1 Kings 8:65

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Held

1 Kings 8:2

Leviticus 23:34

2 Chronicles 7:8

A great

2 Chronicles 30:13

Psalm 40:9

From the entering

The river

Seven days

2 Chronicles 7:8

2 Chronicles 30:23

General references

John 7:2

Bible References

Held

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

Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tabernacles for seven days to LORD.

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

A great

And many people assembled at Jerusalem to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great assembly.

I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly. Lo, I will not refrain my lips. O LORD, thou know.

From the entering

And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

And the border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath;

[namely], the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon to the entrance of Hamath.

He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of LORD, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher.

For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, says LORD, the God of hosts, and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.

The river

In that day LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River. For I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and thou shall drive them out before thee.

And the border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even to the border of Ekron northward, [which] is reckoned to the Canaanites; the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekron

Seven days

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

And the whole assembly took counsel to keep another seven days. And they kept [those] seven days with gladness.

General references

Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was near.