2 Chronicles 30:3-5

Expanded Bible

³ They could not ·celebrate [keep; observe] it at the ·normal [prescribed] time, because not enough priests had ·made themselves ready to serve the Lord [consecrated/purified/sanctified themselves], and the people had not yet ·gathered [assembled] in Jerusalem. ⁴ This plan ·satisfied [seemed right to] King Hezekiah and all the ·people [community; assembled]. ⁵ So they ·made an announcement [sent a proclamation/edict] everywhere in Israel, from Beersheba [^Cin the south] to Dan [^Cin the north; that is, all the people in Israel], telling the people to come to Jerusalem to ·celebrate [keep; observe] the Passover for the Lord, the God of Israel. The people had not ·celebrated [kept; observed] the Passover as the law commanded ·for a long time [or in great numbers].