2 Chronicles 30:2
in 2 Chronicles 30For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
KJV
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
⋯
This verse in 2 Chronicles 30
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Hoshea, the reigning king, is described as, though evil in some respects, yet more favorably disposed to religious liberty than any of his predecessors since the separation of the kingdom. This is thought to be the meaning of the mitigating clause in his character (2Ki 17:2).
This site's exposition
wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh
on 2 Chronicles 30:1-3
Hezekiah’s letters reach past Judah to Ephraim and Manasseh in the north, where the calves at Dan and Bethel had governed worship for two centuries. The Passover moved to the second month, the provision Numbers 9:9-11 makes for one man unclean or far from home.
This site's exposition
to keep the Passover in the second month
The law set the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, as Exodus 12:6 commands. Wesley and Barnes explain the delay: the cleansing of the temple ran to the sixteenth day of that month, as 29:17 records. John Gill notes that the Targum names the second month Ijar.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Second month - Which was against the common rule, but the doing of this in its proper time, namely, the fourteenth day of the first month was impossible, because the temple was not cleansed, nor they prepared.
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem,.... He and his nobles, and the great sanhedrim or senate of the nation, had consulted together: to keep the passover in the second month; in the month Ijar, as the Targum, because they could not keep it in the first month, as it should have been kept, according to the law of God, for the reasons following.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
In the second month - In Ijar, as they could not celebrate it in Nisan, the fourteenth of which month was the proper time. But as they could not complete the purgation of the temple, till the sixteenth of that month, therefore they were obliged to hold it now, or else adjourn it till the next year, which would have been fatal to that spirit of reformation which had now taken place.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
In the second month - Hezekiah and his counselors considered that the permission of the Law (see the marginal reference) might, under the circumstances, be extended to the whole people. It had been found impossible to complete the cleansing of the temple until the fourteenth day of the first month was past 2Ch 29:17. It was, therefore, determined to defer it to the 14th of the second month, which allowed time for the priests generally to purify themselves, and for proclamation of the festival to be made throughout all Israel.
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
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּוָּעַ֨ץ | vaiyivaatz | and he had taken counsel | H3289 → | 79 times |
| הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| וְשָׂרָ֛יו | vesarav | and officials his | H8269 → | 421 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַקָּהָ֖ל | hakahal | the assembly | H6951 → | 123 times |
| בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם | birushalim | in Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת | laasot | to observe | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| הַפֶּ֖סַח | hapesach | the passover | H6453 → | 49 times |
| בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ | bachodesh | in the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| הַשֵּׁנִֽי׃ | hasheni | <the> second | H8145 → | 156 times |
וַיִּוָּעַ֨ץand he had taken counsel
vaiyivaatzH3289 →79 times
הַמֶּ֧לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
וְשָׂרָ֛יוand officials his
vesaravH8269 →421 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
הַקָּהָ֖לthe assembly
hakahalH6951 →123 times
בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םin Jerusalem
birushalimH3389 →643 times
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתto observe
laasotH6213 →2628 times
הַפֶּ֖סַחthe passover
hapesachH6453 →49 times
בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁin the month
bachodeshH2320 →284 times
הַשֵּׁנִֽי׃<the> second
hasheniH8145 →156 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
Proverbs 15:22Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
it leads to
- Proverbs 11:14
For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.
- Proverbs 20:18
Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
- Ecclesiastes 8:6
For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
- Proverbs 11:14
Through
Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 25:16
While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has…
- Proverbs 19:1
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
- Proverbs 28:15–16
Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
- 2 Chronicles 16:9–10
For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in…
- 1 Kings 22:8
The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son…
- 2 Chronicles 25:16
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies2
On this verse
On this chapter
About 2 Chronicles
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.