1 Kings 8:2

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Summary

And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

At the feast

General references

John 7:2

Bible References

At the feast

"Speak to the {Israelites}, saying, 'On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, this [shall be] the Feast of Booths [for] seven days for Yahweh.

" 'Then on the fifteenth day of the seventh month you will have a holy convocation; {you will not do any regular work}, and you will hold a religious feast for Yahweh for seven days.

"You shall celebrate the Feast of Booths for yourselves seven days {at the gathering in of the produce} from your threshing floor and from your press;

And all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the feast that [is in] the seventh month.

And Solomon held a feast at that time [of] seven days. And all Israel [was] with him, a very great assembly, from Lebo-Hamath to the river of Egypt.

And they kept the feast of booths, as it is written, and [offered] burnt offerings day by day in number according to the ordinance {as described for each day}.

They found written in the law, which Yahweh had commanded by the hand of Moses, that the {Israelites} should live in booths during the festival of the seventh month,

{And then} every survivor from all those nations coming against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship [the] king, Yahweh of hosts, and celebrate the Feast of Booths.

Now the feast of the Jews--the [feast of] Tabernacles--was near.

General references

Now the feast of the Jews--the [feast of] Tabernacles--was near.