“Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the LORD, twenty two thousand head of cattle and one hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the LORD’s house.”

Reading this verse in context

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.