So Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated the Festival at that time—a great congregation from the entrance of Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt—before Adonai Eloheinu, seven days and then seven more days—14 days in all.
2 Chronicles 30:23 - Tree of Life Version Then the whole congregation decided to celebrate seven more days—so for another seven days they celebrated with gladness. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the whole assembly took counsel to prolong the feast another seven days; and they kept it another seven days with joy. American Standard Version (1901) And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days; and they kept other seven days with gladness. Common English Bible Then the whole congregation agreed to celebrate another seven days, which they joyfully did. Catholic Public Domain Version And it pleased the entire multitude that they should celebrate, even for another seven days. And they did this with enormous gladness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it pleased the whole multitude to keep other seven days: which they did with great joy. |
So Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated the Festival at that time—a great congregation from the entrance of Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt—before Adonai Eloheinu, seven days and then seven more days—14 days in all.
Moreover, King Hezekiah and the officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to Adonai with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed down and worshiped.
Hezekiah king of Judah contributed 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep to the congregation, and the officials contributed 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep to the congregation, and great numbers of kohanim consecrated themselves.
On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for they had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days and the feast for seven days.
The entire assembly who had returned from the captivity made sukkot and dwelt in the sukkot. Since the days of Joshua the son of Nun until that day Bnei-Yisrael had not done so—and the joy was very great.