3 Kings 8:66
And on the eighth day he sent away the people: and they blessed the king, and went to their dwellings rejoicing, and glad in heart for all the good things that the Lord had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et in die octava dimisit populos : qui benedicentes regi, profecti sunt in tabernacula sua lætantes, et alacri corde super omnibus bonis quæ fecerat Dominus David servo suo, et Israël populo suo.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃ ἐξαπέστειλεν τὸν λαόν, καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ἕκαστος εἰς τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτοῦ χαίροντες· καὶ ἀγαθὴ ἡ καρδία ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς οἷς ἐποίησεν Κύριος τῷ Δαυεὶδ δούλῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῷ Ἰσραὴλ λαῷ αὐτοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- בַּיּ֤וֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי֙ שִׁלַּ֣ח אֶת הָעָ֔ם וַֽיְבָרֲכ֖וּ אֶת הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיֵּלְכ֣וּ לְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם שְׂמֵחִים֙ וְט֣וֹבֵי לֵ֔ב עַ֣ל כָּל הַטּוֹבָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְדָוִ֣ד עַבְדּ֔וֹ וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַמּֽוֹ
Haydock's commentary
Eighth day, at the conclusion of the second octave. (Haydock)
Blessed the king, as he had done them before. The most honourable performs this office, Hebrew vii. 7. (Calmet)
The king and people wished all sorts of happiness to each other.
David. The glory of his son reflected honour on him. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.