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The kingהַמֶּלֶךְand his officialsוְשָׂרָיוand allוְכָלthe assemblyהַקָּהָלin Jerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָםtook counselוַיִּוָּעַץto celebrateלַעֲשׂוֹתthe Passoverהַפֶּסַחin the secondבַּ הַשֵּׁנִיmonth;חֹדֶשׁ
2 Chronicles 30:2
Study it in the app“The king and his officials and all the assembly in Jerusalem took counsel to celebrate the Passover in the second month;”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 30:2, word by word
- The kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- and his officialsשָׂרָיsaray
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “saray” appears- the assemblyקָּהָלkahal
assembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kahal” appears- in Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִָםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- took counselיִּוָּעַץyivaats
take counsel
To ask others what to do, decide together.
Where else “yivaats” appears- to celebrateעֲשׂוֹתasot
prepare
To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.
Where else “asot” appears- the Passoverפֶּסַחpesach
Passover
Passover (pesach): the festival that recalls the night when God "passed over" the houses of Israel and brought them out of Egypt; also the animal sacrificed that night.
Where else “pesach” appears- in the secondשֵּׁנִיsheni
second
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “sheni” appears- monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears
Translation note
The law allowed those who could not celebrate the Passover in the first month to celebrate it in the second (Numbers 9:10-11).
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
1Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah, and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, to come to the house of YHWH in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover to YHWH, the Elohim of Israel.
2 · This verse (above)
3for they had not been able to celebrate it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, and the people had not gathered in Jerusalem.