Ezr 6:22 | HCSB | STEP | They observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy , because the Lord had made them joyful , having changed the Assyrian king’s attitude toward them, so that he supported them in the work on the house of the God of Israel .

Ezra 6:22

22 They observed the Festival of ^{▼▼Unleavened Bread: A seven-day festival celebrated in conjunction with the Passover; Ex 12:1-20}Unleavened Bread for seven days ^b with joy, because the Lord had made them joyful, having changed the Assyrian king’s attitude toward them, so that he supported them ^{▼▼Lit their hands} in the work on the house of the God of Israel. ^d