1 Kings 8:2
And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
Cross References
Leviticus 23:34Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tabernacles for seven days to LORD.
Deuteronomy 16:13Thou shall keep the feast of tabernacles seven days after thou have gathered in from thy threshing-floor and from thy winepress.
2 Chronicles 5:3And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast, which was [in] the seventh month.
2 Chronicles 7:9And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly. For they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
Nehemiah 8:14And they found written in the law how that LORD had commanded by Moses that the sons of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month,
John 7:2Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was near.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 8:2-12
The Dedication of the Temple. ( b. c. 1003.) 1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion. 2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. 4 And… Read the whole commentary →