2 Chronicles 30:9-10 NASB

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 30:10

Ephraim and Manasseh are mentioned as the two tribes nearest to Judah, Zebulun as one of the furthest off. read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 30:9

2 Chronicles 30:9. Your brethren and your children shall find compassion, &c. You may hope that he will turn again the captivity of your brethren that are carried away, and restore them to their own land; bringing them first to true repentance, according to the prayer of Solomon, 1 Kings 8:47; and 2 Chronicles 7:14; and then causing them to be pitied of those that have carried them away captive, according to the declaration of David, Psalms 106:46. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 30:10

2 Chronicles 30:10. They laughed them to scorn, and mocked them Having been long accustomed to serve other gods, the hearts of the generality of the ten tribes were so hardened, that they scoffed at this most gracious invitation to repentance. And what wonder that Hezekiah’s messengers were thus despitefully used by this apostate race, when even God’s messengers, his servants the prophets, who produced undeniable credentials from him, had been and still were worse treated. These Israelites,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:1-27

Hezekiah’s religious reforms (29:1-31:21)Immediately he became king, Hezekiah began a thorough reformation of Judah’s religion. This was prompted partly by the preaching of the prophet Micah (Jeremiah 26:17-19; see notes on 2 Kings 18:1-12).The Chronicler gives a detailed account of Hezekiah’s work, particularly that part of it which affected the temple, the priests and the Levites. Hezekiah called a meeting of priests and Levites and told them plainly that neglect of the temple was the reason... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 30:9

lead them captive. Though the ten tribes, as such, had not been deported, yet thousands had been led captive. Hezekiah's Song of the degrees (Psalms 126:1 ) refers to this. Compare 2 Chronicles 30:6 , and see App-67 . gracious, &c. Compare Exodus 34:6 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 30:10

SOME SPURN THE KING'S INVITATION; BUT MANY ACCEPTED"So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them. Nevertheless certain men of Ashur and Manasseh and Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem. Also upon Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of Jehovah."The remnant of the northern tribes that had been left in... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 30:10

10-12. the posts passed from city to city—It is not surprising that after so long a discontinuance of the sacred festival, this attempt to revive it should, in some quarters, have excited ridicule and opposition. Accordingly, among the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Zebulun, Hezekiah's messengers met with open insults and ill usage. Many, however, in these very districts, as well as throughout the kingdom of the ten tribes, generally complied with the invitation; while, in the kingdom of... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 30:1-27

Reign of Hezekiah (continued)This chapter relates how a passover was kept on the second month for Israel and Judah.1. Should come.. at Jerusalem] This implies an endeavour to centralise the national worship by the abolition of the local sanctuaries (as described in 2 Kings 18:4).2. In the second month] The Law allowed individuals to keep the Passover in the second month instead of the first, if they were prevented by some temporary hindrance (Numbers 9:10-11), and this permission Hezekiah... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 30:9

(9) If ye turn again.—When ye return unto Jehovah, your brethren and your sons (shall become) objects of pity (rahamim, “compassion;” here that which inspires it) before their captors. (Comp. Psalms 106:46, “And he made them objects of pity before all their captors;” Nehemiah 1:11.)Gracious and merciful.—Psalms 86:15; Exodus 34:6; in both places “merciful and gracious.” Nehemiah 9:17; Nehemiah 9:31, “gracious and merciful,” as here. (Comp. the formula of the Koran: “In the name of God the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 30:10

(10) So the posts passed.—And the couriers were passing.Even unto Zebulun.—This tribe, which lay on the southern border of Naphtali, had suffered from Tiglath-pileser’s invasion (Isaiah 9:1). The messengers did not actually travel northward so far as Dan (2 Chronicles 30:5). This mention of Zebulun as the limit of their journey lends an air of historical truth to the account.Laughed them to scorn.—Literally, and they were laughing at them (hisḫîq: here only), and making mock of them (Psalms... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 30:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 30:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 30:10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:1-27

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 30:9

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 30:10

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 30:10

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 30:1-27

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 30:9

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 30:10

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