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.
Leeser Tanakh
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, shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord.
Deuteronomy 16:13The feast of tabernacles shalt thou hold for thyself seven days, when thou hast gathered in the produce of thy threshing-floor and of thy wine-press:
2 Chronicles 5:3And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king at the feast which is [in] the seventh month.
2 Chronicles 7:9And they held on the eighth day a solemn assembly; for the dedication of the altar they held seven days, and the feast seven days.
Nehemiah 8:14And they found written in the law that the Lord had commanded through means of Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths during the feast in the seventh month.
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 →