Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 1 Kings 8:1

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am 3000, bc 1004 Solomon: This did not take place, according to Abp. Usher, till the year after the temple was finished, because that year was a jubilee. "The 8th day of the 7th month, viz. the 30th of our October, being Friday, was the first of the seven days of dedication; the 10th day, Saturday, November 1, the fast of expiation or atonement was held; whereon, according to the Levitical law, the jubilee was proclaimed by sound of trumpet. The 15th day, Friday, was the feast of tabernacles, which was always very solemnly kept; and the day following, Nov.14, being our Saturday, when the Sabbath was ended, the people returned home." Ch2 5:2-10 assembled: Jos 23:2, Jos 24:1; Ch1 28:1; Ch2 30:1; Ezr 3:1 chief of the fathers: Heb. princes, Num 7:3 that they might bring: Sa2 6:1, Sa2 6:2, Sa2 6:6, Sa2 6:12; Ch1 13:1-5, Ch1 15:3, Ch1 15:25 out of the city: Kg1 3:15; Sa2 5:7-9, Sa2 6:12-17; Ch1 11:7, Ch1 15:29, Ch1 16:1; Psa 9:11, Psa 102:21; Isa 28:16, Isa 46:13; Pe1 2:6 3 Kings (1 Kings) 8:2

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