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2 Chronicles 30:6

So 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.

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ASV

So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may return to the remnant that are escaped of you out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

KJV

So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

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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

29 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֵּלְכוּ֩vai.ye.le.Khuand they wentH1980 →
הָרָצִ֨יםha.ra.Tzimthe runnersH7323 →
בָּֽאִגְּר֜וֹתba.'i.ge.Rotwith <the> lettersH107 →
מִיַּ֧דmi.Yadfrom [the] hand ofH3027 →
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
וְשָׂרָ֗יוve.sa.Ravand officials hisH8269 →
בְּכָל־be.kholin allH3605 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
וִֽיהוּדָ֔הvi.hu.Dahand JudahH3063 →
וּכְמִצְוַ֥תu.khe.mitz.Vatand according to [the] command ofH4687 →
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
בְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiO people ofH1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
שׁ֚וּבוּShu.vureturnH7725 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵי֙'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430 →
אַבְרָהָם֙'av.ra.HamAbrahamH85 →
יִצְחָ֣קyitz.ChakIsaacH3327 →
וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לve.Yis.ra.'Eland IsraelH3478 →
וְיָשֹׁב֙ve.ya.Shoso he may returnH7725 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַפְּלֵיטָ֔הha.pe.lei.Tahthe escaped remnantH6413 →
הַנִּשְׁאֶ֣רֶתha.nish.'E.retwhich remainsH7604 →
לָכֶ֔םla.Khemto you
מִכַּ֖ףmi.Kaffrom [the] hand ofH3709 →
מַלְכֵ֥יmal.Khei[the] kings ofH4428 →
אַשּֽׁוּר׃'a.ShurAssyriaH804 →

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Lamentations 3:40Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.Jeremiah 51:31One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.2 Kings 15:19Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.Jeremiah 4:1“If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares the LORD. “If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver,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.Esther 3:13And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.Isaiah 55:6–7Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.2 Chronicles 28:20Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.1 Chronicles 5:26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.Job 9:25My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.2 Chronicles 30:10And 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.Joel 2:12–14“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”Hosea 14:1Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.Isaiah 1:9Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.James 4:8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.Ezekiel 33:11Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’Lamentations 5:21Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,

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