And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
The verse belongs to the account of Hezekiah's first Passover, the Passover described in 2 Chronicles 30:1-27. It marks the next step after the good beginning of purifying the temple. It records that Hezekiah's plan to celebrate and revive the national Passover pleased the king and the assembled people and leaders. The plan included inviting Israel as well as Judah and sending the invitation throughout both, and it grew into a broader movement in which Israel as well as Judah took part.
The feast was a revival of the ancient national custom of gathering the Israelites together for the Passover feast, a custom that had become difficult to observe after the kingdom was divided. Hezekiah's purpose was zeal to make the temple services a real blessing to the people. In connection with that Passover, provision was made for teaching priests to give the people daily public reading of the law, the book of the law. Observance of the statutes recorded by Moses, especially those in the book of the covenant that forms part of Deuteronomy, made Hezekiah's reign prosperous.
The verse belongs to the account of Hezekiah's first Passover, the Passover described in 2 Chronicles 30:1-27. It marks the next step after the good beginning of purifying the temple. It records that Hezekiah's plan to celebrate and revive the national Passover pleased the king and the assembled people and leaders. The plan included inviting Israel as well as Judah and sending the invitation throughout both, and it grew into a broader movement in which Israel as well as Judah took part.
The feast was a revival of the ancient national custom of gathering the Israelites together for the Passover feast, a custom that had become difficult to observe after the kingdom was divided. Hezekiah's purpose was zeal to make the temple services a real blessing to the people. In connection with that Passover, provision was made for teaching priests to give the people daily public reading of the law, the book of the law. Observance of the statutes recorded by Moses, especially those in the book of the covenant that forms part of Deuteronomy, made Hezekiah's reign prosperous.