2 Chronicles 30:4

4 Under these circumstances, the revised date was approved by both king and people

2 Chronicles 30:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 30:4

And the thing pleased the king, and all the congregation.
] They all unanimously agreed to it, and determined it should be done.

2 Chronicles 30:4 In-Context

2 The king and his officials and the congregation in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate Passover in the second month.
3 They hadn't been able to celebrate it at the regular time because not enough of the priests were yet personally prepared and the people hadn't had time to gather in Jerusalem.
4 Under these circumstances, the revised date was approved by both king and people
5 and they sent out the invitation from one end of the country to the other, from Beersheba in the south to Dan in the north: "Come and celebrate the Passover to Israel's God in Jerusalem." No one living had ever celebrated it properly.
6 The king gave the orders, and the couriers delivered the invitations from the king and his leaders throughout Israel and Judah. The invitation read: "O Israelites! Come back to God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that he can return to you who have survived the predations of the kings of Assyria.
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