2 Chronicles 30:26
So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem. So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
This verse closes the account of Hezekiah's Passover revival in Jerusalem, which was his first Passover. That celebration took place nearly a century before Josiah's reforms. The seven days usually allotted for the feast passed quickly, so the worshipers chose to keep another seven days to learn more fully the way of the Lord.
During that extended time provision was made for the people to hear the law read publicly each day, with the teaching priests instructing from the book of the law while the people assembled daily at the temple. The joy in Jerusalem was exceptional, with nothing like it in the city since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel. The joy expressed renewed worship, praise, and thanksgiving as the people continued worshiping and learning God's law.
The unmatched joy showed that God had worked marvelously in converting backsliding Judah and turning it back to Himself, stemming the spreading tide of idolatry that threatened to sweep all before it, and proving that the solemn warnings of the prophets had not been uttered in vain. Hezekiah's prosperous reign is connected with observing the statutes of Moses, especially the book of the covenant. The chapter addresses God's people in the present with a call to wholehearted surrender, a call met by a heartfelt response from people of all ages and by a sense of the Lord's blessing.