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30:1 Hezekiah <02396> sent <07971> messages throughout <03605> Israel <03478> and Judah <03063>; he even <01571> wrote <03789> letters <0107> to <05921> Ephraim <0669> and Manasseh <04519>, summoning them to come <0935> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> in Jerusalem <03389> and observe <06213> a Passover celebration <06453> for the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>. 30:2 The king <04428>, his officials <08269>, and the entire <03605> assembly <06951> in Jerusalem <03389> decided <03289> to observe <06213> the Passover <06453> in the second <08145> month <02320>. 30:3 They were unable <03201> <03808> to observe <06213> it at the regular time <06256> because <03588> not <03808> enough <01767> priests <03548> had consecrated <06942> themselves and the people <05971> had not <03808> assembled <0622> in Jerusalem <03389>. 30:4 The proposal <01697> seemed appropriate <03474> to the king <04428> and the entire <03605> assembly <06951>. 30:5 So they sent <05975> an edict <06963> <05674> <01697> throughout <03605> Israel <03478> from Beer Sheba <0884> to <05704> Dan <01835>, summoning the people to come <0935> and observe <06213> a Passover <06453> for the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> in Jerusalem <03389>, for <03588> they had not <03808> observed <06213> it on a nationwide scale <07230> as prescribed <03789> in the law. 30:6 Messengers <07323> <01980> delivered the letters <0107> from the king <04428> and his officials <08269> throughout <03605> Israel <03478> and Judah <03063>. This royal <04428> edict <04687> read <0559>: “O Israelites <03478> <01121>, return <07725> to <0413> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Abraham <085>, Isaac <03327>, and Israel <03478>, so he may return <07725> to <0413> you who have been spared <06413> from the kings <04428> of Assyria <0804>. 30:7 Don’t <0408> be <01961> like your fathers <01> and brothers <0251> who <0834> were unfaithful <04603> to the Lord <03068> God <0430> of their ancestors <01>, provoking <05414> him to destroy <08047> them, as <0834> you <0859> can see <07200>. 30:8 Now <06258>, don’t <0408> be stubborn <06203> <07185> like your fathers <01>! Submit <05414> to the Lord <03068> and come <0935> to his sanctuary <04720> which <0834> he has permanently <05769> consecrated <06942>. Serve <05647> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> so that he might relent <07725> from <04480> his raging <02740> anger <0639>. 30:9 For <03588> if you return <07725> to <05921> the Lord <03068>, your brothers <0251> and sons <01121> will be shown mercy <07356> by <06440> their captors <07617> and return <07725> to this <02063> land <0776>. The Lord <03068> your God <0430> is merciful <02587> and compassionate <07349>; he will not <03808> reject <05493> you if <0518> you return <07725> to <0413> him.” 30:10 The messengers journeyed <07323> from city <05892> to city <05892> through <05674> the land <0776> of Ephraim <0669> and Manasseh <04519> as far <05704> as Zebulun <02074>, but people mocked <07832> and ridiculed <03932> them. 30:11 But <0389> some men <0582> from Asher <0836>, Manasseh <04519>, and Zebulun <02074> humbled <03665> themselves and came <0935> to Jerusalem <03389>. 30:12 In Judah <03063> God <0430> moved <05414> the people to unite <0259> <03820> and carry out <06213> the edict <04687> the king <04428> and the officers <08269> had issued at the Lord’s <03068> command <01697>. 30:13 A huge <07227> crowd <05971> assembled <0622> in Jerusalem <03389> to observe <06213> the Feast <02282> of Unleavened Bread <04682> in the second <08145> month <02320>.

• 2Ch 30:1--31:1 -- Hezekiah Observes the Passover

• Writing

  [ebd] The art of writing must have been known in the time of the early Pharaohs. Moses is commanded "to write for a memorial in a book" (Ex. 17:14) a record of the attack of Amalek. Frequent mention is afterwards made of writing (...
  

• SCORN

  [isbe] SCORN - skorn: Fox Talbot connects this English word with the Danish skarn, "dirt," "ordure" "mud," "mire." As distinguished from such words as "mock," "deride," "scoff," all of which refer specifically to the various ways i...
  

• SAMARITANS

  [isbe] SAMARITANS - sa-mar'-i-tanz (shomeronim; Samareitai, New Testament; (singular), Samarites): The name "Samaritans" in 2 Ki 17:29 clearly applies to the Israelite inhabitants of the Northern Kingdom. In subsequent history it d...
  

• SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2

  [isbe] SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2 - V. The Mosaic Sacrificial System. 1. The Covenant Sacrifice: The fundamental function of Moses' work was to establish the covenant between Israel and God. This important transaction took ...
  

• Pentateuch

  [ebd] the five-fold volume, consisting of the first five books of the Old Testament. This word does not occur in Scripture, nor is it certainly known when the roll was thus divided into five portions Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Nu...
  

• NECK

  [isbe] NECK - nek (tsawwar, tsawwa'r, tsawwaron, tsawwa'rah, Aramaic tsawwar (Dan 5:7,16,29), `oreph, miphreqeth (1 Sam 4:18); nostos, "back" (Baruch 2:33); occasionally the words garon (Isa 3:16; Ezek 16:11), and gargeroth, plural...
  

• MOCK; MOCKER; MOCKING

  [isbe] MOCK; MOCKER; MOCKING - mok, mok'er, mok'-ing (hathal, la`agh, empaizo): To mock is the translation of hathal, "to play upon," "mock," "deride" (Jdg 16:10,13,15; 1 Ki 18:27, "Elijah mocked them"; Job 13:9 twice, the Revised ...
  

• MANASSEH (2)

  [isbe] MANASSEH (2) - 1. Son of Joseph: Following the Biblical account of Manasseh (patriarch, tribe, and territory) we find that he was the eider of Joseph's two sons by Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On (Gen 41:51...
  

• LAUGHTER

  [isbe] LAUGHTER - laf'-ter (chaq, tsachaq, "to laugh," sechoq, "laughter"; gelao, katagelao): (1) Laughter as the expression of gladness, pleasurable surprise, is the translation of tsachaq (Gen 17:17; 18:12,13,15; 21:6), which, ho...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Influence

  [nave] INFLUENCE. Evil 1 Kin. 11:3, 4; 1 Kin. 15:25, 26; 1 Kin. 21:25; 1 Kin. 22:51-53; 2 Kin. 8:16-18, 25-27; 2 Kin. 17:21, 22; 2 Kin. 21:9; 2 Chr. 21:5, 6; 2 Chr. 22:3-5; 2 Chr. 33:9; Prov. 22:24, 25; Prov. 29:12; Jer. 17:1, 2;...
  

• ISAIAH, 1-7

  [isbe] ISAIAH, 1-7 - i-za'-ya, i-zi'-a: 1. Name 2. Personal History 3. Call 4. Literary Genius and Style 5. Traditions concerning His Martyrdom 6. Period 7. Analysis and Contents 8. Isaiah's Prophecies Chronologically Arranged 9. T...
  

• Hezekiah

  [ebd] whom Jehovah has strengthened. (1.) Son of Ahaz (2 Kings 18:1; 2 Chr. 29:1), whom he succeeded on the throne of the kingdom of Judah. He reigned twenty-nine years (B.C. 726-697). The history of this king is contained in 2 Ki...
  [nave] HEZEKIAH 1. King of Judah, 2 Kin. 16:20; 18:1, 2; 1 Chr. 3:13; 2 Chr. 29:1; Matt. 1:9. Religious zeal of, 2 Chr. 29; 30; 31. Purges the nation of idolatry, 2 Kin. 18:4; 2 Chr. 31:1; 33:3. Restores the true forms of worshi...
  

• HEZEKIAH (2)

  [isbe] HEZEKIAH (2) - (chizqiyah, "Yahweh has strengthened"; also written chizqiyahu, "Yah has strengthened him"; Hezekias): One of the greatest of the kings of Judah; reigned (according to the most self-consistent chronology) from...
  

• GALILEE

  [isbe] GALILEE - gal'-i-le (ha-galil, hagelilah, literally, "the circuit" or "district"; he Galilaia): 1. Galilee of the Nations: Kedesh, the city of refuge, is described as lying in Galilee, in Mt. Naphtali (Josh 20:7; compare 21:...
  

• EPISTLE

  [isbe] EPISTLE - e-pis'-'-l (epistole, "a letter," "epistle"; from epistello, "to send to"): 1. New Testament Epistles 2. Distinctive Characteristics 3. Letter-Writing in Antiquity 4. Letters in the Old Testament 5. Letters in the ...
  

• DIVERS; DIVERSE; DIVERSITIES

  [isbe] DIVERS; DIVERSE; DIVERSITIES - di'-verz, di-vurs', di-vur'-si-tiz: "Divers" meaning "various," "different in kind," is now obsolete and used only as a synonym of "several," i.e. more than one. The distinction between "divers...
  

• Congregation

  [ebd] (Heb. kahal), the Hebrew people collectively as a holy community (Num. 15:15). Every circumcised Hebrew from twenty years old and upward was a member of the congregation. Strangers resident in the land, if circumcised, were,...
  

• BEERSHEBA

  [isbe] BEERSHEBA - be-er-she'-ba (be'er shebha`; Bersabee): Allotted originally to Simeon (Josh 19:2), one of "the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah" (Josh 15:28). 1. The Meaning of the Name: The most probable ...
  

• ASHER (1)

  [isbe] ASHER (1) - ash'-er ('asher; Aser). 1. Biblical Account: According to the Biblical account Asher was the eighth of Jacob's sons, the second borne to him by Zilpah the handmaid of Leah. His uterine brother was Gad (Gen 35:26)...
  

• Hezekiah's Cultic Reforms

  

• [2Ch 30:8] Little Brown Church In The Vale

  There’s a church in the valley by the wildwood, No lovelier spot in the dale; No place is so dear to my childhood, As the little brown church in the vale. Refrain Come to the church in the wildwood, Oh, come to the church in the dale, No spot is so dear to my childhood, As the little brown church in the vale. How sweet on a clear, Sabbath morning, To list to the clear ringing bell; Its tones so sweetly are calling, Oh, come to the church in the vale. Refrain There, close by the church in the valley, Lies one that I loved so well; She sleeps, sweetly sleeps, ’neath the willow, Disturb not her rest in the vale. Refrain There, close by the side of that loved one, To trees where the wild flowers bloom, When the farewell hymn shall be chanted I shall rest by her side in the tomb. Refrain From the church in the valley by the wildwood, When day fades away into night, I would fain from this spot of my childhood Wing my way to the mansions of light. Refrain

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• [2Ch 30:9] Thou Gracious Power

  Thou gracious Power, whose mercy lends The light of home, the smile of friends, Our families in Thine arms enfold As in the peaceful days of old. Wilt Thou not hear us while we raise, In sweet accord of solemn praise, The voices that have mingled long In joyous flow of mirth and song? For all the blessings life has brought, For all its sorrowing hours have taught, For all we mourn, for all we keep, The hands we clasp, the loved that sleep. The noontide sunshine of the past, These brief, bright moments fading fast, The stars that gild our darkening years, The twilight ray from holier spheres. We thank Thee, Father; let Thy grace Our narrowing circle still embrace, Thy mercy shed its heavenly store, Thy peace be with us evermore.

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• Why are there two passover dates listed in the Old Tesatment?
  I'm inclined to suppose that by "two Passover dates" you mean the two Passovers of Numbers 9:1-14 (see also 2 Chronicles 30:1ff.). The second Passover was authorized for those who were ceremonially unclean, and unable to obse...

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