On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad in their hearts for all the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David his servant, and to Israel his people.
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On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad in their hearts for all the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David his servant, and to Israel his people.
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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 Israel his people.
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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 shown unto David His servant, and to Israel His people.
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 8:66 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 12:7 There you shall eat before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which Yahweh your God has blessed you.
- Deuteronomy 12:12 You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God—you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
- Zechariah 9:17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.
- Acts 2:46 Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,
- Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
- Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”
- Deuteronomy 12:18 but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates. You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to.
- Deuteronomy 16:11 You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.
- 1 Kings 8:1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, with all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers’ households of the children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Yahweh’s covenant out of David’s city, which is Zion.
- 1 Kings 8:47 yet if they repent in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of those who carried them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned, and have done perversely; we have dealt wickedly;’
- 2 Chronicles 7:10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
- 2 Chronicles 29:36 Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced, because of that which God had prepared for the people; for the thing was done suddenly.
- 2 Chronicles 30:26–31:1 So there was great joy in Jerusalem; for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was nothing like this in Jerusalem. Then the Levitical priests arose and blessed the people. Their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even to heaven. Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and broke down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, also in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
- Nehemiah 8:10 Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”
- Psalms 95:1-2 Oh come, let’s sing to Yahweh. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation! Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs!
- Psalms 100:1-2 Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands! Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.
- Psalms 106:4-5 Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation, that I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.
- Psalms 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.
- Psalms 122:9 For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.
- Isaiah 61:9-10 Their offspring will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge them, that they are the offspring which Yahweh has blessed.” I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh! My soul will be joyful in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
- Isaiah 66:13-14 As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you. You will be comforted in Jerusalem.” You will see it, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones will flourish like the tender grass. Yahweh’s hand will be known among his servants; and he will have indignation against his enemies.
- Jeremiah 31:12-14 They will come and sing in the height of Zion, and will flow to the goodness of Yahweh, to the grain, to the new wine, to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd. Their soul will be as a watered garden. They will not sorrow any more at all. Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance; the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people will be satisfied with my goodness,” says Yahweh.
- Zephaniah 3:14 Sing, daughter of Zion! Shout, Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, blessed.
Hebrew, blessed.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 8:66 On the eighth day he sent the…
1Ki 8:66 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 Israel his people.
Ver. 66. He sent the people away.] Blessing their good king, and congratulating their own great happiness.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Solomon having joined with the people in the solemn…
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; and the next morning when the heads and elders who came to Solomon upon this special summons, above, 1Ki 8:3, and with them divers of the people came to take their leave of the king, he sent them away. And so this place agrees very well with 2Ch 7:9,10.
They blessed the king, i.e. they prayed to God to bless him, according to their duty and custom. Or,
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they praised him, for his great care and pains in building of the temple, and setting up God’s worship among them.
The goodness that the Lord had done for David, in giving him a sure house, and a wise and religious son, by whom he had now fulfilled the promise made to David about the building of the temple.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain He sent - Solomon having joined with the people…
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 the next morning when the heads and elders with divers of the people came to take their leave of the king, he sent them away.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 66. They blessed the king] Wished him all…
Verse 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 returned to their houses magnifying their God for all his bounty to them, their country, and their king. How happy must these people have been, and how prosperous, had their king continued to walk uprightly before God! But alas! the king fell, and the nation followed his example.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Their tents - i. e. “their homes.” The word…
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.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Eighth day, at the conclusion of the second octave.…
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 people wished all sorts of happiness to each other. --- David. The glory of his son reflected honour on him. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 66. On the eighth day — The day following…
66. On the eighth day — The day following the last seven days’ feast, which was the twenty-third day of the seventh month. 2Ch_7:10.
Went unto their tents — That is, went home. Compare note on 1Sa_17:54.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 66. On the eighth day] i.e. Of the feast…
66. 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 2Ch_7:10 as ‘the three and twentieth day of the seventh month.’
and they blessed the king] Josephus explains thus: ‘they went away thanking the king for his forethought about them, and for the conduct which he had exhibited towards them, and praying God to give them Solomon as their king for a long time to come.’
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and went unto their tents] The expression is a survival from those times when the home was a tent. Cf. 2Sa_18:17; 2Sa_19:8.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On the eighth day he sent the people away…
On the eighth day he sent the people away i.e., on the eighth day of the second feast, the "three and twentieth day of the month" (ib., ver. 10). The first impression is that the eighth day of the period of fourteen days is meant, but the context, to say nothing of the Chronicles, contradicts this. The feast of dedication began on the eighth day of the month Ethanim (ver. 2), and lasted until the fourteenth. The feast of tabernacles began on the fifteenth and lasted till the twenty-first. On the evening of the twenty-second, the "day of restraint", Lev_23:36 marg. he dismissed the people, who would depart to their homes next morning: and they blessed i.e., felicitated, saluted (on taking leave). Cf. Pro_27:14 2Ki_4:29 1Sa_25:6, 1Sa_25:14. Marg. thanked. (See note on ver. 14) the king, and went unto their tents i.e., homes an archaic expression, dating from the times of the desert wanderings. (Jos_22:4 Jud_1:7:8 2Sa_20:1 1Ki_12:16) joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that the Lord had done for David his servant the real founder of the temple. Solomon had but carried out his ideas and had entered into his labours, and for Israel his people.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On the eighth day he sent the people away;…
1Ki_8:66
On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king.
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The earthly fellowship of the good
I. The fellowship of the good on earth is imperfect. Secular concerns, physical infirmities, incongruities of mind, temper, education, worldly condition, and other circumstances, expose it to interruption. On the eighth day he sent the people away. Follow them in imagination. Some go south to Bethlehem, and Hebron, and Libah; some to the east, to the pleasant vales of the Jordan, etc.
II. The fellowship of the good on earth tends to the promotion of all good feeling.
1. Increased attachment to those who are over them in the Lord. And they blessed the king (1Pe_2:13-17).
2. Increased sympathy with, and delight in the work of God. Joyful and glad of heart, for, etc. No petty jealousies, no sectarian strifes, no proud boasting. The tribes are lost in Israel. Solomon and David are one. The Lord is all in all. What a lesson to Christians.
3. Increased aptitude for the service of God in their several houses. They seem to have had a deep sense of the transitoriness of earthly things. Went unto their tents. The word stands for houses. It had come down from the time of the patriarchs. Would suggest the thought, we are pilgrims. What are our houses, and the fabric of our families, the organisations of our churches, but tents? (Heb_12:27-28).
III. The fellowship of the good on earth prophesies of a more perfect and enduring fellowship hereafter.
1. More perfect. No distractions, no weariness, no incongruities, nothing to mar or interrupt the universal harmony.
2. More enduring. All things earthly are transitory. The sweetest song must come to an end, the pleasantest book must be laid aside, the most endearing fellowship, etc. Not so hereafter. In heaven there is no sending away. (William Forsyth.)
The afterwards of Divine worship
After the worship of the Lords Day, and especially after the Lords Supper, we should continue in devotion, and make the whole day a post-communion. As civet boxes retain their scent when the civet is taken out, so, when the act of visible communion is over, our thoughts and discourse and actions should still savour of the solemnity. Certainly it is an argument of much weakness to be all for flashes and sudden starts. This retaining of their perfume by boxes and drawers in which sweet scents have been placed is a fragrant figure of the abiding nature of grace in a heart wherein it has once been stored up. II ordinances yield the influence designed by them, their savour will remain in our lives. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
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