2 Chronicles 30:13

Hezekiah Celebrates the Passover

13 In the second month, a very great assembly gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread. ^[a]

2 Chronicles 30:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 30:13

And there assembled at Jerusalem much people
Out of the several tribes:

to keep the feast of unleavened bread:
the passover, which was eaten with unleavened bread:

in the second month:
the month Ijar:

a very great congregation;
such as had not been seen on such an occasion for many years.

2 Chronicles 30:13 In-Context

11 Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

12 Moreover, 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 In the second month, a very great assembly gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

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

15 And 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.

Footnotes

• [a] That is, the seven-day period after the Passover during which no leaven may be eaten; see Exodus 12:14–20.