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1 Kings 8:1

1 Kings 8:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

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."

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chief of the fathers: Heb. princes,

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