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1 Kings 8:65

in 1 Kings 8

So 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.

BSB

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.

This verse in 1 Kings 8

Commentary

7 notes on this verse
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

A commentator

Bede

Questions on the Book of Kings #15 · Written before 735.

proposed

"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

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

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.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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 & Brown

1802–1910

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

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

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 words

Every 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.

  • וַיַּ֣עַשׂand he observed

    vaiyaasH62132628 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹ֣הSolomon

    shelomohH8010291 times

  • בָֽעֵת־at the time

    vaet-H6256296 times

  • הַהִ֣יא׀<the> that

    hahi'H19311879 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • הֶחָ֡גthe festival

    hechagH228262 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH36055413 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֣לIsrael

    yisraelH34782507 times

  • עִמּוֹ֩with him

    imoH59731050 times

  • קָהָ֨לan assembly

    kahalH6951123 times

  • גָּד֜וֹלgreat

    gadolH1419526 times

  • מִלְּב֥וֹאfrom Lebo

    milevo'H9352568 times

  • חֲמָ֣ת׀Hamath

    chamatH2574

  • עַד־to

    ʾad-H57041261 times

  • נַ֣חַל[the] wadi of

    nachalH5158141 times

  • מִצְרַ֗יִםEgypt

    mitzrayimH4714641 times

  • לִפְנֵי֙<to> before

    lifneiH64402123 times

  • יְהוָ֣הYahweh

    yahwehH30686520 times

  • אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּGod our

    ʾeloheinuH4302601 times

  • שִׁבְעַ֥תseven

    shivatH7651394 times

  • יָמִ֖יםdays

    yamimH31172304 times

  • וְשִׁבְעַ֣תand seven

    veshivatH7651394 times

  • יָמִ֑יםdays

    yamimH31172304 times

  • אַרְבָּעָ֥הfour-

    ʾarbaahH702318 times

  • עָשָׂ֖רteen

    ʾasarH6240338 times

  • יֽוֹם׃day[s]

    yomH31172304 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 34:8

    and 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.

  • Through

    Numbers 34:5

    where 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—

  • Through

    2 Kings 14:25

    This 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.

  • Through

    1 Kings 8:2

    And 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.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

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.