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2 Chronicles 30
Good News Translation
2 Chronicles 30
Good News Translation
Preparations for Passover
30 (A)1-3 The people had not been able to celebrate the Passover Festival at the proper time in the first month, because not enough priests were ritually clean and not many people had assembled in Jerusalem. So King Hezekiah, his officials, and the people of Jerusalem agreed to celebrate it in the second month, and the king sent word to all the people of Israel and Judah. He took special care to send letters to the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, inviting them to come to the Temple in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover in honor of the Lord, the God of Israel. 4 The king and the people were pleased with their plan, 5 so they invited all the Israelites, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, to come together in Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover according to the Law, in larger numbers than ever before. 6 Messengers went out at the command of the king and his officials through all Judah and Israel with the following invitation:
“People of Israel, you have survived the Assyrian conquest of the land. Now return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and he will return to you. 7 Do not be like your ancestors and your Israelite relatives who were unfaithful to the Lord their God. As you can see, he punished them severely. 8 Do not be stubborn as they were, but obey the Lord. Come to the Temple in Jerusalem, which the Lord your God has made holy forever, and worship him so that he will no longer be angry with you. 9 If you return to the Lord, then those who have taken your relatives away as prisoners will take pity on them and let them come back home. The Lord your God is kind and merciful, and if you return to him, he will accept you.”
10 The messengers went to every city in the territory of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far north as the tribe of Zebulun, but people laughed at them and made fun of them. 11 Still, there were some from the tribes of Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun who were willing to come to Jerusalem. 12 God was also at work in Judah and united the people in their determination to obey his will by following the commands of the king and his officials.
Passover Is Celebrated
13 A great number of people gathered in Jerusalem in the second month to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. 14 They took all the altars that had been used in Jerusalem for offering sacrifices and burning incense and threw them into Kidron Valley. 15 And on the fourteenth day of the month they killed the lambs for the Passover sacrifice. The priests and Levites who were not ritually clean became so ashamed that they dedicated themselves to the Lord, and now they could sacrifice burnt offerings in the Temple. 16 They took their places in the Temple according to the instructions in the Law of Moses, the man of God. The Levites gave the blood of the sacrifices to the priests, who sprinkled it on the altar. 17 Because many of the people were not ritually clean, they could not kill the Passover lambs, so the Levites did it for them and dedicated the lambs to the Lord. 18 In addition, many of those who had come from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun had not performed the ritual of purification, and so they were observing Passover improperly. King Hezekiah offered this prayer for them: 19 “O Lord, the God of our ancestors, in your goodness forgive those who are worshiping you with all their heart, even though they are not ritually clean.” 20 The Lord answered Hezekiah's prayer; he forgave the people and did not harm them. 21 For seven days the people who had gathered in Jerusalem celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread with great joy, and day after day the Levites and the priests praised the Lord with all their strength.[a] 22 Hezekiah praised the Levites for their skill in conducting the worship of the Lord.
A Second Celebration
After the seven days during which they offered sacrifices in praise of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, 23 they all decided to celebrate for another seven days. So they celebrated with joy. 24 King Hezekiah contributed 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep for the people to kill and eat, and the officials gave them another 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. A large number of priests went through the ritual of purification. 25 So everyone was happy—the people of Judah, the priests, the Levites, the people who had come from the north, and the foreigners who had settled permanently in Israel and Judah. 26 The city of Jerusalem was filled with joy, because nothing like this had happened since the days of King Solomon, the son of David. 27 The priests and the Levites asked the Lord's blessing on the people. In his home in heaven God heard their prayers and accepted them.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 30:21 Probable text with all their strength; Hebrew with mighty instruments.
2 Chronicles 30
King James Version
2 Chronicles 30
King James Version
30 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel.
2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
3 For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.
4 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.
6 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
7 And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the Lord, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
9 For if ye turn again unto the Lord, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.
10 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.
13 And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
14 And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.
15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the Lord.
16 And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites.
17 For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the Lord.
18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good Lord pardon every one
19 That prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
20 And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
21 And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the Lord day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the Lord.
22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the Lord: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the Lord God of their fathers.
23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.
24 For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
25 And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
27 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.
2 Crónicas 30
Reina Valera Actualizada
2 Crónicas 30
Reina Valera Actualizada
Ezequías celebra la Pascua
30 Ezequías envió mensajeros por todo Israel y Judá, y también escribió cartas a los de Efraín y Manasés para que acudieran a Jerusalén, a la casa del SEÑOR, para celebrar la Pascua del SEÑOR Dios de Israel.
2 El rey había tomado el acuerdo, junto con sus magistrados y con toda la congregación en Jerusalén, de celebrar la Pascua en el mes segundo[a]. 3 No la habían podido celebrar a su debido tiempo, porque los sacerdotes no se habían purificado en número suficiente ni el pueblo se había reunido en Jerusalén. 4 Esto les pareció bien al rey y a toda la asamblea, 5 y determinaron pasar una proclama por todo Israel, desde Beerseba hasta Dan, para que acudieran a celebrar la Pascua al SEÑOR Dios de Israel, en Jerusalén. Porque hacía mucho tiempo que no la habían celebrado según estaba escrito.
6 Fueron, pues, los mensajeros por todo Israel y Judá, con cartas de parte del rey y de sus magistrados, como el rey lo había mandado, que decían:
Oh hijos de Israel, vuélvanse al SEÑOR, Dios de Abraham, de Isaac y de Israel, para que él se vuelva a los que han escapado y sobrevivido de mano de los reyes de Asiria. 7 No sean como sus padres y como sus hermanos, que actuaron con infidelidad al SEÑOR, Dios de sus padres, por lo cual él los entregó a la desolación, como ustedes ven.
8 Ahora pues, no endurezcan su cerviz como sus padres. Sométanse al SEÑOR, y vengan a su santuario que él ha santificado para siempre. Sirvan al SEÑOR su Dios, y el furor de su ira se apartará de ustedes. 9 Porque si se vuelven al SEÑOR, sus hermanos y sus hijos hallarán misericordia delante de quienes los llevaron cautivos, y volverán a esta tierra. Porque el SEÑOR su Dios es clemente y misericordioso, y si ustedes se vuelven a él, no esconderá de ustedes su rostro.
10 Los mensajeros pasaron de ciudad en ciudad por la tierra de Efraín y de Manasés, y hasta Zabulón; pero se reían de ellos y los ridiculizaban. 11 Solamente algunos hombres de Aser, de Manasés y de Zabulón se humillaron y fueron a Jerusalén. 12 También en Judá se manifestó la mano de Dios, dándoles un solo corazón para cumplir el mandato del rey y de los magistrados, conforme a las palabras del SEÑOR.
13 En el mes segundo[b] se reunió en Jerusalén mucha gente, una gran congregación, para celebrar la fiesta de los Panes sin levadura. 14 Luego se levantaron y quitaron los altares que había en Jerusalén. También quitaron los altares de incienso, y los echaron al arroyo de Quedrón.
15 Entonces sacrificaron la víctima de la Pascua el catorce del mes segundo[c]. Los sacerdotes y los levitas estaban avergonzados y se purificaron, y llevaron holocaustos a la casa del SEÑOR. 16 Tomaron su respectivo lugar conforme a lo establecido en la ley de Moisés, hombre de Dios, y los sacerdotes esparcían la sangre que recibían de mano de los levitas.
17 Puesto que había muchos en la congregación que no estaban purificados, los levitas estuvieron a cargo del sacrificio de las víctimas de la Pascua, por todos los que no se habían purificado, a fin de consagrarlas al SEÑOR. 18 La mayoría de la gente, muchos de Efraín, de Manasés, de Isacar y de Zabulón, no se había purificado; pero comieron la víctima de la Pascua, aunque no de acuerdo con lo prescrito. Pero Ezequías oró por ellos diciendo: “El SEÑOR, que es bueno, perdone a todo aquel que ha preparado su corazón para buscar a Dios, 19 al SEÑOR, Dios de sus padres, aunque no sea de acuerdo con la purificación ritual”. 20 Y el SEÑOR escuchó a Ezequías y sanó al pueblo.
21 Así los hijos de Israel que se hallaban en Jerusalén celebraron la fiesta de los Panes sin levadura, durante siete días, con gran gozo. Los levitas y los sacerdotes alababan al SEÑOR día tras día, cantando al SEÑOR con instrumentos resonantes.
22 Ezequías habló al corazón de todos los levitas que demostraban tener buen conocimiento del SEÑOR, y durante siete días comieron la porción asignada, ofreciendo sacrificios de paz y dando gracias al SEÑOR, Dios de sus padres. 23 Entonces toda la congregación determinó que se celebrara otros siete días. Y celebraron otros siete días con alegría. 24 Porque Ezequías, rey de Judá, había dado para la congregación mil toros y siete mil ovejas; y también los magistrados habían dado para la congregación mil toros y diez mil ovejas, y muchos sacerdotes ya se habían purificado.
25 Toda la congregación de Judá se regocijó, como también los sacerdotes, los levitas y toda la congregación que había venido de Israel. Asimismo los forasteros que habían venido de la tierra de Israel y los que habitaban en Judá. 26 Hubo gran alegría en Jerusalén, porque no había habido cosa semejante en Jerusalén desde los días de Salomón hijo de David, rey de Israel.
27 Después los sacerdotes y los levitas se levantaron y bendijeron al pueblo. Y su voz fue oída, y su oración llegó a su santa morada, al mismo cielo.
Footnotes
- 2 Crónicas 30:2 Aprox. abr.-may.
- 2 Crónicas 30:13 Aprox. abr.-may.
- 2 Crónicas 30:15 Aprox. abr.-may.
2 Chronicles 30
New International Version
2 Chronicles 30
New International Version
Hezekiah Celebrates the Passover
30 Hezekiah sent word to all Israel(A) and Judah and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh,(B) inviting them to come to the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover(C) to the Lord, the God of Israel. 2 The king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem decided to celebrate(D) the Passover in the second month. 3 They had not been able to celebrate it at the regular time because not enough priests had consecrated(E) themselves and the people had not assembled in Jerusalem. 4 The plan seemed right both to the king and to the whole assembly. 5 They decided to send a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan,(F) calling the people to come to Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel. It had not been celebrated in large numbers according to what was written.
6 At the king’s command, couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and from his officials, which read:
“People of Israel, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, that he may return to you who are left, who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria. 7 Do not be like your parents(G) and your fellow Israelites, who were unfaithful(H) to the Lord, the God of their ancestors, so that he made them an object of horror,(I) as you see. 8 Do not be stiff-necked,(J) as your ancestors were; submit to the Lord. Come to his sanctuary, which he has consecrated forever. Serve the Lord your God, so that his fierce anger(K) will turn away from you. 9 If you return(L) to the Lord, then your fellow Israelites and your children will be shown compassion(M) by their captors and will return to this land, for the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate.(N) He will not turn his face from you if you return to him.”
10 The couriers went from town to town in Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun, but people scorned and ridiculed(O) them. 11 Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun humbled(P) themselves and went to Jerusalem.(Q) 12 Also in Judah the hand of God was on the people to give them unity(R) of mind to carry out what the king and his officials had ordered, following the word of the Lord.
13 A very large crowd of people assembled in Jerusalem to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread(S) in the second month. 14 They removed the altars(T) in Jerusalem and cleared away the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley.(U)
15 They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and the Levites were ashamed and consecrated(V) themselves and brought burnt offerings to the temple of the Lord. 16 Then they took up their regular positions(W) as prescribed in the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests splashed against the altar the blood handed to them by the Levites. 17 Since many in the crowd had not consecrated themselves, the Levites had to kill(X) the Passover lambs for all those who were not ceremonially clean and could not consecrate their lambs[a] to the Lord. 18 Although most of the many people who came from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun had not purified themselves,(Y) yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May the Lord, who is good, pardon everyone 19 who sets their heart on seeking God—the Lord, the God of their ancestors—even if they are not clean according to the rules of the sanctuary.” 20 And the Lord heard(Z) Hezekiah and healed(AA) the people.(AB)
21 The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread(AC) for seven days with great rejoicing, while the Levites and priests praised the Lord every day with resounding instruments dedicated to the Lord.[b]
22 Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites, who showed good understanding of the service of the Lord. For the seven days they ate their assigned portion and offered fellowship offerings and praised[c] the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
23 The whole assembly then agreed to celebrate(AD) the festival seven more days; so for another seven days they celebrated joyfully. 24 Hezekiah king of Judah provided(AE) a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep and goats for the assembly, and the officials provided them with a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep and goats. A great number of priests consecrated themselves. 25 The entire assembly of Judah rejoiced, along with the priests and Levites and all who had assembled from Israel(AF), including the foreigners who had come from Israel and also those who resided in Judah. 26 There was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the days of Solomon(AG) son of David king of Israel there had been nothing like this in Jerusalem. 27 The priests and the Levites stood to bless(AH) the people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, his holy dwelling place.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 30:17 Or consecrate themselves
- 2 Chronicles 30:21 Or priests sang to the Lord every day, accompanied by the Lord’s instruments of praise
- 2 Chronicles 30:22 Or and confessed their sins to
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