2 Chronicles 30:18

of Ephraimetc.] 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 Kingdomas opposed to those of the Southern. He could not make the distinction by using the term "Israel" here, for in Chron. "Israel" as a rule is notused in opposition to "Judah"; cp. 2 Chronicles 11:3 (note).

it was written R.V. it is written i.e. in the Mosaic Law.

But Hezekiah prayed R.V. For Hezekiah had prayed.

The good Lord pardon According to the Heb. division 2 Chronicles 30:18 ends with the word "pardon," in the middle of the clause, as the A.V. (and R.V.) translate it. It is probable, however, that this Heb. division is right, and that it is the order of the words which needs correction. The phrase "the good Lord" (i.e. Jehovah "the good") has no parallel in Heb. and is open to suspicion, but by a simple transposition we get, The LORD pardon the good. For "the good" cp. 2 Chronicles 19:11.