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1 Kings 8 63
Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the LORD: twenty-two thousand cattle and one hundred twenty thousand sheep and goats. In this manner the king and all the Israelites dedicated the LORD’s temple.
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2 Chronicles 7 5
King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand cattle and one hundred twenty thousand sheep and goats. In this manner the king and all the people dedicated God’s temple.
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John 10:22
Then the Festival of Dedication took place in Jerusalem, and it was winter.
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Ezra 6:22
They observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful, having changed the Assyrian king’s attitude toward them, so that he supported them in the work on the house of the God of Israel.
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2 Chronicles 30 23
The whole congregation decided to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy,
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Ezra 4:1
When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,
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Psalms 122:1
I rejoiced with those who said to me,“ Let’s go to the house of the LORD.”
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Nehemiah 12:43
On that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great joy. The women and children also celebrated, and Jerusalem’s rejoicing was heard far away.
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Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
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Deuteronomy 12:7
You will eat there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household in everything you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.
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2 Chronicles 7 9-2 Chronicles 7 10
On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar lasted seven days and the festival seven days.On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people home, rejoicing and with happy hearts for the goodness the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for his people Israel.
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1 Chronicles 9 2
The first to live in their towns on their own property again were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
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Nehemiah 8:10
Then he said to them,“ Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, because the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
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2 Chronicles 30 26
There was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for nothing like this was known since the days of Solomon son of David, the king of Israel.
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1 Chronicles 15 28
So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouts, the sound of the ram’s horn, trumpets, and cymbals, and the playing of harps and lyres.
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Ezra 3:11-12
They sang with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD:“ For he is good; his faithful love to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD because the foundation of the LORD’s house had been laid.But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads, who had seen the first temple, wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple, but many others shouted joyfully.
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Nehemiah 7:73
The priests, Levites, gatekeepers, temple singers, some of the people, temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns. When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns,