2 Chronicles 7:9

2 Chronicles 7:9 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)On the eighth day they held an assembly, for they had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days and the festival for seven days more.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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 (NLT)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.

Context of 2 Chronicles 7:9

7And Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord, for there he offered the burnt offering and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar Solomon had made could not hold the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat. 8At that time Solomon held the feast for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt. 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. 10On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the prosperity that the Lord had granted to David and to Solomon and to Israel his people. 11Thus Solomon finished the house of the Lord and the king's house. All that Solomon had planned to do in the house of the Lord and in his own house he successfully accomplished.

2 Chronicles 7:9 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And in the eighthשְׁמִינִיshemîynîy · eighthH8066
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• they madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• a solemn assemblyעֲצָרָה‛ătsârâh ‛ătsereth · assemblyH6116
• the dedicationחֲנֻכָּהchănûkkâh · dedicationH2598
• of the altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• and the feastחַגchag châg · feastH2282

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 7:9

• Leviticus 23:36For seven days you shall present food offerings to the Lord. On the eighth day you shall hold a holy convocation and present a food offering to the Lord. It is a solemn assembly; you shall not do any ordinary work.
• Deuteronomy 16:8For six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord your God. You shall do no work on it.
• Nehemiah 8:18And day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read from the Book of the Law of God. They kept the feast seven days, and on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according to the rule.
• Joel 1:14Consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord.
• 2 Chronicles 30:23Then the whole assembly agreed together to keep the feast for another seven days. So they kept it for another seven days with gladness.
• 1 Kings 8:65So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 7:9

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-10Lebo-hamath in the north and the Brook of Egypt in the south marked Israel's boundaries, as promised to the patriarchs (Genesis 15:18; Numbers 34:5, 8; Joshua 15:4). The temple dedication festival occurred before the annual Festival of Shelters, which ended on the twenty-second day of the month.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 7:9

• Dedication
• Protracted Meetings

In the dictionaries

• Solomon
• Atonement, Day of
• Solemn, Solemnity

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings