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 children of Israel, and say, 'On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of booths for seven days to the LORD.

"'On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work, and you shall keep a feast to the LORD seven days:

You shall keep the feast of tents seven days, after that you have gathered in from your threshing floor and from your winepress:

And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast, which was in the seventh month.

So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from Lebo Hamath to the brook of Egypt.

They kept the feast of tents, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required;

They found written in the law, how that the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month;

It will happen that everyone who is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of booths.

Now the Jewish festival, the Feast of Tabernacles, was near.

General references

Now the Jewish festival, the Feast of Tabernacles, was near.