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    2 Chronicles 30

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    The Passover begins late because there are too few consecrated priests, then the whole assembly votes itself another seven days, with nineteen thousand animals supplied by the king and his officials. A festival delayed by shortage ends in spectacular abundance.

    The invitation that met a snubvv. 1–12

    Hezekiah sends letters through Israel and Judah, and specially to Ephraim and Manasseh, inviting the people to Jerusalem for a Passover kept in the second month. The delay is perfectly plain: too few priests had consecrated themselves, and the people had not gathered. Couriers carry the royal appeal from Beersheba to Dan, urging the survivors of Assyria's grasp to return to the LORD. Some people scorn and mock the messengers; some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humble themselves and come. In Judah, meanwhile, the people are given one heart to obey the king and his officials.

    The feast that refuses to stopvv. 13–27

    A very great assembly gathers in Jerusalem. Before eating, they remove the altars and incense altars from the city and throw them into the Kidron Valley. The priests are ashamed, consecrate themselves, and bring burnt offerings; the Levites take charge of slaughtering the Passover lambs for those who have not purified themselves. Many eat contrary to the written rules, but Hezekiah asks that the LORD provide atonement for those whose hearts are set on seeking God, and the LORD hears him and heals the people. Seven days of joy become fourteen when the whole assembly agrees to continue. Hezekiah supplies a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep; the officials add another thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep. Priests, Levites, Judah, Israel, and foreigners rejoice together, and Jerusalem sees nothing like it since the days of Solomon son of David.

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    1. 2 Chr 30:1Then 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.

    2. 2 Chr 30:2For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,

    3. 2 Chr 30:3since they had been unable to keep it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem.

    4. 2 Chr 30:4This plan pleased the king and the whole assembly.

    5. 2 Chr 30:5So 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 in great numbers as prescribed.

    6. 2 Chr 30:6At the command of the king, the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “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.

    7. 2 Chr 30:7Do 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.

    8. 2 Chr 30:8Now 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.

    9. 2 Chr 30:9For 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.”

    10. 2 Chr 30:10And 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.

    11. 2 Chr 30:11Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

    12. 2 Chr 30:12Moreover, 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.

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

    14. 2 Chr 30:14They proceeded to remove the altars in Jerusalem and to take away the incense altars and throw them into the Kidron Valley.

    15. 2 Chr 30:15And 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.

    16. 2 Chr 30:16They stood at their prescribed posts, according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests splattered the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites.

    17. 2 Chr 30:17Since 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.

    18. 2 Chr 30:18A 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

    19. 2 Chr 30:19who 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.”

    20. 2 Chr 30:20And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.

    21. 2 Chr 30:21The 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.

    22. 2 Chr 30:22And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

    23. 2 Chr 30:23The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.

    24. 2 Chr 30:24For 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.

    25. 2 Chr 30:25Then 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.

    26. 2 Chr 30:26So there was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for nothing like this had happened there since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel.

    27. 2 Chr 30:27Then 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.

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    • 9Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
    • 9Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
    • 9Psalms 86:5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
    • 9Psalms 106:46He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.
    • 12Jeremiah 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
    • 152 Chronicles 29:34However, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had consecrated themselves. For the Levites had been more diligent in consecrating themselves than the priests had been.
    • 192 Chronicles 19:3However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”
    • 27Deuteronomy 26:15Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”
    • 9Deuteronomy 30:2–4and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,
    • 19Proverbs 23:26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
    • 27Psalms 68:5A father of the fatherless and a defender of widows is God in His holy habitation.
    • 6Jeremiah 51:31One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.
    • 8Exodus 32:9The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
    • 82 Chronicles 29:10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.
    • 91 Kings 8:50May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.
    • 9Nehemiah 9:17They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.

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