2 Chronicles 30:12 BSB

2 Chronicles 30:12

Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Also upon Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of Jehovah.

KJV

Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They did it with one heart, were all of a mind in it, and the hand of God gave them that one heart; for it is in the day of power that Christ's subjects are made willing. It is God that works both to will and to do.

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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

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
גַּ֣ם	gam	also	H1571 →
בִּיהוּדָ֗ה	bi.hu.Dah	on Judah	H3063 →
הָֽיְתָה֙	ha.ye.Tah	it was	H1961 →
יַ֣ד	yad	[the] hand of	H3027 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
לָתֵ֥ת	la.Tet	to give	H5414 →
לָהֶ֖ם	la.Hem	to them
לֵ֣ב	lev	a heart	H3820 →
אֶחָ֑ד	'e.Chad	one	H259 →
לַעֲשׂ֞וֹת	la.'a.Sot	to do	H6213 →
מִצְוַ֥ת	mitz.Vat	[the] command of	H4687 →
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
וְהַשָּׂרִ֖ים	ve.ha.sa.Rim	and the officials	H8269 →
בִּדְבַ֥ר	bid.Var	by [the] word of	H1697 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H4687mitzvat[the] command of181×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Philippians 2:13
For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
leads to
- Hebrews 13:21
  equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 3:5
  Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
- 2 Timothy 1:9
  He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
- Romans 9:16
  So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
- 1 Corinthians 15:10
  But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of…
Through
Jeremiah 32:39
I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
leads to
- Ezekiel 11:19–20
  And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
Through
Jeremiah 24:7
I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their…
leads to
- Hebrews 8:10
  For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And…
Through
Psalms 110:3
Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
leads to
- Judges 5:2
  “When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.