1 Raja-raja 8:62-63

Solomon Dedicates the Temple

8:62 The king and all Israel with him were presenting sacrifices to the Lord. 8:63 Solomon offered as peace offerings ¹  to the Lord 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the Israelites dedicated the Lord’s temple.

1 Raja-raja 8:2

8:2 All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival ²  in the month Ethanim ³  (the seventh month).

1 Samuel 6:13

6:13 Now the residents of Beth Shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley. When they looked up and saw the ark, they were pleased at the sight.

1 Samuel 6:1

The Philistines Return the Ark

6:1 When the ark of the Lord had been in the land ⁴  of the Philistines for seven months, ⁵ 

1 Samuel 16:1

Samuel Anoints David as King

16:1 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. ⁶  Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, ⁷  for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.” ⁸ 

[8:63]  ¹ tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”

[8:2]  ² sn The festival. This was the Feast of Tabernacles, see Lev 23:34.

[8:2]  ³ sn The month Ethanim. This would be September-October in modern reckoning.

[6:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “field.”

[6:1]  ⁵ tc The LXX adds “and their land swarmed with mice.”

[16:1]  ⁶ tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And the Lord said to Samuel.”

[16:1]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[16:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “for I have seen among his sons for me a king.”