2 Chronicles 30:1 NIV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:1

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 ;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:1

Hezekiah sent … wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh . Some have sought to bring into the appearance of harmony the two first clauses of this verse by supposing that the former clause purports to say that Hezekiah sent messengers to all Israel and Judah, and in particular letters in addition to Ephraim and Manasseh, the chief tribes of the northern kingdom and the Joseph tribes. Verses 6 and 10, however, seem to dispose effectually of this offer of explanation; while another... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 30:1

Compare 2 Chronicles 29:24 note. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 30:1

2 Chronicles 30:1. Hezekiah sent to all Israel To all the persons of the ten tribes who were settled in his kingdom, as well as to those of the tribe of Judah. And wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh To all the remainder of the ten tribes, (2 Chronicles 30:5,) here expressed by the names of Ephraim and Manasseh, as elsewhere by the name of Ephraim only. But he names these two tribes, because they were nearest to his kingdom, and a great number of them had long since, and from time... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:1-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 30:1

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:1

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:1-27

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 30:1-27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 30:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 30:1

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