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2 Chronicles 7:9

On the eighth day, they had a holy meeting because they had celebrated for seven days. They made the altar holy and it was to be used only for worshiping the Lord. And they celebrated the festival for seven days.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Dedication;   Protracted Meetings;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Tabernacles, Feast of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Solomon;   Tabernacles, Feast of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Assembly;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Atonement, Day of;   Solemn;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Festivals;   Pilgrimage;   Shemini 'Aẓeret;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
On the eighth day they held a sacred assembly, for the dedication of the altar lasted seven days and the festival seven days.
Hebrew Names Version
On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
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.
English Standard Version
And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for they had kept the dedication of the altar seven days and the feast seven days.
New Century Version
For seven days they celebrated giving the altar for the worship of God. Then they celebrated the festival for seven days. On the eighth day they had a meeting.
New English Translation
On the eighth day they held an assembly, for they had dedicated the altar for seven days and celebrated the festival for seven more days.
Amplified Bible
On the eighth day they held a celebration, for they had observed the dedication of the altar for seven days, and the feast for seven days.
New American Standard Bible
And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, because they held the dedication of the altar for seven days, and the feast for seven days.
World English Bible
On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And in the eight day they made a solemne assemblie: for they had made the dedication of the altar seuen daies, and the feast seuen dayes.
Legacy Standard Bible
And on the eighth day they celebrated a solemn assembly; for the dedication of the altar they celebrated seven days and the feast seven days.
Berean Standard Bible
On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more.
Contemporary English Version
Then on the next day, everyone came together for worship. They had celebrated a total of fourteen days, seven days for the dedication of the altar and seven more days for the festival.
Complete Jewish Bible
On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, having observed the dedication of the altar for seven days and the festival for seven days.
Darby Translation
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.
George Lamsa Translation
Seven days were given for the feast and seven days for the dedication of the house; the extent of both occasions was fourteen days.
Good News Translation
They had spent seven days for the dedication of the altar and then seven more days for the festival. On the last day they had a closing celebration,
Lexham English Bible
And on the eighth day they made a solemn assembly, for they held the dedication of the altar seven days and the feast seven days.
Literal Translation
And they made a solemn assembly on the eighth day, because they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and on the eight daye helde he a conuocacion. For the dedicacion of the altare helde they seuen daies, and the feast seuen dayes also.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
And on the eighth day they had a holy meeting; the offerings for making the altar holy went on for seven days, and the feast for seven days.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And in the eyght day they made an assemblie: For they kept the dedication of the aulter seuen dayes, & the feast seuen dayes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
And in the eight day they made a solemne assembly: for they kept the dedication of the Altar seuen dayes, and the feast seuen dayes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And on the eighth day he kept a solemn assembly: for he kept a feast of seven days as the dedication of the altar.
English Revised Version
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And in the eiythe dai he made a gaderyng of money, `that is, for necessaries of the temple, for he hadde halewid the auter in seuene daies, and `hadde maad solempnytee in seuene daies.
Update Bible Version
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.
Webster's Bible Translation
And on the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
New King James Version
And on the eighth day they held a sacred assembly, for they observed the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
New Living Translation
On the eighth day they had a closing ceremony, for they had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days and the Festival of Shelters for seven days.
New Life Bible
On the eighth day they gathered together for a special time. For seven days they had to set apart the altar, and for seven days they had the special supper.
New Revised Standard
On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly; for they had observed the dedication of the altar seven days and the festival seven days.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he made on the eighth day a solemn assembly, because he had kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and had celebrated the solemnity seven days.
Revised Standard Version
And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly; for they had kept the dedication of the altar seven days and the feast seven days.
Young's Literal Translation
And they make on the eighth day a restraint, because the dedication of the altar they have made seven days, and the feast seven days.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar they observed seven days and the feast seven days.

Contextual Overview

1 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from the sky and burned up the burnt offering and the sacrifices. The Glory of the Lord filled the Temple. 2 The priests could not enter the Lord 's Temple because the Glory of the Lord filled it. 3 When all the Israelites saw the fire come down from heaven and the Glory of the Lord on the Temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces low to the ground. They worshiped and thanked the Lord , singing, "The Lord is good. His faithful love will last forever." 4 Then King Solomon and all the Israelites offered sacrifices to the Lord . 5 King Solomon offered 22,000 bulls and 120,000 sheep. So the king and the people showed that they had dedicated the Temple to God. 6 The priests stood ready to do their work. The Levites stood with the instruments they would use to play music to the Lord . King David had made these instruments to use when they gave thanks to the Lord and sang, "His faithful love will last forever." The priests blew their trumpets as they stood across from the Levites. And all the Israelites were standing. 7 King Solomon also dedicated the middle of the courtyard, the part that is in front of the Temple of the Lord . There he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat from the animals that were used as fellowship offerings. He did this because the bronze altar he had built was too small to hold all these offerings. 8 So there at the Temple, King Solomon and all the people of Israel celebrated the festival. People came from as far away as Hamath Pass in the north and the border of Egypt in the south. This huge crowd of people enjoyed themselves for seven days. 9 On the eighth day, they had a holy meeting because they had celebrated for seven days. They made the altar holy and it was to be used only for worshiping the Lord. And they celebrated the festival for seven days. 10 On the 23rd day of the seventh month, Solomon told the people to go home. All the people thanked the king, said goodbye, and went home. They were happy because of all the good things that the Lord had done for David his servant and for his people Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

solemn assembly: Heb. restraint, Leviticus 23:36, Deuteronomy 16:8, Nehemiah 8:18, Joel 1:14

seven days: 2 Chronicles 30:23, 1 Kings 8:65

Reciprocal: Numbers 7:10 - dedicating 2 Chronicles 30:26 - since the time Ezra 6:16 - the dedication Esther 1:5 - seven days John 7:2 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 2:19
The Lord God used dust from the ground and made every animal in the fields and every bird in the air. He brought all these animals to the man, and the man gave them all a name.
Genesis 7:6
Noah was 600 years old at the time the rains came.
Genesis 7:9
went into the boat with Noah. These animals went into the boat in groups of two, male and female, just as God commanded.
Genesis 7:11
On the 17th day of the second month, when Noah was 600 years old, the springs under the earth broke through the ground, and water flowed out everywhere. The sky also opened like windows and rain poured down. The rain fell on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights. That same day Noah went into the boat with his wife, his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives.
Genesis 7:16
All these animals went into the boat in groups of two, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door behind Noah.
Isaiah 65:25
Wolves and little lambs will eat together. Lions will eat hay like cattle, and snakes will eat only dust. They will not hurt or destroy each other on my holy mountain." This is what the Lord said.
Jeremiah 8:7
Even the birds in the sky know the right time to do things. The storks, doves, swifts, and thrushes know when it is time to fly to a new home. But my people don't know what the Lord wants them to do.
Galatians 3:28
Now, in Christ, it doesn't matter if you are a Jew or a Greek, a slave or free, male or female. You are all the same in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:11
In this new life it doesn't matter if you are a Greek or a Jew, circumcised or not. It doesn't matter if you speak a different language or even if you are a Scythian. It doesn't matter if you are a slave or free. Christ is all that matters, and he is in all of you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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