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1 Kings 8:2-4
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1 Kings 8:2-4
New English Translation
2 All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival[a] in the month of Ethanim[b] (the seventh month). 3 When all Israel’s elders had arrived, the priests lifted the ark. 4 The priests and Levites carried the ark of the Lord, the tent of meeting,[c] and all the holy items in the tent.[d]
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- 1 Kings 8:2 sn The festival. This was the Feast of Tabernacles, see Lev 23:34.
- 1 Kings 8:2 sn The month Ethanim. This would be September-October in modern reckoning.
- 1 Kings 8:4 tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”sn The tent of meeting. See Exod 33:7-11.
- 1 Kings 8:4 tn Heb “and they carried the ark of the Lord…. The priests and the Levites carried them.”
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