* the eighth day.
In the parallel passage of Chronicles this is termed "the
three and twentieth day of the seventh month;" that is, the
ninth day of the dedication; which Jarchi reconciles by
supposing that Solomon gave them leave to return on the eighth
day, and many of them did return; and that he dismissed the
remainder on the ninth, or twenty-third of the seventh month:
See Note on ver. 1.
# 2Ch 7:10; 31:1|
* blessed. or, thanked.
# 1,47|
* joyful.
# De 12:7,12,18; 16:11; 2Ch 29:36; 30:26,27; Ne 8:10; Ps 95:1,2|
# Ps 100:1,2; 106:4,5; 122:6,9; Isa 61:9,10; 66:13,14; Jer 31:12-14|
# Zep 3:14; Zec 9:9,17; Ac 2:46; Ga 5:22; Php 4:4|
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