And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.
Three times in a year - namely, at the Passover, Pentecost, and feast of tabernacles (2 Chronicles 8:13; 2 Chronicles 31:3).
Did Solomon offer burnt offerings, and peace offerings ... and he burnt incense upon the altar, х wªhe`ªlaah (H5927) `olowt (H5930), he caused to ascend; wªhaqTeeyr (H6999) (Hiphil), and he burnt incense] - i:e., not personally, but through the official instrumentality of Azariah (1 Kings 4:2: cf. 1 Chronicles 6:10), or of some of the other priests. He could not without the most daring presumption have encroached upon the special province of the priesthood (cf. 2 Chronicles 26:16-23). The circumstances mentioned in these two verses form a proper conclusion to the record of his buildings, and show that his design in erecting those at Jerusalem was to remedy defects existing at the commencement of his reign (see the notes at 1 Kings 3:1-4).