On the eighth day, they held a solemn assembly; for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
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On the eighth day, they held a solemn assembly; for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
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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.
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And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly; for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 7:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 23:36 Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. On the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no regular work.
- Deuteronomy 16:8 Six days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Yahweh your God. You shall do no work.
- 1 Kings 8:65 So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, seven days and seven more days, even fourteen days.
- 2 Chronicles 30:23 The whole assembly took counsel to keep another seven days, and they kept another seven days with gladness.
- Nehemiah 8:18 Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. They kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.
- Joel 1:14 Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders, and all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of Yahweh, your God, and cry to Yahweh.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain They assembled to hear the word of God, after…
They assembled to hear the word of God, after that they had remained seven days in the booths or Tabernacles.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Solemnity of tabernacles, (Menochius) which ensued after the dedication…
Solemnity of tabernacles, (Menochius) which ensued after the dedication was ended.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 9. a solemn assembly] R.V. mg., a closing festival.…
9. a solemn assembly] R.V. mg., a closing festival. Cp. Num_29:35; Deu_16:8.
seven days, and … seven days] Cp. 1Ki_8:65.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (9) And in the eighth day—That is, on the…
(9) And in the eighth day—That is, on the twenty-second of the seventh month (Ethanim, or Tisri; 2Ch_5:3).
They made a solemn assembly.—Comp. Lev_23:36. Not mentioned in Kings (1Ki_8:66 says: “and on the eighth day he dismissed the people,” i.e., after this final gathering).
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For they kept the dedication of the altar seven days.—The seven days preceding the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles, or the 8th to the 14th Ethanim, had been kept as an extraordinary festival on account of the inauguration of the Temple. After this festival, the Feast of Tabernacles was celebrated in due course for seven days more.
This explains the obscure words of 1Ki_8:65, “(Solomon and all Israel) kept the feast . . . seven days and seven days, fourteen days,” a brief expression which combines the two distinct celebrations. So Syriac, “seven days of the feast, and seven days of the inauguration of the house; these and these, their amount was fourteen days. And on the day of the full moon in the month of Tisri the king sent the people away.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Solemn assembly. The word thus translated in the Authorized…
Solemn assembly. The word thus translated in the Authorized Version occurs (including both its but very slightly differing forms) eleven times. Five of these times the margin offers, probably unnecessarily, the optional rendering of "restraint." It may be that the root involves this idea, and certainly the word is especially used for the seventh or closing day of Passover, and eighth or closing day of Tabernacles; but other occasions of its use seem to negative this as an essential element in the signification or essential condition of the use of the word; e.g. "Proclaim a solemn assembly"; (2Ki_10:20) "Call a solemn assembly". (Joe_1:14 Joe_2:15)
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