John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:18
For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun ,.... All which were of the ten tribes, where idolatry had prevailed for a long time: had not cleansed themselves ; from impurity contracted by idolatry and other things: yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written ; because they ate it in their uncleanness, which was not according to the law, that required that such should be clean that ate of any holy things, see John 18:28 but... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:13-20
The time appointed for the passover having arrived, a very great congregation came together upon the occasion, 2 Chron. 30:13. Now here we have, I. The preparation they made for the passover, and good preparation it was: They took away all the idolatrous altars that were found, not only in the temple, but in Jerusalem, 2 Chron. 30:14. Before they kept the feast, they cast out this old leaven. The best preparation we can make for the gospel passover is to cast away our iniquities, our spiritual... read more