Lexicon :: Strong's H2459 - ḥēleḇ

On the same day, the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard that was in front of the LORD’s temple because that was where he offered the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the fat of the fellowship offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to accommodate the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the fellowship offerings.

Since the bronze altar that Solomon had made could not accommodate the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the fat of the fellowship offerings, Solomon first consecrated the middle of the courtyard that was in front of the LORD’s temple and then offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings there.

Furthermore, the burnt offerings were abundant, along with the fat of the fellowship offerings and with the drink offerings for the burnt offering.

So the service of the LORD’s temple was established.

Afterward, they made preparations for themselves and for the priests, since the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were busy offering up burnt offerings and fat until night. So the Levites made preparations for themselves and for the priests, the descendants of Aaron.

Though his face is covered with fat[fn]

and his waistline bulges with it,

They are uncaring;[fn]

their mouths speak arrogantly.

You satisfy me as with rich food;[fn]

my mouth will praise you with joyful lips.

Their eyes bulge out from fatness;

the imaginations of their hearts run wild.

But he would feed Israel[fn] with the best wheat.

“I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.”

Their hearts are hard and insensitive,

but I delight in your instruction.

He endows your territory with prosperity;[fn]

he satisfies you with the finest wheat.

“What are all your sacrifices to me? ”

asks the LORD.

“I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams

and the fat of well-fed cattle;

I have no desire for the blood of bulls,

lambs, or male goats.

The LORD’s sword is covered with blood.

It drips with fat,

with the blood of lambs and goats,

with the fat of the kidneys of rams.

For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah,

a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

“You have not bought me aromatic cane with silver,

or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices.

But you have burdened me with your sins;

you have wearied me with your iniquities.

“You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened animals, but you do not tend the flock.

“You will eat fat until you are satisfied and drink blood until you are drunk, at my sacrificial feast that I have prepared for you.

“When you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in both heart and flesh, to occupy my sanctuary, you defiled my temple while you offered my food ​— ​the fat and the blood. You[fn] broke my covenant by all your detestable practices.