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Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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2 Chronicles 30:4

Thus the [decision to set a] new time pleased the king and the entire assembly.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   Derision;   Form;   Liberality;   Month;   Passover;   Proclamation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Awakenings and Religious Reforms;   Awakenings, Religious;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hezekiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Judah, Kingdom of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Letter;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hezekiah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Sama'ria, Country of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The proposal pleased the king and the congregation,
Hebrew Names Version
The thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly.
King James Version
And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
English Standard Version
and the plan seemed right to the king and all the assembly.
New Century Version
This plan satisfied King Hezekiah and all the people.
New English Translation
The proposal seemed appropriate to the king and the entire assembly.
New American Standard Bible
So the decision was right in the sight of the king and all the assembly.
World English Bible
The thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the thing pleased the King, and all the Congregation.
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus the thing was right in the eyes of the king and in the eyes of all the assembly.
Berean Standard Bible
This proposal pleased the king and all the assembly.
Complete Jewish Bible
The idea had seemed right to the king and to the whole community;
Darby Translation
And the thing pleased the king and the whole congregation.
Easy-to-Read Version
The agreement satisfied King Hezekiah and all the assembly.
George Lamsa Translation
And the thing pleased the king and all the people of Israel.
Good News Translation
The king and the people were pleased with their plan,
Lexham English Bible
and the plan seemed right in the eyes of the king and in the eyes of all the assembly.
Literal Translation
And the thing was right in the eyes of the king, and in the eyes of the congregation.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And it pleased the kynge well and all the cogregacion.
American Standard Version
And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly.
Bible in Basic English
And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and all the people.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the congregation.
King James Version (1611)
And the thing pleased the king, and all the Congregation.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the proposal pleased the king and the congregation.
English Revised Version
And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the congregation.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word pleside the king, and al the multitude.
Update Bible Version
And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
New King James Version
And the matter pleased the king and all the assembly.
New Living Translation
This plan for keeping the Passover seemed right to the king and all the people.
New Life Bible
So the new time pleased the king and all the people.
New Revised Standard
The plan seemed right to the king and all the assembly.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the thing was right, in the eyes of the king, - and in the eyes of all the convocation.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the thing pleased the king, and all the people.
Revised Standard Version
and the plan seemed right to the king and all the assembly.
Young's Literal Translation
And the thing is right in the eyes of the king, and in the eyes of all the assembly,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Thus the thing was right in the sight of the king and all the assembly.

Contextual Overview

1Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and to Judah and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh to come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover Feast to the LORD God of Israel. 2For the king and his officials and all the assembly in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month, 3since they could not celebrate it at that time because a sufficient number of priests had not consecrated themselves, nor had the people assembled at Jerusalem. 4Thus the [decision to set a] new time pleased the king and the entire assembly.5So they decided to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people were to come to celebrate the Passover to the LORD God of Israel, at Jerusalem. For they had not celebrated it in great numbers as it was prescribed [for a long time]. 6So the runners went throughout Israel and Judah with the letters from the hand of the king and his officials, in accordance with the command of the king, saying, "O sons (descendants) of Israel, return to the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel (Jacob), so that He will return to those of you who escaped and are left from the hand (power) of the kings of Assyria. 7"Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were unfaithful to the LORD God of their fathers, so that He made them a horror (lifeless, desolate), just as you see. 8"Now do not stiffen your neck [becoming obstinate] like your fathers, but yield to the LORD and come to His sanctuary which He has sanctified and set apart forever, and serve the LORD your God, so that His burning anger will turn away from you. 9"For if you return to the LORD, your brothers (relatives) and your children will find compassion in the presence of those who led them away captive and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him." 10So the runners (couriers) passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun; but the people laughed at them with scorn and mocked them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

pleased the king: Heb. was right in the eyes of the king, 1 Chronicles 13:4

Reciprocal: Genesis 45:16 - it pleased Pharaoh well Joshua 22:30 - it pleased them 2 Samuel 17:4 - pleased Absalom well Zechariah 11:12 - ye think good Acts 15:22 - pleased

Cross-References

Genesis 21:10
Therefore she said to Abraham, "Drive out this maid and her son, for the son of this maid shall not be an heir with my son Isaac."
Genesis 22:24
Nahor's concubine, whose name was Reumah, gave birth to Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.
Genesis 25:1
Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.
Genesis 25:6
but to the sons of his concubines [Hagar and Keturah], Abraham gave gifts while he was still living and he sent them to the east country, away from Isaac his son [of promise].
Genesis 30:3
She said, "Here, take my maid Bilhah and go in to her; and [when the baby comes] she shall deliver it [while sitting] on my knees, so that by her I may also have children [to count as my own]."
Genesis 30:4
So she gave him Bilhah her maid as a [secondary] wife, and Jacob went in to her.
Genesis 33:2
He put the maids and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph last of all.
Genesis 35:22
While Israel was living in that land, Reuben [his eldest son] went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel heard about it. The Sons of Israel Now Jacob had twelve sons—
2 Samuel 12:11
"Thus says the LORD, 'Behold, I will stir up evil against you from your own household; and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your companion, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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


 
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