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So they kept it for another seven days with gladness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/30.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/30.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept <i>other</i> seven days with gladness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/30.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then the whole assembly agreed to keep <i>the feast</i> another seven days, and they kept it <i>another</i> seven days with gladness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/30.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the whole assembly decided to celebrate <i>the feast</i> another seven days, so they celebrated the seven days with joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/30.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then the whole assembly decided to celebrate the feast another seven days, so they celebrated the seven days with joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/30.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then the whole assembly decided to celebrate <i>the feast</i> another seven days, so they celebrated the seven days with joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/30.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then the whole assembly took counsel <i>to determine</i> to celebrate <i>the feast</i> another seven days, so they celebrated the seven days with gladness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_chronicles/30.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then the whole assembly decided to celebrate [the feast] for another seven days; and they celebrated it <i>another</i> seven days with joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_chronicles/30.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The whole congregation decided to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/30.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The whole congregation decided to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/30.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days; and they kept other seven days with gladness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_chronicles/30.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Everyone was so excited that they agreed to celebrate seven more days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/30.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the whole congregation took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/30.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then the whole assembly decided to celebrate the festival for seven more days. So they joyfully celebrated for seven more days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/30.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />they all decided to celebrate for another seven days. So they celebrated with joy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_chronicles/30.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />After this, the whole assembly agreed to celebrate for another seven days, and so they did—and they were very happy to do so! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/30.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_chronicles/30.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The entire assembly then decided to celebrate for seven more days; so they joyfully celebrated for seven more days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/30.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days; and they kept another seven days with gladness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/30.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/30.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The whole assembly took counsel to keep another seven days, and they kept another seven days with gladness. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/30.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And all the assembly take counsel to keep [it] another seven days, and they keep [it for] seven days [with] joy;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/30.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And all the assembly take counsel to keep other seven days, and they keep seven days with joy;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_chronicles/30.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And all the convocation will take counsel to do other seven days: and they will do seven days with gladness.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/30.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And it pleased the whole multitude to keep other seven days: which they did with great joy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/30.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And it pleased the entire multitude that they should celebrate, even for another seven days. And they did this with enormous gladness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/30.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />the whole assembly agreed to celebrate another seven days. So with joy they celebrated seven days more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/30.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the whole assembly agreed together to keep the festival for another seven days; so they kept it for another seven days with gladness.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/30.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the whole assembly stayed over to celebrate another seven days; and they kept the other seven days with gladness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/30.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And all the people of Israel were constrained to make seven extra days, and seven days of joy.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/30.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the whole congregation took counsel to keep other seven days; and they kept other seven days with gladness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_chronicles/30.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the congregation purposed together to keep other seven days: and they kept seven days with gladness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/30-23.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=7990" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/30.htm">Hezekiah Celebrates the Passover</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">22</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. <span class="reftext">23</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">The whole</a> <a href="/hebrew/6951.htm" title="6951: haq·qā·hāl (Art:: N-ms) -- Assembly, convocation, congregation. From qahal; assemblage.">assembly</a> <a href="/hebrew/3289.htm" title="3289: way·yiw·wā·‘ă·ṣū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To advise, counsel. A primitive root; to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve.">agreed</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: la·‘ă·śō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">to observe</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: šiḇ·‘aṯ (Number-msc) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/312.htm" title="312: ’ă·ḥê·rîm (Adj-mp) -- Another. From 'achar; properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.">more</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: way·ya·‘ă·śū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">so they observed</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: šiḇ·‘aṯ- (Number-msc) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days</a> <a href="/hebrew/8057.htm" title="8057: śim·ḥāh (N-fs) -- Joy, gladness, mirth. From sameach; blithesomeness or glee.">with joy.</a> </span><span class="reftext">24</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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-65.htm">1 Kings 8:65</a></span><br />So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/8-18.htm">Nehemiah 8:18</a></span><br />Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly, according to the ordinance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/23-36.htm">Leviticus 23:36</a></span><br />For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/29-35.htm">Numbers 29:35-38</a></span><br />On the eighth day you are to hold a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work. / As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present a food offering, a burnt offering of one bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished, / along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm">1 Kings 12:32-33</a></span><br />And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up. / On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel. So he ordained a feast for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-8.htm">2 Chronicles 7:8-10</a></span><br />So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days. / On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more. / On 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Exodus 12:15-20</a></span><br />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 cut off from Israel. / On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do. / So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-13.htm">Deuteronomy 16:13-15</a></span><br />You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress. / And 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. / For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-17.htm">2 Chronicles 35:17-19</a></span><br />The Israelites who were present also observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days. / No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem. / In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/6-22.htm">Ezra 6:22</a></span><br />For 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-46.htm">Acts 2:46</a></span><br />With 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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/20-7.htm">Acts 20:7</a></span><br />On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/24-53.htm">Luke 24:53</a></span><br />praising God continually in the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/7-37.htm">John 7:37-38</a></span><br />On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-17.htm">Matthew 26:17-19</a></span><br />On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’” / So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.</p><p class="hdg">took counsel</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/30-2.htm">2 Chronicles 30:2</a></b></br> For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/7-9.htm">2 Chronicles 7:9</a></b></br> And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/8-65.htm">1 Kings 8:65</a></b></br> And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, <i>even</i> fourteen days.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/20-36.htm">Agreed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-17.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-13.htm">Celebrate</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-21.htm">Celebrated</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-17.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-2.htm">Counsel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-2.htm">Decided</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-4.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-22.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-9.htm">Festival</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-21.htm">Gladness</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-36.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-21.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-7.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-22.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-13.htm">Together</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-4.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/esther/9-23.htm">Agreed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-24.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-16.htm">Celebrate</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-1.htm">Celebrated</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-24.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-3.htm">Counsel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-3.htm">Decided</a> <a href="/ezra/7-13.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-17.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-12.htm">Festival</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-17.htm">Gladness</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-26.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-9.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-8.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-24.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-4.htm">Together</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-25.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 30</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-1.htm">Hezekiah proclaims a solemn passover on the second month for Judah and Israel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-13.htm">The assembly, having destroyed the altars of idolatry, keep the feast fourteen days</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-27.htm">The priests and Levites bless the people</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The assembly refers to the congregation of Israelites who had gathered in Jerusalem for the Passover celebration. This decision to extend the festival indicates a deep spiritual renewal and enthusiasm among the people, as they were experiencing a revival of worship and commitment to God. Historically, this was a significant moment as it marked a return to the proper observance of the Passover, which had been neglected. The extension of the festival also reflects the joy and spiritual hunger of the people, reminiscent of the dedication of Solomon's temple (<a href="/2_chronicles/7-8.htm">2 Chronicles 7:8-10</a>), where a similar extension of celebration occurred.<p><b>so they observed seven days with joy</b><br>The observance of the additional seven days with joy underscores the spiritual revival and the presence of God among the people. Joy in the biblical context often signifies the favor and blessing of God, as well as the people's response to His grace and mercy. This joy was not merely an emotional response but a reflection of the people's renewed relationship with God. Theologically, this can be seen as a type of the joy found in Christ, who is our Passover Lamb (<a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7</a>). The joy experienced by the Israelites can be compared to the joy of salvation and the celebration of eternal life through Jesus Christ. The extension of the festival and the joy experienced also foreshadow the eternal celebration and joy in the presence of God, as described in <a href="/revelation/21-3.htm">Revelation 21:3-4</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/hezekiah.htm">Hezekiah</a></b><br>The King of Judah who initiated the celebration of the Passover and encouraged the people to return to the Lord.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_assembly.htm">The Assembly</a></b><br>The congregation of Israelites who gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover, including people from both Judah and Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The central place of worship where the Passover was celebrated, symbolizing unity and the presence of God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/passover.htm">Passover</a></b><br>A significant Jewish feast commemorating the Israelites' deliverance from Egypt, which Hezekiah reinstated.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_feast_extension.htm">The Feast Extension</a></b><br>The decision by the assembly to extend the celebration for an additional seven days, indicating their joy and commitment to worship.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_worship.htm">The Importance of Worship</a></b><br>Worship is central to our relationship with God and should be approached with joy and commitment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/unity_in_worship.htm">Unity in Worship</a></b><br>The gathering of people from different tribes highlights the importance of unity in the body of Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/revival_and_renewal.htm">Revival and Renewal</a></b><br>Hezekiah's reforms show that spiritual renewal often begins with leadership and a return to God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/joy_in_obedience.htm">Joy in Obedience</a></b><br>Extending the feast reflects the joy found in obedience to God and the blessings that follow.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_faith.htm">Perseverance in Faith</a></b><br>The decision to continue celebrating demonstrates perseverance in faith and dedication to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_30.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 30</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_the_tribe_of_asher_important.htm">What is the significance of the Tribe of Asher?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_manage_sacrifices_in_2_chron_30_24.htm">In 2 Chronicles 30:24, how could authorities practically handle the huge numbers of sacrifices without facing sanitary or organizational challenges?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_feasible_were_30,000_sacrifices.htm">How could 2 Chronicles 35:7's massive number of sacrificed animals (30,000 lambs and goats) be logistically and historically feasible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_2_chr_35_18_ignore_hezekiah's_passover.htm">In 2 Chronicles 35:18, why does the text claim no Passover like Josiah's had been celebrated 'since the days of Samuel,' seemingly ignoring the grand Passover of Hezekiah in 2 Chronicles 30?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/30.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(23) <span class= "bld">Took counsel.</span>--<span class= "ital">Determined,</span> the result of taking counsel (<a href="/2_chronicles/30-2.htm" title="For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.">2Chronicles 30:2</a>).<p><span class= "bld">To keep.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">to do</span> or <span class= "ital">make.</span><p><span class= "bld">Other seven days.</span>--As a prolongation of the festivities. (Comp. <a href="/2_chronicles/7-9.htm" title="And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.">2Chronicles 7:9</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">With gladness.</span>--<span class= "ital">Simh?h,</span> an adverbial accusative. But some Hebrew MSS. express the <span class= "ital">with,</span> as in <a href="/2_chronicles/7-10.htm" title="And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had showed to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.">2Chronicles 7:10</a>. The chronicler is fond of dwelling upon the joy of the ancient festivals, as though he would suggest greater whole-heartedness and magnificence to the people and princes of his own day.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/30.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 23.</span> - This and the following verso should read as one. Hezekiah no doubt wished, by prolonging the feast and the joy, to make the more lasting impression on the people and the more hopeful conversion of them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/30-23.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The whole</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">assembly</span><br /><span class="heb">הַקָּהָ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(haq·qā·hāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6951.htm">Strong's 6951: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assembly, convocation, congregation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">agreed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּוָּֽעֲצוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiw·wā·‘ă·ṣū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3289.htm">Strong's 3289: </a> </span><span class="str2">To advise, to deliberate, resolve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to observe</span><br /><span class="heb">לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">seven</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁבְעַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(šiḇ·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">more</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲחֵרִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḥê·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_312.htm">Strong's 312: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hinder, next, other</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days,</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so they observed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘ă·śū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">seven</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁבְעַת־</span> <span class="translit">(šiḇ·‘aṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with joy.</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׂמְחָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(śim·ḥāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8057.htm">Strong's 8057: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blithesomeness, glee</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/30-23.htm">2 Chronicles 30:23 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/30-23.htm">2 Chronicles 30:23 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/30-23.htm">2 Chronicles 30:23 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/30-23.htm">2 Chronicles 30:23 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/30-23.htm">2 Chronicles 30:23 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/30-23.htm">2 Chronicles 30:23 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/30-23.htm">2 Chronicles 30:23 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/30-23.htm">2 Chronicles 30:23 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/30-23.htm">2 Chronicles 30:23 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/30-23.htm">2 Chronicles 30:23 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_chronicles/30-23.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 30:23 The whole assembly took counsel to keep (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-22.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 30:22"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 30:22" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-24.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 30:24"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 30:24" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>