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2 Chronicles 5:3

2 Chronicles 5:3 is verse 3 of 2 Chronicles chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

So all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.

That is, the Feast of Tabernacles (or Booths or Shelters); see Leviticus 23:33–36.

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King James Version

Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.

World English Bible

So all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast, which was in the seventh month.

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2 Chronicles 5:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God.

2 At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.

3 So all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.

4 When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,

5 and they brought up the ark and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. The Levitical priests carried them up.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Kings 8:2

And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.

2 Chronicles 7:8

So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days.

2 Chronicles 7:9

On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more.

2 Chronicles 7:10

On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.

Leviticus 23:34

“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days.

Leviticus 23:35

On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.

Leviticus 23:36

For seven days you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present an offering made by fire to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.

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