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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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 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

7Solomon consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple of the Lord, and there he offered burnt offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar he had made could not hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat portions. 8So Solomon observed the festival at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him—a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt. 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. 10On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people to their homes, joyful and glad in heart for the good things the Lord had done for David and Solomon and for his people Israel. 11When Solomon had finished the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had succeeded in carrying out all he had in mind to do in the temple of the Lord and in his own palace,

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 present food offerings to the Lord, and on the eighth day hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the Lord. It is the closing special assembly; do no regular work.
• Deuteronomy 16:8For six days eat unleavened bread and on the seventh day hold an assembly to the Lord your God and do no work.
• Nehemiah 8:18Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. They celebrated the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day, in accordance with the regulation, there was an assembly.
• Joel 1:14Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord.
• 2 Chronicles 30:23The whole assembly then agreed to celebrate the festival seven more days; so for another seven days they celebrated joyfully.
• 1 Kings 8:65So Solomon observed the festival at that time, and all Israel with him—a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt. They celebrated it before the Lord our God for seven days and seven days more, fourteen days in all.

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