Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 30:23
The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Hezekiah has just encouraged the Levites following seven days of peace offerings, and the gathered assembly convenes to decide whether to extend the celebration.
The words — וַ/יִּוָּֽעֲצוּ֙ (va/i.yi.va.'a.Tzu) = they took counsel; אֲחֵרִ֑ים ('a.che.Rim) = another.
The thread — The pattern of extending a seven-day festival appears in 1 Kings 8:65 and 2 Chronicles 7:9, where initial seven-day observances are followed by additional days of solemn assembly or rejoicing.
Why it lands — The text reports a collective decision to add seven days of joyous observance, requiring a reader to recognize that sustained communal worship often emerges from shared agreement rather than top-down decree.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 8:65 So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.
- 2 Chronicles 7:9 On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more.