2 Chronicles 7:4-11

International Standard Version

⁴ Then the king and all the people kept on offering sacrifices in the presence of the Lord. ⁵ King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep, which is how^[a] the king and all of the people dedicated God’s Temple. ⁶ The priests stood in waiting at their assigned places, along with the descendants of Levi who carried musical instruments used in service to the Lord that King David had made for giving thanks to the Lord—because his gracious love is eternal—whenever David, accompanied by priests^[b] sounding trumpets, offered praises while all of Israel stood in the assembly.^[c]

⁷ Solomon also dedicated the middle of the court in front of the Lord’s Temple by offering there burnt offerings and fat from peace offerings because the bronze altar that Solomon had made could not contain the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and fat portion offerings. ⁸ At that time Solomon also held a week-long festival attended by all of Israel. The assembly was very large, and included people from as far away as Lebo-hamath^[d] to the Wadi^[e] of Egypt.^{[f] 9} On the day after the festival ended,^[g] they convened a solemn assembly, because they had been dedicating the altar for seven days and observing the festival for seven days. ¹⁰ On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, King Solomon^[h] sent the people back home,^[i] and they returned^[j] rejoicing and in good spirits because of the goodness that the Lord had shown to David, to Solomon, and to his people Israel. ¹¹ And so Solomon completed the Lord’s Temple, bringing to completion everything that he had planned on doing for the Lord’s Temple and for his own palace.