Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
THE PEOPLE JOYFUL. (I Kings 8:65)
from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt—that is, from one extremity of the kingdom to the other. The people flocked from all quarters.
seven days and seven days, even fourteen days—The first seven were occupied with the dedication, and the other seven devoted to the feast of tabernacles (II Chronicles 7:9). The particular form of expression indicates that the fourteen days were not continuous. Some interval occurred in consequence of the great day of atonement falling on the tenth of the seventh month (I Kings 8:2), and the last day of the feast of tabernacles was on the twenty-third (II Chronicles 7:10), when the people returned to their homes with feelings of the greatest joy and gratitude "for all the goodness that the Lord had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Kings 8:65:
1 Kings 8:65
1 Chronicles 13:5
Nehemiah 8:17
Ezekiel 11:10
Amos 6:14
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