Ezra 6:16

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The people of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the returned exiles celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:62

Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifice before the Lord.

1 Kings 8:63

Solomon offered as sacrifices of well-being to the Lord twenty-two thousand oxen and one hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 15:28

So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, to the sound of the horn, trumpets, and cymbals, and made loud music on harps and lyres.

1 Chronicles 9:2

Now the first to live again in their possessions in their towns were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

2 Chronicles 29:30

King Hezekiah and the officials commanded the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and of the seer Asaph. They sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.

2 Chronicles 30:23

Then the whole assembly agreed together to keep the festival for another seven days, so they kept it for another seven days with gladness.

2 Chronicles 30:26

There was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the time of Solomon son of King David of Israel there had been nothing like this in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 7:5

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

Ezra 4:1

When the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple to the Lord, the God of Israel,

Ezra 6:22

With joy they celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread seven days, for the Lord had made them joyful and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, so that he aided them in the work on the house of God, the God of Israel.

Nehemiah 12:27

Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with rejoicing, with thanksgivings and with singing, with cymbals, harps, and lyres.

Nehemiah 12:43

They offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and children also rejoiced. The joy of Jerusalem was heard far away.

Nehemiah 7:73

So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns. When the seventh month came, the Israelites being settled in their towns,

Nehemiah 8:10

Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions of them to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord, and 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 to the house of the Lord!”

Daniel 5:13

Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king said to Daniel, “So you are Daniel, one of the exiles of Judah, whom my father the king brought from Judah?

John 10:22

At that time the Festival of the Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter,

Deuteronomy 12:7

And you shall eat there in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your households together, rejoicing in all the undertakings in which the Lord your God has blessed you.

Philippians 4:4

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.