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2 Chronicles 8:12-15 to 1 Kings 9:25

Text: 2 Chronicles 8:12-15

OT Text Referred to: 1 Kings 9:25

Subject: Solomon's worship

Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Reference Type: Allusion

Connection Method(s): None

Significance: Where 1 Kings 9:25 briefly notes that Solomon offered burnt offerings three times a year, the Chronicler expands this into a detailed account of Solomon's liturgical calendar (2 Chr 8:12-15): daily offerings, Sabbath offerings, new moon offerings, and the three annual festivals (Unleavened Bread, Weeks, and Tabernacles). The Chronicler adds that Solomon organized priestly divisions and Levitical duties "as David his father had prescribed" (kemitsvat David aviv), connecting Solomon's worship to David's organizational blueprint and grounding the Second Temple's liturgical calendar in royal precedent.


Merged from reverse-direction file

Consolidated 2026-06-09 per the later-text → earlier-text canonical-direction ruling (Full Corpus Audit, Phase 0). The content below is preserved verbatim from the deleted file "1 Kings 9.25 to 2 Chronicles 8.12-15"; fold unique material into the Significance during the Phase 3 IP audit, then remove this section.

Text: 1 Kings 9:25

OT Text Referred to: 2 Chronicles 8:12-15

Subject: Solomon's sacrificial worship — parallel account with expansion

Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Reference Type: Allusion

Connection Method(s): None

Significance: In 1 Kings 9:25, Solomon's worship is summarized briefly: "three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD." The Chronicler in 2 Chronicles 8:12-15 expands this into a full liturgical calendar: Solomon offered sacrifices "according to the daily requirement," observed the Sabbaths, new moons, and three annual feasts (Unleavened Bread, Weeks, and Tabernacles), and maintained the priestly and Levitical divisions "as David his father had established." The Chronicler's expansion emphasizes that Solomon's worship was fully compliant with both Mosaic law and Davidic liturgical organization.


Merged from reverse-direction file

Consolidated 2026-06-09 (pass #2 — verse-range variant) per the later-text → earlier-text canonical-direction ruling. The content below is preserved verbatim from the deleted file "1 Kings 9.25 to 2 Chronicles 8.12"; fold unique material into the Significance during the Phase 3 IP audit, then remove this section.

Text: 1 Kings 9:25

OT Text Referred to: 2 Chronicles 8:12

Subject: Solomon's worship

Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Reference Type: Allusion

Connection Method(s): None

Significance: In 1 Kings 9:25, Solomon offers burnt offerings (עֹלוֹת, 'olot) and peace offerings (שְׁלָמִים, shelamim) three times a year. The Chronicler in 2 Chronicles 8:12 describes the same practice but adds that Solomon offered "on the altar of the LORD which he had built before the portico" and "according to the daily requirement" — specifying both the altar's location and the regularity of sacrifice. The Chronicler's emphasis on "daily requirement" and compliance with "the commandment of Moses" highlights Solomon's role as the model liturgical king who maintains proper worship according to Torah prescription.