列王纪上 8:66

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

到了第八天，王遣散了眾人；眾人都祝福過王以後，就高高興興地回自己的家去。他們因為看見耶和華向他僕人大衛和他子民以色列所施的一切恩惠，心中都感到歡喜。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
第 八 日 ， 王 遣 散 众 民 ； 他 们 都 为 王 祝 福 。 因 见 耶 和 华 向 他 仆 人 大 卫 和 他 民 以 色 列 所 施 的 一 切 恩 惠 ， 就 都 心 中 喜 乐 ， 各 归 各 家 去 了 。

Contextual Overview

⁶² Then King Solomon and all Israel with him offered sacrifices to the Lord . ⁶³ Solomon killed twenty-two thousand cattle and one hundred twenty thousand sheep as fellowship offerings. So the king and all the people gave the Temple to the Lord . ⁶⁴ On that day King Solomon made holy the middle part of the courtyard which is in front of the Temple of the Lord . There he offered whole burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the fellowship offerings. He offered them in the courtyard, because the bronze altar before the Lord was too small to hold all the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the fellowship offerings. ⁶⁵ Solomon and all the Israelites celebrated the other festival that came at that time. People came from as far away as Lebo Hamath and the brook of Egypt. A great many people celebrated before the Lord for seven days, then seven more days, for a total of fourteen days. ⁶⁶ On the following day Solomon sent the people home. They blessed the king as they went, happy because of all the good things the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the eighth day: In the parallel passage of Chronicles this is termed "the three and twentieth day of the seventh month;" that is, the ninth day of the dedication; which Jarchi reconciles by supposing that Solomon gave them leave to return on the eighth day, and many of them did return; and that he dismissed the remainder on the ninth, or twenty-third of the seventh month. See note on 1 Kings 8:1. 2 Chronicles 7:10, 2 Chronicles 31:1

blessed: or, thanked, 1 Kings 8:1, 1 Kings 8:47

joyful: Deuteronomy 12:7, Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 12:18, Deuteronomy 16:11, 2 Chronicles 29:36, 2 Chronicles 30:26, 2 Chronicles 30:27, Nehemiah 8:10, Psalms 95:1, Psalms 95:2, Psalms 100:1, Psalms 100:2, Psalms 106:4, Psalms 106:5, Psalms 122:6, Psalms 122:9, Isaiah 61:9, Isaiah 61:10, Isaiah 66:13, Isaiah 66:14, Jeremiah 31:12-14, Zephaniah 3:14, Zechariah 9:9, Zechariah 9:17, Acts 2:46, Galatians 5:22, Philippians 4:4

Reciprocal: Exodus 31:6 - that they 2 Samuel 6:19 - So all the 1 Chronicles 16:43 - all the people Nehemiah 9:25 - delighted Psalms 118:24 - we will Ecclesiastes 9:7 - eat Isaiah 63:7 - the great goodness John 7:37 - the last

Gill's Notes on the Bible

On the eighth day he sent the people away,.... That is, of the feast of tabernacles, the eighth from the first of that, which was a solemn day, and fell on the twenty second of the month; at the close of which the dismission was made, or they had leave to go, but they did not until the twenty third, according to 2 Chronicles 7:10

and they blessed the king; returned him thanks for his care, and charge, and pains, in building the temple; for prayers for them, and the feast he had now made, and wished all health and happiness to him:

and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart; or to their cities, as the Targum, to their several habitations; being greatly delighted with what they had seen and heard, and partook of especially:

for all the goodness the Lord had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people; in 2 Chronicles 7:10, it is added, "unto Solomon"; for David, in giving him such a son and successor, who according to promise had built the house of the Lord; and for Solomon, in raising him up to such dignity, and enabling him to build such a temple for the worship of God and his glory; and for the people of Israel, in giving them such a king to rule over them, under whom they enjoyed so much peace and prosperity, and the full and free exercise of the true religion, with such accommodations, and in such a splendid manner as now.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Their tents - i. e. “their homes.” The word “tents” was used for “houses” from an old habit of speech, which had come down from the time when the Israelites were a nomadic nation.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 8:66. They blessed the king — Wished him all spiritual and temporal happiness. They were contented with their king, at peace among themselves, and happy in their God; so that they returned to their houses magnifying their God for all his bounty to them, their country, and their king. How happy must these people have been, and how prosperous, had their king continued to walk uprightly before God! But alas! the king fell, and the nation followed his example.