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2 Chronicles 5:3
3And all the Israelites came together to the king at the time of the festival in the seventh month.
2 Chronicles 5:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the feast that is in the seventh month.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore all the men of Israel assembled with the king at the feast, which was in the seventh month.
- New Living Translation (NLT)So all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the annual Festival of Shelters, which is held in early autumn.
Context of 2 Chronicles 5:3
1When all the work Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated—the silver and gold and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of God’s temple. 2Then Solomon summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark of the Lord’s covenant from Zion, the City of David. And all the Israelites came together to the king at the time of the festival in the seventh month. 4When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark, 5and they brought up the ark and the tent of meeting and all the sacred furnishings in it. The Levitical priests carried them up;
Read all of 2 Chronicles 52 Chronicles 5:3 word by word
וַיִּקָּהֲל֧וּ אֶל־הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ כָּל־אִ֥ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בֶּחָ֑ג ה֖וּא הַחֹ֥דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִעִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 5:3
- 1 Kings 8:2All the Israelites came together to King Solomon at the time of the festival in the month of Ethanim, the seventh month.
- 2 Chronicles 7:8So Solomon observed the festival at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him—a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt.
- Leviticus 23:34“Say to the Israelites: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Lord’s Festival of Tabernacles begins, and it lasts for seven days.
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 5:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The feast - "That is, the feast of tabernacles, which was held in the seventh month." - Targum. See 1 Kings 8:2.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The dedication of the temple occurred during the annual Feast of Tabernacles, held in early autumn. This seven-day festival required a pilgrimage to the central place of worship (Deuteronomy 16:13–15). The seventh month marked the end of Israel’s harvest season, allowing landowners to leave for a week without worrying about fields or crops.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-32-3. Then Solomon assembled ... in the feast which was in the seventh month--The feast of the dedication of the temple was on the eighth day of that month. This is related, word for word, the same as in 1Ki 8:1-10.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 5
- 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
- John Wesley’s Notes
- 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
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