23 Then the whole group decided to celebrate for seven more days, so they enthusiastically celebrated for another whole week 24 because Yehudah’s King Hizkiyah had provided a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the people, and the officials had also contributed another thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep. Many more priests also consecrated themselves. 25 All the people from Yehudah celebrated, including the priests and Levites, and all those people who’d come down from Yisrael to stay in Yehudah (whether just for the occasion, or to live permanently), plus others living in Yehudah. 26 Everyone in Yerushalem was very happy, because nothing like that had happened in Yerushalem since the time when David’s son Shelomoh (Solomon) was king. 27 Finally,, the priests and Levites stood up and prayed a blessing on the people, and their voice was heard because their prayer reached God’s holy residence in the heavens.