1 Kings 8:66
On the eighth day he sent the people away. And they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that LORD had shown to David his servant, and to Israel his people.
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Deuteronomy 12:7And there ye shall eat before LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand to, ye and your households, in which LORD thy God has blessed thee.
Deuteronomy 12:18But thou shall eat them before LORD thy God in the place which LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite who is within thy gates. And thou shall rejoic
Joshua 22:6So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away, and they went to their tents.
1 Kings 8:47yet if they shall rethink themselves in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to thee in the land of those who carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have
2 Chronicles 29:36And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people; for the thing was done suddenly.
Nehemiah 8:10Then he said to them, Go your way, eat fat things, and drink sweet things, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our LORD; neither be ye grieved, for the joy of LORD is your strength.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 8:63-66
Solomon Holds a Great Feast. ( b. c. 1003.) 62 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the Lord . 63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the Lord , two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord . 64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord : for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings,… Read the whole commentary →