Konteks 8:2 All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival1 in the month Ethanim2 (the seventh month).
8:3 When all Israel’s elders had arrived, the priests lifted the ark.
[8:2]1snThe festival. This was the Feast of Tabernacles, see Lev 23:34.
[8:2]2snThe month Ethanim. This would be September-October in modern reckoning.