Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 30:13
In the second month, a very great assembly gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Judah's populace and Jerusalem's residents responding to King Hezekiah's directive to observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month. Divine influence unified the people to comply with the royal command.
The words — The Hebrew verb וַ/יֵּֽאָסְפ֤וּ (va/i.ye.'a.se.Fu) literally means "and they gathered," denoting the mass assembly. The noun phrase חַג הַמַּצּוֹת (chag ha.ma.Tzot) translates directly to "the festival of unleavened bread."
The thread — This gathering fulfills the earlier decision recorded in 2 Chronicles 30:2 to postpone the Passover celebration. The movement of the assembly toward Jerusalem echoes the pilgrimage motif found in Psalms 84:7.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to note the immediate obedience of a unified crowd to a divinely enabled royal decree. It establishes the physical reality of worship before detailing the subsequent removal of idolatrous altars.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 30:2 For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,
- Psalms 84:7 They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.