"For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the seco…" — 2 Chronicles 30:2

2 Chronicles 30:2 · KJV

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

— 2 Chronicles 30:2

Verse 1

And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.

Verse 3

For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 30 — Context

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

For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.

And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation. {pleased...: Heb. was right in the eyes of the king}

Cross References

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.

Proverbs 11:14

Where no counsel {is}, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors {there is} safety.

2 Chronicles 30:15

Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth {day} of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.

Ecclesiastes 4:13

Better {is} a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. {who...: Heb. who knoweth not to be admonished}

1 Chronicles 13:1-3

And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, {and} with every leader.

Proverbs 15:22

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

2 Chronicles 30:13

And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.