2 Chronicles 7:8

7:8 At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival for seven days. This great assembly included people from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt in the south. 1 

2 Chronicles 20:25

20:25 Jehoshaphat and his men 2  went to gather the plunder; they found a huge amount of supplies, clothing 3  and valuable items. They carried away everything they could. 4  There was so much plunder, it took them three days to haul it off. 5 

2 Chronicles 30:21-22

30:21 The Israelites who were in Jerusalem observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy. The Levites and priests were praising the Lord every day with all their might. 6  30:22 Hezekiah expressed his appreciation to all the Levites, 7  who demonstrated great skill in serving the Lord. 8  They feasted for the seven days of the festival, 9  and were making peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord God of their ancestors.

2 Chronicles 32:24

Hezekiah’s Shortcomings and Accomplishments

32:24 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. 10  He prayed to the Lord, who answered him and gave him a sign confirming that he would be healed. 11 

1 tn Heb “Solomon held the festival at that time for seven days, and all Israel was with him, a very great assembly from Lebo Hamath to the wadi of Egypt.”

2 tn Or “army.”

3 tc The MT reads פְגָרִים (fÿgarim, “corpses”), but this seems odd among a list of plunder. A few medieval Hebrew mss and the Vulgate read בְגָדִים (vÿgadim, “clothing”), which fits the context much better.

4 tn Heb “and they snatched away for themselves so that there was no carrying away.”

5 tn Heb “and they were three days looting the plunder for it was great.”

6 tn Heb “and they were praising the Lord day by day, the Levites and the priests with instruments of strength to the Lord.” The phrase בִּכְלֵי־עֹז (bikhley-’oz, “with instruments of strength”) might refer to loud sounding musical instruments (NASB “with loud instruments”; NEB “with unrestrained fervour”). The present translation assumes an emendation to בְּכָל־עֹז (bÿkhol-’oz, “with all strength”); see 1 Chr 13:8, as well as HALOT 805 s.v. I עֹז and BDB 739 s.v. עֹז).

7 tn Heb “and Hezekiah spoke to the heart of all the Levites.” On the meaning of the idiom “speak to the heart of” here, see HALOT 210 s.v. II דבר 8.d.

8 tn Heb “who demonstrated skill [with] good skill for the Lord.”

9 tn Heb “and they ate [during] the appointed time [for] seven days.” מוֹעֵד (mo’ed, “appointed time”) is probably an adverbial accusative of time referring to the festival. However, some understand it as metonymically referring to the food eaten during the festival. See BDB 417 s.v.

10 tn Heb “was sick to the point of dying.”

11 tn Heb “and he spoke to him and a sign he gave to him.”