2 Chronicles 30:2

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the king taketh counsel, and his heads, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to make the passover in the second month,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Chronicles 30:2 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 9:10“Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.
  2. Numbers 9:11Such people are to observe it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;
  3. 2 Kings 23:22No such Passover had been observed from the days of the judges who had governed Israel through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah.
  4. 1 Chronicles 13:1Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of thousands.
  5. 2 Chronicles 1:2Then Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every leader in all Israel—the heads of the families.
  6. 2 Chronicles 30:13In the second month, a very great assembly gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
  7. 2 Chronicles 30:15And 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.
  8. 2 Chronicles 35:1Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.
  9. Proverbs 11:14For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.
  10. Proverbs 15:22Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
  11. Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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