On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that YHWH had shown to David, to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad in their hearts for all the goodness that YHWH had shown to David his servant, and to Israel his people.
Every day, they devoted themselves to being of one mind in the temple, and breaking bread in homes. They ate their food with gladness and sincerity of heart,
Then he said to them, “Y’all are to go and eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to those who have nothing prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Y’all must not grieve, for the joy of YHWH is y’all’s strength.”
“Now therefore arise, YHWH God, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength. Let your priests, YHWH God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in goodness.
Rejoice in your feast, you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates.
Rejoice before YHWH your God: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, in the place where YHWH your God chooses to cause ʜɪꜱ name to dwell.
but you are to eat them before YHWH your God in the place which YHWH your God will choose: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates. You will rejoice before YHWH your God in all that you put your hand to.
Y’all will rejoice before YHWH y’all’s God—y’all, and y’all’s sons, y’all’s daughters, y’all’s male servants, y’all’s female servants, and the Levite who is within y’all’s gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with y’all.
There y’all will eat before YHWH y’all’s God, and y’all will rejoice in all that y’all put your* hand to, y’all and y’all’s households, in which YHWH your God has blessed y’all.
Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how YHWH had brought Israel out of Egypt.
So Solomon finished the house of YHWH and the king’s house. He successfully completed all that came into his heart to make in the house of YHWH and in his own house.
“‘“In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, during the feast, he is to provide the same thing for seven days. He will make the same provision for sin offering, the burnt offering, the meal offering, and the oil.”