7:7a Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD,

Solomon declared the center part of the courtyard, in front of the temple of Yahweh, to be a holy place.
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King Solomon set apart the central courtyard for worship. This courtyard was in front of Yahweh’s house.

7:7b and there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings,

There he offered animals as burnt offerings, and he offered the fat from the peace offerings.
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He made completely burned sacrifices there, and burned the fatty parts from the sacrifices that bring peace with Yahweh.

7:7c since the bronze altar he had made could not contain all these offerings.

⌊He had to do this⌋ because the bronze altar that he had made was too small for all the burnt offerings, the gifts of grain, and the fat from the peace offerings.
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⌊He offered them in the courtyard⌋ because the bronze platform for sacrifices he had built was not large enough. It did not have enough space for all the offerings of animals, and grain, and fat.

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