30:1 Hezekiah sent messages throughout Israel and Judah; he even wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, summoning them to come to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem 1 and observe a Passover celebration for the Lord God of Israel.
This royal edict read: 3 “O Israelites, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return 4 to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria. 5
36:8 The rest of the events of Jehoiakim’s reign, including the horrible sins he committed and his shortcomings, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel and Judah. 8 His son Jehoiachin replaced him as king.
1 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
2 tn Heb “the runners.”
3 tn Heb “and according to the command of the king, saying.”
4 tn The jussive with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
5 tn Heb “to the survivors who are left to you from the palm of the kings of Assyria.”
3 tn Heb “and the sons of Israel and Judah.”
4 tn Heb “heaps, heaps.” Repetition of the noun draws attention to the large number of heaps.
4 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jehoiakim, and his horrible deeds which he did and that which was found against him, look, they are written on the scroll of the kings of Israel and Judah.”