2 Chronicles 5:3

And all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.

In Context

2Then Solomon sent for all the responsible men of Israel, all the chiefs of the tribes and the heads of families of the children of Israel, to come to Jerusalem and take the ark of the Lord's agreement up out of the town of David, which is Zion.

4All the responsible men of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.

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Cross References

Leviticus 23:34Say to the children of Israel, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month let the feast of tents be kept to the Lord for seven days.

2 Chronicles 7:8So Solomon kept the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great meeting, for the people had come together from the way into Hamath and from as far as the river of Egypt.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 5:2-11

The Ark Placed in the Temple. ( b. c. 1004.) 1 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the Lord was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God. 2 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 Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of… Read the whole commentary →

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