Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 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 And at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath to the river of Egypt. 9 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. 10 And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that Jehovah had shown to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel His people.
Cross References
Leviticus 23:36
Seven days you shall offer a fire offering to Jehovah. On the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you. And you shall offer a fire offering to Jehovah. It is a solemn assembly. And you shall do no work of labor.
Deuteronomy 16:8
Six days you shall eat unleavened bread. And on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Jehovah your God. You shall do no work.
1 Kings 8:65
And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath to the river of Egypt, before Jehovah our God, seven days and seven days, fourteen days.
2 Chronicles 30:23
And the whole gathering agreed to keep another seven days. And they kept another seven days with gladness.
Nehemiah 8:18
Also day by day, from the first day until the last day, he read in the Book of the Law of God. And they kept the feast seven days, and on the eighth was an assembly, according to the Law.
Joel 1:14
Set apart a fast; call a solemn gathering; gather the elders and all the people of the land into the house of Jehovah your God, and cry to the Lord,