Verse 22

They celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, because the LORD had filled them with joy by changing the attitude of the king of Assyria toward them, so that he supported them in the work on the house of God, the God of Israel.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De feiret fest for de usyrede brødene i syv dager med glede, fordi Herren hadde gledet dem og snudd Assyrerkongens hjerte mot dem for å styrke deres hender i arbeidet på Guds hus, Israels Gud.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og de holdt de usyrede brøds høytid i syv dager med glede, for HERREN hadde gitt dem glede og vendt assyrerkongens hjerte til dem for å styrke deres hender i arbeidet med Guds hus, Israels Gud.

• Norsk King James

  Og de feiret usyrnet brød i syv dager med glede; for Herren hadde gjort dem glade, og vendt hjerte til Assyria-kongen mot dem, for å styrke dem i arbeidet med Guds hus, Israels Gud.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De holdt de usyrede brøds høytid i syv dager med glede, for Herren hadde gledet dem og snudd assyrerkongens hjerte til dem for å styrke deres hender i tjenesten til Guds, ja, Israels Guds hus.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De feiret de usyrede brøds høytid i syv dager med glede, fordi Herren hadde gledet dem, og hadde vendt Assurs konges hjerte til å styrke deres hender i arbeidet på Guds hus, Israels Gud.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og de holdt de usyrede brøds høytid i syv dager med glede, fordi Herren hadde gjort dem glade, og han hadde vendt assyrerkongens hjerte til dem for å styrke deres hender i arbeidet på Guds hus, Israels Gud.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  og de feiret usyretbrødets fest i syv dager med stor glede, for Herren hadde fylt dem med glede og vendt den assyriske kongens hjerte mot dem for å styrke deres krefter i arbeidet med Guds hus, Israels Gud.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Og de holdt de usyrede brøds høytid i syv dager med glede, fordi Herren hadde gjort dem glade, og han hadde vendt assyrerkongens hjerte til dem for å styrke deres hender i arbeidet på Guds hus, Israels Gud.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og de holdt de usyrede brøds fest i syv dager med glede, for Herren hadde gjort dem glade, og hadde vendt det assyriske kongens hjerte til dem, slik at han styrket deres hender i arbeidet med Guds hus, Israels Gud.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Og de holdt de usyrede brøds høytid i sju dager med glede, for Herren gav dem glede og snudde Assyrerkongens hjerte til dem, så de fikk styrket deres hender i arbeidet på Guds, Israels Guds, hus.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og de holdt de usyrede (Brøds) Høitid i syv Dage med Glæde; thi Herren havde glædet dem og omvendt Kongen af Assyriens Hjerte til dem, til at styrke deres Hænder i Guds, (ja) Israels Guds, Huses Gjerning.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og holdt de usyrede brøds høytid i sju dager med glede: for Herren hadde gitt dem glede, og vendt Assyriakonungens hjerte til dem, for å styrke deres hender i arbeidet med Guds hus, Israels Gud.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for the Lord had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Og de holdt de usyrede brøds fest i syv dager med glede: for Jahve hadde gjort dem glade, og hadde vendt hjertet til Assyrias konge mot dem, for å styrke deres hender i arbeidet på Guds hus, Israels Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  og de feiret de usyrede brøds fest i syv dager med glede, for Herren hadde gitt dem glede, og vendte Assyrs konges hjerte mot dem for å styrke deres hender i arbeidet på Guds hus, Israels Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  og de holdt de usyrede brøds høytid i sju dager med glede: for Jehova hadde gjort dem glade og vendt assyrerkongens hjerte til dem for å styrke deres hender i arbeidet med Guds hus, Israels Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og holdt de usyrede brøds høytid i sju dager med glede; for Herren hadde fylt dem med glede ved å vende Assyrerkongens hjerte til dem for å gi dem hjelp i arbeidet med Guds hus, Israels Gud.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  & helde the feast of vnleueded bred seuen dayes with ioye: for the LORDE had made them glad, and turned the hert of the kynge of Assur vnto the, so that their handes were strengthed in the worke of the house of God, which is ye God of Israel.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And they kept ye feast of vnleauened bread seuen dayes with ioy: for the Lord had made them glad, & turned the heart of the King of Asshur vnto them, to incourage them in the worke of the house of God, euen the God of Israel.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And helde the feast of vnleauened bread seuen dayes with ioy: For the Lorde had made them glad, and turned the heart of the king of Assur vnto them, to strengthen their handes in the worke of the house of God, euen the God of Israel.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for Yahweh had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and they make the feast of unleavened things seven days with joy, for Jehovah made them to rejoice, and turned round the heart of the king of Asshur unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for Jehovah had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them full of joy, by turning the heart of the king of Assyria to them to give them help in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for Yahweh had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, for the LORD had given them joy and had changed the opinion of the king of Assyria toward them, so that he assisted them in the work on the temple of God, the God of Israel.

Referenced Verses

• Ezra 1:1 : 1 In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia. He made a proclamation throughout his kingdom and put it in writing, saying:
• Ezra 7:27 : 27 Blessed be the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the Lord in Jerusalem.
• Prov 21:1 : 1 The king's heart is like streams of water in the hand of the LORD; He directs it wherever He pleases.
• 2 Chr 35:17 : 17 The Israelites who were present celebrated the Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.
• 2 Chr 30:21 : 21 The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, while the Levites and priests praised the LORD day after day with loud instruments dedicated to the LORD.
• 2 Chr 33:11 : 11 So the LORD brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
• Exod 12:15-20 : 15 For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day, remove leaven from your houses, for whoever eats anything leavened from the first day until the seventh day must be cut off from Israel. 16 On the first day you shall hold a sacred assembly, and on the seventh day also a sacred assembly. No work shall be done on those days, except what each person must eat—that alone may be prepared by you. 17 You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt. Therefore, you shall observe this day throughout your generations as a perpetual ordinance. 18 From the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month until the evening of the twenty-first day, you shall eat unleavened bread. 19 For seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses, for whoever eats anything leavened, that person shall be cut off from the community of Israel, whether they are a foreigner or a native of the land. 20 You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwellings, you shall eat unleavened bread.
• Exod 13:6-7 : 6 For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day, there shall be a festival to the LORD. 7 Unleavened bread is to be eaten for seven days; no leavened bread is to be seen among you, nor shall any yeast be seen anywhere within your borders.
• 2 Kgs 23:29 : 29 During his reign, Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went to fight against the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah marched out to meet him, but Necho killed him at Megiddo when they faced each other.
• Prov 16:7 : 7 When the Lord is pleased with a person’s ways, He makes even their enemies to be at peace with them.
• Ezra 6:6-9 : 6 Now then, Tattenai, governor of the region Beyond the River, Shethar-Bozenai, and your colleagues, the officials in the province Beyond the River, keep away from there. 7 Leave the work on this house of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site. 8 Moreover, I issue a decree as to what you are to do for these elders of the Jews in the rebuilding of this house of God: The expenses are to be fully paid to these men from the royal treasury from the tributes of the region Beyond the River, so that the work is not hindered. 9 Whatever is needed—young bulls, rams, or lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, as well as wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the request of the priests in Jerusalem—must be provided to them daily without fail. 10 So that they may offer pleasing offerings to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons. 11 I also issue a decree that if anyone changes this edict, a beam shall be pulled out from his house. He shall be impaled upon it, and his house shall be made into a refuse heap for this violation. 12 May the God who has caused His name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who attempt to alter or destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued this decree. Let it be done diligently.
• Zech 10:10-11 : 10 I will bring them back from the land of Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to the lands of Gilead and Lebanon, but there will not be enough room for them. 11 They will cross the sea of distress, striking the waves, and the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will pass away.
• Matt 26:17 : 17 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?"
• John 19:11 : 11 Jesus answered, "You would have no authority over me unless it had been given to you from above. Therefore, the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.
• 1 Cor 5:7-8 : 7 Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough, just as you are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8 Therefore, let us celebrate the feast, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.