And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.
Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the Lord. It was quite in accordance with the character of this good king to encourage the Levites in the work of religious instruction.
And they did eat throughout the feast seven days, х wayo'kªluw (H398) 'et (H853) hamow`eed (H4150)] - and they did eat the festival seven days. [In like manner the Septuagint has: kai sunetelesan teen heorteen toon axumoon hepta heemeras, and they fulfilled (observed) the festival of unleavened bread seven days.]