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2 Chronicles 5:3
3So all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the annual Festival of Shelters, which is held in early autumn.
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.
- New International Version (NIV)And all the Israelites came together to the king at the time of the festival 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.
Context of 2 Chronicles 5:3
1So Solomon finished all his work on the Temple of the Lord. Then he brought all the gifts his father, David, had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the various articles—and he stored them in the treasuries of the Temple of God. 2Solomon then summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of tribes—the leaders of the ancestral families of Israel. They were to bring the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant to the Temple from its location in the City of David, also known as Zion. So all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the annual Festival of Shelters, which is held in early autumn. 4When all the elders of Israel arrived, the Levites picked up the Ark. 5The priests and Levites brought up the Ark along with the special tent and all the sacred items that had been in it.
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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 5:3
- 1 Kings 8:2So all the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon at the annual Festival of Shelters, which is held in early autumn in the month of Ethanim.
- 2 Chronicles 7:8For the next seven days Solomon and all Israel celebrated the Festival of Shelters. A large congregation had gathered from as far away as Lebo-hamath in the north and the Brook of Egypt in the south.
- Leviticus 23:34“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. Begin celebrating the Festival of Shelters on the fifteenth day of the appointed month—five days after the Day of Atonement. This festival to the Lord will last 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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