English Standard Version
2 Chronicles 30:20
20And the Lord heard Hezekiah and healed the people.
2 Chronicles 30:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
- New International Version (NIV)And the Lord heard Hezekiah and healed the people.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the Lord listened to Hezekiah and healed the people.
- New Living Translation (NLT)And the Lord listened to Hezekiah’s prayer and healed the people.
Context of 2 Chronicles 30:20
18For a majority of the people, many of them from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise than as prescribed. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, "May the good Lord pardon everyone 19who sets his heart to seek God, the Lord, the God of his fathers, even though not according to the sanctuary's rules of cleanness." And the Lord heard Hezekiah and healed the people. 21And the people of Israel who were present at Jerusalem kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with great gladness, and the Levites and the priests praised the Lord day by day, singing with all their might to the Lord. 22And Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who showed good skill in the service of the Lord. So they ate the food of the festival for seven days, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord, the God of their fathers.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 302 Chronicles 30:20 word by word
וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע יְהוָה֙ אֶל־יְחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ וַיִּרְפָּ֖א אֶת־הָעָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 30:20
- Exodus 15:26saying, "If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer."
- Psalms 103:3who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,
- James 5:15And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 30:20
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-20Verses 13-20 The great thing needful in attendance upon God in solemn ordinances, is, that we make heart-work of it; all is nothing without this. Where this sincerity and fixedness of heart are, there may yet be many things short of the purification of the sanctuary. These defects need pardoning, healing grace; for omissions in duty are sins, as well as omissions of duty. If God should deal with us in strict justice, even as to the very best of our…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20God's response to Hezekiah's prayer showed that he cares more about the heart's attitude than strict ritual details. healed the people: Compare 2 Chronicles:14.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. the Lord ... healed the people--We imagine the whole affair to have been the following: In consequence of their transgressions they had cause to fear disease and even death (Le 15:31). Hezekiah prayed for the nation, which was on the point of being diseased, and might therefore be regarded as sick already [Bertheau].Read the comment
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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
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