2 Chronicles 7:7; 2 Chronicles 8:12; 2 Chronicles 15:8; 1 Kings 8:64; 2 Kings 16:14; Ezekiel 43:13–17

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2 Chronicles 7:7

aAnd Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord, for there he offered the burnt offering and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar Solomon had made could not hold the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat.


2 Chronicles 8:12

12 Then Solomon offered up burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord tthat he had built before the vestibule,


2 Chronicles 15:8

As soon as Asa heard these words, hthe prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded, he took courage and put away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from ithe cities that he had taken in jthe hill country of Ephraim, and he repaired the altar of the Lord kthat was in front of the vestibule of the house of the Lord.1


1 Kings 8:64

64 The same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord, for there he offered the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings, because fthe bronze altar that was before the Lord was too small to receive the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings.


2 Kings 16:14

14 And pthe bronze altar that was before the Lord he removed qfrom the front of the house, from the place between rhis altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of rhis altar.


Ezekiel 43:13–17

The Altar

13 These are the measurements of cthe altar by cubits (the cubit being da cubit and a handbreadth):1 its base shall be one cubit high2 and one cubit broad, with a rim of one span3 around its edge. And this shall be the height of the altar: 14 from the base on the ground to the lower ledge, two cubits, with a breadth of one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits, with a breadth of one cubit; 15 and the altar hearth, four cubits; and from the altar hearth projecting upward, efour horns. 16 The altar hearth shall be fsquare, twelve cubits long by twelve broad. 17 The ledge also shall be square, fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad, with a rim around it half a cubit broad, and its base one cubit all around. gThe steps of the altar shall face east.