1 Kings 8:2
So all the men of Israel came together unto King Solomon, in the month of steady flowings, at the festival,—the same is the seventh month.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
3And all the elders of Israel came in,—and the priests took up the ark;
Cross References
Leviticus 23:34Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying:—On the fifteenth day of this seventh month, shall be the festival of booths, for seven days, unto Yahweh.
Deuteronomy 16:13The festival of booths, shalt thou keep for thyself seven days,—when thou hast gathered in out of thy threshing-floor and out of thy wine-vat.
2 Chronicles 5:3And all the men of Israel came together unto the king, in the festival,—the same, was the seventh month.
2 Chronicles 7:9And they made, on the eighth day, a closing feast,—because, the dedication of the altar, they had kept seven days and a festival seven days.
Nehemiah 8:14And they found written in the law,—that Yahweh gave command through Moses, that the sons of Israel should dwell in booths, during the festival of the seventh month;
John 7:2But the feast of the Jews was near, that of the pitching of tents.
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 →