052. Prayer Of Hezekiah For Those Who Had Eaten The Passover Without Purification.

Prayer Of Hezekiah For Those Who Had Eaten The Passover Without Purification. The Prayer as recorded.—2 Chronicles 30:18-19. The Lord’s Answer.—2 Chronicles 30:20.

It was the custom for the people to assemble at Jerusalem some days before the Passover, and prepare themselves, by removing all false altars and all abominations from the city. Many of the ten tribes had come up at a very short notice and had no time for the customary preparation, and were therefore considered ceremonially unclean. Hezekiah prays that God will pardon every omission, as their hearts are in the observance. To the prayer is granted a favorable answer, and they were allowed to eat the Passover when the Levites had killed it for them.