George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
2 Chronicles 30:6
Posts. Literally, "runners or couriers." H. --- King. Heb. "kings." Phul and Thelgathphalnasar. The latter had taken away some tribes, 4 K. xv. 20, 29. C.
Posts. Literally, "runners or couriers." H. --- King. Heb. "kings." Phul and Thelgathphalnasar. The latter had taken away some tribes, 4 K. xv. 20, 29. C.
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...
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 29:1 to 2 Chronicles 32:33. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (see notes on 2 Kings 18:2 f., 2 Kings 18:13;...
POSTS. couriers. Compare Esther 3:13; Esther 3:15; Esther 8:10; Esther 8:14.
_the posts_ Lit. "the runners....
DISCOURSE: 424 HEZEKIAH’S ZEAL FOR THE GLORY OF GOD 2 Chronicles 30:1. And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of...
14. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (29-32) TEXT 2 Chronicles 29:1. Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old; and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was A...
_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...
REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (CONTINUED) This chapter relates how a passover was kept on the second month for Israel and Judah....
THE POSTS] bit. 'the couriers,' who were probably some of the royal guards. YOU, THAT.. ASSYRIA] Since what is here related took place (according to 2 Chronicles 29:3) in Hezekiah's first year, the re...
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 30 HEZEKIAH’S *PASSOVER *FEAST – 2 CHRONICLES 30:1-27 v1
THE POSTS. — The _runners — i.e.,_ couriers (ᾰγγαροι). The Syriac uses the Latin word _Tabellarii,_ “letter- carriers,” which the Arabic mistakes for “folk of Tiberias”! The soldiers of the body-guard...
וַ יֵּלְכוּ֩ הָ רָצִ֨ים בָּֽ † אִגְּרֹ֜ות...
HEZEKIAH: THE RELIGIOUS VALUE OF MUSIC 2 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles 30:1; 2 Chronicles 31:1;...
A SUMMONS TO THE NATION 2 Chronicles 30:1 Though one of the most important feasts, the Passover had long been neglected. When a spiritual revival takes place, men naturally begin to observe the old s...
For a long time the proper feasts of the Lord had not been observed. Hezekiah made arrangements to keep the Passover. It is very beautiful to see how his heart took in the whole nation. In all probabi...
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...
I admire the conduct of Hezekiah on this occasion. He not only invites his own subjects of Judah, but all Israel. For both Israel and Judah had alike revolted; and a return to the Lord God of their fa...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 27 THROUGH 31. Jotham, the son of Uzziah, walks uprightly; and he avoids his father's fault; but the people are still corrupt. Nevertheless the faithfulness...
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...
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...
_So the posts_ Hebrew, הרצים, _haratsim, the runners; went with the letters_ Expresses were sent throughout all the tribes of Israel, with memorials, earnestly pressing the people to take this opportu...
1 Hezekiah proclaimeth a solemne Passeouer on the second moneth, for Iudah and Israel. 13 The assembly hauing destroyed the altars of idolatry, keepe the feast fourteene dayes. 27 The Priests and Le...
So the posts, special runners, acting as messengers of the king, WENT WITH THE LETTERS FROM THE KING AND HIS PRINCES THROUGHOUT ALL ISRAEL AND JUDAH AND ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT OF THE KING, SAYIN...
THE FESTIVAL PROCLAIMED BY THE KING...
KEEPING THE PASSOVER (vv.1-27) The concern of Hezekiah to honour the Lord was then extended to his purpose that the Passover should be kept and that all Israel should be invited to this feast. There...
FROM: _ Heb._ from the hand...
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 per...
To wit, Pul and Tilgath-pilneser, who had carried their brethren away captives, 2 KINGS 15:19,29 1 CHRONICLES 5:26 2 CHRONICLES 28:20....
2 Chronicles 30:6 runners H7323 (H8801) throughout H3212 (H8799) Israel H3478 Judah H3063 letters H107 from H30
CONTENTS: Preparations for the passover and its observance. CHARACTERS: God, Hezekiah. CONCLUSION: In every true reformation, the doctrine of the atonement must be emphasized. God's grace will meet...
2 Chronicles 30:2. _To keep the passover in the second month,_ one month later because the apostate priests were as yet unclean. See the calendar in Exodus 12. To defer the passover eleven months woul...
O. H. M. S. The posts went with the letters. 2 Chronicles 30:6. Many years ago in Britain, mail men wore navy-blue uniform with red stripes. Throughout Britain's history, l etters addressed to O. H...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 30:1 Hezekiah demonstrates his commitment to the Law of Moses by holding the Passover celebration immediately after the reconsecration of the temple. The ceremony dif...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 30:6 The LETTERS of invitation are really a call to repentance (RETURN TO THE LORD). Hezekiah hopes that the people will repent and that God
CRITICAL NOTES.] Preparations for Passover (2 Chronicles 30:1); the keeping of Passover (2 Chronicles 30:13); H.’S prayer for unclean persons (2 Chronicles 30:18); the solemnities of the second sev
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,...
And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and to Judah, they wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, [this is up in the northern] that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the pas...
1 Chronicles 5:26; 2 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Kings 15:19; 2 Kings 15:29;...