Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah; he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh to come to the House of GOD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover for the ETERNAL God of Israel.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וישלח
354
יחזקיהו
146
עלכלישראל
691
ויהודה
36
וגםאגרות
659
כתב
422
עלאפרים
431
ומנשה
401
לבוא
39
לביתיהוה
468
בירושלם
588
לעשות
806
פסח
148
ליהוה
56
אלהי
46
ישראל
541
II Chronicles 30:2
Gematria: 3221
ויועץהמלךושריווכלהקהלבירושלםלעשותהפסחבחדשהשני
The king and his officers and the congregation in Jerusalem had agreed to keep the Passover in the second month,
for at the time, they were unable to keep it,aunable to keep it On its proper date; cf. Num. 9.1–14. for not enough priests had sanctified themselves, nor had the people assembled in Jerusalem.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כי
30
לא
31
יכלו
66
לעשתו
806
בעת
472
ההיא
21
כי
30
הכהנים
130
לאהתקדשו
846
למדי
84
והעם
121
לאנאספו
228
לירושלם
616
II Chronicles 30:4
Gematria: 1312
ויישרהדברבעיניהמלךובעיניכלהקהל
The king and the whole congregation thought it proper
to issue a decree and proclaim throughout all Israel from Beer-sheba to Dan that they come and keep the Passover for the ETERNAL God of Israel in Jerusalem—not often did they act in accord with what was written.
The couriers went out with the letters from the king and his officers through all Israel and Judah, by order of the king, proclaiming, “O you Israelites! Return to the ETERNAL God of your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and [God] will return to the remnant of you who escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.
Now do not be stiffnecked like your ancestors; submit yourselves to GOD and come to the sanctuary that has been consecrated forever, and serve the ETERNAL your God, whose anger may hopefully turn back from you.
If you return to GOD, your brothers and children will be regarded with compassion by their captors, and will return to this land; the ETERNAL your God, being gracious and merciful, will not turn away from you if you return.”
They slaughtered the passover sacrifice on the fourteenth of the second month. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they sanctified themselves and brought burnt offerings to the House of GOD.
They took their stations, as was their rule according to the Teaching of Moses, agent of God. The priests dashed the blood [that they received] from the Levites.
Since many in the congregation had not sanctified themselves, the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the passover sacrifice for everyone who was not pure, so as to consecrate them to GOD.
For most of the people—many from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the passover sacrifice in violation of what was written. Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “The good GOD will provide atonement for
Word-by-Word Analysis
כי
30
מרבית
652
העם
115
רבת
602
מאפרים
371
ומנשה
401
יששכר
830
וזבלון
101
לא
31
הטהרו
225
כיאכלו
87
אתהפסח
554
בלא
33
ככתוב
448
כי
30
התפלל
545
יחזקיהו
146
עליהם
155
לאמר
271
יהוה
26
הטוב
22
יכפר
310
בעד
76
II Chronicles 30:19
Gematria: 2443
כללבבוהכיןלדרושהאלהיםיהוהאלהיאבותיוולאכטהרתהקדשס
all who set their mind on worshiping God—the ETERNAL God of their ancestors—even if they are not purified for the sanctuary.”
The Israelites who were in Jerusalem kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days, with great rejoicing, the Levites and the priests praising GOD daily with powerful instruments for GOD.
Hezekiah persuaded all the Levites who performed skillfully for GOD to spend the seven days of the festival making offerings of well-being, and confessing to the ETERNAL God of their ancestors.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וידבר
222
יחזקיהו
146
עללב
132
כלהלוים
141
המשכילים
455
שכלטוב
367
ליהוה
56
ויאכלו
73
אתהמועד
526
שבעת
772
הימים
105
מזבחים
107
זבחי
27
שלמים
420
ומתודים
506
ליהוה
56
אלהי
46
אבותיהםס
524
II Chronicles 30:23
Gematria: 3932
ויועצוכלהקהללעשותשבעתימיםאחריםויעשושבעתימיםשמחה
All the congregation resolved to keep seven more days, so they kept seven more days of rejoicing.
King Hezekiah of Judah contributed to the congregation 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep. And the officers contributed to the congregation 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. And the priests sanctified themselves in large numbers.
All the congregation of Judah and the priests and the Levites and all the congregation that came from Israel, and the resident aliens who came from the land of Israel and who lived in Judah, rejoiced.