64 On ^athe same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was in front of the house of the Lord; for there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the ^bbronze altar that was before the Lord was too small to receive the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.  ‡

65 At that time Solomon held ^aa feast, and all Israel with him, a great assembly from ^bthe entrance of Hamath to ^cthe Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, ^dseven days and seven more days—fourteen days.  ‡