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
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