Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 7:9
And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
9. a solemn assembly ] R.V. mg., a closing festival. Cp. Num 29:35; Deu 16:8.
seven days, and seven days ] Cp. 1Ki 8:65.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
[See comments on 2Ch 7:7]
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(9) And in the eighth dayThat is, on the twenty-second of the seventh month (Ethanim, or Tisri; 2Ch. 5:3).
They made a solemn assembly.Comp. Lev. 23:36. Not mentioned in Kings (1Ki. 8:66 says: and on the eighth day he dismissed the people, i.e., after this final gathering).
For they kept the dedication of the altar seven days.The seven days preceding the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles, or the 8th to the 14th Ethanim, had been kept as an extraordinary festival on account of the inauguration of the Temple. After this festival, the Feast of Tabernacles was celebrated in due course for seven days more.
This explains the obscure words of 1Ki. 8:65, (Solomon and all Israel) kept the feast . . . seven days and seven days, fourteen days, a brief expression which combines the two distinct celebrations. So Syriac, seven days of the feast, and seven days of the inauguration of the house; these and these, their amount was fourteen days. And on the day of the full moon in the month of Tisri the king sent the people away.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 7:9. And the feast seven days That is, emphatically, the feast of tabernacles.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
solemn assembly: Heb. restraint, Lev 23:36, Deu 16:8, Neh 8:18, Joe 1:14
seven days: 2Ch 30:23, 1Ki 8:65
Reciprocal: Num 7:10 – dedicating 2Ch 30:26 – since the time Ezr 6:16 – the dedication Est 1:5 – seven days Joh 7:2 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
7:9 And in the eighth day they {c} made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
(c) They assembled to hear the word of God, after they had remained seven days in the booths or tabernacles.