Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord. King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand bulls and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
It was not necessary at all for Solomon to offer these many sacrifices. As the prophet Isaiah would say later, “Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.” And yet, the Lord looks on the heart. And Solomon’s heart, at least on this day, was in the right place.
