2 Chronicles 30:19

2 Chronicles 30:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
• New International Version (NIV)who sets their heart on seeking God—the Lord, the God of their ancestors—even if they are not clean according to the rules of the sanctuary.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)who sets his heart to seek God, the Lord, the God of his fathers, even though not according to the sanctuary's rules of cleanness."
• New King James Version (NKJV)who prepares his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he is not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.”

Context of 2 Chronicles 30:19

17Many of the people had not made themselves properly clean. So they could not kill their lambs for the Passover and offer them to the Lord. The Levites had to kill the lambs for those people instead. 18Most of the people who came from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun had not made themselves properly clean. They should not have eaten the Passover meal, because God's law said that was wrong. But they still ate the meal. So Hezekiah prayed for them. He said, ‘Lord you are good. Please forgive everyone who really wants to obey you, the God of their ancestors. If they have not made themselves properly clean to eat this meal, please forgive them.’ 20The Lord accepted Hezekiah's prayer. He did not punish those people. 21The Israelites who were in Jerusalem enjoyed the Festival of Flat Bread for seven days. They were very happy. Every day, the Levites and the priests made loud music to praise the Lord.

2 Chronicles 30:19 word by word

כָּל־לְבָב֣וֹ הֵכִ֔ין לִדְר֛וֹשׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֥ים׀ יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבוֹתָ֑יו וְלֹ֖א כְּטָהֳרַ֥ת הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• preparethכּוּןkûn · to establish: establishH3559
• his heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• to seekדָּרַשׁdârash · to seekH1875
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of his fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• according to the purificationטׇהֳרָהţohŏrâh · purifyingH2893
• of the sanctuaryקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 30:19

• 2 Chronicles 19:3But you have done some good things. You have removed the Asherah poles from Judah's land. You have chosen to serve God.’
• 2 Chronicles 20:33But he did not remove all the altars that were on the hills. The people still did not want to be completely faithful to the God of their ancestors.
• 1 Samuel 7:3Then Samuel said to all the Israelite people, ‘If you truly want to turn back to the Lord, you must show that you mean it. You must remove all your foreign gods and the images of Ashtoreth. You must give your lives completely to the Lord. You must worship only the Lord. If you do that, he will save you from the power of the Philistines.’
• 1 Chronicles 29:18Lord, you are the God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac and Israel. Please help us, your people, to continue to obey you. Help us to serve you faithfully.
• Ezra 7:10God was kind to Ezra because Ezra had decided to study the law of the Lord. Ezra always obeyed its rules. He also taught the law and its rules to the Israelite people.
• Job 11:13As for you, Job, you should be faithful to God. Raise your hands and pray to God.
• Psalms 10:17You, Lord, hear the prayers of people who are suffering. When they ask you to help them, you make them feel strong.
• Proverbs 23:2617. Listen to me carefully, my son. Watch how I live.
• Leviticus 12:4The woman must wait for 35 days after the boy is born. All this time she must not touch anything that is holy. She must not go into the Tent of Meeting. After this time, she will become clean.
• Leviticus 15:31The tabernacle is God's house. It is among Israel's people. The priests must keep the people away from anything that makes them unclean. If they are not clean, they will make the Tent of Meeting unclean. So they will die.’
• Leviticus 21:17‘Talk to Aaron. Say, “A priest who does not have a perfect body must not sacrifice the burnt offerings to God.” This rule is for now and for all time.
• Leviticus 22:3One of your sons may not be clean. That son must not come near the Lord's holy offerings. But perhaps he may not obey my rule. He might go near to the holy gifts. The priests who are clean must punish him. They must send him away. He must go from God's house. I am the Lord. This rule is for now and for all time.
• Numbers 9:6But there were some people who were not clean. That was because they had touched a dead body. So they could not eat the Passover on that day. So they came to Moses and Aaron on that day.
• Numbers 19:13A person might touch the body of a dead person. If he does not make himself clean, he has made the Lord's Tent of Meeting unclean. You must make that person separate from the Israelites. Because they did not splash the special water on him, he will not be clean. He will continue to be unclean.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 30:19

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-20Verses 13-20 The great thing needful in attendance upon God in solemn ordinances, is, that we make heart-work of it; all is nothing without this. Where this sincerity and fixedness of heart are, there may yet be many things short of the purification of the sanctuary. These defects need pardoning, healing grace; for omissions in duty are sins, as well as omissions of duty. If God should deal with us in strict justice, even as to the very best of our…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-19Many pilgrims traveled far from other countries and could not undergo the purification ceremonies. They were not ready to join the ceremony. Hezekiah let them eat the Passover without the sacrificial ritual, even though they were impure. He prayed for God to accept their worship. Hezekiah followed the restoration process (see 2 Chronicles 7:14).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 30:19

• Church
• Form
• Heart
• Intercession
• Israel
• Month
• Seekers

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Hezekiah
• Loud
• Pentateuch
• Purification
• Ezekiel
• Hezekiah (2)
• Names, Proper
• Priests and Levites

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