2 Chronicles 30:1-12 (not in 2 Kin.). Hezekiah Invites all Israel to keep the Passover This Passover took place in the first year of Hezekiah while the Northern Kingdom was still standing. The Chronicler, however, takes no note of merely political conditions, and it is not improbable that Hezekiah... [ Continue Reading ]
_in the second month_ The Law allowed such a postponement; cp. Numbers 9:10-11.... [ Continue Reading ]
_at that time_ In the first month. _sufficiently_ R.V. IN SUFFICIENT NUMBER.... [ Continue Reading ]
_pleased the king_ R.V. WAS RIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE KING.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 IS WRITTEN. The statement applies to Israel, not to Judah; for the first time an attempt is made to d... [ Continue Reading ]
_the posts_ Lit. "the runners.... [ Continue Reading ]
who _therefore gave them up to desolation_ Render, SO THAT HE GAVE THEM UP TO BE AN ASTONISHMENT (so R.V. mg.); cp. 2 Chronicles 29:8 (same Heb. word).... [ Continue Reading ]
_yield yourselves_ Lit. "give the hand"; cp. 1 Chronicles 29:24 ("submitted themselves"). _sanctified for ever_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 7:16. _the fierceness of his wrath_ R.V. HIS FIERCE ANGER; cp. 2 Chronicles 29:10 (R.V.).... [ Continue Reading ]
shall find _compassion_ Cp. Psalms 106:46 (a similar phrase in Heb.). _so that_they shall _come again_ R.V. AND SHALL COME AGAIN.... [ Continue Reading ]
_passed_ LXX. ἦσαν … διαπορευόμενοι (more literal).... [ Continue Reading ]
_humbled themselves_ So 2 Chronicles 33:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Also in Judah the hand of God was_ R.V. ALSO IN JUDAH WAS THE HAND OF GOD, i.e. the mighty working of God which brought some penitents from far parts of Israel manifested itself in Judah also. _the commandment of the king … by the word of the Lord_ The king's command was according to God's command... [ Continue Reading ]
(not in 2 Kin.). Hezekiah's Great Passover 13. _the feast of unleavened bread_ In the "Passover" were united two separate "feasts," (1) the eating of the lamb on the fourteenth of Nisan, (2) the eating of unleavened bread from the fourteenth to the twenty-first of Nisan. The combined Feast was some... [ Continue Reading ]
_the altars_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 28:24. _altars for incense_ R.V. mg. VESSELS FOR INCENSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the second month_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 30:2-3. _were ashamed_ Of their former backwardness; cp. 2 Chronicles 30:3; 2 Chronicles 29:34. _brought in the burnt offerings_ R.V. BROUGHT BURNT OFFERINGS, i.e. as an atonement for themselves.... [ Continue Reading ]
_after their manner_ R.V. AFTER THEIR ORDER.... [ Continue Reading ]
_were not sanctified_ R.V. HAD NOT SANCTIFIED THEMSELVES. _of the killing of the passovers_ R.V. OF KILLING THE PASSOVERS. "Passovers" (plur. rare) = "Paschal victims"; cp. 2 Chronicles 30:15; 2 Chronicles 35:8 ("passover offerings" A.V. & R.V.).... [ Continue Reading ]
_of Ephraim_etc.] The list of tribes given here does not agree with the list in 2 Chronicles 30:11, but in both cases it is probable that the Chronicler merely wishes by his list to designate _men of the Northern Kingdom_as opposed to those of the Southern. He could not make the distinction by using... [ Continue Reading ]
_every one_that _prepareth his heart_ Render, EVEN HIM THAT SETTETH HIS WHOLE HEART (cp. R.V. mg.). This clause defines the preceding phrase ("The good"); see last note.... [ Continue Reading ]
_healed the people_ By _prevention_; no plague was allowed to break out among them, although uncleanness in the sanctuary had been threatened with death; Leviticus 15:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
_with loud instruments_ Lit. "with instruments of strength." It has been proposed to read "with all their might" (as 1 Chronicles 13:8). The change in Heb. amounts only to the dropping of the smallest letter (_yôd_).... [ Continue Reading ]
_that taught the good knowledge of the Lord_ R.V. THAT WERE WELL SKILLED IN THE SERVICE OF THE LORD. _and they did eat … seven days_ R.V. SO THEY DID EAT … FOR THE SEVEN DAYS, i.e. the usual seven days of unleavened bread. _pace offerings_ R.V. SACRIFICES OF PEACE OFFERINGS; cp. 1 Chronicles 16:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
_assembly_ R.V. CONGREGATION, as in 2 Chronicles 30:13; 2 Chronicles 30:17. LXX. ἡ ἐκκλησία. other _seven days_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 7:9 (Solomon's Dedication Feast).... [ Continue Reading ]
_did give to the congregation_ R.V. DID GIVE TO THE CONGREGATION FOR OFFERINGS. _sanctified themselves_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 29:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the strangers_ i.e. men of alien descent dwelling in Israel with certain conceded, not inherited, rights, and with most of the obligations of the native Israelite. LXX. οἱ προσήλυτοι. Cp. 2 Chronicles 2:17; 1 Chronicles 22:2 for the unfavourable side of a "stranger's" position.... [ Continue Reading ]
there was _not the like_ Cp. what is said of Josiah's Passover; 2 Chronicles 35:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the priests the Levites_ So in 2 Chronicles 23:18, but only in these two places in Chron. The phrase is Deuteronomic, and has been taken to imply that all Levites were potentially priests. Such was not in any case the view of the Chronicler, and perhaps we ought to read "the priests and the Levites... [ Continue Reading ]