◄ 2 Chronicles 30:25 ►
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Good News Translation
So everyone was happy--the people of Judah, the priests, the Levites, the people who had come from the north, and the foreigners who had settled permanently in Israel and Judah.

New Revised Standard Version
The whole assembly of Judah, the priests and the Levites, and the whole assembly that came out of Israel, and the resident aliens who came out of the land of Israel, and the resident aliens who lived in Judah, rejoiced.

Contemporary English Version
Everyone was very happy, including those from Judah and Israel, the priests and Levites, and the foreigners living in Judah and Israel.

New American Bible
and the whole assembly of Judah rejoiced, together with the priests and Levites and the rest of the assembly that had come from Israel, as well as the resident aliens from the land of Israel and those that lived in Judah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And all the multitude of Juda with the priests and Levites, and all the assembly, that came out of Israel; and the proselytes of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Juda were full of joy.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And all the multitude of Juda with the priests and Levites, and all the assembly, that came out of Israel; and the proselytes of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Juda were full of joy.

the strangers

2 Chronicles 30:11,18 Nevertheless some men of Aser, and of Manasses, and of Zabulon, yielding to the counsel, came to Jerusalem. . . .

Exodus 12:43-49 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: This is the service of the Phase; no foreigner shall eat of it. . . .

rejoiced

1 Chronicles 16:10,11 Praise ye his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice, that seek the Lord. . . .

Psalm 92:4 For thou hast given me, O Lord, a delight in thy doings: and in the works of thy hands I shall rejoice.

Psalm 104:34 Let my speech be acceptable to him: but I will take delight in the Lord.

Context
Hezekiah Celebrates the Passover
…24For 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. 25And all the multitude of Juda with the priests and Levites, and all the assembly, that came out of Israel; and the proselytes of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Juda were full of joy.26And there was a great solemnity in Jerusalem, such as had not been in that city since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel.…
Cross References
2 Chronicles 30:11
Nevertheless some men of Aser, and of Manasses, and of Zabulon, yielding to the counsel, came to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 30:18
For a great part of the people from Ephraim, and Manasses, and Issachar, and Zabulon, that had not been sanctified, ate the phase otherwise than it is written: and Ezechias prayed for them, saying: The Lord who is good will shew mercy,

2 Chronicles 30:24
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