2 Chronicles 7:5 (ASV)

Passage

And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 7:3 And all the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the glory of Jehovah was upon the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and gave thanks unto Jehovah, [saying], For he is good; for his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever.

2 Chronicles 7:4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before Jehovah.

2 Chronicles 7:5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

2 Chronicles 7:6 And the priests stood, according to their offices; the Levites also with instruments of music of Jehovah, which David the king had made to give thanks unto Jehovah, (for his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever,) when David praised by their ministry: and the priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood.

2 Chronicles 7:7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah; for there he offered the burnt-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sheep", "king", "solomon", "offered", "sacrifice", "twenty", "thousand", and "oxen". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sheep" and "king", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "Then the king and all the people..." into verse 6's "And the priests stood according to their...", so "sheep" and "king" belong inside that flow. In 2 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sheep" and "king" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.