Ezra 6:16

New Century Version

Then the people of Israel celebrated and gave the Temple to God to honor him. Everybody was happy: the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the Jewish people who had returned from captivity.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:62

Then King Solomon and all Israel with him offered sacrifices to the Lord .

1 Kings 8:63

Solomon killed twenty-two thousand cattle and one hundred twenty thousand sheep as fellowship offerings. So the king and all the people gave the Temple to the Lord.

1 Chronicles 15:28

So all the people of Israel brought up the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord. They shouted, blew horns and trumpets, and played cymbals, lyres, and harps.

1 Chronicles 9:2

The first people to come back and live in their own lands and towns were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and Temple servants.

2 Chronicles 29:30

King Hezekiah and his officers ordered the Levites to praise the Lord, using the words David and Asaph the seer had used. So they praised God with joy and bowed down and worshiped.

2 Chronicles 30:23

Then all the people agreed to stay seven more days, so they celebrated with joy for seven more days.

2 Chronicles 30:26

There was much joy in Jerusalem, because there had not been a celebration like this since the time of Solomon son of David and king of Israel.

2 Chronicles 7:5

King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand cattle and one hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people gave the Temple to God.

Ezra 4:1

When the enemies of the people of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned captives were building a Temple for the Lord, the God of Israel,

Ezra 6:22

For seven days they celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread in a very joyful way. The Lord had made them happy by changing the mind of the king of Assyria so that he helped them in the work on the Temple of the God of Israel.

Nehemiah 12:27

When the wall of Jerusalem was offered as a gift to God, they asked the Levites to come from wherever they lived to Jerusalem to celebrate with joy the gift of the wall. They were to celebrate with songs of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals, harps, and lyres.

Nehemiah 12:43

The people offered many sacrifices that day and were happy because God had given them great joy. The women and children were happy. The sound of happiness in Jerusalem could be heard far away.

Nehemiah 7:73

So these people all settled in their own towns: the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Temple servants, and all the other people of Israel. By the seventh month the Israelites were settled in their own towns.

Nehemiah 8:10

Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy good food and sweet drinks. Send some to people who have none, because today is a holy day to the Lord. Don’t be sad, because the joy of the Lord will make you strong.”

Psalm 122:1

I was happy when they said to me, “Let’s go to the Temple of the Lord.”

Daniel 5:13

So they brought Daniel to the king, and the king asked, “Is your name Daniel? Are you one of the captives my father the king brought from Judah?

John 10:22

The time came for the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter,

Deuteronomy 12:7

There you will be together with the Lord your God. There you and your families will eat, and you will enjoy all the good things for which you have worked, because the Lord your God has blessed you.

Philippians 4:4

Be full of joy in the Lord always. I will say again, be full of joy.