2 Chronicles 30:2

For the king had taken counsel with his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem to keep the Passover in the second month.

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In The 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.

In Context

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

3For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, and the people had not gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Numbers 9:11In the second month, on the fourteenth day at evening they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

1 Chronicles 13:1David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.

2 Chronicles 30:13Many people assembled at Jerusalem to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great assembly.

2 Chronicles 35:1Josiah kept a Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem. They killed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Proverbs 15:22Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 30:2-13

Preparations for the Passover. ( b. c. 726.) 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 the Lord at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel. 2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month. 3 For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered… Read the whole commentary →

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