2 Chronicles 30:3

2 Chronicles 30:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.
• New International Version (NIV)They had not been able to celebrate it at the regular time because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not assembled in Jerusalem.
• English Standard Version (ESV)for they could not keep it at that time because the priests had not consecrated themselves in sufficient number, nor had the people assembled in Jerusalem—
• New King James Version (NKJV)For they could not keep it at the regular time, because a sufficient number of priests had not consecrated themselves, nor had the people gathered together at Jerusalem.

Context of 2 Chronicles 30:3

1Now Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover to the Lord God of Israel. 2For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month, since they could not celebrate it at that time, because the priests had not consecrated themselves in sufficient numbers, nor had the people been gathered to Jerusalem. 4Thus the thing was right in the sight of the king and all the assembly. 5So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout all Israel from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should 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.

2 Chronicles 30:3 word by word

כִּ֣י לֹ֧א יָכְל֛וּ לַעֲשֹׂת֖וֹ בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֑יא כִּ֤י הַכֹּהֲנִים֙ לֹֽא־הִתְקַדְּשׁ֣וּ לְמַדַּ֔י וְהָעָ֖ם לֹא־נֶאֶסְפ֥וּ לִֽירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• sinceכִּיkîy · forH3588
• they couldיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
• not celebrateעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• at that timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• the priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• had not consecratedקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942
• themselves in sufficientדַּיday · sufficiencyH1767
• norלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• had the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• been gatheredאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 30:3

• Exodus 12:6You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight.
• 2 Chronicles 29:34But the priests were too few, so that they were unable to skin all the burnt offerings; therefore their brothers the Levites helped them until the work was completed and until the other priests had consecrated themselves. For the Levites were more conscientious to consecrate themselves than the priests.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 30:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3At that time - i. e. in the first month, at the time of the events mentioned in 2 Chronicles 29.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

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 30:3

• Backsliders
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In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• 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