2 Chronicles 30:10

2 Chronicles 30:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
• New International Version (NIV)The couriers went from town to town in Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun, but people scorned and ridiculed them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So the couriers went from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun, but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So the runners passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun; but they laughed at them and mocked them.

Context of 2 Chronicles 30:10

8Don’t become obstinate now like your ancestors did. Give your allegiance to the Lord, and come to his sanctuary that he has consecrated forever. Serve the Lord your God so that he may turn his burning anger away from you, 9for when you return to the Lord, your brothers and your sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful; he will not turn his face away from you if you return to him.” The couriers traveled from city to city in the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but the inhabitants laughed at them and mocked them. 11But some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem. 12Also, the power of God was at work in Judah to unite them to carry out the command of the king and his officials by the word of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 30:10 word by word

וַיִּֽהְי֨וּ הָרָצִ֜ים עֹבְרִ֨ים מֵעִ֧יר׀ לָעִ֛יר בְּאֶֽרֶץ־אֶפְרַ֥יִם וּמְנַשֶּׁ֖ה וְעַד־זְבֻל֑וּן וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ מַשְׂחִיקִ֣ים עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וּמַלְעִגִ֖ים בָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So the postsרוּץrûts · to run: runH7323
• passedעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• from cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• through the countryאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
• and Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashsheh · ManassehH4519
• even unto Zebulunזְבוּלֻןzebûlûn zebûlûn zebûlûn · ZebulunH2074
• but they laughed them to scornשָׂחַקώâchaq · to laughH7832
• and mockedלָעַגlâ‛ag · to mockH3932

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 30:10

• 2 Chronicles 30:6So the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the hand of the king and his officials, and according to the king’s command, saying, “Israelites, 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.
• Esther 3:13Letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces telling the officials to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jewish people — young and old, women and children — and plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.
• Esther 8:10Mordecai wrote in King Ahasuerus’s name and sealed the edicts with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers, who rode fast horses bred in the royal stables.
• Job 9:25My days fly by faster than a runner; they flee without seeing any good.
• 2 Chronicles 36:16But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against his people that there was no remedy.
• Genesis 19:14So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were going to marry his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
• Nehemiah 2:19When Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked and despised us, and said, “What is this you’re doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
• Job 12:4I am a laughingstock to my friends, by calling on God, who answers me. The righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock.
• Luke 8:53They laughed at him, because they knew she was dead.
• Luke 16:14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and scoffing at him.
• Luke 22:63The men who were holding Jesus started mocking and beating him.
• Luke 23:35The people stood watching, and even the leaders were scoffing: “He saved others; let him save himself if this is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One!”
• Acts 17:32When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to ridicule him, but others said, “We’d like to hear from you again about this.”
• Hebrews 11:36Others experienced mockings and scourgings, as well as bonds and imprisonment.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 30:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Ephraim and Manasseh are mentioned as the two tribes nearest to Judah, Zebulun as one of the furthest off.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-11The Assyrians conquered the northern kingdom (2 Kings 17:5–28), and many people were exiled to Assyria. People from other conquered lands moved there. Most of these foreigners, along with the Israelites left by the Assyrians, saw Israel's defeat as proof that the Lord, the God of Israel, was powerless. They mocked the idea of traveling to Jerusalem to honor him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1210-12. the posts passed from city to city--It is not surprising that after so long a discontinuance of the sacred festival, this attempt to revive it should, in some quarters, have excited ridicule and opposition. Accordingly, among the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Zebulun, Hezekiah's messengers met with open insults and ill usage. Many, however, in these very districts, as well as throughout the kingdom of the ten tribes, generally complied with the…Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Ephraim
• Manasseh
• Zebulun
• Ephraim, Ephraimite
• Hezekiah
• Loud
• Pentateuch
• Purification
• Epistle
• Galilee

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings