John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 4. And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there , etc.] About four or five miles from Jerusalem; (see Gill on “ 1 Kings 2:28”); for that [was] the great high place ; not that the place itself might be higher than others that were used; but here were the tabernacle of Moses, and the altar; so that it was a more dignified place, and more sacred because of them: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar ; the brazen altar of burnt offerings there; not at one time, but on several days successively; though Jarchi says on one day; and which was a prodigious number, never was known the like, unless at the dedication of the temple, ( 1 Kings 8:63,64).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-4 - He that loved the Lord, should, for his sake, have fixed his love upo one of the Lord's people. Solomon was a wise man, a rich man, a grea man; yet the brightest praise of him, is that which is the character of all the saints, even the poorest, "He loved the Lord." Where God sow plentifully, he expects to reap accordingly; and those that truly love God and his worship, will not grudge the expenses of their religion. We must never think that wasted which is laid out in the service of God.
Original Hebrew וילך1980 המלך4428 גבענה1391 לזבח2076 שׁם8033 כי3588 היא1931 הבמה1116 הגדולה1419 אלף505 עלות5930 יעלה5927 שׁלמה8010 על5921 המזבח4196 ההוא׃1931
