Cross References For they could not keep it in its time; because there were not priests enough sanctified, and the people was not as yet gathered together to Jerusalem. 2 Chronicles 29:17 And they began to cleanse on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the same month they came into the porch of the temple of the Lord, and they purified the temple in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the same month they finished what they had begun. 2 Chronicles 29:34 But the priests were few, and were not enough to flay the holocausts: wherefore the Levites their brethren helped them, till the work was ended, and priests were sanctified, for the Levites are sanctified with an easier rite than the priests. 2 Chronicles 30:4 And the thing pleased the king, and all the people. 2 Chronicles 30:15 And they immolated the phase on the fourteenth day of the second month. And the priests and the Levites being at length sanctified offered holocausts in the house of the Lord. 2 Chronicles 30:24 For Ezechias the king of Juda had given to the multitude a thousand bullocks, and seven thousand sheep: and the princes had given the people a thousand bullocks, and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests was sanctified. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For they could not keep it in its time; because there were not priests enough sanctified, and the people was not as yet gathered together to Jerusalem. at that time Exodus 12:6,18 And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; and the whole multitude of the children of Israel shall sacrifice it in the evening. . . . because 2 Chronicles 29:34 But the priests were few, and were not enough to flay the holocausts: wherefore the Levites their brethren helped them, till the work was ended, and priests were sanctified, for the Levites are sanctified with an easier rite than the priests. Context Hezekiah Proclaims a Passover…2For the king, taking counsel, and the princes, and all the assembly of Jerusalem, decreed to keep the phase the second month. 3For they could not keep it in its time; because there were not priests enough sanctified, and the people was not as yet gathered together to Jerusalem.4And the thing pleased the king, and all the people.… Lexicon sinceכִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction they had been unable לֹ֧א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no to observe it לַעֲשֹׂת֖וֹ (la·‘ă·śō·ṯōw) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make at the regular הַהִ֑יא (ha·hî) Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are time, בָּעֵ֣ת (bā·‘êṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 6256: Time, now, when because not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no enough לְמַדַּ֔י (lə·mad·day) Preposition-l, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1767: Sufficiency, enough priests הַכֹּהֲנִים֙ (hak·kō·hă·nîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest had consecrated themselves הִתְקַדְּשׁ֣וּ (hiṯ·qad·də·šū) Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 6942: To be set apart or consecrated and the people וְהָעָ֖ם (wə·hā·‘ām) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock had not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no been gathered נֶאֶסְפ֥וּ (ne·’es·p̄ū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 622: To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove in Jerusalem. לִֽירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (lî·rū·šā·lim) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel Additional Translations since they had been unable to observe it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem.For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. For they could not keep it at that time, because a sufficient number of priest had not purified themselves, and the people was not gathered to Jerusalem. For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not hallowed themselves in sufficient number, neither had the people been gathered together to Jerusalem. For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people assembled themselves at Jerusalem. For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. for they have not been able to make it at that time, for the priests have not sanctified themselves sufficiently, and the people have not been gathered to Jerusalem. Jump to Previous Able Assembled Celebrate Consecrated Enough Gathered Holy Jerusalem Numbers Possible Priests Regular Sanctified Sufficient Sufficiently Themselves Time TogetherJump to Next Able Assembled Celebrate Consecrated Enough Gathered Holy Jerusalem Numbers Possible Priests Regular Sanctified Sufficient Sufficiently Themselves Time TogetherExternal Links 2 Chronicles 30:3 NIV2 Chronicles 30:3 NLT 2 Chronicles 30:3 ESV 2 Chronicles 30:3 NASB 2 Chronicles 30:3 ASV 2 Chronicles 30:3 Bible Apps 2 Chronicles 30:3 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 30:3 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 30:3 French Bible 2 Chronicles 30:3 German Bible Alphabetical: able and assembled at because been celebrate consecrated could enough gathered had in it Jerusalem nor not numbers people priests regular since sufficient that the themselves They time to OT History: 2 Chronicles 30:3 For they could not keep it at (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |