2 Chronicles 30:12
in 2 Chronicles 30Moreover, 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.
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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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This verse in 2 Chronicles 30
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThey 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.
This site's exposition
the hand of God was to give them one heart
In Judah the response is credited to a single cause: 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. Wesley reads the phrase as grace working under a decision that looks merely civic, since the willingness itself is named as the gift. Where the north was free to refuse and did, Judah's unity is not raised by royal authority alone but worked from within.
How the passage was read
On 2 Chronicles 30:1-27On 2 Chronicles 30:1-27
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.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Sources: Numbers 9:10–11 (the Second-Passover provision) · Mishnah Pesachim 9:1 (the provision in the oral law)
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גַּ֣ם | gam | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| בִּיהוּדָ֗ה | bihudah | on Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| הָֽיְתָה֙ | hayetah | it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| יַ֣ד | yad | [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| לָתֵ֥ת | latet | to give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָהֶ֖ם | lahem | to them | ||
| לֵ֣ב | lev | a heart | H3820 → | 595 times |
| אֶחָ֑ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| לַעֲשׂ֞וֹת | laasot | to do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| מִצְוַ֥ת | mitzvat | [the] command of | H4687 → | 181 times |
| הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| וְהַשָּׂרִ֖ים | vehasarim | and the officials | H8269 → | 421 times |
| בִּדְבַ֥ר | bidvar | by [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
גַּ֣םalso
gamH1571 →769 times
בִּיהוּדָ֗הon Judah
bihudahH3063 →819 times
הָֽיְתָה֙it was
hayetahH1961 →3559 times
יַ֣ד[the] hand of
yadH3027 →1618 times
הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
לָתֵ֥תto give
latetH5414 →2011 times
לָהֶ֖םto them
lahem
לֵ֣בa heart
levH3820 →595 times
אֶחָ֑דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
לַעֲשׂ֞וֹתto do
laasotH6213 →2628 times
מִצְוַ֥ת[the] command of
mitzvatH4687 →181 times
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
וְהַשָּׂרִ֖יםand the officials
vehasarimH8269 →421 times
בִּדְבַ֥רby [the] word of
bidvarH1697 →1440 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Philippians 2:13For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
it 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 separate 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…
- Hebrews 13:21
Through
Jeremiah 32:39I 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.
it 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,
- Ezekiel 11:19–20
Through
Jeremiah 24:7I 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…
it 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…
- Hebrews 8:10
Through
Psalms 110:3Your 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.
it leads to
- Judges 5:2
“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.
- Judges 5:2
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.