2 Chronicles 30:23
Then the whole assembly decided to celebrate [the feast] for another seven days; and they celebrated it another seven days with joy.
1 Kings 8:65
So at that time Solomon held the
2 Chronicles 7:9
On the eighth day they held a celebration, for they had observed the dedication of the altar for seven days, and the feast for seven days.
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Summary
And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.
Took counsel
To keep
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Bible References
Took counsel
2 Chronicles 30:2
For the king and his officials and all the assembly in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month,
To keep
2 Chronicles 7:9
On the eighth day they held a celebration, for they had observed the dedication of the altar for seven days, and the feast for seven days.
1 Kings 8:65
So at that time Solomon held the feast, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath [on the northern border of Israel] to the Brook of Egypt [at Israel’s southern border], before the Lord our God, for seven days and seven more days [beyond the prescribed period for the Feast of Booths], fourteen days in all.
General references
Luke 2:43
and as they were returning [to Nazareth], after spending the required number of days [at the Feast], the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem. Now His parents did not know this,