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2 Chronicles 30:21

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The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and priests praised the LORD day after day, accompanied by loud instruments of praise to the LORD.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness; and the Levites and the priests praised Jehovah day by day, singing with loud instruments unto Jehovah.

KJV

And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the Lord day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the Lord.

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Commentary

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This site's exposition

kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days

Israel keeps the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness, joy standing as the Chronicler's recurring seal on worship rightly offered. The Levites and priests praise the Lord day by day with loud instruments, the courses David established in 1 Chr 25 now doing the very work he founded them to do.

How the passage was read

On 2 Chronicles 30:1-27

On 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

21 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּand they observed

    vaiyaasuH6213 →2628 times

  • בְנֵֽי־[the] people of

    venei-H1121 →4930 times

  • יִ֠שְׂרָאֵלIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • הַנִּמְצְאִ֨יםwho were found

    hanimtzeimH4672 →455 times

  • בִּֽירוּשָׁלִַ֜םin Jerusalem

    birushalimH3389 →643 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • חַ֧ג[the] festival of

    chagH2282 →62 times

  • הַמַּצּ֛וֹתthe unleavened bread<s>

    hamatzotH4682 →53 times

  • שִׁבְעַ֥תseven

    shivatH7651 →394 times

  • יָמִ֖יםdays

    yamimH3117 →2304 times

  • בְּשִׂמְחָ֣הwith joy

    besimchahH8057 →94 times

  • גְדוֹלָ֑הgreat

    gedolahH1419 →526 times

  • וּֽמְהַלְלִ֣יםand [were] praising

    umehalimH1984 →165 times

  • לַ֠יהוָה<to> Yahweh

    layahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • י֣וֹם׀a day

    yomH3117 →2304 times

  • בְּי֞וֹםin a day

    beyomH3117 →2304 times

  • הַלְוִיִּ֧םthe Levites

    halviyimH3881 →291 times

  • וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֛יםand the priests

    vehakohanimH3548 →750 times

  • בִּכְלֵי־with instruments of

    bikhlei-H3627 →325 times

  • עֹ֖זstrength

    ʾozH5797 →

  • לַיהוָֽה׃ סto Yahweh

    layahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ezra 6:22For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.9 worksExodus 13:6For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.5 worksExodus 12:15For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.5 works2 Chronicles 30:11Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.4 worksNehemiah 8:10Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”2 worksLeviticus 23:6On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread.2 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Chronicles 7:10On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.2 worksDeuteronomy 16:14And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.2 worksPhilippians 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!2 worksDeuteronomy 12:7There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.2 worksLuke 22:7Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.2 worksPsalms 150:3–5Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.2 works2 Chronicles 29:25–27Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.2 works2 Chronicles 20:21Then Jehoshaphat consulted with the people and appointed those who would sing to the LORD and praise the splendor of His holiness. As they went out before the army, they were singing: “Give thanks to the LORD, for His loving devotion endures forever.”2 worksActs 2:46With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,2 worksDeuteronomy 12:12And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.2 worksLuke 22:1Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,2 works2 Chronicles 30:26So there was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for nothing like this had happened there since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Nehemiah 8:10

    Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve,…

    it leads to

    • Psalms 28:7–8

      The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.

    • Proverbs 17:22

      A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

    • 2 Corinthians 12:8–9

      Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.

    • Ecclesiastes 9:7

      Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

    • Isaiah 12:1–3

      In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.

  • Through

    Exodus 12:15

    For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be…

    it leads to

    • Exodus 34:18

      You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. For in the…

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • Deuteronomy 16:8

      For six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Deuteronomy 16:3

      You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you…

About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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