On the eighth day, namely, of the Feast of Tabernacles, he sent the people away. And they blessed the king, wishing him the fullness of good fortune, and went unto their tents, returned to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had done for David, His servant, and for Israel, His people. He who has sincerely given thanks to the Lord for all His kindness and mercy may return to his work in cheerfulness and peace.
Verse 1 Kings 8:66. _THEY BLESSED THE KING_] Wished him all spiritual and temporal happiness. They were contented with their king, at peace among themselves, and happy in their God; so that they retu...
THEIR TENTS - i. e. “their homes.” The word “tents” was used for “houses” from an old habit of speech, which had come down from the time when the Israelites were a nomadic nation....
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...
FOR DAVID: i.e. in the person of Solomon his son. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part). Compare 1 Kings 10:9 and 2 Chronicles 7:10....
_On the eighth day_ i.e. Of the feast of Tabernacles, which had been preceded on this occasion by the feast of Dedication. Therefore this was the fifteenth day of the whole ceremony. It is defined in...
ON THE EIGHTH DAY HE SENT THE PEOPLE AWAY— In 2 Chronicles 7:10 it is _on the twenty-third day._ Houbigant thinks, that what seems to have been omitted in this place, should be supplied from the paral...
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...
ON THE EIGHTH DAY] i.e. at the close of the seven days' feast of Tabernacles. UNTO THEIR TENTS] The phrase is a survival from the tent-life which prevailed before the settlement in Canaan....
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...
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...
בַּ † יֹּ֤ום הַ שְּׁמִינִי֙ שִׁלַּ֣ח אֶת...
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...
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...
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...
_Eighth day, at the conclusion of the second octave. (Haydock) --- Blessed the king, as he had done them before. The most honourable performs this office, Hebrew vii. 7. (Calmet) --- The king and peop...
(66) On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for...
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...
ON THE EIGHTH DAY HE SENT THE PEOPLE AWAY,.... That is, of the feast of tabernacles, the eighth from the first of that, which was a solemn day, and fell on the twenty second of the month; at the close...
On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Isra...
_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...
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...
BLESSED: Or, thanked...
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...
Solomon having joined with the people in the solemn assembly, which was kept on the eighth day, in the close of that day and service he took his solemn farewell, and dismissed them with his blessing;...
1 Kings 8:66 eighth H8066 day H3117 sent H7971 people H5971 away H7971 (H8765) blessed H1288 (H8762) king...
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...
_On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king._ THE EARTHLY FELLOWSHIP OF THE GOOD I. The fellowship of the good on earth is imperfect. Secular concerns, physical infirmities,...
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 8:1; 1 Kings 8:47; 2 Chronicles 29:36; 2 Chronicles 30:26;...
He sent — Solomon having joined with the people in the solemn assembly, which was kept on the eighth day; in the close of that day took his solemn farewell, and dismissed them with his blessing; and t...