2 Chronicles 5:6 Meaning and Explanation
“Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.”
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Read Full Chapter →Solomon and the assembled people offer sacrifices beyond counting before the ark.
What Does 2 Chronicles 5:6 Mean?
As the ark is brought forward, the king and the gathered people offer sacrifices too many to number. The sheer abundance signals how great the moment is: the homecoming of God's presence is met with overflowing worship.
Sacrifice was the costly language of devotion, life offered to God. The countless offerings here speak of hearts that will not measure out their gratitude. They also point ahead, for all such offerings looked toward the one perfect offering yet to come, in which every sacrifice would find its meaning and its end.
2 Chronicles 5:6 in the Original Language
zabach (זָבַח), 'sacrificed' -- to slaughter an offering as an act of worship before God.
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What does 2 Chronicles 5:6 mean?
Solomon and the assembled people offer sacrifices beyond counting before the ark.