2 Chronicles 30:2

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

"For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month." - 2 Chronicles 30:2
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What does 2 Chronicles 30:2 mean?

The verse 2 Chronicles 30:2 from the King James Version of the Bible states, "For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month." This verse is part of the larger narrative in 2 Chronicles 30, which…

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A Renewal of Covenant: Celebrating the Passover Again

The verse from 2 Chronicles 30:2 tells us, "For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month." This verse encapsulates a significant moment in the history of Israel wherein King Hezekiah sought to…

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A Prayer for Unity and Commitment to God

Heavenly Father, We come before You today with grateful hearts, acknowledging Your sovereignty and grace. We gather in unity, much like King Hezekiah did in Jerusalem, guided by the wisdom You grant to those in positions of leadership. According to 2 Chronicles 30:2, "For the…

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2 Chronicles 30:2 - "For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month."
2 Chronicles 30:10
2 Chronicles 30:4 - "And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation."
2 Chronicles 30:20 - "And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people."
2 Chronicles 9:30 - "And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years."
1 Chronicles 2:30 - "And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children."
2 Chronicles 30:11 - "Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem."
2 Chronicles 20:30 - "So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about."
2 Chronicles 30:23 - "And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness."
2 Chronicles 30:26 - "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."
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."
"And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people." - 2 Chronicles 30:20
"And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation." - 2 Chronicles 30:4
2 Chronicles 30:12 - "Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD."
2 Chronicles 30:14 - "And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron."
2 Chronicles 30:19 - "That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary."
2 Chronicles 30:3 - "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."
2 Chronicles 30:16 - "And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites."
2 Chronicles 30:27 - "¶ Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven."
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."
2 Chronicles 18:30 - "Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel."
2 Chronicles 30:10 - "So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them."
2 Chronicles 30:25 - "And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced."
2 Chronicles 30:17 - "For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD."
2 Chronicles 32:30 - "This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works."
2 Chronicles 29:30 - "Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped."
"And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years." - 2 Chronicles 9:30
"And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children." - 1 Chronicles 2:30
2 Chronicles 30:7 - "And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see."