2 Chronicles 30:2
New International Version
The king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month.

New Living Translation
The king, his officials, and all the community of Jerusalem decided to celebrate Passover a month later than usual.

English Standard Version
For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the Passover in the second month—

Berean Standard Bible
For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,

King James Bible
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.

New King James Version
For the king and his leaders and all the assembly in Jerusalem had agreed to keep the Passover in the second month.

New American Standard Bible
For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month,

NASB 1995
For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month,

NASB 1977
For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month,

Legacy Standard Bible
And the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to celebrate the Passover in the second month,

Amplified Bible
For the king and his officials and all the assembly in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month,

Christian Standard Bible
For the king and his officials and the entire congregation in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover of the LORD in the second month,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For the king and his officials and the entire congregation in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover of the LORD in the second month,

American Standard Version
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the King and his Princes and all the people of Israel who were in Jerusalem had planned to make a feast to LORD JEHOVAH, God of Israel, in the second month,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For the king, and the princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, designed to keep the passover in the second month.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For the king, taking counsel, and the princes, and all the assembly of Jerusalem, decreed to keep the phase the second month.

English Revised Version
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The king, his officials, and the whole assembly in Jerusalem decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month.

International Standard Version
The king, his princes, and the entire assembly in Jerusalem had mutually decided to observe the Passover in the second month,

JPS Tanakh 1917
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.

Literal Standard Version
And the king takes counsel, and his heads, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to make the Passover in the second month,

Majority Standard Bible
For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,

New American Bible
The king, his princes, and the entire assembly in Jerusalem had agreed to celebrate the Passover during the second month.

NET Bible
The king, his officials, and the entire assembly in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover in the second month.

New Revised Standard Version
For the king and his officials and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the passover in the second month

New Heart English Bible
For the king had taken counsel, and his officials, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to keep the Passover in the second month.

Webster's Bible Translation
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.

World English Bible
For the king had taken counsel with his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem to keep the Passover in the second month.

Young's Literal Translation
And the king taketh counsel, and his heads, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to make the passover in the second month,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Hezekiah Proclaims a Passover
1Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel. 2For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month, 3since they had been unable to observe it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem.…

Cross References
Numbers 9:10
"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.

Numbers 9:11
Such people are to observe it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;

2 Chronicles 30:1
Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 30:13
In the second month, a very great assembly gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

2 Chronicles 30:15
And on the fourteenth day of the second month they slaughtered the Passover lamb. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD.


Treasury of Scripture

For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.

the king

2 Chronicles 13:1-3
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah…

Proverbs 11:14
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellers there is safety.

Proverbs 15:22
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellers they are established.

Numbers 9:10,11
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD…

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2 Chronicles 30
1. Hezekiah proclaims a solemn passover on the second month for Judah and Israel.
13. The assembly, having destroyed the altars of idolatry, keep the feast fourteen days
27. The priests and Levites bless the people














(2) For the king had taken counsel.--And the king determined (2Chronicles 25:17). The resolution was taken by the king in council with his grandees and the popular representatives; apparently before the 14th of Nisan, which was the proper time for keeping the feast.

In the second month.--And not in the first month of the sacred year, as the law prescribes (Numbers 9:1-5). The grounds of the postponement are assigned in the next verse, viz., the legal impurity of many of the priests, and the non-arrival of the people at the proper time. The law permits postponement to the second month in such cases (Numbers 9:6-11). The first month was Nisan; Assyr., Nisdnu; the second, Iyyar; Assyr., ?ru.

Verse 2. - This and the following verse are well explained by Numbers 9:6-13, where the particular instance of the "defilement by a dead body" simply exemplified other legitimate instances of defilement or non-sanctification (2 Chronicles 29:5, 15, 34), and where absence on a journey similarly exemplified other unavoidable absence.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For the king
הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

and his officials
וְשָׂרָ֛יו (wə·śā·rāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

and the whole
וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

assembly
הַקָּהָ֖ל (haq·qā·hāl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6951: Assembly, convocation, congregation

in Jerusalem
בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (bî·rū·šā·lim)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

had decided
וַיִּוָּעַ֨ץ (way·yiw·wā·‘aṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3289: To advise, to deliberate, resolve

to keep
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6213: To do, make

the Passover
הַפֶּ֖סַח (hap·pe·saḥ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6453: A pretermission, exemption, Passover

in the second
הַשֵּׁנִֽי׃ (haš·šê·nî)
Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's 8145: Second (an ordinal number)

month,
בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ (ba·ḥō·ḏeš)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month


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