New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Chronicles 30:1-10

1Now Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem to 1celebrate the Passover to the Lord God of Israel. 2For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had decided 2to celebrate the Passover in the second month, 3since they could not celebrate it 3at that time, because the priests had not consecrated themselves in sufficient numbers, nor had the people been gathered to Jerusalem. 4So the 4decision was right in the sight of the king and all the assembly. 5So they established a decree to circulate a 5proclamation throughout Israel 6from Beersheba to Dan, that they are to come to celebrate the Passover to the Lord God of Israel in Jerusalem. For they had not celebrated it in great numbers as was written. 6 7The 8couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with the letters from the hand of the king and his princes, even according to the command of the king, saying, “Sons of Israel, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that He may return to those of you who escaped and are left from 9the 10hand of the kings of Assyria. 7 11Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were untrue to the Lord God of their fathers, so that 12He made them an object of horror, just as you see. 8Now do not 13stiffen your neck like your fathers, but 14yield to the Lord and enter His sanctuary which He has consecrated forever, and serve the Lord your God, 15that His burning anger may turn away from you. 9For 16if you return to the Lord, your brothers and your sons will find compassion in the presence of those who led them captive, and will return to this land. 17For the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate, and will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”

10So the 18couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun, but 19they laughed at them with scorn and mocked them.

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Notes

1. 2 Chronicles 30:1 Lit do, and so throughout the ch ↩
2. 2 Chronicles 30:2 Num 9:10, 11; 2 Chr 30:13, 15 ↩
3. 2 Chronicles 30:3 2 Chr 29:17, 34 ↩
4. 2 Chronicles 30:4 Lit word ↩
5. 2 Chronicles 30:5 Lit voice ↩
6. 2 Chronicles 30:5 Judg 20:1 ↩
7. 2 Chronicles 30:6 Esth 8:14; Job 9:25; Jer 51:31 ↩
8. 2 Chronicles 30:6 Lit runners ↩
9. 2 Chronicles 30:6 2 Chr 28:20 ↩
10. 2 Chronicles 30:6 Lit palm ↩
11. 2 Chronicles 30:7 Ezek 20:13 ↩
12. 2 Chronicles 30:7 2 Chr 29:8 ↩
13. 2 Chronicles 30:8 Ex 32:9 ↩
14. 2 Chronicles 30:8 Lit give a hand ↩
15. 2 Chronicles 30:8 2 Chr 29:10 ↩
16. 2 Chronicles 30:9 Deut 30:2 ↩
17. 2 Chronicles 30:9 Ex 34:6, 7; Mic 7:18 ↩
18. 2 Chronicles 30:10 Lit runners ↩
19. 2 Chronicles 30:10 2 Chr 36:16 ↩

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