1 Kings 8:64 meaning and explanation
On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.
1 Kings 8:64, Berean Standard Bible
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Solomon has just dedicated the temple with a vast number of peace offerings, and the bronze altar in the courtyard could not hold them all. So the king sets apart the middle of the courtyard as holy ground for the overflow of burnt, grain and peace offerings.
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