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.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- 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 the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
- 1 Kgs 8:65And 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.
- Neh 8:13–18And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.
- 2 Chr 30:13And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
- Deut 16:13–15Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
- Josh 13:3–5From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
- Zech 14:16–19And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
- 1 Kgs 4:21–25And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
- Num 29:12–38And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days:
- Num 34:5–8And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
- Amos 6:14But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
- John 7:27–39Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
- John 7:2Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.
- Lev 23:34–43Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.
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