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For the king had taken counsel with his princes and all the congregation in Jerusalem to keep the Passover in the second month.
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
For the king and his officials and all the assembly in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month,
For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem took counsel to keep the Passover in the second month.
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
For the king and his officials and the entire congregation in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover of the Lord in the second month,
The king, his officials, and the entire Jerusalem congregation had decided to celebrate Passover in the second month.
For the king, his officials and the entire Yerushalayim community had agreed to keep the Pesach in the second month.
Passover wasn't celebrated in the first month, which was the usual time, because many of the priests were still unclean and unacceptable to serve, and because not everyone in Judah had come to Jerusalem for the festival. So Hezekiah, his officials, and the people agreed to celebrate Passover in the second month. Hezekiah sent a message to everyone in Israel and Judah, including those in the territories of Ephraim and West Manasseh, inviting them to the temple in Jerusalem for the celebration of Passover in honor of the Lord God of Israel.
And the king took counsel, and his princes, and the whole congregation in Jerusalem, to hold the passover in the second month.
For the king, taking counsel, and the princes, and all the assembly of Jerusalem, decreed to keep the phase the second month.
King Hezekiah agreed with all his officials and all the assembly in Jerusalem to have the Passover in the second month.
The king, his officers and all the people who lived in Jerusalem decided to have the Passover festival in the second month.
The king, his officials, and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had made plans to celebrate the Passover in the second month.
For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the Passover in the second month—
For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the Passover in the second month—
King Hezekiah, his ·officers [officials], and all the ·people [community; assembly] in Jerusalem ·agreed [decided] to ·celebrate [keep; observe] the Passover in the second month.
And the king and his princes and all the Congregation had taken counsel in Jerusalem to keep the Passover in the second month.
The king, his officials, and the whole assembly in Jerusalem decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month.
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.
For the king and his officials and the entire congregation in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover of the Lord in the second month,
King Hezekiah, his officers and all the people in Jerusalem agreed to celebrate the Passover in the second month.
The king, his princes, and the entire assembly in Jerusalem had mutually decided to observe the Passover in the second month,
For the king had taken counsel with his princes and with all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
And the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to celebrate the Passover in the second month,
Now the king and his princes, and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to make the Passover feast in the second month—
The king, his aides, and all the assembly of Jerusalem had voted to celebrate the Passover in May this time, rather than at the normal time in April, because not enough priests were sanctified at the earlier date, and there wasn’t enough time to get notices out.
Then Hezekiah invited all of Israel and Judah, with personal letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, to come to The Temple of God in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover to Israel’s God. The king and his officials and the congregation in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate Passover in the second month. They hadn’t been able to celebrate it at the regular time because not enough of the priests were yet personally prepared and the people hadn’t had time to gather in Jerusalem. Under these circumstances, the revised date was approved by both king and people and they sent out the invitation from one end of the country to the other, from Beersheba in the south to Dan in the north: “Come and celebrate the Passover to Israel’s God in Jerusalem.” No one living had ever celebrated it properly.
The king counseled with his officials and all the assembly in Jerusalem to have the Passover in the second month.
The king, his officials, and the whole assembly in Jerusalem decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month.
The king, his princes, and the entire assembly in Jerusalem had agreed to celebrate the Passover during the second month.
For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month,
For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month,
The king and his officials and the entire assembly in Jerusalem had agreed to celebrate the Passover in the second month,
King Hezekiah, his officers, and all the people in Jerusalem agreed to celebrate the Passover in the second month.
The king, his officials, and the entire assembly in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover in the second month.
The king, his officials and the whole community in Jerusalem decided to celebrate the Passover Feast in the second month.
The king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month.
The king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month.
For the king and his leaders and all the assembly in Jerusalem had agreed to keep the Passover in the second month.
For the king and his rulers and all the people in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month.
The king, his officials, and all the community of Jerusalem decided to celebrate Passover a month later than usual.
For the king and his officials and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the passover in the second month
For the king and his officials and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the passover in the second month
For the king and his officials and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the passover in the second month
For the king and his officials and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the Passover in the second month
For HaMelech had conferred and agreed with his sarim, and kol HaKahal in Yerushalayim, to keep the Pesach in the second month.
For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the passover in the second month—
For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the passover in the second month—
The king and his officials and the entire congregation in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate Passover in the second month.
Since the people could not gather in Jerusalem immediately and since not enough priests were sanctified in time to celebrate the Passover holiday during the first month of his reign, Hezekiah, the leaders, and the people of Jerusalem decided to celebrate during the second month. So he decided to send word to everyone—from Beersheba in the far south to Dan in the far north—to come to the Eternal’s temple in Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover honoring the Eternal One, True God of Israel. Until Hezekiah, Judah had not celebrated as frequently as they should have.
For the king had taken counsel with his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem to keep the Passover in the second month.
Therefore when counsel was taken of the king, and of [the] princes, and of all the company of Jerusalem, they deemed, or purposed, to make pask in the second month. (And so when the king, and the leaders, and all the company of Jerusalem, had taken counsel together, they decided to keep the Passover in the second month.)
And the king taketh counsel, and his heads, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to make the passover in the second month,
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