1 Kings 8:63 (GNV)

Passage

And Salomon offered a sacrifice of peace offrings which he offered vnto the Lord, to wit, two and twentie thousande beeues, and an hundreth and twentie thousande sheepe: so the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:61 Let your heart therefore be perfit with the Lord our God to walke in his statutes, and to keepe his commandements, as this day.

1 Kings 8:62 Then the King and all Israel with him offred sacrifice before the Lord.

1 Kings 8:63 And Salomon offered a sacrifice of peace offrings which he offered vnto the Lord, to wit, two and twentie thousande beeues, and an hundreth and twentie thousande sheepe: so the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.

1 Kings 8:64 The same day did the King halowe the middle of the court, that was before the house of the Lord: for there he made burnt offerings, and the meate offrings, and the fat of the peace offeringes, because the brasen altar that was before the Lord, was too litle to receiue the burnt offerings, and the meate offerings, and the fat of the peace offrings.

1 Kings 8:65 And Salomon made at that time a feast and all Israel with him, a very great Congregation, euen from the entring in of Hamath vnto the riuer of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seuen dayes and seuen dayes, euen fourteene dayes.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sheep", "salomon", "offered", "sacrifice", "peace", "offrings", "vnto", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sheep" and "salomon", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 62's "Then the King and all Israel with..." into verse 64's "The same day did the King halowe...", so "sheep" and "salomon" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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