Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 5. Twenty and two thousand oxen, &c.] The amount of all the victims that had been offered during the seven days of the feast of tabernacles, and the seven days of the feast of the dedication.
Matthew Henry Commentary
- God's answer to Solomon's prayer.
--God gave a gracious answer to Solomon's prayer. The mercies of God to sinners are made known in a manner well suited to impress all wh receive them, with his majesty and holiness. The people worshipped an praised God. When he manifests himself as a consuming Fire to sinners his people can rejoice in him as their Light. Nay, they had reason to say, that God was good in this. It is of the Lord's mercies we are no consumed, but the sacrifice in our stead, for which we should be very thankful. And whoever beholds with true faith, the Saviour agonizin and dying for man's sin, will, by that view, find his godly sorro enlarged, his hatred of sin increased, his soul made more watchful, an his life more holy. Solomon prosperously effected all he designed, for adorning both God's house and his own. Those who begin with the servic of God, are likely to go on successfully in their own affairs. It wa Solomon's praise, that what he undertook, he went through with; it wa by the grace of God that he prospered in it. Let us then stand in awe and sin not. Let us fear the Lord's displeasure, hope in his mercy, an walk in his commandments _________________________________________________
Original Hebrew ויזבח2076 המלך4428 שׁלמה8010 את853 זבח2077 הבקר1241 עשׂרים6242 ושׁנים8147 אלף505 וצאן6629 מאה3967 ועשׂרים6242 אלף505 ויחנכו2596 את853 בית1004 האלהים430 המלך4428 וכל3605 העם׃5971
