9And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.


In Context

6 And the priests stood, according to their offices; the Levites also with instruments of music of Jehovah, which David the king had made to give thanks unto Jehovah, (for his lovingkindness endureth for ever,) when David praised by their ministry: and the priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood.

7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah; for there he offered the burnt-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat.

8 So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt.

9 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.

10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away unto their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that Jehovah had showed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.

11 Thus Solomon finished the house of Jehovah, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of Jehovah, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.

2 Chronicles 7:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:9And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:9On 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:9And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:9And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly; for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:9And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:9And on the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:9On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:9And they make on the eighth day a restraint, because the dedication of the altar they have made seven days, and the feast seven days.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:9And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.