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2 Chronicles 30:10

And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun; but the people scorned and mocked them.

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ASV

So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

KJV

So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

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Hebraic traditional view

The Passover held a month late

Hezekiah's great Passover is kept in the SECOND month, and that is not an irregularity he invented: the Law itself provides a one-month make-up date for those unclean or far off (Numbers 9:10–11, the “Second Passover”). Hezekiah applies the provision nationally because the priests and the people could not be ready in time. Notice the chapter's heart: many northerners ate the Passover ritually unclean, and the king prays for them, “may the good LORD pardon everyone who sets his heart to seek God,” and the LORD heals the people. The feast's paperwork bends; the seeking heart is heard.

Sources: Numbers 9:10–11 (the Second-Passover provision) · Mishnah Pesachim 9:1 (the provision in the oral law)

Original language & word study

15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּֽהְי֨וּvai.yih.Yuand they wereH1961 →
הָרָצִ֜יםha.ra.Tzimthe runnersH7323 →
עֹבְרִ֨ים'oe.RimpassingH5674 →
מֵעִ֧יר׀me.'Irfrom cityH5892 →
לָעִ֛ירla.'Irto [the] cityH5892 →
בְּאֶֽרֶץ־be.'e.retz-in [the] land ofH776 →
אֶפְרַ֥יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraimH669 →
וּמְנַשֶּׁ֖הu.me.na.Shehand ManassehH4519 →
וְעַד־ve.'ad-and toH5704 →
זְבֻל֑וּןze.vu.LunZebulunH2074 →
וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙vai.yih.Yuand people wereH1961 →
מַשְׂחִיקִ֣יםmas.chi.KimlaughingH7832 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם'a.lei.Hemon themH5921 →
וּמַלְעִגִ֖יםu.mal.'i.Gimand mockingH3932 →
בָּֽם׃Bam<in> <the> them

The walk

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2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.2 Chronicles 30:6So the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.2 Chronicles 34:9So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites at the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, Judah, and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.Genesis 21:9But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,Isaiah 28:22So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.Luke 23:35The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”Job 12:4I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.Job 9:25My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.Esther 3:15The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.Luke 16:14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.Acts 17:32When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this topic.”Luke 22:63–64The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him.Esther 8:14The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa.Nehemiah 2:19But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”Hebrews 11:36Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.Luke 8:53And they laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead.Esther 8:10Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.Genesis 19:14So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

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