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2 Chronicles 30: King Hezekiah’s Passover Celebration – Clear & Engaging Audio Bible Reading | National Repentance, Worship, and Blessings

Listen to a clear and engaging audio recording of 2 Chronicles 30 and experience the inspiring events of King Hezekiah’s Passover celebration. Follow the story of national repentance, the restoration of worship in the temple, the invitation to neighboring tribes to join the feast, and the blessings from God for all who participated. A perfect chapter for study, reflection or meditation, immerse yourself in this powerful narrative and let the Scriptures come alive.

2 CHRONICLES 30 (NIV)

1 Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah and also wrote letters to
Ephraim and Manasseh, inviting them to come to the temple of the Lord in
Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel.

2 The
king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem decided to
celebrate 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
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, 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 and your fellow Israelites,
who were unfaithful to the Lord, the God of their ancestors, so that he made
them an object of horror, as you see.

8 Do not be stiff-necked, 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 will
turn away from you.

9 If you return to the Lord, then your fellow Israelites
and your children will be shown compassion by their captors and will return to
this land, for the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate. 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 them.

11 Nevertheless, some from
Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun humbled themselves and went to Jerusalem.

12 Also
in Judah the hand of God was on the people to give them unity 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 in the second month.

14 They removed the altars
in Jerusalem and cleared away the incense altars and threw them into the
Kidron Valley.

15 They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second
month. The priests and the Levites were ashamed and consecrated themselves and
brought burnt offerings to the temple of the Lord.

16 Then they took up their
regular positions 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 the Passover lambs for all those who were not ceremonially clean and
could not consecrate their lambs to the Lord.

18 Although most of the many
people who came from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun had not purified
themselves, 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 Hezekiah and healed the people.

21 The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Festival of
Unleavened Bread for seven days with great rejoicing, while the Levites and
priests praised the Lord every day with resounding instruments dedicated to
the Lord.

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 the Lord, the
God of their ancestors.

23 The whole assembly then agreed to celebrate the festival seven more days;
so for another seven days they celebrated joyfully.

24 Hezekiah king of Judah
provided 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, 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 son of David king of Israel there had been nothing
like this in Jerusalem.

27 The priests and the Levites stood to bless the
people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, his holy dwelling
place.