Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

And the king taketh counsel, and his heads, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to make the passover in the second month,

New American Standard Bible

For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month,

King James Version

For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.

Holman Bible

For the king and his officials and the entire congregation in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover of the Lord in the second month,

International Standard Version

The king, his princes, and the entire assembly in Jerusalem had mutually decided to observe the Passover in the second month,

A Conservative Version

For the king had taken counsel, and his rulers, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to keep the Passover in the second month.

American Standard Version

For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.

Amplified

For the king and his officials and all the assembly in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month,

Bible in Basic English

For the king, after discussion with his chiefs and all the body of the people in Jerusalem, had made a decision to keep the Passover in the second month.

Darby Translation

And the king took counsel, and his princes, and the whole congregation in Jerusalem, to hold the passover in the second month.

Julia Smith Translation

And the king will take counsel, and his chiefs, and all the convocation in Jerusalem, to do the passover in the second month.

King James 2000

For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Now the king and his princes, and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to make the Passover feast in the second month--

Modern King James verseion

And the king and his leaders, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, took counsel to keep the Passover in the second month.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the king held a counsel with his lords and all the congregation at Jerusalem to keep the feast of Passover in the second month.

NET Bible

The king, his officials, and the entire assembly in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover in the second month.

New Heart English Bible

For the king had taken counsel, and his officials, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to keep the Passover in the second month.

The Emphasized Bible

Yea, the king and his rulers and all the convocation in Jerusalem, had taken counsel, - to keep the passover in the second month.

Webster

For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.

World English Bible

For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to keep the Passover in the second month.

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

and his princes
שׂר 
Sar 
Usage: 421

and all the congregation
קהל 
Qahal 
Usage: 123

ירוּשׁלים ירוּשׁלם 
Y@ruwshalaim 
Usage: 642

the passover
פּסח 
Pecach 
Usage: 49

in the second
שׁני 
Sheniy 
Usage: 156

References

Context Readings

Hezekiah Celebrates Passover

1 And Hezekiah sendeth unto all Israel and Judah, and also letters he hath written unto Ephraim and Manasseh, to come in to the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem, to make a passover to Jehovah, God of Israel. 2 And the king taketh counsel, and his heads, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to make the passover in the second month, 3 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.

Cross References

Numbers 9:10-11

'Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Though any man is unclean by a body or in a distant journey (of you or of your generations), yet he hath prepared a passover to Jehovah;

1 Chronicles 13:1-3

And David consulteth with the heads of the thousands, and of the hundreds, every leader,

2 Chronicles 30:13

and much people are gathered to Jerusalem, to make the feast of unleavened things in the second month -- a mighty assembly for multitude.

2 Chronicles 30:15

and they slaughter the passover-offering on the fourteenth of the second month, and the priests and the Levites have been ashamed, and sanctify themselves, and bring in burnt-offerings to the house of Jehovah.

Proverbs 11:14

Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance is in a multitude of counsellors.

Proverbs 15:22

Without counsel is the making void of purposes, And in a multitude of counsellors it is established.

Ecclesiastes 4:13

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more.

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