4. Kiriath-jearim] Compare 1 Chronicles xiii. 5.
pitched a tent] compare 1 Chronicles xv. 1.
⁵Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there[¹] before the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
[¹] Or, as otherwise read, he had put.
5. Bezalel] See Exodus xxxi. 2, xxxviii. 1–7, and compare 1 Chronicles ii. 20.
was there] margin he had put. In the Hebrew the position of a point makes the difference between these two translations.
sought unto it] See 1 Chronicles xxviii. 8, note.
⁶And Solomon went[¹] up thither to the brasen altar before the Lord, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
[¹] Or, offered there, upon ... yea, he offered.
6. went up thither] or, as margin, offered there, upon. It is to be noted that the Chronicler does not ignore the exercise of priestly functions by Solomon, although such exercise must have seemed wrong in his eyes, but follows his authority (1 Kings iii. 4) without adding any explanation.