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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 seruant of the LORD had made in the wildernesse.

1611 marginal note1.King. 3.4. 1.Chro. 16.39. and 21.29.

¶ Then Solomon came from his iourney to the high place that was at Gibeon, to Ierusalem, from before the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and reigned ouer Israel.

Also hee made before the house, two pillars of thirtie and fiue cubites high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them, was fiue cubites.

1611 marginal noteHebr. long.

1611 marginal noteIer. 52.21. 1.king. 7.15.

(For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of fiue cubites long, and fiue cubites broad, and three cubites high, and had set it in the midst of the Court, and vpon it hee stood, and kneeled downe vpon his knees before all the Congregation of Israel, and spread foorth his hands towards heauen.)

1611 marginal noteHebr. the length thereof, &c.

And this house which is high, shall be an astonishment to euery one that passeth by it; so that hee shall say; Why hath the LORD done thus vnto this land, and vnto this house?

1611 marginal noteDeut. 29.24. iere. 22.8,9.

And hee ordeined him priests for the high places, and for the deuils, and for the calues which he had made.

For hee tooke away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake downe the images, and cut downe the groues:

1611 marginal noteHebr. statues.

Also he tooke away out of all the cities of Iudah, the high places and the images: and the kingdome was quiet before him.

1611 marginal noteHeb. Sun-images.

But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: neuerthelesse the heart of Asa was perfect all his dayes.

And his heart was lift vp in the wayes of the LORD: moreouer hee tooke away the high places and groues out of Iudah.

1611 marginal noteThat is, was encouraged.