2 Chronicles 30:26
in 2 Chronicles 30So there was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for nothing like this had happened there since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel.
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ASV
So there was great joy in Jerusalem; for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
KJV
So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 30
Commentary
7 notes on this verseSo there was great joy in Jerusalem,.... Not merely carnal, expressed in eating and drinking, and making merry with one another, but spiritual, on account of the restoration of temple service, and the feasts of the Lord: for since the time of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, there was not the like in Jerusalem; not the like joy, so spiritual, sincere, and hearty; nor such a number of persons rejoicing together on such an occasion; nor for so many days together, which were as many as at the dedication of the temple by Solomon.
This site's exposition
the foreigners who had come from Israel
on 2 Chronicles 30:25-26
The text names the company that rejoices: the assembly of Judah, the priests and Levites, and the assembly “that had come from Israel”. With them were “the foreigners who had come from Israel and those who lived in Judah”. Verse 26 measures the joy against Solomon’s dedication of the temple.
This site's exposition
since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel
Albert Barnes points to 7:8 to 10, where Solomon's dedication and the feast that followed ran fourteen days in all. John Gill notes that Hezekiah's feast matched it in length, seven days and then seven more. Matthew Henry draws the lesson that holy duties should be done with gladness.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
"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
Never was the like since the dedication of the temple in Solomon's time. Note, Holy duties should be performed with holy gladness; we should be forward to them, and take pleasure in them, relish the sweetness of communion with God, and look upon it as matter of unspeakable joy and comfort that we are thus favoured and have such earnests of everlasting joy.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Since the time of Solomon - there was not the like in Jerusalem - For from that time the ten tribes had been separated from the true worship of God, and now many of them for the first time, especially from Asher, Issachar, Ephraim, Manasseh, and Zebulun, joined to celebrate the passover.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Since the time of Solomon - Compare 2Ch 7:8-10.
How the passage was read
On 2 Chronicles 30:1-27On 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
14 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתְּהִ֥י | vatehi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| שִׂמְחָֽה־ | simchah- | joy | H8057 → | 94 times |
| גְדוֹלָ֖ה | gedolah | great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם | birushalim | in Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| כִּ֠י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| מִימֵ֞י | mimei | since [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֤ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| דָּוִיד֙ | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| כָזֹ֖את | khazot | like this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ ס | birushalim | in Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
וַתְּהִ֥יand it was
vatehiH1961 →3559 times
שִׂמְחָֽה־joy
simchah-H8057 →94 times
גְדוֹלָ֖הgreat
gedolahH1419 →526 times
בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑םin Jerusalem
birushalimH3389 →643 times
כִּ֠יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
מִימֵ֞יsince [the] days of
mimeiH3117 →2304 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֤הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
בֶן־[the] son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
דָּוִיד֙David
davidH1732 →999 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
כָזֹ֖אתlike this
khazotH2063 →603 times
בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ סin Jerusalem
birushalimH3389 →643 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonUnited MonarchyDavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.
- PersonSolomonDavid's son and the third king of Israel; the temple-builder and wisdom-king, to whom Psalms 72 and 127 are ascribed.
- PlaceJerusalemJerusalemThe city David took from the Jebusites and made his capital, where Solomon built the temple, where Christ was crucified and rose,…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.