KJV King James Version
On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
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1 Kings 8:66
On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.
WEB World English Bible
On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David his servant, and to Israel his people.
ASV American Standard Version
On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that Jehovah had showed unto David his servant, and to Israel his people.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
On the eighth day he hath sent the people away, and they bless the king, and go to their tents, rejoicing and glad of heart for all the good that Jehovah hath done to David His servant, and to Israel His people.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 8
63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.
64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that [was] before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that [was] before the LORD [was] too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, [even] fourteen days.
66 On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
בַּיּ֤וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַשְּׁמִינִי֙H8066 · she.mi.nieighthשִׁלַּ֣חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָעָ֔םH5971 · ampeopleוַֽיְבָרֲכ֖וּH1288 · ba.rakhto blessאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַמֶּ֑לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingוַיֵּלְכ֣וּH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentלְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֗םH168 · o.heltentשְׂמֵחִים֙H8056 · sa.me.achgladוְט֣וֹבֵיH2896 · tovpleasantלֵ֔בH3820 · levheartעַ֣לH5921 · aluponכָּל־H3605 · kolallהַטּוֹבָ֗הH2896 · tovpleasantאֲשֶׁ֨רH834 · a.sherwhichעָשָׂ֤הH6213 · a.sahto make: doיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלְדָוִ֣דH1732 · da.vidDavidעַבְדּ֔וֹH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveוּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelעַמּֽוֹ׃H5971 · ampeople
Cross-references
Philippians 4:4Rejoice in the Lord alway: [and] again I say, Rejoice.Zechariah 9:17For how great [is] his goodness, and how great [is] his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.Acts 2:46And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,Deuteronomy 12:7And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Deuteronomy 12:12And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that [is] within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.Psalm 95:1-2O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.Psalm 122:9Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.Psalm 100:1-2A Psalm of praise. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.2 Chronicles 7:10And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.Psalm 106:4-5Remember me, O LORD, with the favour [that thou bearest unto] thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;1 Kings 8:47[Yet] if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;Deuteronomy 12:18But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that [is] within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.Nehemiah 8:10Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for [this] day [is] holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he [is] just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.Jeremiah 31:12-14Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.Psalm 122:6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.2 Chronicles 29:36And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was [done] suddenly.
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