2 Chronicles 30:4

2 Chronicles 30:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
• New International Version (NIV)The plan seemed right both to the king and to the whole assembly.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and the plan seemed right to the king and all the assembly.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the matter pleased the king and all the assembly.

Context of 2 Chronicles 30:4

2For the king and his officials and all the assembly in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month, 3since they could not celebrate it at that time because a sufficient number of priests had not consecrated themselves, nor had the people assembled at Jerusalem. Thus the [decision to set a] new time pleased the king and the entire assembly. 5So they decided to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people were to come to celebrate the Passover to the Lord God of Israel, at Jerusalem. For they had not celebrated it in great numbers as it was prescribed [for a long time]. 6So the runners went throughout Israel and Judah with the letters from the hand of the king and his officials, in accordance with the command of the king, saying, “O sons (descendants) of Israel, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel (Jacob), so that He will return to those of you who escaped and are left from the hand (power) of the kings of Assyria.

2 Chronicles 30:4 word by word

וַיִּישַׁ֥ר הַדָּבָ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וּבְעֵינֵ֖י כָּל־הַקָּהָֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• pleasedעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• pleasedיָשַׁרyâshar · to smoothH3474
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• and all the congregationקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 30:4

• 1 Chronicles 13:4Then all the assembly agreed to do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 30:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-27This story of Hezekiah's Passover celebration shows the Chronicler's focus on Israel's unity, the people's spiritual readiness, and the success of following Solomon's restoration plan at the temple dedication (2 Chronicles 7:14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-122Ch 30:1-12. Hezekiah Proclaims a Passover. 1-5. Hezekiah sent to all ... Judah ... to come to ... Jerusalem, to keep the passover--This great religious festival had not been regularly observed by the Hebrews in their national capacity for a long time because of the division of the kingdom and the many disorders that had followed that unhappy event. Hezekiah longed extremely to see its observance revived; and the expression of his wishes having received a…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 30:4

• Backsliders
• Derision
• Form
• Liberality
• Month
• Passover
• Proclamation

In the dictionaries

• Hezekiah
• Loud
• Pentateuch
• Purification
• Hezekiah (2)
• Names, Proper
• Priests and Levites
• Worship
• Samaria, Country of

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings