2 Kronieken 30:1-6

1 Daarna zond Jehizkia tot het ganse Israel en Juda, en schreef ook brieven tot Efraim en Manasse, dat zij zouden komen tot het huis des HEEREN te Jeruzalem, om den HEERE, den God Israels, pascha te houden.

2 Want de koning had raad gehouden met zijn oversten en de ganse gemeente te Jeruzalem, om het pascha te houden, in de tweede maand.

3 Want zij hadden het niet kunnen houden te dierzelfder tijd, omdat de priesteren zich niet genoeg geheiligd hadden, en het volk zich niet verzameld had te Jeruzalem.

4 En deze zaak was recht in de ogen des konings, en in de ogen der ganse gemeente.

5 Zo stelden zij zulks, dat men een stem door gans Israel, van Ber-seba tot Dan, zou laten doorgaan, opdat zij zouden komen om het pascha den HEERE, den God Israels, te houden in Jeruzalem; want zij hadden het in lang niet gehouden, gelijk het geschreven was.

6 De lopers dan gingen henen met de brieven van de hand des konings en zijner vorsten, door gans Israel en Juda, en naar het gebod des konings, zeggende: Gij, kinderen Israels, bekeert u tot den HEERE, den God van Abraham, Izak en Israel, zo zal Hij Zich keren tot de ontkomenen, die ulieden overgebleven zijn uit de hand der koningen van Assyrie.

2 Kronieken 30:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 30

Hezekiah having consulted his nobles about keeping the passover the second month, and determined upon it, sent messengers throughout Israel and Judah, to acquaint them with it, at which some mocked, and others seriously attended to it, 2Ch 30:1-12 so it was celebrated in a solemn manner, though some were not qualified for it according to the law, and for whose pardon Hezekiah prayed, and it was granted, 2Ch 30:13-20, also the feast of unleavened bread was kept seven days, and a festival of seven days more was likewise observed with great joy and gladness, 2Ch 30:21-27.

messengers to them, not only to the subjects of his own kingdom, Judah, but to all the Israelites that dwelt in it, who were come thither for the sake of religion, and the worship of God:

\\and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh\\; which are put for all the ten tribes, as appears from 2Ch 30:10,11 and are distinguished from Israel in the preceding clause:

\\that they should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem\\; not that he laid his commands upon them to come, they not being his subjects, namely, those of the ten tribes; but he hereby admonished them of their duty, and gave them a kind invitation, signifying the doors of the temple were open for them, and they were welcome to come thither:

\\to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel\\; to the glory of his name, who was the common Lord of them all, and whose command it was to keep the passover, and that at Jerusalem, and nowhere else, see De 16:1-6. 19787-950128-1141-2Ch30.2