1 Kings 8:2
All the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
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3All the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
Cross References
Leviticus 23:34"Speak to the children of Israel, and say, 'On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of booths for seven days to the Lord.
Deuteronomy 16:13You shall keep the feast of tents seven days, after that you have gathered in from your threshing floor and from your 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 7:9On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
Nehemiah 8:14They found written in the law, how that the Lord had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month;
John 7:2Now the Jewish festival, 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 →