American Standard Version
2 Chronicles 30:2
2For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
2 Chronicles 30:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
- New International Version (NIV)The king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the Passover in the second month—
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the king and his leaders and all the assembly in Jerusalem had agreed to keep the Passover in the second month.
Context of 2 Chronicles 30:2
1And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto Jehovah, the God of Israel. For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month. 3For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. 4And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 302 Chronicles 30:2 word by word
וַיִּוָּעַ֨ץ הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ וְשָׂרָ֛יו וְכָל־הַקָּהָ֖ל בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הַפֶּ֖סַח בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִֽי׃Read the interlinear
- kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- counselיָעַץyâ‛ats · to adviseH3289
- princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
- assemblyקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
- passoverפֶּ֫סַחpesach · PassoverH6453
- secondשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
- monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 30:2
- 2 Chronicles 13:1In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
- Proverbs 11:14Where no wise guidance is, the people falleth; But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
- Proverbs 15:22Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed; But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
- Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.
- Numbers 9:10Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be on a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto Jehovah.
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 30:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2In the second month - In Ijar, as they could not celebrate it in Nisan, the fourteenth of which month was the proper time. But as they could not complete the purgation of the temple, till the sixteenth of that month, therefore they were obliged to hold it now, or else adjourn it till the next year, which would have been fatal to that spirit of reformation which had now taken place. The law itself had given permission to those who were at a distance, and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2In the second month - Hezekiah and his counselors considered that the permission of the Law (see the marginal reference) might, under the circumstances, be extended to the whole people. It had been found impossible to complete the cleansing of the temple until the fourteenth day of the first month was past 2 Chronicles 29:17. It was, therefore, determined to defer it to the 14th of the second month, which allowed time for the priests generally to purify…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3A month later than usual, the law allowed for a delayed Passover if someone was ceremonially unclean or on a long journey (Numbers 9:9–11). Hezekiah's Passover followed the spirit, if not the exact rules, of these provisions. The delayed Passover offered a chance for national unity and spiritual renewal.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
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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
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