KJV King James Version
So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that [was] at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
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2 Chronicles 1:3
So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that [was] at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
WEB World English Bible
So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the Tent of Meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Yahweh had made in the wilderness.
ASV American Standard Version
So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Jehovah had made in the wilderness.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they go—Solomon, and all the assembly with him—to the high place that is in Gibeon, for there hath been God’s tent of meeting, that Moses, servant of Jehovah, made in the wilderness,
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 1
1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God [was] with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.
3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that [was] at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to [the place which] David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
5 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
6 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which [was] at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
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וַיֵּלְכ֗וּH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentשְׁלֹמֹה֙H8010 · she.lo.mohSolomonוְכָל־H3605 · kolallהַקָּהָ֣לH6951 · qa.halassemblyעִמּ֔וֹH5973 · imwithלַבָּמָ֖הH1116 · ba.mahhigh placeאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichבְּגִבְע֑וֹןH1391 · giv.onGibeonכִּי־H3588 · kiforשָׁ֣םH8033 · shamthereהָיָ֗הH1961 · ha.yahto beאֹ֤הֶלH168 · o.heltentמוֹעֵד֙H4150 · mo.edmeeting: time appointedהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםH430 · e.lo.himGodאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichעָשָׂ֛הH6213 · a.sahto make: doמֹשֶׁ֥הH4872 · mo.shehMosesעֶֽבֶד־H5650 · e.vedservant/slaveיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDבַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃H4057 · mid.barmouth
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 21:29For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, [were] at that season in the high place at Gibeon.1 Chronicles 16:39And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that [was] at Gibeon,Exodus 40:34Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.Exodus 26:1-37Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle [with] ten curtains [of] fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: [with] cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.Exodus 36:8And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains [of] fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: [with] cherubims of cunning work made he them.Exodus 40:2On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.Deuteronomy 34:5So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.1 Kings 3:4-15And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that [was] the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.Leviticus 1:1And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
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