1 Kings 8:66
in 1 Kings 8On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that Jehovah had showed unto David his servant, and to Israel his people.
KJV
On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
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This verse in 1 Kings 8
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThey blessed the king - Wished him all spiritual and temporal happiness. They were contented with their king, at peace among themselves, and happy in their God; so that they returned to their houses magnifying their God for all his bounty to them, their country, and their king. How happy must these people have been, and how prosperous, had their king continued to walk uprightly before God! But alas! the king fell, and the nation followed his example.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
But we should note this too: having explained the dedication and subsequent festival, Scripture concludes, "And Solomon dismissed the people, who blessed the king and set out for their own dwellings joyfully and glad of heart for all the goodness the Lord had done for …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
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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He sent - Solomon having joined with the people in the solemn assembly, which was kept on the eighth day; in the close of that day took his solemn farewell, and dismissed them with his blessing; and the next morning when the heads and elders with divers of the people came to take their leave of the king, he sent them away.
On the eighth day he sent the people away,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Their tents - i. e. “their homes.” The word “tents” was used for “houses” from an old habit of speech, which had come down from the time when the Israelites were a nomadic nation.
The words behind it
23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בַּיּ֤וֹם | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַשְּׁמִינִי֙ | hashemini | <the> eighth | H8066 → | 28 times |
| שִׁלַּ֣ח | shilach | he sent away | H7971 → | 845 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָעָ֔ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וַֽיְבָרֲכ֖וּ | vayvarakhu | and they blessed | H1288 → | 330 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| וַיֵּלְכ֣וּ | vaiyelekhu | and they went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| לְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם | leoholeihem | to tents their | H168 → | 345 times |
| שְׂמֵחִים֙ | semechim | joyful | H8056 → | 21 times |
| וְט֣וֹבֵי | vetoei | and good of | H2896 → | 538 times |
| לֵ֔ב | lev | heart | H3820 → | 595 times |
| עַ֣ל | ʾal | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַטּוֹבָ֗ה | hatovah | the good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֤ה | ʾasah | he had done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לְדָוִ֣ד | ledavid | to David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| עַבְדּ֔וֹ | avdo | servant his | H5650 → | 799 times |
| וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | uleyisrael | and to Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| עַמּֽוֹ׃ | amo | people his | H5971 → | 1873 times |
בַּיּ֤וֹםon the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַשְּׁמִינִי֙<the> eighth
hasheminiH8066 →28 times
שִׁלַּ֣חhe sent away
shilachH7971 →845 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָעָ֔םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
וַֽיְבָרֲכ֖וּand they blessed
vayvarakhuH1288 →330 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
וַיֵּלְכ֣וּand they went
vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times
לְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֗םto tents their
leoholeihemH168 →345 times
שְׂמֵחִים֙joyful
semechimH8056 →21 times
וְט֣וֹבֵיand good of
vetoeiH2896 →538 times
לֵ֔בheart
levH3820 →595 times
עַ֣לon
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַטּוֹבָ֗הthe good
hatovahH2896 →538 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֤הhe had done
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לְדָוִ֣דto David
ledavidH1732 →999 times
עַבְדּ֔וֹservant his
avdoH5650 →799 times
וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לand to Israel
uleyisraelH3478 →2507 times
עַמּֽוֹ׃people his
amoH5971 →1873 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
Philippians 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
it leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18
Rejoice at all times.
- Romans 12:12
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
- James 1:2–4
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
- Philippians 3:1
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.
- Matthew 5:12
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18
Through
Acts 2:46With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
it leads to
- Acts 5:42
Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.
- Acts 2:42
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
- Psalms 86:11
Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.
- Acts 5:42
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, Homilies on the Gospels 2.24; 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.