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1 Kings 8:61-63
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

61 [a]Your heart must be wholly devoted to the Lord, our God, observing his statutes and keeping his commandments, as on this day.”

62 The king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the Lord. 63 [b]Solomon offered as communion offerings to the Lord twenty-two thousand oxen and one hundred twenty thousand sheep. Thus the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 8:61 In urging the people to be “wholly devoted” (shalem), Solomon plays on his own name (shelomo), as if to imply that he himself exemplifies perfect fidelity to God.
  2. 8:63 “Communion offerings” (shelamim) is another wordplay on the name of Solomon.
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