2 Chronicles 30:1

Contextual Overview

¹Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh to come to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem to observe the Passover of the Lord, the God of Israel. ¹ Hizkiyahu sent to all Yisra'el and Yehudah, and wrote letters also to Efrayim and Menashsheh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Yerushalayim, to keep the Pesach to the LORD, the God of Yisra'el. ¹ And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel. ¹ Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem to keep the Passover to the Lord , the God of Israel. ¹ King Hezekiah sent messages to all the people of Israel and Judah, and he wrote letters to the people of Ephraim and Manasseh. Hezekiah invited all these people to come to the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover for the Lord , the God of Israel. ¹ Hezekiah sent messages throughout Israel and Judah; he even wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, summoning them to come to the Lord 's temple in Jerusalem and observe a Passover celebration for the Lord God of Israel. ¹Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and to Judah and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh to come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover Feast to the LORD God of Israel.¹ Now Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover to the LORD God of Israel.¹ Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to Yahweh, the God of Israel. ¹ And Hezekiah sent to all Israel, and Iudah, and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the Lord at Ierusalem, to keepe the Passeouer vnto the Lord God of Israel.

Bible Verse Review
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Israel: 2 Chronicles 11:13, 2 Chronicles 11:16

Ephraim: 2 Chronicles 30:10, 2 Chronicles 30:11, 2 Chronicles 25:7, 2 Chronicles 35:6, Hosea 5:4, Hosea 7:8, Hosea 7:9, Hosea 11:8

to the house: Deuteronomy 16:2-6

to keep: Exodus 12:3-20, 1 Corinthians 5:7, 1 Corinthians 5:8

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 8:1 - assembled 2 Kings 23:22 - of the kings 2 Chronicles 15:9 - the strangers 2 Chronicles 31:1 - Now when 2 Chronicles 34:6 - in 2 Chronicles 35:1 - Josiah Ezra 6:19 - kept Jeremiah 29:1 - of the letter Hosea 11:7 - are bent

Cross-References

Genesis 29:31
The LORD saw that Le'ah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

Genesis 29:31
And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

Genesis 29:31
When Yahweh saw that Leah was unloved he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

Genesis 29:31
When the Lord saw that Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah, he made it possible for Leah to have children, but not Rachel.

Genesis 29:31
When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.

Genesis 29:31
Now when the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He made her able to bear children, but Rachel was barren.

Genesis 29:31
Now the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, and He opened her womb, but Rachel was unable to have children.

Genesis 29:31
When the Lord saw that Leah was despised, he made her fruitful: but Rahel was barren.

Genesis 29:31
And Yahweh saw that Leah was unloved, and He opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

Genesis 29:31
The Lord knew that Jacob loved Rachel more than he did Leah, and so he gave children to Leah, but not to Rachel.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah,.... Sent messengers to them, not only to the subjects of his own kingdom, Judah, but to all the Israelites that dwelt in it, who were come thither for the sake of religion, and the worship of God:

and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh; which are put for all the ten tribes, as appears from 2 Chronicles 30:10 and are distinguished from Israel in the preceding clause:

that they should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem; not that he laid his commands upon them to come, they not being his subjects, namely, those of the ten tribes; but he hereby admonished them of their duty, and gave them a kind invitation, signifying the doors of the temple were open for them, and they were welcome to come thither:

to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel; to the glory of his name, who was the common Lord of them all, and whose command it was to keep the passover, and that at Jerusalem, and nowhere else, see

Deuteronomy 16:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare 2 Chronicles 29:24 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXX

Hezekiah invites all Israel and Judah, and writes letters to

Ephraim and Manasseh to come up to Jerusalem, and hold a

passover to the Lord, 1-4.

The posts go out with the king's proclamation from Dan to

Beer-sheba, and pass from city to city through the coasts

of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Zebulun, but are generally mocked

in Israel, 5-10.

Yet several of Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun, humble themselves,

and come to Jerusalem, 11.

But in Judah they are all of one heart, 12, 13.

They take away the idolatrous altars, kill the passover,

sprinkle the blood, and, as circumstances will permit,

sanctify the people, 14, 15.

Many having eaten of the passover, who were not purified

according to the law, Hezekiah prays for them; and the Lord

accepts his prayer, and heals them, 16-20.

Hezekiah exhorts them; and they hold the feast seven additional

days, fourteen in all, and the people greatly rejoice, 21-26.

The priests and the Levites bless the people, and God accepts

their prayers and thanksgivings, 27.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXX

Verse 2 Chronicles 30:1. Hezekiah sent to all Israel — It is not easy to find out how this was permitted by the king of Israel; but it is generally allowed that Hoshea, who then reigned over Israel, was one of their best kings. And as the Jews allow that at this time both the golden calves had been carried away by the Assyrians,-that at Dan by Tiglath-pileser, and that at Bethel by Shalmaneser,-the people who chose to worship Jehovah at Jerusalem were freely permitted to do it, and Hezekiah had encouragement to make the proclamation in question.