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 keep the passover unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.
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Exodus 12:3Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth [day] of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers` houses, a lamb for a household:
2 Kings 23:22Surely there was not kept 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, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice unto Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 29:24and the priests killed them, and they made a sin-offering with their blood upon the altar, to make atonement for all Israel; for the king commanded [that] the burnt-offering and the sin-offering [should be made] for all Israel.
2 Chronicles 35:6And kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brethren, to do according to the word of Jehovah by Moses.
Hosea 7:8Ephraim, he mixeth himself among 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 →