George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
1 Kings 8:65
Egypt. Rhinocolura, (Menochius) or rather the branch of the Nile nearest Arabia, Josue xiii. 3., and Numbers xiii. 22. (Calmet) --- Seven, for each festival, ver. 1.
Egypt. Rhinocolura, (Menochius) or rather the branch of the Nile nearest Arabia, Josue xiii. 3., and Numbers xiii. 22. (Calmet) --- Seven, for each festival, ver. 1.
Verse 65. _FROM - HAMATH_] Supposed to be _Antioch_ of Syria; _unto the_ _river of Egypt _- to the _Rhinocorura_; the former being on the _north_, the latter on the _south_: i.e., from one extremity o...
A feast necessarily accompanied such a sacrifice as Solomon was holding. Compare Leviticus 19:5. On the present occasion there was a double festival - first, the Feast of the Dedication, from the 8th...
CHAPTER 8THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE _ 1. The great assembly (1 Kings 8:1)_ 2. The transportation of the ark (1 Kings 8:3) 3. The glory of the LORD filling the house (1 Kings 8:10) 4. Solomon's o...
SOLOMON'S DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE, PRAYER AND ADDRESS. This chapter is mainly Deuteronomic, being clearly written from the standpoint of one who has seen the Temple as the one national sanctuary of I...
A FEAST. the feast: viz. the Feast of Tabernacles. See note on 1 Kings 8:2. SEVEN DAYS AND SEVEN DAYS. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ App-6. The first seven the Feast of Dedication; the second the Fea...
_Solomon held a feast_ Better - THE feast." The special feast of Tabernacles (cf. 1 Kings 8:2), a very fitting occasion for the great multitude to make themselves an encampment in the open country aro...
D. THE DEDICATORY CELEBRATION 8:62-66 TRANSLATION (62) And the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifice before the LORD. (63) And Solomon offered for a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he of...
_AND 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...
A FEAST] i.e. of Tabernacles (1 Kings 8:2). THE ENTERING IN OF HAMATH] Hamath was situated on the Orontes, the approach to it from the S. being by the gorge between Lebanon and Hermon. THE RIVER OF EG...
THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE. SOLOMON'S PRAYER 1. The chief of the fathers] i.e. heads of families. OUT OF THE CITY] The Temple and Palace were built on the site of Araunah's threshing floor (2 Chroni...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 8 THE CEREMONY AT THE OPENING OF THE *TEMPLE V1 King Solomon called the leaders of the *tribes and the families in *Israel together. The...
THE ENTERING IN OF HAMATH, is the significant name given to the great valley between Lebanon and Anti - Lebanon, which the Greeks called _Cœle- Syria_; for it was the main entrance to Palestine from t...
SEVEN DAYS AND SEVEN DAYS, EVEN FOURTEEN DAYS. ON THE EIGHTH DAY.... — The origin of this curious phrase is singularly illustrated by the account in 2 Chronicles 7:9, for it tells us that the people w...
וַ יַּ֣עַשׂ שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה בָֽ † עֵת ־הַ...
THE GRADUAL GROWTH OF THE LEVITIC RITUAL 1 Kings 8:1 "Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice." - 1 Samuel 15:22 BEFORE we enter on the subject of the Temple worship, it is necessary to emphasize...
THE TEMPLE SACRIFICES 1 Kings 8:62; 1 Kings 9:25 "I have chosen this house to Myself for a house of sacrifice." - 2 Chronicles 7:12 "Gifts and sacrifices, that cannot, as touching the conscience ma...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
PETITION AND SACRIFICE 1 Kings 8:54 The man, as we have seen, who kneels most humbly before God is empowered to bless the people in God's name. What an august and noble testimony the king bore: “Ther...
The Temple being finished, the great ceremony of dedication commenced. The permanent link between Tabernacle and Temple was the Ark of the Covenant. With great care and impressive ceremony, they had c...
And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of (z) Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, (a) seven days and seven days...
(65) And 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, e...
The books of First and Second Samuel show us the failure of the priesthood, and, in consequence, when a state of evident shame and dishonour overspread the face of Israel, the heart of the people desi...
The circumstances which revealed the character of this rest were remarkable. The staves, with which the priests had borne the ark, were now the memorial of their journeys with God, who, in His faithfu...
AND AT THAT TIME SOLOMON HELD A FEAST, AND ALL ISRAEL WITH HIM,.... Partaking of the parts of the peace offerings which belonged to him, and were offered by way of thanksgiving on the occasion, togeth...
And 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]...
_At that time Solomon held a feast_ That is, kept a solemn festival. _And all Israel from Hamath unto the river of Egypt_ The usual and known bounds of the land, in the utmost length of it, Numbers 34...
1 The feast of the dedication of the Temple. 12 and 54 Solomons blessing. 22 Solomons prayer. 62 His sacrifice of peace offrings. 1 THEN [NOTE: 2 Chronicles 5:2.] Solomon assembled the Elders of...
And at that time Solomon held a feast, the Feast of Tabernacles, in connection with the dedication of the Temple, AND ALL ISRAEL WITH HIM, A GREAT CONGREGATION, FROM THE ENTERING IN OF HAMATH, in the...
The Feast Of Dedication...
THE ARK AND TABERNACLE FURNITURE (vs.1-13) The temple being completed, there was one matter of importance remaining. Thus, for the bringing of the ark to the temple Solomon assembled the elders of Is...
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 Goodn...
HELD A FEAST, i.e. kept the solemnity. _From the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt_; the usual and known bounds of the land, in the utmost length of it; of which see NUMBERS 34:8 JOSHUA 13...
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THE GREAT SACRIFICIAL OFFERING AND FEAST (1 KINGS 8:63). This special feast of dedication commenced seven days prior to the Feast of Tabernacles (thus incorporating the Day of Atonement). Large scale...
CONTENTS: Ark brought in; Skekinah glory fills the temple. Solomon's sermon. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: All cost and pains are lost on stately structures unless God has been in the work,...
1 Kings 8:1. _Solomon assembled the elders,_ after twenty years' labour. That is, in the fourth year of his reign he began to build the temple; in seven years and a half more he finished and dedicated...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 8:65 FROM LEBO-HAMATH TO THE BROOK OF EGYPT. This phrase designates the whole Solomonic empire. It is similar to phrases in 1 Kings 4:21,...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 8:65. HAMATH IS THE GRECIAN EPIPHANEIA, the principal city of Upper Syria, on the Orontes, the Northern frontier of Palestine (Numbers 13:2; Numbers 34:8). _Th...
EXPOSITION THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE.—The stately and impressive service with which the Temple, the character and contents of which have now been described, was dedicated, is related in this chapt...
Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, and they brought the ark of the covenant into the temple, and as they did, the glory of the Lord came and filled the temple and...
1 Kings 4:21; 1 Kings 4:24; 1 Kings 8:2; 2 Chronicles 30:13;...
Seven — Seven for the dedication of the temple, or altar; and the other seven for the feast of tabernacles. And it seems to be expressed in this manner, to intimate, that these fourteen days of rejoic...