1 Kings 8:2 Parallel Translations

All the people of Israel gathered around King Solomon at the Festival of Booths in the month of Ethanim, the seventh month.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, the seventh month.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

and all the men of Israel are assembled unto king Solomon, in the month of Ethanim, in the festival -- is the seventh month.

1 Kings 8:2 Cross References

XREF:

Leviticus 23:34 "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'On the fifteenth of this seventh month is the Feast of Booths for seven days to the LORD.

1 Kings 8:65 So Solomon observed the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God, for seven days and seven more days, even fourteen days.

2 Chronicles 7:8 So Solomon observed the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly who came from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

8:2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month {b} Ethanim, which [is] the seventh month.
(b) Containing part of September and part of October, in which they held three solemn feasts, Nu 29:1.

WES:

8:2 All Israel - Not only the chief men, but a vast number of the common people. The feast - The feast of the dedication, to which Solomon had invited them. Seventh month - Which time he chose with respect to his peoples convenience, because now they had gathered in all their fruits, and were come up to Jerusalem, to celebrate the feast of tabernacles. But the temple was not finished till the eighth month, chap.6:38, how then could he invite them in the seventh month? This was the seventh month of the next year. For although the house in all its parts was finished the year before, yet the utensils of it were not then fully finished: and many preparations were to be made for this great and extraordinary occasion.

MHC:

8:1-11 The bringing in the ark, is the end which must crown the work: this was done with great solemnity. The ark was fixed in the place appointed for its rest in the inner part of the house, whence they expected God to speak to them, even in the most holy place. The staves of the ark were drawn out, so as to direct the high priest to the mercy-seat over the ark, when he went in, once a year, to sprinkle the blood there; so that they continued of use, though there was no longer occasion to carry it by them. The glory of God appearing in a cloud may signify, 1. The darkness of that dispensation, in comparison with the light of the gospel, by which, with open face, we behold, as in a glass, the glory of the Lord. 2. The darkness of our present state, in comparison with the sight of God, which will be the happiness of heaven, where the Divine glory is unveiled.

CONC:

Assembled Ethanim Eth'anim Feast Festival Month Seventh Solomon Themselves

Assembled Feast Festival Israel Month Seventh Solomon Themselves Time Together

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