8. So Solomon observed the festival at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him—a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt.
9. On the eighth day they held an assembly, for they had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days and the festival for seven days more.
10. On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people to their homes, joyful and glad in heart for the good things the Lord had done for David and Solomon and for his people Israel.
11. When Solomon had finished the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had succeeded in carrying out all he had in mind to do in the temple of the Lord and in his own palace,
12. the Lord appeared to him at night and said: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices.