"And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place; Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings upon the altar." — Solomon travels to *Gibeon* (*Gib'on*), the *greatest of the high places* (*ha-gadol ba-bamot*), to make a *massive sacrifice*: *elef olot hiqlif Shlomoh 'al ha-mizbeach* (a thousand burnt offerings). The thousand burnt offerings are extraordinarily lavish, suggesting Solomon's *prodigious piety* and wealth. Gibeon's significance lies partly in its connection to the *tabernacle* (1 Chron 16:39)—it remains a major cultic site even after Jerusalem's establishment.

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