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2 Chronicles 30:24

in 2 Chronicles 30

For Hezekiah king of Judah contributed a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the assembly, and the officials contributed a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep for the assembly, and a great number of priests consecrated themselves.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the assembly for offerings a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the assembly a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.

KJV

For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 30

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Did give - First to God, to whom the parts appointed were offered in a way of thanksgiving; and then to the people, who feasted upon the relicks, as the offerer used to do in peace- offerings: and Hezekiah, who was the offerer, gave away his right in the remains of the sacrifices to the people.

This site's exposition

agreed to observe seven more days

on 2 Chronicles 30:23-24

The assembly extends the feast by its own choice, “seven more days” that the law never commanded, kept with the same joy as the first. Hezekiah contributes “a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep”, and the officials exceed him with “a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep”.

This site's exposition

a great number of priests consecrated themselves

John Wesley explains the gift: the animals were offered to God as peace offerings. The king gave up his share of the meat so the people could feast on it. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that these herds supplied the meals of the added second week.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

"What shall we do," says Hezekiah, "about the passover? It is a very comfortable ordinance, and has been long neglected. The time has elapsed for this year; we cannot go about it immediately; the congregation is thin, the people have not notice, the priests are not prepared,

quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — odd-straight-quotes

For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation one thousand bullocks, and seven thousand sheep,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

By this God was honoured, the joy of the festival was kept up, and the strangers were encouraged to come again to Jerusalem. It was generously done of the king and the princes thus plentifully to entertain the whole congregation; but what is a great estate good for but that it puts men into a capacity of doing so much the more good? Christ feasted those that followed him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Le 23:6]; but in consequence of its having been allowed to fall so long into desuetude, they doubled the period of celebration and kept it fourteen days with unabated satisfaction and joy. Materials for the additional sacrificial meals were supplied by the munificence of the king and the princes.

quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-brackets

How the passage was read

On 2 Chronicles 30:1-27

On 2 Chronicles 30:1-27

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.

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

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

The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • כִּ֣יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּHezekiah

    chizkiyahuH2396 →127 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • יְ֠הוּדָהJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • הֵרִ֨יםhe contributed

    herimH7311 →190 times

  • לַקָּהָ֜לfor the assembly

    lakahalH6951 →123 times

  • אֶ֣לֶףone thousand

    ʾelefH505 →505 times

  • פָּרִים֮young bulls

    parimH6499 →132 times

  • וְשִׁבְעַ֣תand seven

    veshivatH7651 →394 times

  • אֲלָפִ֣יםthousand<s>

    ʾalafimH505 →505 times

  • צֹאן֒ סsheep

    tzonH6629 →274 times

  • וְהַשָּׂרִ֞יםand the officials

    vehasarimH8269 →421 times

  • הֵרִ֤ימוּthey contributed

    herimuH7311 →190 times

  • לַקָּהָל֙for the assembly

    lakahalH6951 →123 times

  • פָּרִ֣יםyoung bulls

    parimH6499 →132 times

  • אֶ֔לֶףone thousand

    ʾelefH505 →505 times

  • וְצֹ֖אןand sheep

    vetzonH6629 →274 times

  • עֲשֶׂ֣רֶתten

    ʾaseretH6235 →176 times

  • אֲלָפִ֑יםthousand<s>

    ʾalafimH505 →505 times

  • וַיִּֽתְקַדְּשׁ֥וּand they consecrated themselves

    vaiyitkadeshuH6942 →171 times

  • כֹהֲנִ֖יםpriests

    khohanimH3548 →750 times

  • לָרֹֽב׃to multitude

    laroH7230 →149 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Ephesians 4:8

    This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”

    it leads to

    • Psalms 68:18

      You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.

    • Colossians 2:15

      And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 30:3

    since they had been unable to observe it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 29:34

      However, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had been consecrated. For the Levites had…

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 29:34

    However, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had been consecrated. For the Levites had…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 35:11

      And they slaughtered the Passover lambs, while the priests sprinkled the blood handed to them and the Levites skinned the animals.

    • 2 Chronicles 30:3

      since they had been unable to observe it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 45:17

    And it shall be the prince’s part to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings for the feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—for all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel. He…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 66:23

      From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.

    • 2 Chronicles 31:3

      The king contributed from his own possessions for the regular morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, as written in the Law of…

    • Ezekiel 46:4–12

      The burnt offering that the prince presents to the LORD on the Sabbath day shall be six unblemished male lambs and an unblemished ram.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Chronicles

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.