2 Chronicles 30:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And by the desire of all the people, the feast went on for another seven days, and they kept the seven days with joy.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:65 : 65 So Solomon and all Israel with him, a very great meeting, (for the people had come together from the way into Hamath to the river of Egypt,) kept the feast at that time before the Lord our God, for two weeks, even fourteen days.
  • 2 Chr 7:9 : 9 And on the eighth day they had a holy meeting; the offerings for making the altar holy went on for seven days, and the feast for seven days.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 30:20-22
    3 verses
    82%

    20 And the Lord gave ear to Hezekiah, and made the people well.

    21 So the children of Israel who were present in Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with great joy: and the Levites and the priests gave praise to the Lord day by day, making melody to the Lord with loud instruments.

    22 And Hezekiah said kind words to the Levites who were expert in the ordering of the worship of the Lord: so they kept the feast for seven days, offering peace-offerings and praising the Lord, the God of their fathers.

  • 2 Chr 7:8-10
    3 verses
    80%

    8 So Solomon kept the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great meeting, for the people had come together from the way into Hamath and from as far as the river of Egypt.

    9 And on the eighth day they had a holy meeting; the offerings for making the altar holy went on for seven days, and the feast for seven days.

    10 And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month, he sent the people away to their tents, full of joy and glad in their hearts, because of all the good which the Lord had done to David and to Solomon and to Israel his people.

  • 2 Chr 30:24-26
    3 verses
    79%

    24 For Hezekiah, king of Judah, gave to the people for offerings, a thousand oxen and seven thousand sheep; and the rulers gave a thousand oxen and ten thousand sheep; and a great number of priests made themselves holy.

    25 And all the people of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and those who had come from Israel, and men from other lands who had come from Israel or who were living in Judah, were glad with great joy.

    26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for nothing like this had been seen in Jerusalem from the time of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.

  • Ezra 6:22
    77%

    22 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.

  • Neh 8:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17 All the people who had been prisoners and had come back, made tents and were living in them: for from the time of Jeshua, the son of Nun, till that day, the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very great joy.

    18 And day by day, from the first day till the last, he was reading from the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast for seven days: and on the eighth day there was a holy meeting, as it is ordered in the law.

  • 2 Chr 29:30-31
    2 verses
    72%

    30 Then King Hezekiah and the captains gave orders to the Levites to give praise to God in the words of David and Asaph the seer. And they made songs of praise with joy, and with bent heads gave worship.

    31 Then Hezekiah made answer and said, Now that you have given yourselves to the Lord, come near and take offerings and praise-offerings into the house of the Lord. So all the people took in offerings and praise-offerings: and those whose hearts were moved, took in burned offerings.

  • 2 Chr 30:4
    72%

    4 And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and all the people.

  • 2 Chr 29:17
    71%

    17 On the first day of the first month the work of making the house holy was started, and on the eighth day they came to the covered way of the Lord; in eight days they made the Lord's house holy, and on the sixteenth day of the first month the work was done.

  • 1 Kgs 8:65-66
    2 verses
    71%

    65 So Solomon and all Israel with him, a very great meeting, (for the people had come together from the way into Hamath to the river of Egypt,) kept the feast at that time before the Lord our God, for two weeks, even fourteen days.

    66 And on the eighth day he sent the people away, and, blessing the king, they went to their tents full of joy and glad in their hearts, because of all the good which the Lord had done to David his servant and to Israel his people.

  • Deut 16:15
    71%

    15 Keep the feast to the Lord your God for seven days, in the place marked out by the Lord: because the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all the produce of your land and all the work of your hands, and you will have nothing but joy.

  • Num 29:12
    71%

    12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month let there be a holy meeting; do no field-work, and keep a feast to the Lord for seven days;

  • 2 Chr 5:3
    71%

    3 And all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.

  • Lev 23:39-40
    2 verses
    70%

    39 But on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have got in all the fruits of the land, you will keep the feast of the Lord for seven days: the first day will be a Sabbath, and the eighth day the same.

    40 On the first day, take the fruit of fair trees, branches of palm-trees, and branches of thick trees and trees from the riverside, and be glad before the Lord for seven days.

  • 2 Chr 29:21
    70%

    21 And they took with them seven oxen and seven male sheep and seven lambs and seven he-goats as a sin-offering for the kingdom and for the holy house and for Judah. And he gave orders to the sons of Aaron, the priests, that these were to be offered on the altar of the Lord.

  • Esth 9:17
    70%

    17 This they did on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same month they took their rest, and made it a day of feasting and joy.

  • Neh 12:43
    70%

    43 And on that day they made great offerings and were glad; for God had made them glad with great joy; and the women and the children were glad with them: so that the joy of Jerusalem came to the ears of those who were far off.

  • 2 Chr 35:17
    70%

    17 And all the children of Israel who were present kept the Passover and the feast of unleavened bread at that time for seven days.

  • 2 Chr 30:13
    70%

    13 So a very great number of people came together at Jerusalem to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month.

  • 2 Chr 30:2
    69%

    2 For the king, after discussion with his chiefs and all the body of the people in Jerusalem, had made a decision to keep the Passover in the second month.

  • Neh 12:27
    69%

    27 And when the time came for the wall of Jerusalem to be made holy, they sent for the Levites out of all their places to come to Jerusalem, to keep the feast with joy, and with praise and melody, with brass and corded instruments of music.

  • Neh 7:73
    69%

    73 So the priests and the Levites and the door-keepers and the music-makers and some of the people and the Nethinim, and all Israel, were living in their towns.

  • Ezra 6:16
    69%

    16 And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of those who had come back, kept the feast of the opening of this house of God with joy.

  • Num 29:35
    69%

    35 On the eighth day let there be a holy meeting: you may do no field-work;

  • Esth 1:5
    69%

    5 And at the end of that time, the king gave a feast for all the people who were present in Shushan, the king's town, small as well as great, for seven days, in the outer square of the garden of the king's house.

  • Neh 8:11-13
    3 verses
    69%

    11 So the Levites made all the people quiet, saying, Be quiet, for the day is holy; and do not give way to grief.

    12 And all the people went away to take food and drink, and to send food to others, and to be glad, because the words which were said to them had been made clear.

    13 And on the second day the heads of families of all the people and the priests and the Levites came together to Ezra the scribe, to give attention to the words of the law.

  • 2 Chr 29:36
    69%

    36 And Hezekiah and all the people were full of joy, because God had made the people ready: for the thing was done suddenly.

  • Ezra 7:27
    69%

    27 Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;

  • 2 Chr 31:2
    68%

    2 Then Hezekiah put in order the divisions of the priests and Levites, every man in his division, in relation to his work, for the burned offerings and peace-offerings, and for the ordering of worship and for giving praise at the doors of the Lord's house.

  • Lev 23:36
    68%

    36 Every day for seven days give an offering made by fire to the Lord; and on the eighth day there is to be a holy meeting, when you are to give an offering made by fire to the Lord; this is a special holy day: you may do no field-work on that day.

  • Esth 9:22
    68%

    22 As days on which the Jews had rest from their haters, and the month which for them was turned from sorrow to joy, and from weeping to a good day: and that they were to keep them as days of feasting and joy, of sending offerings to one another and good things to the poor.

  • Lev 23:34
    68%

    34 Say to the children of Israel, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month let the feast of tents be kept to the Lord for seven days.

  • 2 Chr 24:10
    68%

    10 And all the chiefs and all the people came gladly and put their money into the chest, till they had all given.

  • Ezek 43:26
    68%

    26 For seven days they are to make offerings to take away sin from the altar and to make it clean; so they are to make it holy.

  • 1 Chr 29:9
    68%

    9 Then the people were glad because their offerings were freely given, for with a true heart they freely gave what they had to the Lord; and David the king was full of joy.

  • 2 Chr 29:28
    68%

    28 And all the people gave worship, to the sound of songs and the blowing of horns; and this went on till the burned offering was ended.

  • Num 28:25
    68%

    25 Then on the seventh day there will be a holy meeting; you may do no field-work.