2 Chronicles 30:6

_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._ The posts, х_ HAARAATSIYM_ (H7323)] - runners, or royal messengers, who were taken from the king's bodyguard (2 Chronicles 23:1). Each, well mounted, had a certain number of miles to traverse, and, having performed his course, was relieved by another, who had to scour an equal extent of ground; so that, as the government messengers were despatched in all directions, public edicts were speedily diffused throughout the country. The proclamation of Hezekiah was followed by a verbal addres

1-12 Hezekiah made Israel as welcome to the passover, as any of his own subjects. Let us yield ourselves unto the Lord. Say not, you will do what you please, but resolve to do what he pleases. We perceive in the carnal mind a stiffness, an obstinacy, an unaptness to compel with God; we have it from our fathers: this must be overcome. Those who, through grace, have turned to God themselves, should do all they can to bring others to him. Numbers will be scorners, but some will be humbled and benefited; perhaps where least expected. The rich mercy of God is the great argument by which to enforce repentance; the vilest who submit and yield themselves to the Lord, seek his grace, and give themselves to his service, shall certainly be saved. Oh that messengers were sent forth to carry these glad tidings to every city and every village, through every land!...

Verse 2 Chronicles 30:6. _SO THE POSTS WENT_] רצים _ratsim_, the _runners_ or _couriers_; persons who were usually employed to carry messages; men who were _light of foot_, and _confidential_....

THE POSTS WENT - The bearers of the letters were probably the “runners” who formed a portion of the king’s body-guard (2 Kings 10:25 note). THE KINGS OF ASSYRIA - Pul, Tiglath-pileser, and Shalmaneser may all be referred to in this passage (compare the marginal reference and 2 Kings 17:3). The passage by no means implies that the fall of Samaria and final captivity of the Israelites had as yet taken place....

EXPOSITION This chapter contains the account of Hezekiah's arrangements after the restoration for the observance of the Passover—arrangements more than ordinarily interesting to notice in respect of, _first, _the unusual time appointed for the celebration; and, _second, _the determined and brave attempt of the good king to win again to the worship of Jerusalem (though, as was no doubt anticipated, it subjected his royal proffers to scorn, 2 Chronicles 30:10) the separated people of "all Israel" (2 Chronicles 30:1); and further, the celebration itself, the happy omen (2 Chronicles 30:14) with which it opened, its duration; and certain several other incidents

SO THE POSTS WENT WITH THE LETTERS FROM THE KING AND HIS PRINCES THROUGHOUT ALL ISRAEL AND JUDAH,.... Both through the kingdoms of the ten tribes of Israel, and the kingdom of the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin: AND ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT OF THE KING, SAYING; so they were ordered by the king to say, when they delivered the letters which by the king's commandment they carried; or this was the purport of them, as follows, especially of those that were sent to the ten tribes: YE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, TURN AGAIN UNTO THE LORD GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND ISRAEL; from whom they had revolted, and from whose worship they had departed, by setting up and serving the calves at Dan and Bethel: AND HE WILL RETURN TO THE REMNANT OF YOU THAT ARE ESCAPED OUT OF THE HAND OF THE KING OF ASSYRIA; Pul and Tiglathpileser, who had both invaded their land, and the latter had taken many of their cities,...

CHAPTER 30 THE PASSOVER _ 1. Preparations for the great Passover (2 Chronicles 30:1)_ 2. The celebration of the Passover (2 Chronicles 30:15) 3. The concluding festive days (2 Chronicles 30:23) The Passover is next celebrated. It was, so to speak, the birthday of the nation, and typified the great redemption by the blood of the true Passover-Lamb. It had not been kept for a long time and as the proper yearly time for its celebration had passed, the first month, they concluded to keep it in the second month. The law had made provision for that and therefore what they did was according to the Word. (See...

2 Chronicles 29:1 to 2 Chronicles 32:33. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (see notes on 2 Kings 18:2 f., 2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 18:19; 2 Kings 20:1). The Chronicler in this long section writes, from his own point of view, much that is quite unhistorical. The three main subjects treated by him here are Hezekiah's reopening of the Temple, the Passover, and the appointment of the Temple officials. In...

POSTS. couriers. Compare Esther 3:13; Esther 3:15; Esther 8:10; Esther 8:14.Jeremiah 51:31. Elsewhere rendered "footmen" (1 Samuel 22:17), or "guard" (1 Kings 14:27 1 Kings 14:28. 2 Kings 10:25;...

_the posts_ Lit. "the runners....