2 Chronicles 7:9
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וַיַּעֲשׂוּvaiya'asuand they observedH6213בַּיּוֹםbaiyomon the dayH3117הַשְּׁמִינִיhashemini<the> eighthH8066עֲצָרֶת'atzaretan assemblyH6116כִּי׀kiforH3588חֲנֻכַּתchanukat[the] dedication ofH2598הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizbeachthe altarH4196עָשׂוּ'asuthey had observedH6213שִׁבְעַתshiv'atsevenH7651יָמִיםyamimdaysH3117וְהֶחָגvehechagand the festivalH2282שִׁבְעַתshiv'atsevenH7651יָמִים׃yamimdaysH3117
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Leviticus 23:36Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.For 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.
- 1 Kings 8:65And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.So 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 1:14Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord,Consecrate 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.
- Deuteronomy 16:8Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.For 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 30:23And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.
- Nehemiah 8:18Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.Day 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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