2 Chronicles 30:1
Then Hezekiah sent an announcement to everyone in Israel and Judah, and also sent letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, inviting them to come to the Lord's Temple in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover of the Lord, the God of Israel.
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Exodus 12:3Tell all the Israelites that on the tenth day of this month, every man must choose a lamb for his family, one for each household.
2 Kings 23:22Such a Passover as this had not been observed from the days of the judges who ruled Israel on through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah.
2 Chronicles 11:16Those from every tribe of Israel who were committed to worshiping their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Lord, the God of their forefathers.
2 Chronicles 29:24Then the priests killed the goats and placed their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make atonement for the whole of Israel, because the king had ordered that the burnt offering and sin offering were for the whole of Israel.
2 Chronicles 35:6Sacrifice the Passover lambs, purify yourselves, and be ready to help the people who come to fulfill the requirements given by the Lord through Moses.”
Hosea 7:8Ephraim mixes with the foreign nations; he is as useless as half-baked bread!
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 →