66 On the fifteenth day[a] he sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went to their homes[b] rejoicing and with happy hearts for all the goodness that the Lord had done for his servant David and for his people Israel.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:66 Lit the eighth day
  2. 8:66 Lit tents

10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people home,[a] rejoicing and with happy hearts for the goodness the Lord had done for David, for Solomon, and for his people Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:10 Lit people to their tents

15 All the days of the oppressed are miserable,
but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

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