1 Kings 8:66

Contextual Overview

⁶²Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD . ⁶² Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the Lord . ⁶²Now the king and all Israel with him were offering sacrifices before Yahweh. ⁶² Now the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifice before the LORD. ⁶² And the king and al Israel with him offered offeringes before the Lorde. ⁶² And the king and all Israel with him were offering a sacrifice before Jehovah; ⁶² Then King Solomon and all the Israelites with him offered sacrifices to the Lord . ⁶² Then the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD. ⁶² The king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before Yahweh. ⁶² And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the Lord.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the eighth day: In the parallel passage of Chronicles this is termed "the three and twentieth day of the seventh month;" that is, the ninth day of the dedication; which Jarchi reconciles by supposing that Solomon gave them leave to return on the eighth day, and many of them did return; and that he dismissed the remainder on the ninth, or twenty-third of the seventh month. See note on 1 Kings 8:1. 2 Chronicles 7:10, 2 Chronicles 31:1

blessed: or, thanked, 1 Kings 8:1, 1 Kings 8:47

joyful: Deuteronomy 12:7, Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 12:18, Deuteronomy 16:11, 2 Chronicles 29:36, 2 Chronicles 30:26, 2 Chronicles 30:27, Nehemiah 8:10, Psalms 95:1, Psalms 95:2, Psalms 100:1, Psalms 100:2, Psalms 106:4, Psalms 106:5, Psalms 122:6, Psalms 122:9, Isaiah 61:9, Isaiah 61:10, Isaiah 66:13, Isaiah 66:14, Jeremiah 31:12-14, Zephaniah 3:14, Zechariah 9:9, Zechariah 9:17, Acts 2:46, Galatians 5:22, Philippians 4:4

Reciprocal: Exodus 31:6 - that they 2 Samuel 6:19 - So all the 1 Chronicles 16:43 - all the people Nehemiah 9:25 - delighted Psalms 118:24 - we will Ecclesiastes 9:7 - eat Isaiah 63:7 - the great goodness John 7:37 - the last

Gill's Notes on the 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 close of which the dismission was made, or they had leave to go, but they did not until the twenty third, according to 2 Chronicles 7:10

and they blessed the king; returned him thanks for his care, and charge, and pains, in building the temple; for prayers for them, and the feast he had now made, and wished all health and happiness to him:

and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart; or to their cities, as the Targum, to their several habitations; being greatly delighted with what they had seen and heard, and partook of especially:

for all the goodness the Lord had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people; in 2 Chronicles 7:10, it is added, "unto Solomon"; for David, in giving him such a son and successor, who according to promise had built the house of the Lord; and for Solomon, in raising him up to such dignity, and enabling him to build such a temple for the worship of God and his glory; and for the people of Israel, in giving them such a king to rule over them, under whom they enjoyed so much peace and prosperity, and the full and free exercise of the true religion, with such accommodations, and in such a splendid manner as now.

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 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.