The same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD, for there he offered the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was before the LORD was too small to receive the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings.
Solomon spent more on God's altar than on his own table, thousands of beasts where heathen offered hundreds. Few souls are thus minded, to give their God the better part of their substance. The brazen altar could not hold them all, so they sacrificed in the court itself, on ground and makeshift altars; generosity toward the Lord knows no shortage of occasion.
AI summary
Commenting on 1 Kings 8:62-66
The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court--that is, the whole extent of the priests' court--the altar of burnt offerings, though large (Ch2 4:1), being totally inadequate for the vast number of sacrifices that distinguished this occasion. It was only a temporary erection to meet the demands of an extraordinary season, in aid of the established altar, and removed at the conclusion of the sacred festival.
Did the king hallow the middle of the court - The great altar of burnt-offerings was not sufficient for the number of sacrifices which were then made; therefore the middle of the court was set apart, and an altar erected there for the same purpose.