2 Chronicles 30:23 BSB

2 Chronicles 30:23

The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.

BSB

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ASV

And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days; and they kept other seven days with gladness.

KJV

And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days,.... They consulted among themselves, and with the king and his nobles about it, who all agreed to it: and they kept other seven days with gladness; not altogether in the same manner they had kept the preceding seven days; they did not slay and eat passover lambs, nor did they eat unleavened bread, but offered peace offerings, and feasted upon them; and sung the praises of God, and attended to the instructions of the priests and Levites, being in a very agreeable frame of mind for religious exercises.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

To keep other seven days - This was a voluntary addition to the requirements of the Law - the fruit and sign of the abounding zeal which characterized the time. Hezekiah and the princes probably proposed it to the people, and presented them with sacrificial animals.

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Hebraic traditional view

The Passover held a month late

Hezekiah's great Passover is kept in the SECOND month, and that is not an irregularity he invented: the Law itself provides a one-month make-up date for those unclean or far off (Numbers 9:10–11, the “Second Passover”). Hezekiah applies the provision nationally because the priests and the people could not be ready in time. Notice the chapter's heart: many northerners ate the Passover ritually unclean, and the king prays for them, “may the good LORD pardon everyone who sets his heart to seek God,” and the LORD heals the people. The feast's paperwork bends; the seeking heart is heard.

Sources: Numbers 9:10–11 (the Second-Passover provision) · Mishnah Pesachim 9:1 (the provision in the oral law)

Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּוָּֽעֲצוּ֙	vai.yi.va.'a.Tzu	and they took counsel	H3289 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַקָּהָ֔ל	ha.ka.Hal	the assembly	H6951 →
לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת	la.'a.Sot	to observe	H6213 →
שִׁבְעַ֥ת	shiv.'At	seven	H7651 →
יָמִ֖ים	ya.Mim	days	H3117 →
אֲחֵרִ֑ים	'a.che.Rim	another	H312 →
וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּ	vai.ya.'a.Su	and they observed	H6213 →
שִׁבְעַת־	shiv.'at-	seven	H7651 →
יָמִ֖ים	ya.Mim	days	H3117 →
שִׂמְחָֽה׃	sim.Chah	joy	H8057 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
1 Kings 8:65
So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more…
leads to
- Numbers 34:5
  where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.
- Numbers 34:8
  and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad,
- 1 Kings 8:2
  And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.
- Genesis 15:18
  On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
- 2 Chronicles 7:8–9
  So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days.
Through
2 Chronicles 7:9
On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more.
leads to
- Leviticus 23:36
  For seven days you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present an offering made by fire to…
- Nehemiah 8:18
  Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they…
- Deuteronomy 16:8
  For six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work.

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The Passover held a month late

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Where the connections lead

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