So they gathered together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
Parallel translations
- WEB So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
- KJV So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
- BSB So they gathered together in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
- NASB So they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
- NLT The people gathered at Jerusalem in late spring, during the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
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Quick answer
The assembly gathers at Jerusalem in the third month of Asa's fifteenth year. The people come together to renew their commitment to God.
Overview
The dating roots the covenant renewal in Asa's reign and likely near the feast season. Jerusalem, the place God chose, is the fitting center for national worship. The gathered assembly seeking God together models the corporate dimension of true faith, fulfilled in the church gathered around Christ.
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- Esth 8:9Then the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing, and in their language.
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