2 Chronicles 30:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For the king, after discussion with his chiefs and all the body of the people in Jerusalem, had made a decision to keep the Passover in the second month.

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  • Num 9:10-11 : 10 Say to the children of Israel, If any one of you or of your families is unclean because of a dead body, or is on a journey far away, still he is to keep the Passover to the Lord: 11 In the second month, on the fourteenth day, in the evening, they are to keep it, taking it with unleavened bread and bitter-tasting plants;
  • 1 Chr 13:1-3 : 1 Then David had discussions with the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and with every chief. 2 And David said to all the men of Israel who had come together there, If it seems good to you and if it is the purpose of the Lord our God, let us send to all the rest of our brothers, everywhere in the land of Israel, and to the priests and the Levites in their towns and the country round them, and get them to come together here to us; 3 And let us get back for ourselves the ark of our God: for in the days of Saul we did not go to it for directions.
  • 2 Chr 30:13 : 13 So a very great number of people came together at Jerusalem to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month.
  • 2 Chr 30:15 : 15 Then on the fourteenth day of the second month they put the Passover lambs to death: and the priests and the Levites were shamed, and made themselves holy and took burned offerings into the house of the Lord.
  • Prov 11:14 : 14 When there is no helping suggestion the people will have a fall, but with a number of wise guides they will be safe.
  • Prov 15:22 : 22 Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.
  • Eccl 4:13 : 13 A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 30:3-5
    3 verses
    83%

    3It was not possible to keep it at that time, because not enough priests had made themselves holy, and the people had not come together in Jerusalem.

    4And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and all the people.

    5So it was ordered that word was to be sent out through all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, that they were to come to keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem: because they had not kept it in great numbers in agreement with the law.

  • 2 Chr 30:1
    79%

    1Then Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah, and sent letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, requesting them to come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 30:12-15
    4 verses
    79%

    12And in Judah the power of God gave them one heart to do the orders of the king and the captains, which were taken as the word of the Lord.

    13So a very great number of people came together at Jerusalem to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month.

    14And they got to work and took away all the altars in Jerusalem, and they put all the vessels for burning perfumes into the stream Kidron.

    15Then on the fourteenth day of the second month they put the Passover lambs to death: and the priests and the Levites were shamed, and made themselves holy and took burned offerings into the house of the Lord.

  • Ezra 6:19-20
    2 verses
    76%

    19And the children of Israel who had come back kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

    20For the priests and the Levites had made themselves clean together; they were all clean: and they put the Passover lamb to death for all those who had come back, and for their brothers the priests and for themselves.

  • 2 Chr 35:1
    76%

    1And Josiah kept a Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem; on the fourteenth day of the first month they put the Passover lamb to death.

  • 2 Kgs 23:21-23
    3 verses
    76%

    21And the king gave orders to all the people, saying, Keep the Passover to the Lord your God, as it says in this book of the law.

    22Truly, such a Passover had not been kept in all the days of the judges of Israel or of the kings of Israel or the kings of Judah;

    23In the eighteenth year of the rule of King Josiah this Passover was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem.

  • Ezek 45:21
    74%

    21In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you are to have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread is to be your food.

  • 2 Chr 35:16-19
    4 verses
    74%

    16So everything needed for the worship of the Lord was made ready that same day, for the keeping of the Passover and the offering of burned offerings on the altar of the Lord, as King Josiah had given orders.

    17And all the children of Israel who were present kept the Passover and the feast of unleavened bread at that time for seven days.

    18No Passover like it had been kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; and not one of the kings of Israel had ever kept a Passover like the one kept by Josiah and the priests and the Levites and all those of Judah and Israel who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.

    19In the eighteenth year of the rule of Josiah this Passover was kept.

  • Num 28:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the Lord's Passover.

    17On the fifteenth day of this month there is to be a feast; for seven days let your food be unleavened cakes.

  • 2 Chr 30:17-19
    3 verses
    73%

    17For there were still a number of the people there who had not made themselves holy: so the Levites had to put Passover lambs to death for those who were not clean, to make them holy to the Lord.

    18For a great number of the people from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not made themselves clean, but they took the Passover meal, though not in the right way. For Hezekiah had made prayer for them, saying, May the good Lord have mercy on everyone

    19Who, with all his heart, is turned to God the Lord, the God of his fathers, even if he has not been made clean after the rules of the holy place.

  • Num 9:2-5
    4 verses
    72%

    2Let the children of Israel keep the Passover at its regular time.

    3In the fourteenth day of this month, at evening, you are to keep it at the regular time, and in the way ordered in the law.

    4And Moses gave orders to the children of Israel to keep the Passover.

    5So they kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, in the waste land of Sinai: as the Lord gave orders to Moses, so the children of Israel did.

  • Num 9:11
    71%

    11In the second month, on the fourteenth day, in the evening, they are to keep it, taking it with unleavened bread and bitter-tasting plants;

  • Lev 23:5
    71%

    5In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at nightfall, is the Lord's Passover;

  • 2 Chr 5:3
    71%

    3And all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.

  • 2 Kgs 23:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem.

    2And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and all the people of Jerusalem, and the priests and the prophets and all the people, small and great; and they were present at his reading of the book of the law which had come to light in the house of the Lord.

  • Deut 16:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1Take note of the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God: for in the month of Abib the Lord your God took you out of Egypt by night.

    2The Passover offering, from your flock or your herd, is to be given to the Lord your God in the place marked out by him as the resting-place of his name.

  • 2 Chr 34:29-30
    2 verses
    70%

    29Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem.

    30And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, and the priests and the Levites and all the people, small and great; and they were present at his reading of the book of the law which had come to light in the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 30:23-24
    2 verses
    69%

    23And by the desire of all the people, the feast went on for another seven days, and they kept the seven days with joy.

    24For Hezekiah, king of Judah, gave to the people for offerings, a thousand oxen and seven thousand sheep; and the rulers gave a thousand oxen and ten thousand sheep; and a great number of priests made themselves holy.

  • 2 Chr 15:10
    69%

    10So they came together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the rule of Asa.

  • 2 Chr 35:6
    68%

    6And put the Passover lamb to death, and make yourselves holy, and make it ready for your brothers, so that the orders given by the Lord through Moses may be done.

  • Exod 12:2
    68%

    2Let this month be to you the first of months, the first month of the year.

  • 2 Chr 35:10
    68%

    10So everything was made ready and the priests took their places with the Levites in their divisions, as the king had said.

  • Luke 22:1
    68%

    1Now the feast of unleavened bread was near, which is called the Passover.

  • Luke 22:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7And the day of unleavened bread came, when the Passover lamb is put to death.

    8And Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, Go and make the Passover ready for us, so that we may take it.

  • John 2:13
    67%

    13The time of the Passover of the Jews was near and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

  • Ezra 10:9
    67%

    9Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin came together to Jerusalem before three days were past; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people were seated in the wide square in front of the house of God, shaking with fear because of this business and because of the great rain.

  • Exod 12:21
    67%

    21Then Moses sent for the chiefs of Israel, and said to them, See that lambs are marked out for yourselves and your families, and let the Passover lamb be put to death.