2 Chronicles 30:26

So 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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
great	גְדוֹלָ֖ה ge.do.Lah	H1419	great (in any sense) · adjective, feminine singular absolute
joy	שִׂמְחָֽה sim.chah-	H8057	blithesomeness or glee · noun, common feminine singular absolute
Jerusalem	בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם bi.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · preposition + proper noun, a place name
time	מִימֵ֞י mi.Mei	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Solomon	שְׁלֹמֹ֤ה she.lo.Moh	H8010	Shelomah · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶן ven-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
David	דָּוִיד֙ da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
Jerusalem	בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם bi.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · preposition + proper noun, a place name

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2 Chronicles 7:8-10 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 30:21–end

After the passover followed the feast of unleavened bread, which continued seven days. How that was observed we are here told, and every thing in this account looks pleasant and lively. 1. Abundance of sacrifices were offered to God in peace-offerings, by which they both acknowledged and implored the favour of God, and on part of which the offerers feasted with their friends during these seven days (Ch2 30:22), in token of their communion with God and the comfort they took in his favour and their reconciliation to him. To keep up this part of the service, that God's altar might be abundantly regaled with the fat and blood and his priests and people with the flesh of the peace-offerings, Heze…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 30:24

and a great number of priests sanctified themselves--so that there would be a sufficient number of hands for the additional services. Next: 2 Chronicles Chapter 31

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 30:26

Since the time of Solomon - there was not the like in Jerusalem - For from that time the ten tribes had been separated from the true worship of God, and now many of them for the first time, especially from Asher, Issachar, Ephraim, Manasseh, and Zebulun, joined to celebrate the passover.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 30:26

So there was great joy in Jerusalem,.... Not merely carnal, expressed in eating and drinking, and making merry with one another, but spiritual, on account of the restoration of temple service, and the feasts of the Lord: for since the time of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, there was not the like in Jerusalem; not the like joy, so spiritual, sincere, and hearty; nor such a number of persons rejoicing together on such an occasion; nor for so many days together, which were as many as at the dedication of the temple by Solomon.

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 30:26

Dictionary and topics

Pentateuch — The five-fold volume, consisting of the first five books of the Old Testament. This word does not occur in Scripture, nor is it certainly known when the roll was thus divided into five portions…
Samaria, Country Of — Samaria at first included all the tribes over which Jeroboam made himself king, whether east or west of the river Jordan. (1 Kings 13:32) But whatever extent the word might have acquired, it…
Month · .An celebrated in — .An celebrated in

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 30:21–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 30:24

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 30:26

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 30:26

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 30:26

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Word by word — the Hebrew

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Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 30:21–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 30:24

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 30:26

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 30:26

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 30:26

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Rashi on 2 Chronicles 30:26