John 10:22
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I and the Father Are One
22 Feast of the Dedication.[a] At that time, the feast of the Dedication was taking place in Jerusalem. It was winter,
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- John 10:22 In the fourth Gospel, the trial of Jesus takes place throughout the book, and on each occasion the Lord asserts his oneness with the Father in unequivocal terms. Here we have a new disagreement, connected with the feast of the Dedication of the temple, which was celebrated toward the end of December. It commemorated the historical fact that in 165 B.C. Judas Maccabeus wrested the temple from the pagan king who had profaned it by installing an idol in it. It was thus a celebration of the liberation, purification, and restoration of the holy place and of its worship (see 1 Mac 4:36-39; 2 Mac 1:9-18; 10:1-8).
1 Kings 8:65
New Catholic Bible
65 At that time Solomon celebrated before the Lord, our God, with all of Israel, a great assembly, people who came from the entrance of Hamath down to the Wadi of Egypt. It lasted seven days, and then another seven days, fourteen days in all.[a]
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- 1 Kings 8:65 The dedication of the temple coincided, as was noted above, with the Feast of Booths, which lasted seven days.
2 Chronicles 7:8-10
New Catholic Bible
8 After that Solomon, and all Israel with him, a massive congregation, from Lebo-hamath to the Wadi of Egypt, celebrated the festival for seven days. 9 On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, inasmuch as they had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days.
10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people back to their homes rejoicing and happy in heart because of all the wonderful things that the Lord had granted to David, to Solomon, and to his people Israel.
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