Text: 1 Chronicles 16:39
OT Text Referred to: 1 Kings 3:4
Subject: sacrifices at tabernacle at Gibeon
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: In 1 Kings 3:4, Solomon sacrifices at Gibeon because it was "the great high place." The Chronicler in 1 Chronicles 16:39 provides the crucial background: "He left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place that was at Gibeon." This explains the unique worship situation in David's era — the ark was in Jerusalem in the tent David pitched, while the Mosaic tabernacle with its bronze altar remained at Gibeon. Solomon's pilgrimage to Gibeon was therefore not mere high-place worship but a visit to the legitimate Mosaic sanctuary, where the prescribed sacrificial system continued under Zadokite oversight.