²³ Then the whole assembly agreed together to keep the festival for another seven days, so they kept it for another seven days with gladness.^(A)

⁶⁵ So Solomon held the festival at that time and all Israel with him—a great assembly, people from Lebo-hamath to the Wadi of Egypt—before the Lord our God, seven days.^[a](A)

⁹ On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for they had observed the dedication of the altar seven days and the festival seven days.^(A)