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2 Chronicles 30:27

Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.

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ASV

Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even unto heaven.

KJV

Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.

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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

13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיָּקֻ֜מוּvai.ya.Ku.muand they aroseH6965 →
הַכֹּהֲנִ֤יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548 →
הַלְוִיִּם֙hal.vi.Yimthe LevitesH3881 →
וַיְבָרֲכ֣וּvay.va.ra.Khuand they blessedH1288 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָעָ֔םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
וַיִּשָּׁמַ֖עvai.yi.sha.Ma'and it was listenedH8085 →
בְּקוֹלָ֑םbe.ko.Lamto voice theirH6963 →
וַתָּב֧וֹאva.ta.Vo'and it cameH935 →
תְפִלָּתָ֛םte.fi.la.Tamprayer theirH8605 →
לִמְע֥וֹןlim.'onto [the] dwelling ofH4583 →
קָדְשׁ֖וֹka.de.Shoholiness hisH6944 →
לַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ פla.sha.Ma.yimto the heavensH8064 →

The walk

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Psalms 18:6In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.Deuteronomy 26:15Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”Jonah 2:7As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.Psalms 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.Hebrews 7:7And indisputably, the lesser is blessed by the greater.Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.Deuteronomy 10:8At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.2 Chronicles 23:18Moreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and song, as ordained by David.Acts 10:4Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.Exodus 39:43And Moses inspected all the work and saw that they had accomplished it just as the LORD had commanded. So Moses blessed them.1 Kings 8:30Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.Isaiah 63:15Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.Numbers 6:23–26“Tell Aaron and his sons: This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:Isaiah 66:1This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?1 Kings 8:39be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and act, and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of all men—1 Chronicles 16:2When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.Psalms 102:1Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.2 Chronicles 6:21Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.

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