"And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladn…" — 2 Chronicles 30:21

2 Chronicles 30:21 · 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. {present: Heb. found} {loud...: Heb. instruments of strength}”

— 2 Chronicles 30:21

Verse 20

And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.

Verse 22

And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers. {comfortably...: Heb. to the heart of all}

2 Chronicles 30 — Context

{That} prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though {he be} not {cleansed} according to the purification of the sanctuary.

And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.

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. {present: Heb. found} {loud...: Heb. instruments of strength}

And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept {other} seven days with gladness.

Cross References

Exodus 12:15

Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

Exodus 13:6

Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day {shall be} a feast to the LORD.

2 Chronicles 29:25-27

And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for {so was} the commandment of the LORD by his prophets. {commandment of the LORD: Heb. commandment by the hand of the LORD} {by: Heb. by the hand of}

Luke 22:7

Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.

Luke 22:1

Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.

Philippians 4:4

Rejoice in the Lord alway: {and} again I say, Rejoice.

2 Chronicles 30:26

So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel {there was} not the like in Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 8:10

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for {this} day {is} holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.