2 Chronicles 30

1 and to send: depart Hezekiah upon all Israel and Judah and also letter to write upon Ephraim and Manasseh to/for to come (in): come to/for house: temple LORD in/on/with Jerusalem to/for to make: do Passover to/for LORD God Israel

Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.

2 and to advise [the] king and ruler his and all [the] assembly in/on/with Jerusalem to/for to make: do [the] Passover in/on/with month [the] second

For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,

3 for not be able to/for to make: do him in/on/with time [the] he/she/it for [the] priest not to consecrate: consecate to/for what? sufficiency and [the] people not to gather to/for Jerusalem

since they had been unable to observe it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem.

4 and to smooth [the] word: thing in/on/with eye: appearance [the] king and in/on/with eye: appearance all [the] assembly

This proposal pleased the king and the whole assembly.

5 and to stand: appoint word: promised to/for to pass voice: message in/on/with all Israel from Beersheba Beersheba and till Dan to/for to come (in): come to/for to make: do Passover to/for LORD God Israel in/on/with Jerusalem for not to/for abundance to make: do like/as to write

So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it as a nation as prescribed.

6 and to go: went [the] to run: run in/on/with letter from hand: to [the] king and ruler his in/on/with all Israel and Judah and like/as commandment [the] king to/for to say son: descendant/people Israel to return: return to(wards) LORD God Abraham Isaac and Israel and to return: return to(wards) [the] survivor [the] to remain to/for you from palm king Assyria

So the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.

7 and not to be like/as father your and like/as brother: male-sibling your which be unfaithful in/on/with LORD God father their and to give: make them to/for horror: destroyed like/as as which you(m. p.) to see: see

Do not be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their fathers, so that He made them an object of horror, as you can see.

8 now not to harden neck your like/as father your to give: give hand: themselves to/for LORD and to come (in): come to/for sanctuary his which to consecrate: consecate to/for forever: enduring and to serve: minister [obj] LORD God your and to return: return from you burning anger face: anger his

Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.

9 for in/on/with to return: return you upon LORD brother: male-sibling your and son: child your to/for compassion to/for face: before to take captive them and to/for to return: return to/for land: country/planet [the] this for gracious and compassionate LORD God your and not to turn aside: turn aside face from you if to return: return to(wards) him

For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”

10 and to be [the] to run: run to pass from city to/for city in/on/with land: country/planet Ephraim and Manasseh and till Zebulun and to be to laugh upon them and to mock in/on/with them

And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun; but the people scorned and mocked them.

11 surely human from Asher and Manasseh and from Zebulun be humble and to come (in): come to/for Jerusalem

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

12 also in/on/with Judah to be hand: power [the] God to/for to give: give to/for them heart one to/for to make: do commandment [the] king and [the] ruler in/on/with word LORD

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 and to gather Jerusalem people many to/for to make: do [obj] feast [the] unleavened bread in/on/with month [the] second assembly to/for abundance much

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

14 and to arise: establish and to turn aside: remove [obj] [the] altar which in/on/with Jerusalem and [obj] all [the] incense-altar to turn aside: remove and to throw to/for torrent: valley Kidron

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

15 and to slaughter [the] Passover in/on/with four ten to/for month [the] second and [the] priest and [the] Levi be humiliated and to consecrate: consecate and to come (in): bring burnt offering house: temple LORD

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.

16 and to stand: stand upon post their like/as justice: custom their like/as instruction Moses man [the] God [the] priest to scatter [obj] [the] blood from hand [the] Levi

They stood at their prescribed posts, according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests sprinkled the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites.

17 for many in/on/with assembly which not to consecrate: consecate and [the] Levi upon slaughtering [the] Passover to/for all not pure to/for to consecrate: consecate to/for LORD

Since there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves, the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the Passover lambs for every unclean person to consecrate the lambs to the LORD.

18 for greatness [the] people many from Ephraim and Manasseh Issachar and Zebulun not be pure for to eat [obj] [the] Passover in/on/with not like/as to write for to pray Hezekiah upon them to/for to say LORD [the] pleasant to atone about/through/for

A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone

19 all heart his to establish: establish to/for to seek [the] God LORD God father his and not like/as purifying [the] holiness

who sets his heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of his fathers—even if he is not cleansed according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”

20 and to hear: hear LORD to(wards) Hezekiah and to heal [obj] [the] people

And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.

21 and to make: do son: descendant/people Israel [the] to find (in/on/with Jerusalem *L(abh)*) [obj] feast [the] unleavened bread seven day in/on/with joy great: large and to boast: praise to/for LORD day: daily in/on/with day: daily [the] Levi and [the] priest in/on/with article/utensil strength to/for LORD

The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and priests praised the LORD day after day, accompanied by loud instruments of praise to the LORD.

22 and to speak: speak Hezekiah upon heart all [the] Levi [the] be prudent understanding pleasant to/for LORD and to eat [obj] [the] meeting: festival seven [the] day to sacrifice sacrifice peace offering and to give thanks to/for LORD God father their

And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing fellowship offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

23 and to advise all [the] assembly to/for to make: do seven day another and to make: do seven day joy

The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.

24 for Hezekiah king Judah to exalt to/for assembly thousand bullock and seven thousand flock and [the] ruler to exalt to/for assembly bullock thousand and flock ten thousand and to consecrate: consecate priest to/for abundance

For Hezekiah king of Judah contributed a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the assembly, and the officials contributed a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep for the assembly, and a great number of priests consecrated themselves.

25 and to rejoice all assembly Judah and [the] priest and [the] Levi and all [the] assembly [the] to come (in): come from Israel and [the] sojourner [the] to come (in): come from land: country/planet Israel and [the] to dwell in/on/with Judah

Then the whole assembly of Judah rejoiced along with the priests and Levites and the whole assembly that had come from Israel, including the foreigners who had come from Israel and those who lived in Judah.

26 and to be joy great: large in/on/with Jerusalem for from day Solomon son: child David king Israel not like/as this in/on/with Jerusalem

So there was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for nothing like this had happened there since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel.

27 and to arise: rise [the] priest [the] Levi and to bless [obj] [the] people and to hear: hear in/on/with voice their and to come (in): come prayer their to/for habitation holiness his to/for heaven

Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.