1 Raja-raja 8:2

8:2 All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival ¹  in the month Ethanim ²  (the seventh month).

1 Raja-raja 12:32

12:32 Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, ³  like the festival celebrated in Judah. ⁴  On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. ⁵  In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.

[8:2]  ¹ sn The festival. This was the Feast of Tabernacles, see Lev 23:34.

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

[12:32]  ³ sn The eighth month would correspond to October-November in modern reckoning.

[12:32]  ⁴ sn The festival he celebrated in Judah probably refers to the Feast of Tabernacles (i.e., Booths or Temporary Shelters), held in the seventh month (September-October). See also 1 Kgs 8:2.

[12:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he offered up [sacrifices] on the altar; he did this in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made.”