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All of the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon at the festival during the month of Ethanim,[a] the seventh month. When all of the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took the Ark and they brought the Ark of the Lord and the tent of meeting and all of the sacred furnishings that were in the tabernacle. The priests, and the Levites,

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  1. 1 Kings 8:2 Ethanim: a month in the Canaanite calendar that corresponded to the Hebrew seventh month (September-October). The greatest of the feasts was the Feast of Booths, that celebrated the passage from one year to another.

All the Israelites came together to King Solomon at the time of the festival(A) in the month of Ethanim, the seventh month.(B)

When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests(C) took up the ark, and they brought up the ark of the Lord and the tent of meeting(D) and all the sacred furnishings in it. The priests and Levites(E) carried them up,

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