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64 On the same day the king set apart as holy the middle of the court that was before the house of Yahweh, because there he [a]offered the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat of the peace offerings; for (A)the bronze altar that was before Yahweh was too small to hold the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat of the peace offerings.

65 So (B)Solomon celebrated the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly (C)from [b]Lebo-hamath (D)to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, for seven days and seven more days, even fourteen days. 66 On the eighth day he sent the people away and they blessed the king. Then they went to their tents with gladness and goodness of heart because of all the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David His [c]servant and to Israel His people.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 8:64 Lit made
  2. 1 Kings 8:65 Or the entrance of Hamath
  3. 1 Kings 8:66 Or slave, cf. 8:52; see Foreword, “The Terminology of Slave”