2 Chronicles 30:2

Hezekiah Keeps the Passover

1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to the Lord God of Israel.

2 For the king and his leaders and all the assembly in Jerusalem had agreed to keep the Passover in the second ^amonth.

3 For they could not keep it ^aat the regular time, ^bbecause a sufficient number of priests had not consecrated themselves, nor had the people gathered together at Jerusalem.

4 And the matter pleased the king and all the assembly.

5 So they¹ resolved to make a proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that they should come to keep the Passover to the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem, since they had not done it for a long time in the prescribed manner.

6 Then the ^arunners went throughout all Israel and Judah with the letters from the king and his leaders, and spoke according to the command of the king: “Children of Israel, ^breturn to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel; then He will return to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of ^cthe kings of ^dAssyria.

7 And do not be ^alike your fathers and your brethren, who trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers, so that He ^bgave them up to ^cdesolation, as you see.

8 Now do not be ^astiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the Lord; and enter His sanctuary, which He has sanctified forever, and serve the Lord your God, ^bthat the fierceness of His wrath may turn away from you.

9 For if you return to the Lord, your brethren and your children will be treated with ^acompassion by those who lead them captive, so that they may come back to this land; for the Lord your God is ^bgracious and merciful, and will not turn His face from you if you ^creturn to Him.”

10 So the runners passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun; but ^athey laughed at them and mocked them.

11 Nevertheless ^asome from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

12 Also ^athe hand of God was on Judah to give them singleness of heart to obey the command of the king and the leaders, ^bat the word of the Lord.

13 Now many people, a very great assembly, gathered at Jerusalem to keep the Feast of ^aUnleavened Bread in the second month.

14 They arose and took away the ^aaltars that were in Jerusalem, and they took away all the incense altars and cast them into the Brook ^bKidron.

15 Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and the Levites were ^aashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought the burnt offerings to the house of the Lord.

16 They stood in their ^aplace according to their custom, according to the Law of Moses the man of God; the priests sprinkled the blood received from the hand of the Levites.

17 For there were many in the assembly who had not¹ sanctified themselves; ^atherefore the Levites had charge of the slaughter of the Passover lambs for everyone who was not clean, to sanctify them to the Lord.

Verse Comparison: 2 Chronicles 30:2

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American Standard Version
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.

Amplified® Bible
For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem took counsel to keep the Passover in the second month.

Contemporary English Version
(SEE 30:1)

Darby English Version
And the king took counsel, and his princes, and the whole congregation in Jerusalem, to hold the passover in the second month.

Good News Bible
(SEE 30:1)

King James Version
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.

New American Standard Bible
For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month,

New International Version
The king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month.

New King James Version
For the king and his leaders and all the assembly in Jerusalem had agreed to keep the Passover in the second month.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month,

Revised Standard Version
For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the passover in the second month--

Young's Literal Translation
And the king taketh counsel, and his heads, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to make the passover in the second month,

New English Translation
The king, his officials, and the entire assembly in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover in the second month.

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