2 Chronicles 30:4

THE MESSAGE

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.

Amplified Bible
Thus the [decision to set a] new time pleased 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

¹Then Hezekiah invited all of Israel and Judah, with personal letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, to come to The Temple of God in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover to Israel's God. The king and his officials and the congregation in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate Passover in the second month. They hadn't been able to celebrate it at the regular time because not enough of the priests were yet personally prepared and the people hadn't had time to gather in Jerusalem. Under these circumstances, the revised date was approved by both king and people and they sent out the invitation from one end of the country to the other, from Beersheba in the south to Dan in the north: "Come and celebrate the Passover to Israel's God in Jerusalem." No one living had ever celebrated it properly. ⁶The king gave the orders, and the couriers delivered the invitations from the king and his leaders throughout Israel and Judah. The invitation read: "O Israelites! Come back to God , the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that he can return to you who have survived the predations of the kings of Assyria. Don't repeat the sins of your ancestors who turned their backs on God , the God of their ancestors who then brought them to ruin—you can see the ruins all around you. Don't be pigheaded as your ancestors were. Clasp God 's outstretched hand. Come to his Temple of holy worship, consecrated for all time. Serve God , your God. You'll no longer be in danger of his hot anger. If you come back to God , your captive relatives and children will be treated compassionately and allowed to come home. Your God is gracious and kind and won't snub you—come back and he'll welcome you with open arms." ¹⁰So the couriers set out, going from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far north as Zebulun. But the people poked fun at them, treated them as a joke. But not all; some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun weren't too proud to accept the invitation and come to Jerusalem. It was better in Judah—God worked powerfully among them to make it unanimous, responding to the orders sent out by the king and his officials, orders backed up by the word of God .

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 22:24
His concubine, Reumah, gave him four more children: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

Genesis 25:1
Abraham married a second time; his new wife was named Keturah. She gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

Genesis 30:3
Rachel said, "Here's my maid Bilhah. Sleep with her. Let her substitute for me so I can have a child through her and build a family." So she gave him her maid Bilhah for a wife and Jacob slept with her. Bilhah became pregnant and gave Jacob a son.

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.