2 Chronicles 7:8
in 2 Chronicles 7So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt.
KJV
Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 7
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Solomon kept the feast - i. e., Solomon kept at this same time, not the Feast of the Dedication only, but also the Feast of tabernacles. The former lasted seven days, from the 8th of Tisri to the 15th, the latter also seven days, from the 15th to the 22nd. On the day following the people were dismissed 2Ch 7:10.
This site's exposition
Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard
on 2 Chronicles 7:7-10
The bronze altar “could not contain all these offerings,” so Solomon consecrates the middle of the courtyard, as at 1 Kings 8:64. The dedication of the altar takes seven days, the feast seven more, and a solemn assembly on the eighth day closes it.
This site's exposition
kept the feast for seven days
The feast of seven days is the Feast of Tabernacles, kept after the harvest in September and October. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that the dedication was set to fall just before it. So two feasts ran back to back.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Solomon kept the feast seven days--The time chosen for the dedication of the temple was immediately previous to the feast of tabernacles (see on 1Ki 8:1-12). That season, which came after the harvest, corresponding to our September and October, lasted seven days, and during so prolonged a festival there was time afforded for the offering of the immense sacrifices enumerated.
The entering in of Hamath - “From the entrance of Antioch to the Nile of Egypt.” - Targum.
The words behind it
19 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 |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הֶ֠חָג | hechog | the festival | H2282 → | 62 times |
| בָּעֵ֨ת | baet | at the time | H6256 → | 296 times |
| הַהִ֜יא | hahi' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| שִׁבְעַ֤ת | shivat | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| יָמִים֙ | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| עִמּ֔וֹ | imo | [was] with him | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| קָהָ֖ל | kahal | an assembly | H6951 → | 123 times |
| גָּד֣וֹל | gadol | great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| מְאֹ֑ד | meod | very | H3966 → | 300 times |
| מִלְּב֥וֹא | milevo' | from Lebo | H935 → | 2568 times |
| חֲמָ֖ת | chamat | Hamath | H2574 → | |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| נַ֥חַל | nachal | [the] wadi of | H5158 → | 141 times |
| מִצְרָֽיִם׃ | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
וַיַּ֣עַשׂand he observed
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֣הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הֶ֠חָגthe festival
hechogH2282 →62 times
בָּעֵ֨תat the time
baetH6256 →296 times
הַהִ֜יא<the> that
hahi'H1931 →1879 times
שִׁבְעַ֤תseven
shivatH7651 →394 times
יָמִים֙days
yamimH3117 →2304 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֣לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
עִמּ֔וֹ[was] with him
imoH5973 →1050 times
קָהָ֖לan assembly
kahalH6951 →123 times
גָּד֣וֹלgreat
gadolH1419 →526 times
מְאֹ֑דvery
meodH3966 →300 times
מִלְּב֥וֹאfrom Lebo
milevo'H935 →2568 times
חֲמָ֖תHamath
chamatH2574 →
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
נַ֥חַל[the] wadi of
nachalH5158 →141 times
מִצְרָֽיִם׃Egypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 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
Genesis 15:18On 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—
it leads to
- Joshua 1:3–4
I have given you every place where the sole of your foot will tread, just as I promised to Moses.
- Genesis 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
- Genesis 24:7
The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this…
- Genesis 13:15
for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
- Deuteronomy 11:24
Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.
- Joshua 1:3–4
Through
1 Kings 8:65So 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…
it leads to
- Numbers 34:5
where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.
- 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.
- Numbers 34:8
and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad,
- Numbers 34:5
Where this verse is studied
About 2 Chronicles

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); Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.
