2 Chronicles 7:9

In 11 translations

BSB

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.

KJV

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.a solemn…: Heb. a restraint

WEB

On the eighth day, they held a solemn assembly; for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

ASV

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.

LSV

And they make a restraint on the eighth day, because they have made the dedication of the altar [for] seven days, and the celebration [for] seven days.

YLT

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.

DBY

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.

DRC

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.

GNV

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.

JPS

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.

LXXE

And on the eighth day he kept a solemn assembly: for he kept a feast of seven days as the dedication of the altar.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֛וּ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁמִינִ֖י עֲצָ֑רֶת כִּ֣י ׀ חֲנֻכַּ֣ת הַמִּזְבֵּ֗חַ עָשׂוּ֙ שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֔ים וְהֶחָ֖ג שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐποίησεν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃ ἐξόδιον, ὅτι ἐγκαινισμὸν τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου ἐποίησεν ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας ἑορτήν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 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…
• 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.
• 2 Chronicles 30:23The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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