1 Kings 8:65

A feast] i.e. of Tabernacles (1 Kings 8:2).

The entering in of Hamath] Hamath was situated on the Orontes, the approach to it from the S. being by the gorge between Lebanon and Hermon. The river of Egypt] the modern Wâdy el Arish, a stream flowing from the Sinaitic peninsula into the Mediterranean. Seven days and seven days] The seven days' feast of Tabernacles was preceded by a seven days' Dedication festival.