So Solomon held the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt.
Parallel translations
- KJV Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.
- BSB So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days.
- NKJV At that time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of Egypt.
- NASB So Solomon held the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly that came from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt.
- NLT For 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.
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Solomon held the feast for seven days with a great assembly gathered from Hamath to the brook of Egypt. All Israel, from its farthest borders, joined in celebration.
Overview
Solomon kept the festival for seven days with an immense gathering drawn from the full extent of the land. This unity of all Israel reflected the height of the nation's blessing and devotion under Solomon. Such a gathered, rejoicing people foreshadows the great assembly of the redeemed who will be gathered to worship God from every corner of the earth.
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- Gen 15:18In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
- 1 Kgs 8:65So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, seven days and seven more days, even fourteen days.
- Neh 8:13–18On the second day, the heads of fathers’ households of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered together to Ezra the scribe, to study the words of the law.
- 2 Chr 30:13Many people assembled at Jerusalem to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great assembly.
- Deut 16:13–15You shall keep the feast of tents seven days, after you have gathered in from your threshing floor and from your wine press.
- Josh 13:3–5from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even to the border of Ekron northward, which is counted as Canaanite; the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avvim,
- Zech 14:16–19It will happen that everyone who is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, Yahweh of Armies, and to keep the feast of tents.
- 1 Kgs 4:21–25Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
- Num 29:12–38“‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. You shall keep a feast to Yahweh seven days.
- Num 34:5–8The border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the sea.
- Amos 6:14For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies; “and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.”
- John 7:27–39However we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.”
- John 7:2Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand.
- Lev 23:34–43“Speak to the children of Israel, and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tents for seven days to Yahweh.
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