2 Chronicles 7:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Chronicles 7:9 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 29:37For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy.
- Leviticus 23:36For seven days you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present an offering made by fire to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.
- Deuteronomy 16:8For six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work.
- 1 Kings 8:2And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.
- 1 Kings 8:65So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.
- 2 Chronicles 30:23The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.
- Nehemiah 8:18Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly, according to the ordinance.
- Joel 1:14Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
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