2 Chronicles 30:1
And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, to hold the passover to Jehovah the God of Israel.
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Exodus 12:3Speak unto all the assembly of Israel, saying, On the tenth of this month let them take themselves each a lamb, for a father's house, a lamb for a house.
2 Kings 23:22For there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;
2 Chronicles 11:16And after them, those out of all the tribes of Israel that set their heart to seek Jehovah the God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice to Jehovah the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 29:24And the priests slaughtered them, and they made purification for sin with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel; because for all Israel, said the king, is the burnt-offering and the sin-offering.
2 Chronicles 35:6and slaughter the passover, and hallow yourselves, and prepare it for your brethren, that they may do according to the word of Jehovah through Moses.
Hosea 7:8Ephraim, he mixeth himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 30:1
In this chapter we have an account of the solemn passover which Hezekiah kept in the first year of his reign. I. The consultation about it, and the resolution he and his people came to for the observance of it, ver. 2-5 . II. The invitation he sent to Judah and Israel to come and keep it, ver. 1 , 6-12 . III. The joyful celebration of it, ver. 13-27 . By this the reformation, set on foot in the foregoing chapter, was greatly advanced and established, and that nail in God's holy place clenched. Read the whole commentary →