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65 Solomon and all Israel with him – a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath[a](A) to the Brook of Egypt(B) – observed the festival at that time(C) in the presence of the Lord our God, for seven days, and seven more days – fourteen days.[b](D) 66 On the fifteenth day[c] he sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went to their homes[d] rejoicing and with happy hearts for all the goodness that the Lord had done for his servant David and for his people Israel.(E)

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  1. 8:65 Or from Lebo-hamath
  2. 8:65 Temple dedication lasted seven days, and the Festival of Shelters lasted for seven days.
  3. 8:66 Lit the eighth day
  4. 8:66 Lit tents