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Ezra 6:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the τchildren of the captivity, keptg the dedication of this house of God with joyh,

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sons of the transportation,

Ezra 4:1• ¹Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lord God of Israel; (Ezra 4:1)

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1 Kings 8:63• ⁶³And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord. (1 Kings 8:63)

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2 Chron. 7:5• ⁵And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. (2 Chron. 7:5)

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Ezra 6:22• ²²And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. (Ezra 6:22)

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Neh. 8:10• ¹⁰Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength. (Neh. 8:10)

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Neh. 12:43• ⁴³Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. (Neh. 12:43)

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Psa. 122:1• ¹<<A Song of degrees of David.>> I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. (Psa. 122:1)

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the children.

1 Chron. 9:2• ²Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims. (1 Chron. 9:2)

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Neh. 7:73• ⁷³So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities. (Neh. 7:73)

children of the captivity.

Chal. sons of the transportation.

Ezra 4:1• ¹Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lord God of Israel; (Ezra 4:1)

the dedication.

1 Kings 8:63• ⁶³And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord. (1 Kings 8:63)

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2 Chron. 7:5,9• ⁵And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
⁹And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. (2 Chron. 7:5,9)

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John 10:22• ²²And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. (John 10:22)

with joy.

Ezra 6:22• ²²And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. (Ezra 6:22)

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Ezra 3:11‑12• ¹¹And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.
¹²But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: (Ezra 3:11‑12)

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Deut. 12:7• ⁷And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee. (Deut. 12:7)

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1 Chron. 15:28• ²⁸Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps. (1 Chron. 15:28)

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2 Chron. 7:10• ¹⁰And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the Lord had showed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people. (2 Chron. 7:10)

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2 Chron. 30:23,26• ²³And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.
²⁶So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem. (2 Chron. 30:23,26)

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Neh. 8:10• ¹⁰Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength. (Neh. 8:10)

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Neh. 12:43• ⁴³Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. (Neh. 12:43)

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Psa. 122:1• ¹<<A Song of degrees of David.>> I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. (Psa. 122:1)

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Phil. 4:4• ⁴Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. (Phil. 4:4)

Having set up the worship of God in this dedication, they took care to keep it up, and made the book of Moses their rule, to which they had an eye in this establishment.

Though the temple service could not now be performed with so much pomp and plenty as formerly, because of their poverty, yet no doubt it was performed with as much purity and close adherence to the Divine institutions as ever.

No beauty is like the beauty of holiness.

• It was for this that they had been brought up out of Babylon, and if any of them had sown in tears, they now reaped in joy. But their own feebleness and the poverty of their circumstances may be seen by contrasting this dedication with that of Solomon's temple. (“The Book of Ezra: Restoration From Babylon: Ezra 6:16-22” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy;