2 Chronicles 30:5-10 NIV,NKJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:1-12

Here is, I. A passover resolved upon. That annual feast was instituted as a memorial of the bringing of the children of Israel out of Egypt. It happened that the reviving of the temple service fell within the appointed days of that feast, the seventeenth day of the first month: this brought that forgotten solemnity to mind. ?What shall we do,? says Hezekiah, ?about the passover? It is a very comfortable ordinance, and has been long neglected. How shall we revive it? The time has elapsed for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:5

So they established a decree, to make proclamation throughout all Israel ,.... Passed a vote, that heralds should be appointed and sent to proclaim it throughout the land, that all might know it, and none plead ignorance: from Beersheba even to Dan ; the one being the southern and the other the northern boundary of the whole land of Israel: that they should come to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem : the only proper place where it was to be kept: for they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:6

So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah ,.... Both through the kingdoms of the ten tribes of Israel, and the kingdom of the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin: and according to the commandment of the king, saying ; so they were ordered by the king to say, when they delivered the letters which by the king's commandment they carried; or this was the purport of them, as follows, especially of those that were sent to the ten tribes: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:7

And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers ,.... By worshipping the calves, and neglecting the service of God in the temple at Jerusalem; the Targum is,"which acted deceitfully with the Word of the Lord their God:" who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see ; some part of the land of Israel being already made desolate by the kings of Assyria, which was very visible. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:8

Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, .... Obstinate and refractory, like heifers unaccustomed to the yoke, which draw back from it, and will not submit to it: but yield yourselves unto the Lord ; be subject unto him, or "give the hand" F17 תנו יד "date manum", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.; to him, as a token of subjection and homage, or of entering into covenant with him, promising for the future to serve and obey him: and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:9

For if ye turn again unto the Lord ,.... To the fear or worship of the Lord, as the Targum: your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land ; who had been carried away by Tiglathpileser, see Psalm 106:46 , for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful ; so he had proclaimed his name, as they must know, Exodus 34:6 , and will not turn away his face from you ; in wrath and anger; or withdraw... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:10

So the posts passed from city to city, through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun ,.... Through all the ten tribes, not being hindered or forbid by Hoshea king of Israel, who was one of the best of their kings, and was very willing his people should go and worship at Jerusalem if they thought fit; so that they had no excuse to make, as before, that they were forbid by their king going thither; and which it is very probable Hezekiah knew, and therefore took the freedom to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 30:6

So the posts went - רצים ratsim , the runners or couriers; persons who were usually employed to carry messages; men who were light of foot, and confidential. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 30:9

And will not turn away his face from you - Well expressed by the Targum: "For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not cause his majesty to ascend up from among you, if ye will return to his fear." The shechinah, of which the Targumist speaks, is the dwelling of the Divine Presence among men, and the visible symbol of that presence. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:1-11

Letters to Ephraim: generosity. Hezekiah now took a very bold and decided course. There had been no direct dealings between the king or court of Judah and the people of Ephraim (Israel) since the kingdom of David was rent in twain. If we understand that this action was taken in the first year of his reign, while Hoshea was on the throne of Samaria, it certainly was bold even to audacity, and was calculated to rouse the resentment of that ruler. If, however, we hold (with Keil and others)... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:1-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 30:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 30:9

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:1-11

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