SEV Biblia, Chapter 8:2
Y se juntaron al rey Salomón todos los varones de Israel en el mes de Etanim, que es el mes séptimo, en el día solemne.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:2
Verse 2. At the feast in the month Ethanim] The feast of tabernacles, which was celebrated in the seventh month of what is called the ecclesiastical gear.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 2. And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto King Solomon at the feast , etc.] Not of tabernacles, as the Targum on ( Chronicles 5:3) and so Jarchi; though that was in the same month next mentioned, and began on the fifteenth of it, and held seven days; wherefore this must be the feast of the dedication of the temple, and which was kept before that; since both lasted fourteen days, and the people were dismissed on the twenty third of the month; now not only the above principal persons convened, but a vast number of the common people came to see the solemnity of removing the ark, and of dedicating the temple, and to attend the feast of it, and the more, since in a few days was the time for all the males in Israel to appear there: in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month ; it was, as the Targum says, originally the first month; but upon the children of Israel coming out of Egypt in Ab or Nisan, that became the first month, and this was the seventh from that; and is the same with Tisri, which answers to part of September, and part of October, here called Ethanim; which some render the month of the ancients, others of strong ones; either because of the many feasts that were in it, as some say; or because it was the time of ingathering all the increase and fruits of the earth, which strengthen and support man’s life; or rather of “never failing”, i.e. waters, showers falling in this month, and the rivers full of water f136 ; so September is “septimus imber”, according to Isidore f137 , and the three following months are alike derived; this, by the Egyptians, was called Theuth, and was with them the first month in the year f138 ; so Porphyry says f139 , with the Egyptians the beginning of the year was not Aquarius, as with the Romans, but Cancer; and so the month of September was the first with the Ethiopians f140 , and with most people f141 ; though with the Chinese about the middle of Aquarius f142 . Now, though the temple was finished in the eighth month, ( 1 Kings 6:38), it was not dedicated until the seventh in the following year; it required time to finish the utensils and vessels, and put them in their proper place, and for the drying of the walls, etc.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-11 - The bringing in the ark, is the end which must crown the work: this wa done with great solemnity. The ark was fixed in the place appointed for its rest in the inner part of the house, whence they expected God to speak to them, even in the most holy place. The staves of the ark wer drawn out, so as to direct the high priest to the mercy-seat over the ark, when he went in, once a year, to sprinkle the blood there; so tha they continued of use, though there was no longer occasion to carry it by them. The glory of God appearing in a cloud may signify, 1. The darkness of that dispensation, in comparison with the light of the gospel, by which, with open face, we behold, as in a glass, the glor of the Lord. 2. The darkness of our present state, in comparison with the sight of God, which will be the happiness of heaven, where the Divine glory is unveiled.
Original Hebrew
ויקהלו 6950 אל 413 המלך 4428 שׁלמה 8010 כל 3605 אישׁ 376 ישׂראל 3478 בירח 3391 האתנים 388 בחג 2282 הוא 1931 החדשׁ 2320 השׁביעי׃ 7637
