2 Chronicles 1:6 — and there at the bronze altar, Solomon offered a thousand animals as sacrifices… — CEV | maBible
Read 2 Chronicles 1:6 (Contemporary English Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: 2 Chronicles 1.6, 2 Chronicles 1v6, 2Ch. 1:6. and there at the bronze altar, Solomon offered a thousand animals as sacrifices to please the Lord.
6 and there at the bronze altar, Solomon offered a thousand animals as sacrifices to please the Lord.
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sacrifices to please the Lord: These sacrifices have traditionally been called “whole burnt offerings,” because the whole animal was burned on the altar. A main purpose of such sacrifices was to please the Lord with the smell of the sacrifice, and so in the CEV they are often called “sacrifices to…