2 Chronicles 30:2
For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,
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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.
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Commentary
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loading…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
10 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּוָּעַ֨ץ | vai.yi.va.'Atz | and he had taken counsel | H3289 → |
| הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ | ha.Me.lekh | the king | H4428 → |
| וְשָׂרָ֛יו | ve.sa.Rav | and officials his | H8269 → |
| וְכָל־ | ve.khol | and all | H3605 → |
| הַקָּהָ֖ל | ha.ka.Hal | the assembly | H6951 → |
| בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם | bi.ru.sha.Lim | in Jerusalem | H3389 → |
| לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת | la.'a.Sot | to observe | H6213 → |
| הַפֶּ֖סַח | ha.Pe.sach | the passover | H6453 → |
| בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ | ba.Cho.desh | in the month | H2320 → |
| הַשֵּׁנִֽי׃ | ha.she.Ni | <the> second | H8145 → |
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