THEOSISEzra 6:16Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity kept the dedication of the house of God with joy.
וַעֲבַ֣דוּ בְנֵֽי־יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל כָּהֲנַיָּ֨א וְלֵוָיֵ֜א וּשְׁאָ֣ר בְּנֵי־גָלוּתָ֗א חֲנֻכַּ֛ת בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דְנָ֖ה בְּחֶדְוָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 2 Chr 7:5And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand oxen, and one hundred and twenty thousand rams: and the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
- Ezra 6:22And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy, for the Lord had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, that he should help their hands in the work of the house of the Lord the God of Israel.
- John 10:22And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: and it was winter.
- Phil 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always: again, I say, rejoice.
- Ps 122 (121):1
- Ezra 4:1Now the enemies of Juda and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to the Lord the God of Israel.
- 2 Chr 7:9And he made on the eighth day a solemn assembly, because he had kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and had celebrated the solemnity seven days.
- 2 Chr 7:10So on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent away the people to their dwellings, joyful and glad for the good that the Lord had done to David, and to Solomon, and to all Israel his people.