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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Chronicles 30</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_chronicles/30.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//2_chronicles/30-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/2_chronicles/">2 Chronicles</a> > 2 Chronicles 30</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_chronicles/29.htm" title="2 Chronicles 29">◄</a> 2 Chronicles 30 <a href="../2_chronicles/31.htm" title="2 Chronicles 31">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/30.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/30.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/30.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/30.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/30.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/30.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/30.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Hezekiah Proclaims a Passover<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>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. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>since 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. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>This proposal pleased the king and the whole assembly. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it as a nation as prescribed. <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: <p class="tab1stline">“Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Do not be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their fathers, so that He made them an object of horror, as you can see. <A name="9"></a><p class="tab1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.” <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun; but the people scorned and mocked them. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD. <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">Hezekiah Celebrates the Passover<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>In the second month, a very great assembly gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They proceeded to remove the altars in Jerusalem and to take away the incense altars and throw them into the Kidron Valley. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>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. <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>They stood at their prescribed posts, according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests sprinkled the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Since there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves, the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the Passover lambs for every unclean person to consecrate the lambs to the LORD. <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>who sets his heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of his fathers—even if he is not cleansed according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.” <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>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.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing fellowship offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers. <A name="24"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For Hezekiah king of Judah contributed a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the assembly, and the officials contributed a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep for the assembly, and a great number of priests consecrated themselves. <A name="26"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then the whole assembly of Judah rejoiced along with the priests and Levites and the whole assembly that had come from Israel, including the foreigners who had come from Israel and those who lived in Judah. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>So there was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for nothing like this had happened there since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> See <a href="../numbers/9.htm#9">Numbers 9:9–12</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> That is, the seven-day period after the Passover during which no leaven may be eaten; see <a href="../exodus/12.htm#14">Exodus 12:14–20</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>day after day, with all their strength to the LORD.</i><span class="thin"> </span> Literally <i>day after day, with loud instruments to the LORD.</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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