complete verse (1 Kings 3:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 3:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “One day, Solomon went to a place called Gibeon to make sacrifices. In that place was a very famous altar. While he was there, he slaughtered one thousand animals and there he made the sacrifices which were to be burnt completely.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “King Solomon went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, because most important of these places of worship was there. He gave a thousand sacrificial animals to kill and offer on the altar as burnt offerings.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “One time, King Solomon went to Gibeon to sacrifice, for it was there the most-famous place-of-worship on the high place. He sacrificed on the altar 1,000 burnt offering.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “One day the king went to Gibeon city to offer a sacrifice there, because that was where the most famous/important altar was. In previous years he had offered hundreds of sacrifices on that altar.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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