1 Kings 8:2

8:2 All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival 1  in the month Ethanim 2  (the seventh month).

1 Kings 8:5

8:5 Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered. 3 

1 sn The festival. This was the Feast of Tabernacles, see Lev 23:34.

2 sn The month Ethanim. This would be September-October in modern reckoning.

3 tn Heb “And King Solomon and all the assembly of Israel, those who had been gathered to him, [were] before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle which could not be counted or numbered because of the abundance.”