⁷ Since the bronze altar that Solomon had made^(A) could not accommodate the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the fat of the fellowship offerings, Solomon first consecrated the middle of the courtyard^(B) that was in front of the Lord’s temple and then offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings there.^(C)

⁸ So Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly, from the entrance to Hamath^[a] to the Brook of Egypt—observed the festival at that time for seven days. ⁹ On the eighth day^[b] they held a sacred assembly,^(D) for the dedication of the altar lasted seven days and the festival seven days.