On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, ‘I give this land to your offspring, from the Brook of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates:
1 Kings 8:65 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Solomon and all Israel with him #– #a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath , to the Brook of Egypt #– #observed the festival at that time in the presence of the Lord our God, for seven days, and seven more days #– #fourteen days. , Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So at that time Solomon held the feast, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, for seven days [for the dedication] and seven days [for the Feast of Tabernacles], fourteen days in all. American Standard Version (1901) So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt, before Jehovah our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days. Common English Bible At that time Solomon, together with all Israel, held a celebration. It was a large assembly from Lebo-hamath to the border of Egypt. They celebrated for seven days and then for another seven days in the presence of the LORD our God: fourteen days in all. Catholic Public Domain Version Then Solomon made, at that time, a celebratory festival, and all of Israel with him, a great multitude, from the entrance of Hamath to the river of Egypt, in the sight of the Lord our God, for seven days plus seven days, that is, fourteen days. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Solomon made at the same time a solemn feast, and all Israel with him: a great multitude from the entrance of Emath to the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, that is, fourteen days. |
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, ‘I give this land to your offspring, from the Brook of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates:
Then Solomon woke up and realised it had been a dream. He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.
Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the River Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt. They offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
for he had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates from Tiphsah to Gaza and over all the kings west of the Euphrates. He had peace on all his surrounding borders.
So all the men of Israel were assembled in the presence of King Solomon in the month of Ethanim, which is the seventh month, at the festival.
On the fifteenth day he sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went to their homes rejoicing and with happy hearts for all the goodness that the Lord had done for his servant David and for his people Israel.
He restored Israel’s border from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word the Lord, the God of Israel, had spoken through his servant, the prophet Jonah son of Amittai from Gath-hepher.
Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in place of the Israelites in the cities of Samaria. The settlers took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.
Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath to keep him from reigning in Jerusalem, and he imposed on the land a fine of 3.5 tonnes of silver and 35 kilograms of gold.
So David assembled all Israel, from the Shihor of Egypt to the entrance of Hamath, , to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
A very large assembly of people was gathered in Jerusalem to observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread in the second month.
The whole congregation decided to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy,
I will set your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the wilderness to the River Euphrates. For I will place the inhabitants of the land under your control, and you will drive them out ahead of you.
On that day the Lord will thresh corn from the River Euphrates as far as the Wadi of Egypt, and you Israelites will be gathered one by one.
On the south side it will run from Tamar to the Waters of Meribath-kadesh, and on to the Brook of Egypt as far as the Mediterranean Sea. This will be the southern side.
But look, I am raising up a nation against you, house of Israel – this is the declaration of the Lord, the God of Armies – and they will oppress you from the entrance of Hamath , to the Brook of the Arabah.
Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?
The border will turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, where it will end at the Mediterranean Sea.
from Mount Hor draw a line to the entrance of Hamath, , and the border will reach Zedad.
from the Shihor east of Egypt to the border of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory) #– #the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as the Avvites
the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon east from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath , #– #
Now the land allotted for the tribe of the descendants of Judah by their clans was in the southernmost region, south to the Wilderness of Zin and over to the border of Edom.
It proceeded to Azmon and to the Brook of Egypt and so the border ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This is your southern border.
These nations included the five rulers of the Philistines and all of the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the Lebanese mountains from Mount Baal-hermon as far as the entrance to Hamath.