2 Chronicles 30:1-13
Israel ................................ Israel <03478> [Israel.]
Ephraim <0669> [Ephraim.]
temple <01004> [to the house.]
observe <06213> [to keep.]
king <04428> [the king.]
second month <08145 02320> [in the second month.]
In Ijar, as they could not celebrate in Nisan, the 14th of which month was the proper time. But Hezekiah and his counsellors justly concluded, that the regulation of the 14th day of the second month, which had been made for individuals who were hindered from eating the passover at the appointed season, might in their present circumstances be extended to the people at large.
time <06256> [at that time.]
priests <03548> [because.]
proposal ...... king <03474 04428> [pleased the king. Heb. was right in the eyes of the king.]
sent <05975> [established.]
edict <05674> [to make proclamation.]
Beer Sheba <0884> [from Beer-sheba.]
observe ................ observed <06213> [for they.]
Messengers <03212 07323> [the posts went.]
{Ratzim,} "runners," or couriers, of the same kind as the running footmen, who were formerly, before the establishment of posts, and still are in some places, trained, and kept on purpose to convey dispatches speedily by running.
king .......... royal ............................ kings <04428> [the king. Heb. the hand of the king. turn again.]
return .............. return <07725> [and he will.]
who have been spared <06413> [escaped.]
fathers ... brothers ........... ancestors <01 0251> [like.]
see <07200> [as.]
stubborn <07185> [be ye not stiffnecked. Heb. harden not your necks.]
Submit <03027 05414> [yield yourselves. Heb. give the hand.]
come .... sanctuary <0935 04720> [enter into.]
consecrated <06942> [which he hath.]
Serve <05647> [serve.]
raging <02740> [the fierceness.]
return ................. return .................... return <07725> [if ye turn.]
return ................. return .................... return <07725> [so that they shall.]
Lord ................... Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
reject <05493> [will not.]
reject <05493> [turn away.]
messengers journeyed <07323> [the posts.]
<07832> [they laughed.]
men ... Asher <0836 0582> [divers of Asher.]
It has been said, that Hezekiah had no right to invite Hoshea's subjects to repair to Jerusalem to his passover; but it may be presumed, that he was encouraged to do this by Hoshea himself, who was one of their best kings; besides which, both the golden calves having been taken away by the Assyrians, the apostate Israelites, being thus deprived of idols, had begun to return to the Lord, and to go up to Jerusalem to worship, some time before Hezekiah gave them this invitation.
humbled .... came <03665 0935> [humbled themselves.]
God <03027 0430> [the hand of God.]
edict <04687> [the commandment.]
command <01697> [by the word.]
assembled <0622> [there assembled.]
second month <02320 08145> [the second month.]
