1 Kings 8:2
And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
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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 tabernacles for seven days unto Jehovah.
Deuteronomy 16:13Thou shalt keep the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in from thy threshing-floor and from thy winepress:
2 Chronicles 5:3nd all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto 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 Jehovah had commanded by Moses, that the children 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 at hand.
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 →