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2 Chronicles 7:8-11

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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  7:9 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. 7:10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon 2  sent the people home. They left 3  happy and contented 4  because of the good the Lord had done for David, Solomon, and his people Israel.

The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning

7:11 After Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and the royal palace, and accomplished all his plans for the Lord’s temple and his royal palace, 5 

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 Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

3 tn The words “they left” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

4 tn Heb “good of heart.”

5 tn Heb “and all that entered the heart of Solomon to do in the house of the Lord and in his house he successfully accomplished.”



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