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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

2 Chronicles 30:5

Many. None had kept the Phase this year. H. --- But those of Israel had not done it for a long time. Grotius --- Heb. "for they had not long before done according to the Scripture." Sept. "the multitude had not done," &c. C. --- Yet, even in the worst times, Tobias, (i. 6.) and other zealous souls, contrived to comply with their duty. H.

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See also 2 Chronicles 30:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THEY HAD NOT DONE IT ... - Some prefer, “they had not kept it in full numbers, as it was written” - i. e. “they (the Israelites of the northern kingdom) had not (for some while) kept the Passover in f...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 30 THE PASSOVER _ 1. Preparations for the great Passover (2 Chronicles 30:1)_ 2. The celebration of the Passover (2 Chronicles 30:15) 3. The concluding festive days ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    2 Chronicles 29:1 to 2 Chronicles 32:33. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (see notes on 2 Kings 18:2 f., 2 Kings 18:13;...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THROUGHOUT ALL ISRAEL. The king, Hoshea, not objecting. Compare 2 Kings 17:2. HAD NOT DONE IT. Not since the division of the kingdom....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _to make proclamation_ A phrase characteristic of the Chronicler. _they had not done it of a long_time in such sort _as it was written_ R.V. THEY HAD NOT KEPT IT IN GREAT NUMBERS IN SUCH SORT AS IT I...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 424 HEZEKIAH’S ZEAL FOR THE GLORY OF GOD 2 Chronicles 30:1. And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    MAKE PROCLAMATION THROUGHOUT ALL ISRAEL— Respecting Hezekiah's invitation to Hoshea's subjects, to repair to Jerusalem to the celebration of his passover, we may well presume that he had encouragement...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    14. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (29-32) TEXT 2 Chronicles 29:1. Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old; and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was A...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _SO THEY ESTABLISHED A DECREE TO MAKE PROCLAMATION THROUGHOUT ALL ISRAEL, FROM BEERSHEBA EVEN TO DAN, THAT THEY SHOULD COME TO KEEP THE PASSOVER UNTO THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL AT JERUSALEM: FOR THEY HAD...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (CONTINUED) This chapter relates how a passover was kept on the second month for Israel and Judah....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DONE _it_ OF A LONG _time_] RV 'kept it in great numbers.' According to Exodus 12:8 the Passover was to be observed by 'the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 30 HEZEKIAH’S *PASSOVER *FEAST – 2 CHRONICLES 30:1-27 v1

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SO THEY ESTABLISHED A DECREE. — _And they decreed a proposal_ (_he_‘_ĕmîd dâbâr_). (Comp. 2 Chronicles 30:8; Psalms 105:10, “and hath decreed it unto Jacob for a law.”) TO MAKE PROCLAMATION. — Literal...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יַּֽעֲמִ֣ידוּ דָבָ֗ר לְ הַעֲבִ֨יר קֹ֤ול בּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    HEZEKIAH: THE RELIGIOUS VALUE OF MUSIC 2 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles 30:1; 2 Chronicles 31:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A SUMMONS TO THE NATION 2 Chronicles 30:1 Though one of the most important feasts, the Passover had long been neglected. When a spiritual revival takes place, men naturally begin to observe the old s...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    For a long time the proper feasts of the Lord had not been observed. Hezekiah made arrangements to keep the Passover. It is very beautiful to see how his heart took in the whole nation. In all probabi...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from (c) Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they h...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    It should seem that in consequence of the general defection of the people from the worship of the Lord, the holy service of the passover had not been punctually observed. And at the time when Hezekiah...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _A NOTABLE PASSOVER FEAST_ ‘Then had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.’ 2 Chronicles 30:5 Hezekiah was a good king. This was all the more remarkable, because his father was...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 27 THROUGH 31. Jotham, the son of Uzziah, walks uprightly; and he avoids his father's fault; but the people are still corrupt. Nevertheless the faithfulness...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SO THEY ESTABLISHED A DECREE, TO MAKE PROCLAMATION THROUGHOUT ALL ISRAEL,.... Passed a vote, that heralds should be appointed and sent to proclaim it throughout the land, that all might know it, and n...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had n...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _So they established a decree_ They fixed a resolution; _to make proclamation throughout all Israel_ Hezekiah, it is certain, had no right to invite Hoshea's subjects to repair to Jerusalem, to the ce...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Hezekiah proclaimeth a solemne Passeouer on the second moneth, for Iudah and Israel. 13 The assembly hauing destroyed the altars of idolatry, keepe the feast fourteene dayes. 27 The Priests and Le...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    So they established a decree, they settled the matter, resolved upon their course of action, TO MAKE PROCLAMATION THROUGHOUT ALL ISRAEL, the entire country occupied by the tribes, FROM BEERSHEBA, in t...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE FESTIVAL PROCLAIMED BY THE KING...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    KEEPING THE PASSOVER (vv.1-27) The concern of Hezekiah to honour the Lord was then extended to his purpose that the Passover should be kept and that all Israel should be invited to this feast. There...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-12 Hezekiah made Israel as welcome to the passover, as any of his own subjects. Let us yield ourselves unto the Lord. Say not, you will do what you please, but resolve to do what he pleases. We per...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THEY ESTABLISHED A DECREE; they fixed this resolution. In such sort as it was written, i. e. so as God had commanded them to do it, to wit, that all the males in Israel should do it; which express com...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Chronicles 30:5 resolved H5975 (H8686) H1697 proclamation H5674 (H8687) H6963 Israel H3478 Beersheba H884

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Preparations for the passover and its observance. CHARACTERS: God, Hezekiah. CONCLUSION: In every true reformation, the doctrine of the atonement must be emphasized. God's grace will meet...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    2 Chronicles 30:2. _To keep the passover in the second month,_ one month later because the apostate priests were as yet unclean. See the calendar in Exodus 12. To defer the passover eleven months woul...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 30:1 Hezekiah demonstrates his commitment to the Law of Moses by holding the Passover celebration immediately after the reconsecration of the temple. The ceremony dif...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] Preparations for Passover (2 Chronicles 30:1); the keeping of Passover (2 Chronicles 30:13); H.’S prayer for unclean persons (2 Chronicles 30:18); the solemnities of the second sev

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This chapter contains the account of Hezekiah's arrangements after the restoration for the observance of the Passover—arrangements more than ordinarily interesting to notice in respect of,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and to Judah, they wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, [this is up in the northern] that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the pas...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 11:2; 2 Chronicles 24:9; 2 Chronicles 35:18; 2 Chronicles 36:22;...

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