Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 5:3
So all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the moment Solomon gathers the entire nation of Israel at the king during the seventh-month festival. This assembly follows Solomon's summons to the elders, tribal heads, and family leaders to Jerusalem to retrieve the ark of the covenant.
The words — The verb וַ/יִּקָּהֲל֧וּ (va/yiḵahălû) literally means "and they assembled," while בֶּ/חָ֑ג (be/chag) translates to "at the festival." These terms mark the event as a deliberate national gathering timed to a sacred feast.
The thread — The same gathering appears in 1 Kings 8:2, which identifies the seventh month as Ethanim. The event aligns with the Feast of Tabernacles instructions in Leviticus 23:34 and precedes the expanded national assembly recorded in 2 Chronicles 7:8.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to note the coordinated movement of tribal leadership toward a central religious authority during an appointed feast. It establishes a historical pattern of national unity centered on covenant worship without adding theological commentary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 8:2 And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.
- 2 Chronicles 7:8 So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days.
- Leviticus 23:34 “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days.