2 Chronicles 7:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people home. They left happy and contented because of the good the LORD had done for David, Solomon, and his people Israel.

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  • 1 Kgs 8:66 : 66 On the fifteenth day after the festival started, he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king and then went to their homes, happy and content because of all the good the LORD had done for his servant David and his people Israel.
  • 2 Chr 6:41 : 41 Now ascend, O LORD God, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength! May your priests, O LORD God, experience your deliverance! May your loyal followers rejoice in the prosperity you give!
  • 2 Chr 29:36 : 36 Hezekiah and all the people were happy about what God had done for them, for it had been done quickly.
  • 2 Chr 30:26 : 26 There was a great celebration in Jerusalem, unlike anything that had occurred in Jerusalem since the time of King Solomon son of David of Israel.
  • Neh 8:10 : 10 He said to them,“Go and eat delicacies and drink sweet drinks and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
  • Ps 32:11-33:1 : 11 Rejoice in the LORD and be happy, you who are godly! Shout for joy, all you who are morally upright! 1 You godly ones, shout for joy because of the LORD! It is appropriate for the morally upright to offer him praise.
  • Ps 92:4 : 4 For you, O LORD, have made me happy by your work. I will sing for joy because of what you have done.
  • Ps 100:2 : 2 Worship the LORD with joy! Enter his presence with joyful singing!
  • Ps 105:3 : 3 Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!
  • Ps 106:5 : 5 so I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, rejoice along with your nation, and boast along with the people who belong to you.
  • Acts 2:46 : 46 Every day they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts, breaking bread from house to house, sharing their food with glad and humble hearts,
  • Acts 16:34 : 34 The jailer brought them into his house and set food before them, and he rejoiced greatly that he had come to believe in God, together with his entire household.
  • Phil 4:4 : 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, rejoice!
  • Exod 18:1 : 1 The Advice of Jethro Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard about all that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
  • Deut 12:7 : 7 Both you and your families must feast there before the LORD your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he has blessed you.
  • Deut 12:12 : 12 You shall rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God, along with your sons, daughters, male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages(since they have no allotment or inheritance with you).
  • Deut 12:18 : 18 Only in the presence of the LORD your God may you eat these, in the place he chooses. This applies to you, your son, your daughter, your male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages. In that place you will rejoice before the LORD your God in all the output of your labor.
  • Deut 16:11 : 11 You shall rejoice before him– you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you– in the place where the LORD chooses to locate his name.
  • Deut 16:14 : 14 You are to rejoice in your festival, you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows who are in your villages.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 8:65-66
    2 verses
    86%

    65At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival before the LORD our God for two entire weeks. This great assembly included people from all over the land, from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Stream of Egypt in the south.

    66On the fifteenth day after the festival started, he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king and then went to their homes, happy and content because of all the good the LORD had done for his servant David and his people Israel.

  • 2 Chr 7:3-9
    7 verses
    79%

    3When all the Israelites saw the fire come down and the LORD’s splendor over the temple, they got on their knees with their faces downward toward the pavement. They worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD, saying,“Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!”

    4The king and all the people were presenting sacrifices to the LORD.

    5King Solomon sacrificed 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the people dedicated God’s temple.

    6The priests stood in their assigned spots, along with the Levites who had the musical instruments used for praising the LORD.(These were the ones King David made for giving thanks to the LORD and which were used by David when he offered praise, saying,“Certainly his loyal love endures.”) Opposite the Levites, the priests were blowing the trumpets, while all Israel stood there.

    7Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the LORD’s temple. He offered burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings there, because the bronze altar that Solomon had made was too small to hold all these offerings.

    8At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival for seven days. This great assembly included people from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Stream of Egypt in the south.

    9On the eighth day they held an assembly, for they had dedicated the altar for seven days and celebrated the festival for seven more days.

  • 2 Chr 7:11
    75%

    11The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning After Solomon finished building the LORD’s temple and the royal palace, and accomplished all his plans for the LORD’s temple and his royal palace,

  • 1 Kgs 8:2
    75%

    2All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month Ethanim(the seventh month).

  • 2 Chr 30:21-23
    3 verses
    75%

    21The Israelites who were in Jerusalem observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy. The Levites and priests were praising the LORD every day with all their might.

    22Hezekiah expressed his appreciation to all the Levites, who demonstrated great skill in serving the LORD. They feasted for the seven days of the festival, and were making peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD God of their ancestors.

    23The entire assembly then decided to celebrate for seven more days; so they joyfully celebrated for seven more days.

  • 2 Chr 5:3
    75%

    3All the men of Israel assembled before the king during the festival in the seventh month.

  • 2 Chr 30:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25The celebration included the entire assembly of Judah, the priests, the Levites, the entire assembly of those who came from Israel, the resident foreigners who came from the land of Israel and those who were residents of Judah.

    26There was a great celebration in Jerusalem, unlike anything that had occurred in Jerusalem since the time of King Solomon son of David of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 7:1
    72%

    1The Lord Establishes a Covenant with David The king settled into his palace, for the LORD gave him relief from all his enemies on all sides.

  • Ezra 6:22
    70%

    22They 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.

  • 1 Chr 29:9
    70%

    9The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the LORD with a willing attitude; King David was also very happy.

  • 1 Kgs 5:7
    70%

    7When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was very happy. He said,“The LORD is worthy of praise today because he has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”

  • Neh 7:73
    70%

    73The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all the rest of Israel lived in their cities.

  • 1 Chr 29:22-23
    2 verses
    70%

    22They held a feast before the LORD that day and celebrated. Then they designated Solomon, David’s son, as king a second time; before the LORD they anointed him as ruler and Zadok as priest.

    23Solomon sat on the LORD’s throne as king in place of his father David; he was successful and all Israel was loyal to him.

  • 1 Kgs 9:10
    70%

    10Foreign Affairs and Building Projects After twenty years, during which Solomon built the LORD’s temple and the royal palace,

  • Lev 23:39-40
    2 verses
    70%

    39“‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you gather in the produce of the land, you must celebrate a pilgrim festival of the LORD for seven days. On the first day is a complete rest and on the eighth day is complete rest.

    40On the first day you must take for yourselves branches from majestic trees– palm branches, branches of leafy trees, and willows of the brook– and you must rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.

  • 2 Chr 29:17
    69%

    17On the first day of the first month they began consecrating; by the eighth day of the month they reached the porch of the LORD’s temple. For eight more days they consecrated the LORD’s temple. On the sixteenth day of the first month they were finished.

  • 1 Kgs 7:1
    69%

    1The Building of the Royal Palace Solomon took thirteen years to build his palace.

  • Esth 1:5
    69%

    5When those days were completed, the king then provided a seven-day banquet for all the people who were present in Susa the citadel, for those of highest standing to the most lowly. It was held in the court located in the garden of the royal palace.

  • Lev 23:34
    69%

    34“Tell the Israelites,‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Feast of Shelters for seven days to the LORD.

  • Ezra 7:27
    69%

    27Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, who so moved in the heart of the king to so honor the temple of the LORD which is in Jerusalem!

  • Num 29:12
    69%

    12The Feast of Temporary Shelters“‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you are to have a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work, and you must keep a festival to the LORD for seven days.

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
    68%

    1The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning After Solomon finished building the LORD’s temple, the royal palace, and all the other construction projects he had planned,

  • 2 Chr 31:7
    68%

    7In the third month they began piling their contributions in heaps and finished in the seventh month.

  • 2 Chr 8:1
    68%

    1Building Projects and Commercial Efforts After twenty years, during which Solomon built the LORD’s temple and his royal palace,

  • 1 Kgs 10:9
    68%

    9May the LORD your God be praised because he favored you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions.”

  • 1 Kgs 7:51
    67%

    51When King Solomon finished constructing the LORD’s temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David(the silver, gold, and other articles) in the treasuries of the LORD’s temple.

  • Deut 31:10
    67%

    10He commanded them:“At the end of seven years, at the appointed time of the cancellation of debts, at the Feast of Shelters,

  • 1 Kgs 8:14
    67%

    14Then the king turned around and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there.

  • Neh 8:17
    67%

    17So all the assembly which had returned from the exile constructed temporary shelters and lived in them. The Israelites had not done so from the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day. Everyone experienced very great joy.

  • 2 Chr 7:1
    67%

    1Solomon Dedicates the Temple When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the LORD’s splendor filled the temple.

  • Ezra 7:7-8
    2 verses
    67%

    7In the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, Ezra brought up to Jerusalem some of the Israelites and some of the priests, the Levites, the attendants, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants.

    8He entered Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.

  • 2 Chr 6:3
    67%

    3Then the king turned around and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there.

  • 1 Chr 23:25
    67%

    25For David said,“The LORD God of Israel has given his people rest and has permanently settled in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 8:63
    67%

    63Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the Israelites dedicated the LORD’s temple.

  • 1 Kgs 1:40
    67%

    40All the people followed him up, playing flutes and celebrating so loudly they made the ground shake.

  • Deut 12:7
    67%

    7Both you and your families must feast there before the LORD your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he has blessed you.