2 Chronicles 7:9

And they made, on the eighth day, a closing feast,—because, the dedication of the altar, they had kept seven days and a festival seven days.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

In Context

8And Solomon made a festival—at that time—for seven days, and all Israel with him, an exceeding great convocation,—from the entering in of Hamath, unto the ravine of Egypt.

10And, on the twenty-third of the seventh month, he sent the people away to their own homes,—rejoicing and glad in heart, over the goodness which Yahweh had performed unto David and unto Solomon, and unto Israel his people.

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Cross References

Exodus 29:37Seven days, shalt thou put a propitiatory-covering over the altar, and so shalt hallow it, thus shall the altar become most holy; whosoever toucheth the altar, must be holy.

Deuteronomy 16:8Six days, shalt thou eat unleavened cakes,—and, on the seventh day, shall be a closing feast, unto Yahweh thy God, thou shalt do no work.

1 Kings 8:65And Solomon made, at that time, a festival—and all Israel with him—a great convocation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the ravine of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, seven days, and seven days,—fourteen days.

Nehemiah 8:18So he read in the book of the law of God, day by day, from the first day unto the last day, and they kept the festival seven days, and, on the eighth day, a closing feast, according to the regulation.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 7:2-12

God's Gracious Answer to Solomon. ( b. c. 1004.) 1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the house. 2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord , because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord 's house. 3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the… Read the whole commentary →

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