Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 1 Kings 8:66

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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 Kg1 8:1. Ch2 7:10, Ch2 31:1 blessed: or, thanked, Kg1 8:1, Kg1 8:47 joyful: Deu 12:7, Deu 12:12, Deu 12:18, Deu 16:11; Ch2 29:36, Ch2 30:26, Ch2 30:27; Neh 8:10; Psa 95:1, Psa 95:2; Psa 100:1, Psa 100:2, Psa 106:4, Psa 106:5, Psa 122:6, Psa 122:9; Isa 61:9, Isa 61:10, Isa 66:13, Isa 66:14; Jer 31:12-14; Zep 3:14; Zac 9:9, Zac 9:17; Act 2:46; Gal 5:22; Phi 4:4 Next: 3 Kings (1 Kings) Chapter 9

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