2 Crónicas 30:19-27

19 que han decidido seguir al Señor
, Dios de sus antepasados, aunque no estén debidamente purificados para la ceremonia»;

20 y el Señor
escuchó la oración de Ezequías y sanó a la gente.

21 Entonces los israelitas que estaban presentes en Jerusalén celebraron con gran alegría el Festival de los Panes sin Levadura durante siete días. Cada día los levitas y los sacerdotes cantaban al Señor
, al son de instrumentos resonantes.

22 Ezequías les dio ánimo a todos los levitas en cuanto a la habilidad que demostraban mientras servían al Señor
. La celebración continuó durante siete días y se sacrificaron ofrendas de paz, y la gente le dio gracias al Señor
, Dios de sus antepasados.

23 Toda la asamblea decidió continuar el festival otros siete días, de modo que celebraron con gran alegría una semana más.

24 El rey Ezequías le dio al pueblo mil toros y siete mil ovejas y cabras para las ofrendas, y los funcionarios donaron mil toros y diez mil ovejas y cabras. Mientras tanto, muchos otros sacerdotes se purificaron.

25 Toda la asamblea de Judá se alegró, incluidos los sacerdotes, los levitas, todos los que habían venido del territorio de Israel, los extranjeros que vinieron al festival y todos los que vivían en Judá.

26 Hubo gran alegría en la ciudad, porque en Jerusalén no se había presenciado una celebración como esta desde los días de Salomón, hijo del rey David.

27 Luego los sacerdotes y los levitas se pusieron de pie y bendijeron al pueblo, y Dios escuchó su oración desde su santa morada en el cielo.

2 Crónicas 30:19-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 30

Hezekiah having consulted his nobles about keeping the passover the second month, and determined upon it, sent messengers throughout Israel and Judah, to acquaint them with it, at which some mocked, and others seriously attended to it, 2Ch 30:1-12 so it was celebrated in a solemn manner, though some were not qualified for it according to the law, and for whose pardon Hezekiah prayed, and it was granted, 2Ch 30:13-20, also the feast of unleavened bread was kept seven days, and a festival of seven days more was likewise observed with great joy and gladness, 2Ch 30:21-27.

messengers to them, not only to the subjects of his own kingdom, Judah, but to all the Israelites that dwelt in it, who were come thither for the sake of religion, and the worship of God:

\\and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh\\; which are put for all the ten tribes, as appears from 2Ch 30:10,11 and are distinguished from Israel in the preceding clause:

\\that they should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem\\; not that he laid his commands upon them to come, they not being his subjects, namely, those of the ten tribes; but he hereby admonished them of their duty, and gave them a kind invitation, signifying the doors of the temple were open for them, and they were welcome to come thither:

\\to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel\\; to the glory of his name, who was the common Lord of them all, and whose command it was to keep the passover, and that at Jerusalem, and nowhere else, see De 16:1-6. 19787-950128-1141-2Ch30.2