Wherefore: 1 Kings 8:2
in the feast: That is, as the Targumist observes, in the feast of tabernacles, which was held in the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year, which was called Ethanim. 2 Chronicles 7:8-10; Leviticus 23:34-36; 1 Kings 8:2
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2 Chronicles 5:3
2 Chronicles 5:3
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