Study it in the app“They established a word: to send a proclamation through all Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, to come to celebrate the Passover to YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, in Jerusalem; for they had not celebrated it in great numbers as it is written.”
They establishedוַיַּעֲמִידוּa word:דָבָרto sendלְהַעֲבִירa proclamationקוֹלthrough allבְּכָלIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלfrom Beershebaמִבְּאֵר שֶׁבַעtoוְעַדDan,דָּןto comeלָבוֹאto celebrateלַעֲשׂוֹתthe Passoverפֶּסַחto YHWH,לַיהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלin Jerusalem;בִּירוּשָׁלִָםforכִּיthey had notלֹאcelebrated itעָשׂוּin great numbersלָרֹבasכַּit is written.כָּתוּב
appoint
To put in place, name to a post.
Where else “yaamidu” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appearsbring across
To bring across, or take away.
Where else “haavir” appearsproclamation
A notice given aloud so that everyone hears it.
Where else “kol” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsBeersheba
See it on the mapWhere else “beer” appearsDan
See it on the mapWhere else “dan” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appearsprepare
To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.
Where else “asot” appearsPassover
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” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appearsmultitude
A great crowd of people or things.
Where else “rov” appearswrite
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “katuv” appears1Beersheba
Today: Beersheba (Be'er Sheva), Israel
A city at the southern edge of the land of Israel, in the Negev desert, about 47 miles (75 km) south of Jerusalem.
Abraham and Isaac made agreements there over a well (Gen 21:31; 26:33). "From Dan to Beersheba" meant the whole land.
2Dan
Today: Tel Dan nature reserve, northern Israel
A city at the far north of Israel, at the foot of Mount Hermon.
The tribe of Dan took the city and gave it their name (Judg 18:29). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).
3Jerusalem
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).
4The thing was right in the eyes of the king and in the eyes of all the assembly.
5 · This verse (above)
6So the runners went with the letters from the hand of the king and his officials through all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, “Sons of Israel, return to YHWH, the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to those who escaped who are left to you from the hand of the kings of Assyria.
