2 Chronicles 30
Hezekiah Calls The Nation to Celebrate The Passover
This passage finds Hezekiah calling the whole nation back to the celebration of the Passover, the feast that depicts Jesus Christ as the Lamb of God. It had been delayed because many of the priests were still unclean and not everyone in Judah had come to Jerusalem for the festival (vv. 1-4). It …
The Passover Celebration Continues
The time set by the law for the celebration of the Feast of Unleavened Bread was seven days (Ex. 12:15; Lev. 23:6) but because it had fallen into such irregularity they doubled the period of celebration and kept it 14 days with great satisfaction and joy. Materials for additional …
The Passover is Celebrated
A large crowd gathered in Jerusalem in the second month to celebrate the Passover (v. 13). They took all the foreign incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley (v. 14). Then on the 14th day of that month, the Levites began killing the lambs for Passover as many of the worshipers …