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2 Chronicles 30 Summary
Hezekiah's Passover and Extended Celebration
Hezekiah sends letters throughout Israel and Judah inviting all to keep the Passover at Jerusalem in the second month, since the priests have not yet fully sanctified themselves. Many from Israel mock and scorn the invitation, but some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humble themselves and come. At Jerusalem, the people destroy the altars and idols, then keep the Passover with joy. Many are not ceremonially clean, but Hezekiah prays for them and God heals them. The feast of unleavened bread is kept for seven days with great gladness, and the people decide to celebrate seven more days. Hezekiah and the princes provide a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep for the assembly, and great joy fills Jerusalem, unmatched since the days of Solomon.
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2 Chronicles 30:1-2
“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.”
2 Chronicles 30:6-9
“So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.”
2 Chronicles 30:15-17
“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.”
2 Chronicles 30:26-27
“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.”
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