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The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

1 Kings 3:4 · WEB

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ગુજરાતી1 રાજાઓ ૩:૪
રાજા ગિબ્યોનમાં અર્પણ કરવા ગયો, કેમ કે તે મોટું ધર્મસ્થાન હતું. તે વેદી પર સુલેમાને એક હજાર દહનીયાર્પણ ચઢાવ્યાં.
हिन्दी1 राजाओं ३:४
और राजा गिबोन को बलि चढ़ाने गया, क्योंकि मुख्य ऊँचा स्थान वही था, तब वहाँ की वेदी पर सुलैमान ने एक हजार होमबलि चढ़ाए।

In context

2However, the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was not yet a house built for the LORD’s name.

3Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father, except that he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.

4The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

5In Gibeon, the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask for what I should give you.”

6Solomon said, “You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, because he walked before you in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you. You have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today.

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