SENT. This was before the Removal of Israel. ALL ISRAEL. See note on 2 Chronicles 30:24 and App-67. ALSO. He wrote letters, as well as sent messengers. the LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. KEEP THE PASSOVER. One of the ten observances of this feast. See note on Exodus 12:28. GOD Hebrew. _Elohim._... [ Continue Reading ]
CONGREGATION. assembly. See note on Genesis 28:3. THE SECOND MONTH. As provided by the law (Numbers 9:6).... [ Continue Reading ]
AT THAT TIME: i.e. the first month, while all the work was going on. Compare Exodus 12:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
PLEASED. was right in the eyes of.... [ Continue Reading ]
THROUGHOUT ALL ISRAEL. The king, Hoshea, not objecting. Compare 2 Kings 17:2. HAD NOT DONE IT. Not since the division of the kingdom.... [ Continue Reading ]
POSTS. couriers. Compare Esther 3:13; Esther 3:15; Esther 8:10; Esther 8:14.Jeremiah 51:31. Elsewhere rendered "footmen" (1 Samuel 22:17), or "guard" (1 Kings 14:27 1 Kings 14:28. 2 Kings 10:25;... [ Continue Reading ]
TRESPASSED. Hebrew. _ma'al._ App-44. AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
STIFFNECKED. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, put for obstinacy. YIELD YOURSELVES. submit yourselves. Hebrew "give the hand", "hand" being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for submission. Compare 1 Chronicles 29:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
LEAD THEM CAPTIVE. Though the ten tribes, as such, had not been deported, yet thousands had been led captive. Hezekiah's Song of the degrees (Psalms 126:1) refers to this. Compare 2 Chronicles 30:6, and see App-67. GRACIOUS, &C. Compare Exodus 34:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
DIVERS. men. Hebrew. _'enosh,_ App-14. OF ASHER. These must have remained with Judah. Compare Luke 2:36, showing that Judah was representative of the whole nation. See note on 1 Kings 12:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_ (with Art.). the [true] God. App-4. ONE HEART. It is to this that Hezekiah refers in his Song of the degrees (Psalms 133:1). It is. Psalm of David, selected by Hezekiah because David knew the blessedness of this "unity". See 2 Samuel 19:9; 2 Samuel 19:14 and App-67. BY. Some... [ Continue Reading ]
ALTARS. The brazen serpent also. See 2 Kings 18:4. BROOK. ravine.... [ Continue Reading ]
STOOD, &C. Hebrew "stood in their standing"; i.e. stood in their appointed place. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6). THE LAW OF MOSES. Compare 2 Chronicles 29:22. THE MAN OF GOD. See note on Deuteronomy 33:1, and App-49.... [ Continue Reading ]
PASSOVERS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for the "passover lambs".... [ Continue Reading ]
OTHERWISE. Hezekiah considered this to be the lesser of two evils.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEALED. And did not visit according to Leviticus 15:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRESENT. found.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMFORTABLY. Compare Isaiah 40:2. OFFERING. Hebrew. _zabach._ App-43.... [ Continue Reading ]
OTHER SEVEN DAYS. As at Solomon's Dedication.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRANGERS. sojourners. Exodus 12:48; Exodus 12:49.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT THE LIKE. Referring to the extra days of 2 Chronicles 30:23. Perfectly true; for this was " _since_ the time of Solomon". Josiah's passover (2 Kings 23:22; 2 Kings 23:23) was _after_ Hezekiah's.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRIESTS THE LEVITES. Compare Deuteronomy 17:9. But some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "and the". HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5.... [ Continue Reading ]