in acknowledgment of these new assurances of Gods love to them. Twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep It is probable that many of these sacrifices were burned in all the courts of the temple, and in different places upon the mount, as it was scarce possible that they should all be consumed upon one altar.