and the plan seemed right to the king and all the assembly.
Here is, I. A passover resolved upon. That annual feast was instituted as a memorial of the bringing of the children of Israel out of Egypt. It happened that the reviving of the temple service fell within the appointed days of that feast, the seventeenth day of the first month: this brought that forgotten solemnity to mind. "What shall we do," says Hezekiah, "about the passover?
Commenting on 2 Chronicles 30:1-12
And the thing pleased the king, and all the congregation. They all unanimously agreed to it, and determined it should be done. And the thing pleased the king, and all the congregation. They all unanimously agreed to it, and determined it should be done. 2 Chronicles 30:5 ch2 30:5 ch2 30:5 ch2 30:5So they established a decree, to make proclamation throughout all Israel,....
2Ch 30:2-4 The king consulted with his princes and the whole assembly in Jerusalem, i.e., with the community of the capital assembled in their representatives for this purpose, as to keeping the passover in the second month. This was (Num 9:6-13) allowed to those who, by uncleanness or by absence on a distant journey, were prevented from holding the feast at the lawful time, the 14th of the first month.
Commenting on 2 Chronicles 30:2-4