It disappears after the days of Solomon ( 1Kings 12:20).įrom Dan even to Beer-sheba.-This expression would be like “from John o’ Groat’s house to Land’s End “for England and Scotland ( 1Samuel 3:18 1Samuel 17:11, &c.). Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(1) The congregation was gathered together.-This phrase is one which was familiar to the Israelites in the desert.