OLD TESTAMENT

2 Chronicles 7:5

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King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated God’s house.

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Verse 5. Rams, including sheep and goats.—People, each in their proper sphere. The priests had the chief part, as the ministers of religion. The solemnity continued for a week, and many altars were erected in the court. Calmet.

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