1 Kings 8:65
in 1 Kings 8So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt, before Jehovah our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
KJV
And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
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This verse in 1 Kings 8
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
A feast necessarily accompanied such a sacrifice as Solomon was holding. Compare Lev 19:5. On the present occasion there was a double festival - first, the Feast of the Dedication, from the 8th to the 15th of the month Ethanim (or Tisri), and then the Feast of tabernacles, from the 15th to the 22nd 1Ki 8:2. On the day after this, “the eighth day,” counting from the commencement of the second seven, and the twenty-third day of the month (margin reference “m”), Solomon dismissed the people to their homes.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
"Solomon held a great feast, etc." [1 Kings 8:65] It is said that Solomon held a great feast, and all Israel with him; a great multitude from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt before the Lord; by the entrance of Hamath, it …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
And it seems to be expressed in this manner, to intimate, that these fourteen days of rejoicing, were not altogether, but that there was some interval between them, which indeed was necessary, because the day of atonement was on the tenth day of this month, Lev. xxiii, 27.
These were Israel's golden days, days of the Son of man in type. The Dedication of the Temple. 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 L ORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
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And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt--that is, from one extremity of the kingdom to the other. The people flocked from all quarters. seven days and seven days, even fourteen days--The first seven were occupied with the dedication, and the other seven devoted to the feast of tabernacles (2Ch 7:9).
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
From - Hamath - Supposed to be Antioch of Syria; unto the river of Egypt - to the Rhinocorura; the former being on the north, the latter on the south: i.e., from one extremity of the land to the other.
The words behind it
26 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֣עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he observed | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| בָֽעֵת־ | vaet- | at the time | H6256 → | 296 times |
| הַהִ֣יא׀ | hahi' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הֶחָ֡ג | hechag | the festival | H2282 → | 62 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| עִמּוֹ֩ | imo | with him | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| קָהָ֨ל | kahal | an assembly | H6951 → | 123 times |
| גָּד֜וֹל | gadol | great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| מִלְּב֥וֹא | milevo' | from Lebo | H935 → | 2568 times |
| חֲמָ֣ת׀ | chamat | Hamath | H2574 → | |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| נַ֣חַל | nachal | [the] wadi of | H5158 → | 141 times |
| מִצְרַ֗יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| לִפְנֵי֙ | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ | ʾeloheinu | God our | H430 → | 2601 times |
| שִׁבְעַ֥ת | shivat | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| יָמִ֖ים | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| וְשִׁבְעַ֣ת | veshivat | and seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| יָמִ֑ים | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| אַרְבָּעָ֥ה | ʾarbaah | four- | H702 → | 318 times |
| עָשָׂ֖ר | ʾasar | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| יֽוֹם׃ | yom | day[s] | H3117 → | 2304 times |
וַיַּ֣עַשׂand he observed
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֣הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
בָֽעֵת־at the time
vaet-H6256 →296 times
הַהִ֣יא׀<the> that
hahi'H1931 →1879 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הֶחָ֡גthe festival
hechagH2282 →62 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֣לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
עִמּוֹ֩with him
imoH5973 →1050 times
קָהָ֨לan assembly
kahalH6951 →123 times
גָּד֜וֹלgreat
gadolH1419 →526 times
מִלְּב֥וֹאfrom Lebo
milevo'H935 →2568 times
חֲמָ֣ת׀Hamath
chamatH2574 →
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
נַ֣חַל[the] wadi of
nachalH5158 →141 times
מִצְרַ֗יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
לִפְנֵי֙<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּGod our
ʾeloheinuH430 →2601 times
שִׁבְעַ֥תseven
shivatH7651 →394 times
יָמִ֖יםdays
yamimH3117 →2304 times
וְשִׁבְעַ֣תand seven
veshivatH7651 →394 times
יָמִ֑יםdays
yamimH3117 →2304 times
אַרְבָּעָ֥הfour-
ʾarbaahH702 →318 times
עָשָׂ֖רteen
ʾasarH6240 →338 times
יֽוֹם׃day[s]
yomH3117 →2304 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 34:8and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad,
it leads to
- Numbers 13:21
So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 13:21
Through
Numbers 34:5where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.
it leads to
- Joshua 15:4
It proceeded to Azmon, joined the Brook of Egypt, and ended at the Sea. This was their southern border.
- Genesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
- Joshua 15:4
Through
2 Kings 14:25This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 3:17
The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
- Jonah 1:1
Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,
- Joshua 19:13
From there it crossed eastward to Gath-hepher and to Eth-kazin; it extended to Rimmon and curved around toward Neah.
- Matthew 12:39–40
Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
- Deuteronomy 3:17
Through
1 Kings 8:2And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.
it leads to
- Leviticus 23:34
“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days.
- Leviticus 23:34
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Questions on the Book of Kings #15; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
