1 Kings 8:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Lev 23:34 : 34 Say to the children of Israel, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month let the feast of tents be kept to the Lord for seven days.
  • 2 Chr 7:8-9 : 8 So Solomon kept the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great meeting, for the people had come together from the way into Hamath and from as far as the river of Egypt. 9 And on the eighth day they had a holy meeting; the offerings for making the altar holy went on for seven days, and the feast for seven days. 10 And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month, he sent the people away to their tents, full of joy and glad in their hearts, because of all the good which the Lord had done to David and to Solomon and to Israel his people.
  • Ezra 3:4 : 4 And they kept the feast of tents, as it is recorded, making the regular burned offerings every day by number, as it is ordered; for every day what was needed.
  • Neh 8:14-18 : 14 And they saw that it was recorded in the law that the Lord had given orders by Moses, that the children of Israel were to have tents for their living-places in the feast of the seventh month: 15 And that they were to give out an order, and make it public in all their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, Go out to the mountain and get olive branches and branches of field olives and of myrtle, and palm branches and branches of thick trees, to make tents, as it says in the book. 16 And the people went out and got them and made themselves tents, every one on the roof of his house, and in the open spaces and in the open squares of the house of God, and in the wide place of the water-doorway, and the wide place of the doorway of Ephraim. 17 All the people who had been prisoners and had come back, made tents and were living in them: for from the time of Jeshua, the son of Nun, till that day, the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very great joy. 18 And day by day, from the first day till the last, he was reading from the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast for seven days: and on the eighth day there was a holy meeting, as it is ordered in the law.
  • Zech 14:16-19 : 16 And it will come about that everyone who is still living, of all those nations who came against Jerusalem, will go up from year to year to give worship to the King, the Lord of armies, and to keep the feast of tents. 17 And it will be that if any one of all the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to give worship to the King, the Lord of armies, on them there will be no rain. 18 And if the family of Egypt does not go up or come there, they will be attacked by the disease which the Lord will send on the nations: 19 This will be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations who do not go up to keep the feast of tents.
  • John 7:2 : 2 But the feast of the Jews, the feast of tents, was near.
  • John 7:37 : 37 On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus got up and said in a loud voice, If any man is in need of drink let him come to me and I will give it to him.
  • Num 29:12-39 : 12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month let there be a holy meeting; do no field-work, and keep a feast to the Lord for seven days; 13 And give a burned offering, an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord, thirteen oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, all without any mark on them; 14 And their meal offering, the best meal mixed with oil, three tenth parts for every one of the thirteen oxen, two tenth parts for every male sheep, 15 And a separate tenth part for every one of the fourteen lambs; 16 And one he-goat for a sin-offering; in addition to the regular burned offering, and its meal offering, and its drink offering. 17 On the second day of the feast give an offering of twelve oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark on them; 18 And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the oxen and the sheep and the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered: 19 And one he-goat for a sin-offering in addition to the regular burned offering, and its meal offering, and their drink offerings. 20 And on the third day eleven oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark; 21 And their meal offering and drink offerings for the oxen, for the male sheep, and for the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered: 22 And one he-goat for a sin-offering; in addition to the regular burned offering, and its meal offering, and its drink offering. 23 And on the fourth day ten oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark: 24 And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the oxen, for the male sheep, and for the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered. 25 And one he-goat for a sin-offering; in addition to the regular burned offering, and its meal offering, and its drink offering. 26 And on the fifth day nine oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark: 27 And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the oxen, for the male sheep, and for the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered: 28 And one he-goat for a sin-offering; in addition to the regular burned offering, and its meal offering, and its drink offering. 29 And on the sixth day eight oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark: 30 And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the oxen, for the male sheep, and for the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered: 31 And one he-goat for a sin-offering; in addition to the regular burned offering, its meal offering, and its drink offerings. 32 And on the seventh day seven oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark: 33 And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the oxen, for the male sheep, and for the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered: 34 And one he-goat for a sin-offering; in addition to the regular burned offering, its meal offering, and its drink offering. 35 On the eighth day let there be a holy meeting: you may do no field-work; 36 And give a burned offering, an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord: one ox, one male sheep, seven he-lambs of the first year, without any mark: 37 With the meal offering and the drink offerings for the ox, the male sheep, and the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered: 38 And one he-goat for a sin-offering; in addition to the regular burned offering, and its meal offering, and its drink offering. 39 These are the offerings which you are to give to the Lord at your regular feasts, in addition to the offerings for an oath, and the free offerings you give, for your burned offerings and your drink offerings and your peace-offerings.
  • Deut 16:13 : 13 You are to keep the feast of tents for seven days after you have got in all your grain and made your wine:
  • 1 Kgs 8:65 : 65 So Solomon and all Israel with him, a very great meeting, (for the people had come together from the way into Hamath to the river of Egypt,) kept the feast at that time before the Lord our God, for two weeks, even fourteen days.
  • 2 Chr 5:3 : 3 And all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.

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    7 Then Solomon made holy the middle of the open square in front of the house of the Lord, offering the burned offerings there, and the fat of the peace-offerings; for there was not room on the brass altar which Solomon had made for all the burned offerings and the meal offerings and the fat.

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    9 And on the eighth day they had a holy meeting; the offerings for making the altar holy went on for seven days, and the feast for seven days.

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