Ezra 6:16

Modern English Version

The Israelites, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the descendants of the captivity kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:62

The king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the Lord.

1 Kings 8:63

Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the Lord, twenty-two thousand oxen and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 15:28

So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with a shout and with the sound of the ram’s horn and with trumpets and cymbals, making music on harps and lyres.

1 Chronicles 9:2

Now the first ones to dwell in their possessions in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

2 Chronicles 29:30

Then Hezekiah the king and the officials ordered the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David and Asaph the seer. So they praised with gladness and bowed down to worship.

2 Chronicles 30:23

Then the whole assembly counseled to have the feast for another seven days, so they had seven more days of gladness.

2 Chronicles 30:26

And there was a great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel there had not been anything like this.

2 Chronicles 7:5

King Solomon sacrificed twenty-two thousand oxen and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

Ezra 4:1

Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the descendants of the captivity built the temple unto the Lord God of Israel,

Ezra 6:22

With joy they observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days because the Lord had made them joyful. He had turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them and strengthened their hands in the work on the house of God, who is the God of Israel.

Nehemiah 12:27

At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought to bring the Levites from all their places to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication appropriately with thanksgiving songs and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

Nehemiah 12:43

On that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great cause for rejoicing. The wives and the children rejoiced, too. From far away the joyful celebration of Jerusalem was heard.

Nehemiah 7:73

So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel lived in their cities. When the seventh month came, the Israelites were in their cities.

Nehemiah 8:10

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet drink, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Psalm 122:1

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go into the house of the Lord.”

Daniel 5:13

Then Daniel was brought in before the king. And the king spoke and said to Daniel, “Are you that Daniel who is one of the sons of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah?

John 10:22

The Feast of the Dedication was at Jerusalem, and it was winter.

Deuteronomy 12:7

There you must eat before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, where the Lord your God has blessed you.

Philippians 4:4

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!