2 Chronicles 7:5 (DRB)

Passage

And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand oxen, and one hundred and twenty thousand rams: and the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 7:3 Moreover all the children of Israel saw the fire coming down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house: and falling down with their faces to the ground, upon the stone pavement, they adored and praised the Lord: because he is good, because his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Chronicles 7:4 And the king and all the people sacrificed victims before the Lord.

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

2 Chronicles 7:6 And the priests stood in their offices: and the Levites with the instruments of music of the Lord, which king David made to praise the Lord: because his mercy endureth for ever, singing the hymns of David by their ministry: and the priests sounded with trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

2 Chronicles 7:7 Solomon also sanctified the middle of the court before the temple of the Lord: for he offered there the holocausts, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brazen altar, which he had made, could not hold the holocausts and the sacrifices and the fat:

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And the king and all the people..." into verse 6's "And the priests stood in their offices...", so "king" and "solomon" 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 "king" and "solomon" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.