2 Chronicles 30:1-13

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:1-12

Preparations for a grand national Passover. I. A PASSOVER DECIDED ON . ( 2 Chronicles 30:1 , 2 Chronicles 30:5 .) 1 . By whom ! Hezekiah, his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, with both of whom he had taken counsel. The important step, not adopted without deliberation, was concurred in by the entire body of the people ( 2 Chronicles 30:4 ). If any in the nation held aloof, these were the priests and the Levites ( 2 Chronicles 30:15 ). 2 . For whom... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:1-27

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:1-27

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 30:2

This and the following verse are well explained by Numbers 9:6-13 , where the particular instance of the "defilement by a dead body" simply exemplified other legitimate instances of defilement or non-sanctification ( 2 Chronicles 29:5 , 2 Chronicles 29:15 , 2 Chronicles 29:34 ), and where absence on a journey similarly exemplified other unavoidable absence. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:3

At that time . The words seem like a reminiscence of the "at that day," twice occurring in 2 Chronicles 30:6 of Numbers 9:1-23 . But anyway the meaning is plain "at the appointed season." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:4

This verse betokens the careful consideration on the part of "king, princes, and all the congregation," that had been given to the distinct question, whether the exact present circumstances legitimately fell under the description of Numbers 9:6-13 ; and the issue was that they decided that they did, they "ruled the thing right" ( וַיִּישַׁר הַדָבָר ) 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

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