Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 30:5
So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it in great numbers as prescribed.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The king and assembly approve a plan to restore Passover observance, prompting a royal decree to be sent throughout Israel and Judah. Couriers carry this order to gather the people in Jerusalem after a period of neglected compliance.
The words — וַ/יַּֽעֲמִ֣ידוּ (va/i.ya.'a.Mi.du) = they appointed and ק֤וֹל (Kol) = a proclamation. These terms establish the formal, public nature of the command to restore the feast.
The thread — The geographical boundary "from Beersheba to Dan" echoes Judges 20:1, marking the full extent of the covenant community. The directive to proclaim and keep the appointed feast aligns with the Levitical calendar commands in Leviticus 23:2 and Leviticus 23:4.
Why it lands — The text demands immediate, collective action to fulfill a neglected covenant ritual. It requires readers to recognize that prescribed worship must be actively pursued and publicly coordinated, not passively assumed.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer–sheba 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.
Cross-references
- Judges 20:1 Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
- Leviticus 23:2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
- Leviticus 23:4 These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.
- Deuteronomy 12:32 See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
- 2 Chronicles 24:9 And a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they were to bring to the LORD the tax imposed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness.
- 2 Chronicles 35:18 No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 36:22 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
- Ezra 6:8 I hereby decree what you must do for these elders of the Jews who are rebuilding this house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be hindered.
- Esther 3:12 On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.
- Esther 8:8 Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”