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Wednesday, July 30th, 2025
the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Good News Translation

2 Chronicles 30:13

A great number of people gathered in Jerusalem in the second month to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Month;   Thompson Chain Reference - Awakenings and Religious Reforms;   Awakenings, Religious;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Passover;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hezekiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Judah, Kingdom of;   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;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
A very large assembly of people was gathered in Jerusalem to observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread in the second month.
Hebrew Names Version
There assembled at Yerushalayim much people to keep the feast of matzah in the second month, a very great assembly.
King James Version
And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
English Standard Version
And many people came together in Jerusalem to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month, a very great assembly.
New Century Version
In the second month a large crowd came together in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
New English Translation
A huge crowd assembled in Jerusalem to observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month.
Amplified Bible
Now many people were gathered at Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month; it was a very large assembly.
New American Standard Bible
Now many people were gathered at Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month, a very large assembly.
World English Bible
There assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great assembly.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And there assembled to Ierusalem much people, to keepe the feast of ye vnleauened bread in the second moneth, a very great assemblie.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now many people were gathered at Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month, a very large assembly.
Berean Standard Bible
In the second month, a very great assembly gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
Contemporary English Version
In the second month, a large crowd of people gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Festival of Thin Bread.
Complete Jewish Bible
Thus, many people assembled in Yerushalayim to keep the festival of Matzot in the second month, a huge crowd.
Darby Translation
And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to hold the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
Easy-to-Read Version
Many people came together in Jerusalem to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread in the second month. It was a very large crowd.
George Lamsa Translation
And there assembled at Jerusalem many people to celebrate the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
Lexham English Bible
So many people gathered in Jerusalem to hold the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month; it was a very great assembly.
Literal Translation
And many people gathered to Jerusalem, to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month, a very great multitude.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And there came together vnto Ierusale a greate people, to kepe the feast of vnleuended bred in the seconde moneth, a very greate congregacion.
American Standard Version
And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great assembly.
Bible in Basic English
So a very great number of people came together at Jerusalem to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there assembled to Hierusalem much people, and there was present a mightie great congregation, to hold the feast of sweete bread in the second moneth.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
King James Version (1611)
And there assembled at Ierusalem much people, to keepe the feast of vnleauened bread in the second moneth, a very great congregation.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And a great multitude were gathered to Jerusalem to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
English Revised Version
And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And many puplis weren gaderid in to Jerusalem, for to make the solempnyte of therf looues in the secounde monethe.
Update Bible Version
And there assembled at Jerusalem many people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great assembly.
Webster's Bible Translation
And there assembled at Jerusalem many people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
New King James Version
Now many people, a very great assembly, gathered at Jerusalem to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month.
New Living Translation
So a huge crowd assembled at Jerusalem in midspring to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread.
New Life Bible
Many people gathered together at Jerusalem to keep the Special Supper of Bread Without Yeast in the second month. There were very many people.
New Revised Standard
Many people came together in Jerusalem to keep the festival of unleavened bread in the second month, a very large assembly.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And there gathered themselves unto Jerusalem much people, to keep the festival of unleavened cakes, in the second month, - an exceeding large convocation.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And much people were assembled to Jerusalem to celebrate the solemnity of the unleavened bread in the second month:
Revised Standard Version
And many people came together in Jerusalem to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great assembly.
Young's Literal Translation
and much people are gathered to Jerusalem, to make the feast of unleavened things in the second month -- a mighty assembly for multitude.
THE MESSAGE
It turned out that there was a tremendous crowd of people when the time came in the second month to celebrate the Passover (sometimes called the Feast of Unraised Bread). First they went to work and got rid of all the pagan altars that were in Jerusalem—hauled them off and dumped them in the Kidron Valley. Then, on the fourteenth day of the second month, they slaughtered the Passover lambs. The priests and Levites weren't ready; but now, embarrassed in their laziness, they consecrated themselves and brought Whole-Burnt-Offerings to The Temple of God . Ready now, they stood at their posts as designated by The Revelation of Moses the holy man; the priests sprinkled the blood the Levites handed to them. Because so many in the congregation had not properly prepared themselves by consecration and so were not qualified, the Levites took charge of the slaughter of the Passover lambs so that they would be properly consecrated to God .
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now many people were gathered at Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month, a very large assembly.

Contextual Overview

13 A great number of people gathered in Jerusalem in the second month to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. 14 They took all the altars that had been used in Jerusalem for offering sacrifices and burning incense and threw them into Kidron Valley. 15 And on the fourteenth day of the month they killed the lambs for the Passover sacrifice. The priests and Levites who were not ritually clean became so ashamed that they dedicated themselves to the Lord , and now they could sacrifice burnt offerings in the Temple. 16 They took their places in the Temple according to the instructions in the Law of Moses, the man of God. The Levites gave the blood of the sacrifices to the priests, who sprinkled it on the altar. 17 Because many of the people were not ritually clean, they could not kill the Passover lambs, so the Levites did it for them and dedicated the lambs to the Lord . 18 In addition, many of those who had come from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun had not performed the ritual of purification, and so they were observing Passover improperly. King Hezekiah offered this prayer for them: 19 "O Lord , the God of our ancestors, in your goodness forgive those who are worshiping you with all their heart, even though they are not ritually clean." 20 The Lord answered Hezekiah's prayer; he forgave the people and did not harm them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

there assembled: Psalms 84:7

the second month: 2 Chronicles 30:2

Reciprocal: Leviticus 8:3 - General 1 Kings 8:65 - a great 2 Kings 23:22 - of the kings 2 Chronicles 7:8 - a very great

Cross-References

Genesis 30:24
May the Lord give me another son"; so she named him Joseph.
Genesis 30:25
After the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, "Let me go, so that I can return home.
Genesis 35:26
The sons of Leah's slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These sons were born in Mesopotamia.
Genesis 46:17
Asher and his sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. Beriah's sons were Heber and Malchiel.
Genesis 49:20
"Asher's land will produce rich food. He will provide food fit for a king.
Proverbs 31:28
Her children show their appreciation, and her husband praises her.
Song of Solomon 6:9
But I love only one, and she is as lovely as a dove. She is her mother's only daughter, her mother's favorite child. All women look at her and praise her; queens and concubines sing her praises.
Luke 1:48
for he has remembered me, his lowly servant! From now on all people will call me happy,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there assembled at Jerusalem much people,.... Out of the several tribes:

to keep the feast of unleavened bread: the passover, which was eaten with unleavened bread:

in the second month: the month Ijar:

a very great congregation; such as had not been seen on such an occasion for many years.


 
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