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

2The king, his officers and all the people who lived in Jerusalem decided to have the Passover festival in the second month. 3Not enough priests had made themselves clean to serve the Lord. So they could not have the feast at the usual time. Also, all the people had not yet come to Jerusalem. This idea seemed right to the king and to all the people. 5So they sent a message with the king's command to all the people. They sent the message everywhere in Israel, from Beersheba to Dan. The message told the people to come to Jerusalem for the Passover festival to worship the Lord, Israel's God. Before that, they had not brought all the people together for the festival, as God's law taught them to do. 6So men took the letters from the king and his officers to all the people in Israel and Judah. The king's command said this: ‘A message to the people of Israel who have escaped from the power of the kings of Assyria. Turn back now to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel. Then he will turn back to you.

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 13:4All the people there agreed that this was a good idea. They realized that it was the right thing to do.

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
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• Passover
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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