²⁶ There was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the days of Solomon^(A) son of David king of Israel there had been nothing like this in Jerusalem.

¹⁷ The whole company that had returned from exile built temporary shelters and lived in them.^(A) From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated^(B) it like this. And their joy was very great.