Took counsel. — Determined, the result of taking counsel (2 Chronicles 30:2).
To keep. — Literally, to do or make.
Other seven days. — As a prolongation of the festivities. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 7:9.)
With gladness. — Simhâh, an adverbial accusative. But some Hebrew MSS. express the with, as in 2 Chronicles 7:10. The chronicler is fond of dwelling upon the joy of the ancient festivals, as though he would suggest greater whole-heartedness and magnificence to the people and princes of his own day.