Graphic Bible · Scene 26 of 28

Broad open middle court used for offerings, bronze altar visibly insufficient for scale. No invented extra permanent altars.
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1 Kings 8:64

The middle court consecrated

The Ark and the Temple Dedication · 1 Kings 8

Story guide: Solomon's offerings overflow the bronze altar, so the open middle court before the house of Yahweh becomes the place of sacrifice.

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64On that day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of Yahweh, because there he offered the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat portions of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was before Yahweh was too small to contain the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat portions of the peace offerings.

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