^8 (A)At that time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly ^(B)from the entrance of Hamath to ^(C)the^[a] Brook of Egypt. ⁹ And on the eighth day they held a ^(D)sacred assembly, for they observed the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. ^10 (E)On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the good that the Lord had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel. ¹¹ Thus ^(F)Solomon finished the house of the Lord and the king’s house; and Solomon successfully accomplished all that came into his heart to make in the house of the Lord and in his own house.

³⁸ And in the eleventh year, in the month of ^[a]Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its details and according to all its plans. So he was ^(A)seven years in building it.

² Therefore all the men of Israel assembled with King Solomon at the ^(A)feast in the month of ^[a]Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

Solomon Dedicates the Temple^(A)

⁶² Then ^(B)the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the Lord. ⁶³ And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the Lord, twenty-two thousand bulls and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord. ⁶⁴ On ^(C)the same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was in front of the house of the Lord; for there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the ^(D)bronze altar that was before the Lord was too small to receive the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.

⁶⁵ At that time Solomon held ^(E)a feast, and all Israel with him, a great assembly from ^(F)the entrance of Hamath to ^(G)the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, ^(H)seven days and seven more days—fourteen days. ^66 (I)On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they ^[a]blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the good that the Lord had done for His servant David, and for Israel His people.