4The plan seemed right both to the king and to the whole assembly.
4The plan seemed right both to the king and to the whole assembly.
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.
30:4And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
30:4And the thing pleased the king, and all the people.
30:4And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly.
30:4And the thing pleased the king and the whole congregation.
30:4And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the congregation.
30:4And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
30:4The thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly.
30:4And the thing is right in the eyes of the king, and in the eyes of all the assembly,
30:4And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.