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2 Chronicles 30:1-2
New Catholic Bible
2 Chronicles 30:1-2
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 30[a]
Invitation to the Passover. 1 Hezekiah sent messengers to all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manas-seh, inviting them to come to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover in honor of the Lord, the God of Israel. 2 [b]The king and his officials and the entire assembly in Jerusalem had agreed to celebrate the Passover in the second month,
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- 2 Chronicles 30:1 In 721 B.C., the northern kingdom was brought into submission and demolished by the Assyrians. Refugees streamed to Jerusalem and took part in the Jewish renewal. As a result, all Israel seemed invited to celebrate this solemn Passover. In writing this passage, the author, along with his contemporaries, dreams that he is seeing the liberation of his country and the return of the Jews scattered throughout the Mediterranean world.
- 2 Chronicles 30:2 The law allowed for this delay in celebrating the Passover (see Num 9:6-13).
