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2 Chronicles 30:13

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What does 2 Chronicles 30:13 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great assembly.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great assembly.
2 Chronicles 30:13 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 30

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
10So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
11Nevertheless certain men of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
12Also upon Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of Jehovah.
13And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great assembly.
14And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.
15Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth [day] of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought burnt-offerings into the house of Jehovah.
16And they stood in their place after their order, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood [which they received] of the hand of the Levites.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And there assembled at Jerusalem much people, etc.] Out of the several tribes: to keep the feast of unleavened bread: the passover, which was eaten with unleavened bread: in the second month: the month Ijar: a very great congregation; such as had not been seen on such an occasion for many years.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“there assembled: Psa 84:7 the second month: Ch2 30:2 2 Chronicles 30:14”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“The celebration of the passover. - Ch2 30:13. The assembly of the people at Jerusalem to celebrate the feast became a great congregation. Ch2 30:14 Before the slaying of the passover, in order to purify and sanctify the city for the feast, they removed the (illegal) altars and places for offering incense which had been erected under Ahaz ( Ch2 28:24), and threw them into the Kidron ( Ch2 29:16). מקטּרות is here a substantive: places for incense-offerings (cf. Ew. 160, e), and denotes altars intended for the offering of the קטרת. Ch2 30:15 When they slaughtered the passover on the 14th, the Levites and priests also were ashamed, i.e., had sanctified themselves under the influence of a feeling…”
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