Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
On the eighth day they held
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
On the eighth day
International Standard Version
On the day after the festival ended, they convened a solemn assembly, because they had been dedicating the altar for seven days and observing the festival for seven days.
A Conservative Version
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.
Amplified
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.
Bible in Basic English
And on the eighth day they had a holy meeting; the offerings for making the altar holy went on for seven days, and the feast for seven days.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will do in the eighth day a restraint: for they did the consecration of the altar, seven days; and the festival, seven days.
King James 2000
And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they observed the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And on the eighth day they made a solemn assembly, for they held the dedication of the altar seven days and the feast seven days.
Modern King James verseion
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.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the eighth day they made a gathering. For they kept the hallowing of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
NET Bible
On the eighth day they held an assembly, for they had dedicated the altar for seven days and celebrated the festival for seven more days.
New Heart English Bible
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 Emphasized Bible
And they made, on the eighth day, a closing feast, - because, the dedication of the altar, they had kept seven days and a festival seven days.
Webster
And on the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
World English Bible
On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they make on the eighth day a restraint, because the dedication of the altar they have made seven days, and the feast seven days.
Topics
Interlinear
Yowm
Sheba`
שׁבעה שׁבע
Sheba`
seven, seventh, seventeen , seven times, seventeenth , seventeenth, sevens , seven men, sevenfold, seventeen , seventeen
Usage: 395
Yowm
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 7:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Temple Dedication
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.
Cross References
Leviticus 23:36
Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah: on the eighth day shall be a holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah: it is a solemn assembly; ye shall do no servile work.
Deuteronomy 16:8
Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread; and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Jehovah thy God; thou shalt do no work therein .
1 Kings 8:65
So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt, before Jehovah our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
2 Chronicles 30:23
And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days; and they kept other'seven days with gladness.
Nehemiah 8:18
Also 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 ordinance.
Joel 1:14
Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the old men and all the inhabitants of the land unto the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah.