1Ki 8:3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. Ver. 3. And all the elders of Israel came. ] Heads of tribes, and fathers of families: bringing with them multitudes of common people, who cheerfully and voluntarily flocked to this feast, quod ob hanc dedicationem magnificentissimam fuit solemnissimum, saith A. Lapide. And the priests took up the ark. ] Setting it on the Levites’ shoulders. Numbers 4:5 2Ch 5:4 read more
am 3000, bc 1004 Solomon: This did not take place, according to Abp. Usher, till the year after the temple was finished, because that year was a jubilee. "The 8th day of the 7th month, viz. the 30th of our October, being Friday, was the first of the seven days of dedication; the 10th day, Saturday, November 1, the fast of expiation or atonement was held; whereon, according to the Levitical law, the jubilee was proclaimed by sound of trumpet. The 15th day, Friday, was the feast of tabernacles,... read more
at the feast: Leviticus 23:34, Numbers 29:12-Matthew :, Deuteronomy 16:13, 2 Chronicles 5:3, 2 Chronicles 7:8-2 Samuel :, Ezra 3:4, Nehemiah 8:14-Job :, Zechariah 14:16-Psalms :, John 7:2, John 7:37 Reciprocal: Leviticus 16:29 - in the seventh 1 Kings 8:65 - held 1 Kings 12:32 - like unto read more
the priests took up: Numbers 4:15, Deuteronomy 31:9, Joshua 3:6, Joshua 3:14, Joshua 3:15, Joshua 4:9, Joshua 6:6, 1 Chronicles 15:2, 1 Chronicles 15:11-Ezra :, 2 Chronicles 5:5-Ruth : Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 10:8 - bear 2 Chronicles 5:4 - the Levites read more
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.Elders — The senators, and judges, and rulers.Heads — For each tribe had a peculiar governor.Chief — The chief persons of every great family in each tribe.Jerusalem — Where the temple was built.Bring the ark — To the top of Moriah,... read more
And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.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... read more
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.The priests — For although the Levites might do this, Numbers 4:15, yet the priests did it at this time, for the greater honour of the solemnity; and because the Levites might not enter into the holy-place, much less into the holy of holies, where it was to be placed, into which the priests themselves might not have entered, if the high-priest alone could have done it. read more
1. Elders… heads of the tribes… chief of the fathers Titles comprehending all the leading men of the nation. Elders included more particularly the chosen representatives of the nation; the heads of the tribes were the leading and most influential individuals; and the chiefs or princes of the fathers were the most distinguished and saintly old men of the nation, whose presence and approbation were indispensable at so important an event as the dedication of the temple. That they might... read more
2. The feast in the month Ethanim Which was the feast of tabernacles. See at Leviticus 23:34-43. Ethanim, which Gesenius defines as “the month of flowing streams,” corresponded with our October. Solomon finished the temple in the eighth month, (1 Kings 6:38,) but waited till the seventh month of the next year for the dedication, that it might be coincident with the feast of tabernacles. It is probable, also, that while the temple itself was finished in the eighth month of Solomon’s... read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 8:2
1Ki 8:2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which [is] the seventh month. Ver. 2. In the month Ethanim. ] Which signifieth ripeness or strengh: either because the fruits were then ripe, sc., in September, and strengthened the heart of man; or else, by this festival month men’s hearts were filled with the joy of the Lord, which was their strength, Neh 8:10 and lifted up in the ways of his precepts. read more