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2 Chronicles 30:2

Jerusalem

1 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.

For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.

3 For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.

4 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.

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BSB
For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,
KJV
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
WEB
For the king had taken counsel with his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem to keep the Passover in the second month.
ASV
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
DARBY
And the king took counsel, and his princes, and the whole congregation in Jerusalem, to hold the passover in the second month.
BLB
For the king had counseled—and his leaders and all the assembly in Jerusalem—to keep the Passover in the second month.
ÅB
Og kongen og hans høvdinger og hele menigheten i Jerusalem holdt råd om å holde påske i den annen måned;
OTB
For kongen, hans embetsmenn, og hele forsamlingen i Jerusalem hadde besluttet å holde påsken i den andre måneden,
B1930
Og kongen og hans høvdinger og hele menigheten i Jerusalem holdt råd om å holde påske i den annen måned;

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Cross references

  • Numbers 9:10–11

    Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.

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  • 2 Chronicles 30:13

    And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.

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  • Proverbs 11:14

    Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

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  • 1 Chronicles 13:1–3

    And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.

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  • Ecclesiastes 4:13

    Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

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  • Proverbs 15:22

    Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

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  • 2 Chronicles 30:15

    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.

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