2 Chronicles 30:2

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

1King Hezekiah now sent word to all Israel and Judah, and he wrote letters of invitation to the people of Ephraim and Manasseh. He asked everyone to come to the Temple of the Lord at Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover of the Lord, the God of Israel. The king, his officials, and all the community of Jerusalem decided to celebrate Passover a month later than usual. 3They were unable to celebrate it at the prescribed time because not enough priests could be purified by then, and the people had not yet assembled at Jerusalem. 4This plan for keeping the Passover seemed right to the king and all the people.

2 Chronicles 30:2 word by word

וַיִּוָּעַ֨ץ הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ וְשָׂרָ֛יו וְכָל־הַקָּהָ֖ל בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הַפֶּ֖סַח בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• had taken counselיָעַץyâ‛ats · to adviseH3289
• and his princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• and all the congregationקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
• in Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• to keepעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• the passoverפֶּ֫סַחpesach · PassoverH6453
• in the secondשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
• monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 30:2

• 2 Chronicles 13:1Abijah began to rule over Judah in the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign in Israel.
• Proverbs 11:14Without wise leadership, a nation falls; there is safety in having many advisers.
• Proverbs 15:22Plans go wrong for lack of advice; many advisers bring success.
• Ecclesiastes 4:13It is better to be a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king who refuses all advice.
• Numbers 9:10“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: If any of the people now or in future generations are ceremonially unclean at Passover time because of touching a dead body, or if they are on a journey and cannot be present at the ceremony, they may still celebrate the Lord’s Passover.

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

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 30:2

• Backsliders
• Derision
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• Month
• Passover
• Proclamation

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Hezekiah
• Loud
• Pentateuch
• Purification
• Hezekiah (2)
• Names, Proper
• Priests and Levites
• Sacrifice
• Worship

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