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65 So (A)Solomon celebrated the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly (B)from [a]Lebo-hamath (C)to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, for seven days and seven more days, even fourteen days. 66 On the eighth day he sent the people away and they blessed the king. Then they went to their tents with gladness and goodness of heart because of all the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David His [b]servant and to Israel His people.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 8:65 Or the entrance of Hamath
  2. 1 Kings 8:66 Or slave, cf. 8:52; see Foreword, “The Terminology of Slave”

65 So Solomon observed the festival(A) at that time, and all Israel with him—a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath(B) to the Wadi of Egypt.(C) They celebrated it before the Lord our God for seven days and seven days more, fourteen days in all. 66 On the following day he sent the people away. They blessed the king and then went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good(D) things the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.

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