Ch 30 / 36~4 min
Divrei HaYamim Bet

Chapter 30

Come Back to the Elohim of Great Mercy

Hezekiah's Pesach invitation to all Israel foreshadows Yeshua's universal invitation — 'Come to me, all' — opening the renewed covenant feast to every nation.

  1. Hezekiah Invites All Israel to Pesach

    Hezekiah invites all Israel, north and south, to celebrate Pesach together. Unity around Elohim's appointed feasts heals old divisions.

  2. 1Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to YHWH’s house at Jerusalem, to keep the Pesach to YHWH, the Elohim of Israel.
  3. 2For the king had taken counsel with his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem to keep the Pesach in the second month.
  4. 3For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, and the people had not gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.
  5. 4The thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly.
  6. 5So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the Pesach to YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, at Jerusalem, for they had not kept it in great numbers in the way it is written.
  7. 6So the couriers went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, according to the mitzvah of the king, saying, “You children of Israel, turn again to YHWH, the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may return to the remnant of you that have escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
  8. 7Don’t be like your fathers and like your brothers, who trespassed against YHWH, the Elohim of their fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as you see.
  9. 8Now don’t be stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to YHWH, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve YHWH your Elohim, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
  10. 9For if you turn again to YHWH, your brothers and your children will find compassion with those who led them captive, and will come again into this land, because YHWH your Elohim is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you if you return to him.”
  11. 10So the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun, but people ridiculed them and mocked them.
  12. 11Nevertheless some men of Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
  13. 12Also the hand of Elohim came on Judah to give them one heart, to do the mitzvah of the king and of the princes by YHWH’s word.
  14. A Great Pesach Celebration

    A massive Pesach gathering worships with extended celebration. Grace covers those who came with sincere hearts, even without full preparation.

  15. 13Many people assembled at Jerusalem to keep the Chag HaMatzot in the second month, a very great assembly.
  16. 14They arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and they took away all the altars for incense and threw them into the brook Kidron.
  17. 15Then they killed the Pesach on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought burnt offerings into YHWH’s house.
  18. 16They stood in their place after their order, according to the law of Moses the man of Elohim. The priests sprinkled the blood which they received of the hand of the Levites.
  19. 17For there were many in the assembly who had not sanctified themselves; therefore the Levites were in charge of killing the Passovers for everyone who was not clean, to sanctify them to YHWH.
  20. 18For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Pesach other than the way it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “May the good YHWH pardon everyone
  21. 19who sets his heart to seek Elohim, YHWH, the Elohim of his fathers, even if they aren’t clean according to the purification of the sanctuary.”
  22. 20YHWH listened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
  23. 21The children of Israel who were present at Jerusalem kept the Chag HaMatzot seven days with great gladness. The Levites and the priests praised YHWH day by day, singing with loud instruments to YHWH.
  24. 22Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who had good understanding in the service of YHWH. So they ate throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace offerings and making confession to YHWH, the Elohim of their fathers.
  25. Joy Not Seen Since Solomon

    The joy is so great they add seven extra days. When Elohim's people taste His goodness, they do not want to leave His presence.

  26. 23The whole assembly took counsel to keep another seven days, and they kept another seven days with gladness.
  27. 24For Hezekiah king of Judah gave to the assembly for offerings one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the assembly a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep; and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
  28. 25All the assembly of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the assembly who came out of Israel, and the foreigners who came out of the land of Israel and who lived in Judah, rejoiced.
  29. 26So there was great joy in Jerusalem; for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was nothing like this in Jerusalem.
  30. 27Then the Levitical priests arose and blessed the people. Their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his kodesh habitation, even to heaven.
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