1 Kings 8:2
What does 1 Kings 8:2 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 8:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, the seventh month.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and all the men of Israel are assembled unto king Solomon, in the month of Ethanim, in the festival--<FI> is<Fi> the seventh month.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And all Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon, on the festival day, in the month of Ethanim, the same is the seventh month.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, that is, the seventh month.
Context
v.1Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers’housesof the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.
v.2This passage
v.3And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 29:12
And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto Jehovah seven days:
- Zechariah 14:16
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
- 2 Chronicles 5:3
And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king at the feast, which was in the seventh month.
- 2 Chronicles 7:8
So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt.
- Leviticus 23:34
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto Jehovah.
- John 7:2
Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.
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