2 Chronicles 1:3

and all the congregation The attendance of the chief representatives of the people at the great sacrifice with which Solomon seems to have inaugurated his reign is probable in itself, but it is passed over in the brief notice in 1 Kings 3:4.

at Gibeon Cp. 1 Chronicles 16:39; 1 Chronicles 21:29; 1 Kings 3:4. It was a city of Benjamin. The Chronicler defends this instance of high-place worship by his explanation that the Tabernacle was on the high place.

the tabernacle of the congregation R.V. the tent of meeting (cp. R.V. Preface, p. vi.). So 2 Chronicles 1:5.

in the wilderness See Exodus 25:1 ff; Exodus 35:4 ff.