4The king and all the people were offering sacrifices in the Lord’s presence.7:4–5 1Kg 8:62–63

5King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand cattle and one hundred twenty thousand sheep and goats. In this manner the king and all the people dedicated God’s temple.

6The priests and the Levites were standing at their stations. The Levites had the musical instruments of the Lord, which King David had made to give thanks to the Lord — “for his faithful love endures forever” — when he offered praise with them.7:6 1Ch 15:16–21; 16:42; 23:5; 2Ch 29:26–30; Neh 12:36 Across from the Levites, the priests were blowing trumpets, and all the people were standing.

7Since the bronze altar that Solomon had made7:7 2Ch 4:1 could not accommodate the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the fat of the fellowship offerings, Solomon first consecrated the middle of the courtyard7:7–10 1Kg 8:64–66 that was in front of the Lord’s temple and then offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings there.7:7 Lv 7:30–31

8So Solomon and all Israel with him — a very great assembly, from the entrance to Hamath7:8 Or from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt — observed the festival at that time for seven days.

9On the eighth day7:9 = the day after the festival, or the 15th day they held a solemn assembly,7:9 Lv 23:36 for the dedication of the altar lasted seven days and the festival seven days.

10On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people home,7:10 Lit people to their tents rejoicing and with happy hearts for the goodness the Lord had done for David, for Solomon, and for his people Israel.

11So Solomon finished the Lord’s temple and the royal palace. Everything that had entered Solomon’s heart to do for the Lord’s temple and for his own palace succeeded.7:11–22 1Kg 9:1–9