歴代誌Ⅱ 30:5-9 JCB

The celebration of the Passover, with its sacred suggestions. The whole of this chapter is concerned with Hezekiah's call of priests, Levites, princes, and congregation of the people to observe and celebrate with himself the grand solemnity of the Passover. From the analogy of the precedent provided for individual cases of certain kinds of necessity ( Numbers 9:10 ), this celebration for the whole nation is fixed for the fourteenth day of the second month instead of the first. This was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:5

Of a long time . Though the idea expressed in this rendering must, under any circumstances, attach to this passage, yet it can scarcely be understood to be given in the one Hebrew word we have here ( לָרֹב ); out of nearly a hundred and fifty occurrences of the word, and often with its present preposition, this is the solitary occasion of its being turned into a mark of time. The translation should read, for they had not kept it in multitude, i.e. in proper multitudes, and in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:6

So the posts (see note on 2 Chronicles 30:1 ). The remnant of you … escaped … of Assyria . Hezekiah had, no doubt, already made his account with the fact that the injured and crushed state of the northern kingdom might be of salutary omen for the attempt on his part to bring them to a sense of their past sins, specially perhaps of omission. Of the calamities of Israel, and their captivity in large part, and in the rest subjection by tribute to Assyria, there is clear testimony in 2... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:6-9

Four reasons for repentance. The letters which Hezekiah sent throughout the cities and villages of Israel contained an earnest exhortation to repentance; they urged upon the inhabitants of that distressed land that, for the strongest reasons, they should return from their idolatrous ways, and worship the true and living God in his own temple. These considerations are fourfold. I. IT IS TO THE GOD OF THEIR FATHERS THEY WERE EXHORTED TO RETURN . "Children of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:7

A strange and significant snatch of corroborating history is to be found in 1 Chronicles 5:23-26 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:8

Be ye not stiff-necked (see Deuteronomy 16:1-22 , Deuteronomy 17:1-20 ). Yield yourselves ; literally, give the hand (see 1 Chronicles 29:24 ; Ezra 10:19 , etc .). Which he hath sanctified for ever (see Psalms 132:13 , Psalms 132:14 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 30:5

They had not done it ... - Some prefer, “they had not kept it in full numbers, as it was written” - i. e. “they (the Israelites of the northern kingdom) had not (for some while) kept the Passover in full numbers, as the Law required.” read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 30:6

The posts went - The bearers of the letters were probably the “runners” who formed a portion of the king’s body-guard (2 Kings 10:25 note).The kings of Assyria - Pul, Tiglath-pileser, and Shalmaneser may all be referred to in this passage (compare the marginal reference and 2 Kings 17:3). The passage by no means implies that the fall of Samaria and final captivity of the Israelites had as yet taken place. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 30:5

2 Chronicles 30:5. So they established a decree They fixed a resolution; to make proclamation throughout all Israel Hezekiah, it is certain, had no right to invite Hoshea’s subjects to repair to Jerusalem, to the celebration of his passover; yet for the doing of this we may well presume that he had encouragement from Hoshea himself; who, as to the matter of religion, has a better character in Scripture than any of his predecessors, from the time of the division of the two kingdoms. But... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:1-27

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:1-27

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:5

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:6

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:6-9

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:7

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 30:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 30:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 30:5

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