1 Kings 8:66 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessedn 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 Israel his people. ”

1 Kings 8:66 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.
1 Kings 8:66 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 o...
1 Kings 8:66 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 .
1 Kings 8:66 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 Isr...
1 Kings 8:66 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
1 Kings 8:66 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Kings 8:66 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 7:9-10 , for it tells us that the...
1 Kings 8:66 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE GRADUAL GROWTH OF THE LEVITIC RITUAL 1 Kings 8:1-66 "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...
1 Kings 8:66 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 ; 1 Kings 8:1-66 ; 1 Ki...
1 Kings 8:66 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
1 Kings 8:66 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 fo...
1 Kings 8:66 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 cl...
1 Kings 8:66 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 Isr...
1 Kings 8:66 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
1 Kings 8:66 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Kings 8:66 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Solomon Holds a Great Feast. B. C. 1003. 62 And the king, and all Israel with him, off...
1 Kings 8:66 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Great Sacrificial Offering And Feast ( 1 Kings 8:63-66 ). This special feast of dedication commenced seven days prior to the Feast of Tabernacles (thus incorporating the Day of Atonement). Lar...
1 Kings 8:66 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
1 Kings 8:66 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 dedica...
1 Kings 8:66 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 infirmit...
1 Kings 8:66 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 relate...
1 Kings 8:66 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Feast Of Dedication
1 Kings 8:66 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 8:1 ; 1 Kings 8:47 ; 2 Chronicles 29:36 ; 2 Chronicles 30:26 ; 2 Chronicles 30:27 ; 2 Chronicles 31:1 ; 2 Chronicles 7:10 ; Acts 2:46 ; Deuteronomy 12:12 ; Deuteronomy 12:18 ; Deut...
1 Kings 8:66 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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; an...

1 Kings 8:66 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 8:66 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 8:66 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Kings 8:66 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 8:66 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 8:66 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 8:66 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 8:66 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 8:66 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 8:66 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 8:66 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 8:66 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 8:66 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 8:66 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 8:66 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 8:66 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 8:66 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 8:66 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 8:66 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 8:66 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 8:66 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Kings 8:66 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 8:66 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 8:66 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 8:66 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes