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61 (A)Let your heart therefore be [a]wholly devoted to Yahweh our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day.”

The Offering for the House of Yahweh

62 (B)Now the king and all Israel with him were (C)offering sacrifices before Yahweh. 63 And Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to Yahweh, 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. (D)So the king and all the sons of Israel dedicated the house of Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 8:61 Lit complete with

61 And may your hearts(A) be fully committed(B) to the Lord our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time.”

The Dedication of the Temple(C)

62 Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices(D) before the Lord. 63 Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the Lord: twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated(E) the temple of the Lord.

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