1 Kings 8:66

1 Kings 8:66 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)On the following day he sent the people away. They blessed the king and then went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.
• English Standard Version (ESV)On the eighth day he sent the people away, and they blessed the king and went to their homes joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had shown to David his servant and to Israel his people.
• New King James Version (NKJV)On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the good that the Lord had done for His servant David, and for Israel His people.
• New Living Translation (NLT)After the festival was over, Solomon sent the people home. They blessed the king and went to their homes joyful and glad because the Lord had been good to his servant David and to his people Israel.

Context of 1 Kings 8:66

64The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings. 65And 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. On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.

1 Kings 8:66 word by word

בַּיּ֤וֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי֙ שִׁלַּ֣ח אֶת־הָעָ֔ם וַֽיְבָרֲכ֖וּ אֶת־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיֵּלְכ֣וּ לְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם שְׂמֵחִים֙ וְט֣וֹבֵי לֵ֔ב עַ֣ל כָּל־הַטּוֹבָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְדָוִ֣ד עַבְדּ֔וֹ וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַמּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• On the eighthשְׁמִינִיshemîynîy · eighthH8066
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• he sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• awayשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• and they blessedבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• and wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• unto their tentsאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tent: homeH168
• joyfulשָׂמֵחַώâmêach · gladH8056
• and gladטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• of heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• for all the goodnessטוֹבָהţôb · welfareH2896
• that the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• had doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• for Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• his servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• and for Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

People and places in 1 Kings 8:66

• David
• Israel

Cross-references for 1 Kings 8:66

• 1 Kings 8:1Then 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.
• 2 Chronicles 7:10And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the Lord had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
• 2 Chronicles 31:1Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
• Deuteronomy 12:7And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.
• Deuteronomy 16:11And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
• 2 Chronicles 29:36And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
• 2 Chronicles 30:26So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
• Nehemiah 8:10Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
• Psalms 95:1O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
• Psalms 100:1Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
• Psalms 106:4Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
• Psalms 122:6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
• Isaiah 61:9And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.
• Isaiah 66:13As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 31:12Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
• Zephaniah 3:14Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 8:66

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 66They blessed the king - Wished him all spiritual and temporal happiness. They were contented with their king, at peace among themselves, and happy in their God; so that they returned to their houses magnifying their God for all his bounty to them, their country, and their king. How happy must these people have been, and how prosperous, had their king continued to walk uprightly before God! But alas! the king fell, and the nation followed his example.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 66Their tents - i. e. “their homes.” The word “tents” was used for “houses” from an old habit of speech, which had come down from the time when the Israelites were a nomadic nation.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 62-66Verses 62-66 Solomon offered a great sacrifice. He kept the feast of tabernacles, as it seems, after the feast of dedication. Thus should we go home, rejoicing, from holy ordinances, thankful for God's GoodnessRead the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 62-66The final sacrifices (see Deuteronomy 12:5–14) and the Feast of Tabernacles end the story that began with sacrifices when the ark was placed in the Most Holy Place (1 Kings 8:1–11; compare 2 Chronicles 7:1–6).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• David
• Israel
• Contain
• Glad
• Hallow
• Hearken
• Prayer
• Receive
• Solomon
• Stand

Commentaries on 1 Kings 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings