2 Chronicles 30:3 meaning and explanation
since they had been unable to observe it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 30:3, Berean Standard Bible
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Hezekiah has just become king in Jerusalem and is restoring worship after the reign of his father Ahaz, who had closed the temple. Here the narrator explains why the Passover was moved from its usual first month to the second: too few priests had purified themselves for the work, and the people had not yet assembled.
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