1 Kings 8:65

8:65 At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival before the Lord our God for two entire weeks. This great assembly included people from all over the land, from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt ¹  in the south. ² 

1 Kings 1:40-41

1:40 All the people followed him up, playing flutes and celebrating so loudly they made the ground shake. ³ 

1:41 Now Adonijah and all his guests heard the commotion just as they had finished eating. ⁴  When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he asked, “Why is there such a noisy commotion in the city?” ⁵ 

1 Kings 1:45

1:45 Then Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed ⁶  him king in Gihon. They went up from there rejoicing, and the city is in an uproar. That is the sound you hear.

1 Kings 1:25

1:25 For today he has gone down and sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. At this moment ⁷  they are having a feast ⁸  in his presence, and they have declared, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’ ⁹ 

1 Kings 12:32

12:32 Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, ¹⁰  like the festival celebrated in Judah. ¹¹  On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. ¹²  In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.

[8:65]  ¹ tn Or “the Wadi of Egypt” (NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “the Egyptian Gorge.”

[8:65]  ² tn Heb “Solomon held at that time the festival, and all Israel was with him, a great assembly from Lebo Hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God for seven days and seven days, fourteen days.”

[1:40]  ³ tn Heb “and all the people went up after him, and the people were playing flutes and rejoicing with great joy and the ground split open at the sound of them.” The verb בָּקַע (baqa’, “to split open”), which elsewhere describes the effects of an earthquake, is obviously here an exaggeration for the sake of emphasis.

[1:41]  ⁵ tn Heb “And Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard, now they had finished eating.”

[1:41]  ⁶ tn Heb “Why is the city’s sound noisy?”

[1:45]  ⁷ tn I.e., designated by anointing with oil.

[1:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “look.”

[1:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “eating and drinking.”

[1:25]  ¹¹ tn Heb “let the king, Adonijah, live!”

[12:32]  ¹¹ sn The eighth month would correspond to October-November in modern reckoning.

[12:32]  ¹² 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]  ¹³ tn Heb “and he offered up [sacrifices] on the altar; he did this in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made.”