2 Chronicles 30:13
in 2 Chronicles 30In the second month, a very great assembly gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
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ASV
And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great assembly.
KJV
And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 30
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread
on 2 Chronicles 30:13-14
The “very great assembly” clears the city before it worships. They “remove the altars in Jerusalem” and the incense altars, and throw them “into the Kidron Valley”. Barnes notes that Hezekiah had built up the true worship first, and only here does the work turn to the altars that stood.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 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
And there assembled at Jerusalem much people,.... Out of the several tribes: to keep the feast of unleavened bread: the passover, which was eaten with unleavened bread: in the second month: the month Ijar: a very great congregation; such as had not been seen on such an occasion for many years.
The preparation they made for the passover, and good preparation it was: They took away all the idolatrous altars that were found, not only in the temple, but in Jerusalem,
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.
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
the altars for incense a place where there were priests and Levites.
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)
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּֽאָסְפ֤וּ | vaiyeasefu | and they gathered | H622 → | 200 times |
| יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| עַם־ | ʾam- | a people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| רָ֔ב | rav | numerous | H7227 → | 454 times |
| לַעֲשׂ֛וֹת | laasot | to observe | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חַ֥ג | chag | [the] festival of | H2282 → | 62 times |
| הַמַּצּ֖וֹת | hamatzot | the unleavened bread<s> | H4682 → | 53 times |
| בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ | bachodesh | in the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| הַשֵּׁנִ֑י | hasheni | <the> second | H8145 → | 156 times |
| קָהָ֖ל | kahal | an assembly | H6951 → | 123 times |
| לָרֹ֥ב | laro | for multitude | H7230 → | 149 times |
| מְאֹֽד׃ | meod | exceedingly | H3966 → | 300 times |
וַיֵּֽאָסְפ֤וּand they gathered
vaiyeasefuH622 →200 times
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙Jerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
עַם־a people
ʾam-H5971 →1873 times
רָ֔בnumerous
ravH7227 →454 times
לַעֲשׂ֛וֹתto observe
laasotH6213 →2628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
חַ֥ג[the] festival of
chagH2282 →62 times
הַמַּצּ֖וֹתthe unleavened bread<s>
hamatzotH4682 →53 times
בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁin the month
bachodeshH2320 →284 times
הַשֵּׁנִ֑י<the> second
hasheniH8145 →156 times
קָהָ֖לan assembly
kahalH6951 →123 times
לָרֹ֥בfor multitude
laroH7230 →149 times
מְאֹֽד׃exceedingly
meodH3966 →300 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Psalms 84:7They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.
it leads to
- Proverbs 4:18
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
- 2 Corinthians 3:18
And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- Isaiah 40:31
But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
- Job 17:9
Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
- 2 Peter 3:18
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
- Proverbs 4:18
Through
2 Chronicles 30:2For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,
it leads to
- Numbers 9:10–11
“Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.
- Ecclesiastes 4:13
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
- 1 Chronicles 13:1–3
Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of thousands.
- Numbers 9:10–11
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Who and where
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.