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1 Kings 8:66 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 8 · verse 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.1 Kings 8:66 · King James Version
1 Kings 8:66 in context
64The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
65And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
66On 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- blessedbârakto kneelH1288 →
- eighthshᵉmîynîyeightH8066 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- joyfulsâmêachblithe or gleefulH8056 →
- tentsʼôhela tentH168 →
- sentshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
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We read before that Judah and Israel were eating and drinking, and very cheerful under their own vines and fig-trees; here we have them so in God's courts. Now they found Solomon's words true concerning Wisdom's ways, that they are ways of pleasantness. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 62-66