2 Chronicles 5:3
Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.
2 Chronicles 5:3 in other translations
| BSB | So all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month. |
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| WEB | So all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast, which was in the seventh month. |
| ASV | And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king at the feast, which was in the seventh month. |
| YLT | And assembled unto the king are all the men of Israel in the feast--it is the seventh month; |
| DARBY | And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast, that of the seventh month. |
| BBE | And all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month. |
| Webster | Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king in the feast which was in the seventh month. |
What does 2 Chronicles 5:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 5:2-3
2-3. 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.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 5:1-10
The ark was a type of Christ, and, as such, a token of the presence of God. That gracious promise, Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world, does, in effect, bring the ark into our religious assemblies, if we by faith and prayer plead that promise; and this we should be most earnest for. When Christ is formed in a soul, the law written in the heart, the ark of the covenant settled there, so that it…
2 Chronicles 5:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 5:3
- 1 Kings 8:2
And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
- 2 Chronicles 7:8-10
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. And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the Lord had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
- Leviticus 23:34-36
Speak 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. On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.
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1Ki 8:2
in the feast.That is, as the Targumist observes, in the feast of tabernacles, which was held in the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year, which was called Ethanim.
7:8-10; Le 23:34-36; 1Ki 8:2
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Context
- 2 Chronicles 5:2
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.
- 2 Chronicles 5:3
Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.
- 2 Chronicles 5:4
And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
2 Chronicles 5:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y juntáronse al rey todos los varones de Israel, á la solemnidad del mes séptimo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et tous les hommes d’Israël s’assemblèrent vers le roi, à la fête, celle du septième mois. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und alle Männer von Israel versammelten sich zu dem König am Feste, das ist der siebte Monat. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Venerunt itaque ad regem omnes viri Israël in die solemni mensis septimi. |