2 Chronicles 30:5

to make proclamation A phrase characteristic of the Chronicler.

they had not done it of a longtime in such sort as it was written R.V. they had not kept it in great numbers in such sort as it is written. The statement applies to Israel, not to Judah; for the first time an attempt is made to draw Israel en masseto a regular Passover at Jerusalem. R.V. mg. however agrees with A.V. in reading "of a long time" for "in great numbers."