* A.M. 3559.  B.C. 445.  the dedication.
   Jerusalem was the holy city, and the wall was built under the
   immediate superintendence and blessing of Jehovah:  it was
   therefore proper that it should be dedicated to that God who
   was there worshipped by solemn praises, prayers, and
   sacrifices.  The dedication seems to have consisted in
   processions of the most eminent persons around the walls, with
   thanksgivings to God, who had enabled them to bring the work
   to so happy a conclusion; and, no doubt, to all this were
   added a particular consecration of the city to God, and the
   most earnest invocation that He would take it under His
   guardianship, and defend it and its inhabitants against their
   enemies.

  De 20:5  Ps 30:1  *title 
 * out.
  11:20  1Ch 15:4,12  25:6  26:31  2Ch 5:13  29:4-11,30  Ezr 8:15-20 
 * gladness.
  8:17  De 16:11  2Sa 6:12  2Ch 29:30  Ezr 6:16  Ps 98:4-6  100:1,2 
  Php 4:4 
 * thanksgivings.
  1Ch 13:8  15:16,28  16:5,42  23:5  25:1-6  2Ch 5:13  7:6 
  Ezr 3:10,11  Ps 81:1-4  92:1-3  149:3  150:2-5  Re 5:8