1 Kings 8:2
And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, that is, the seventh month.
Darby Translation
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 unto the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of booths seven days to Jehovah.
Deuteronomy 16:13The feast of tabernacles shalt thou hold seven days, when thou hast gathered in [the produce] of thy floor and of thy winepress.
2 Chronicles 5:3And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast, that of 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 which Jehovah had commanded through Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month,
John 7:2Now the tabernacles, the feast of the Jews, 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 →