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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 30 Hezekiah having consulted his nobles about keeping the passover the second month, and determined upon it, sent messengers throughout Israel and Judah, to acquaint them with it, at which some mocked, and others seriously attended to it, 2 Chronicles 30:1 so it was celebrated in a solemn manner, though some were not...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah,.... Sent messengers to them, not only to the subjects of his own kingdom, Judah, but to all the Israelites that dwelt in it, who were come thither for the sake of religion, and the worship of God: and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh; which are put for all the ten tribes, as appears from 2...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
In this chapter we have an account of the solemn passover which Hezekiah kept in the first year of his reign. I. The consultation about it, and the resolution he and his people came to for the observance of it, ver. 2-5. II. The invitation he sent to Judah and Israel to come and keep it, ver. 1, 6-12. III. The joyful celebration of it, ver. 13-27....
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem,.... He and his nobles, and the great sanhedrim or senate of the nation, had consulted together: to keep the passover in the second month; in the month Ijar, as the Targum, because they could not keep it in the first month, as it should have been kept, according...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For they could not keep it at the time,.... In the month Nisan, as the Targum adds, on the fourteenth day of the month, as the law enjoined, because the cleansing of the temple was not finished until the sixteenth day, see 2 Chronicles 29:17 and, besides this, two other reasons follow: because the priests had not sanctified themselves...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the thing pleased the king, and all the congregation. They all unanimously agreed to it, and determined it should be done.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
So they established a decree, to make proclamation throughout all Israel,.... Passed a vote, that heralds should be appointed and sent to proclaim it throughout the land, that all might know it, and none plead ignorance: from Beersheba even to Dan; the one being the southern and the other the northern boundary of the whole land of Israel: that...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers,.... By worshipping the calves, and neglecting the service of God in the temple at Jerusalem; the Targum is, "which acted deceitfully with the Word of the Lord their God:'' who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see; some part...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were,.... Obstinate and refractory, like heifers unaccustomed to the yoke, which draw back from it, and will not submit to it: but yield yourselves unto the Lord; be subject unto him, or "give the hand" (q) to him, as a token of subjection and homage, or of entering into covenant with him, promising for...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For if ye turn again unto the Lord,.... To the fear or worship of the Lord, as the Targum: your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land; who had been carried away by Tiglathpileser, see Psalms 106:46, for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful; so he had...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
So the posts passed from city to city, through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun,.... Through all the ten tribes, not being hindered or forbid by Hoshea king of Israel, who was one of the best of their kings, and was very willing his people should go and worship at Jerusalem if they thought fit; so that they had no excuse to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Nevertheless, divers of Asher, and Manasseh, and of Zebulun, humbled themselves,.... Confessed their idolatries and impieties, and expressed sorrow and repentance for them, and were willing to obey the commands of God, and attend his worship and ordinances: and came to Jerusalem; to keep the passover.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart,.... To make them unanimous in this service, hearty and willing to it, to a man, which was owing to the power and efficacy of divine grace: to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord; to keep the passover, which they did not only in obedience to their...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And there assembled at Jerusalem much people,.... Out of the several tribes: to keep the feast of unleavened bread: the passover, which was eaten with unleavened bread: in the second month: the month Ijar: a very great congregation; such as had not been seen on such an occasion for many years.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they arose,.... Before they slew and ate the passover: and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem; which Ahaz had set up in every corner of Jerusalem, to offer sacrifices upon, 2 Chronicles 28:24 and all the altars for incense took they away; for as there were some to offer sacrifices on, there were others to burn incense upon, not to the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month,.... For though they could not keep it in the month in which it should have been kept, for the reasons before given, yet they kept it on the day of the month in which it was observed: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed; of their negligence and backwardness to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God,.... The priests in their place, and the Levites in theirs, in which they were ordered to stand when they offered sacrifice: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites; the blood either of the burnt offerings before...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified,.... Or purified from uncleanness, contracted either by idolatry, or through such things which, according to the ceremonial law, made them unclean, and from which they had not now time to cleanse themselves according to the law: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun,.... All which were of the ten tribes, where idolatry had prevailed for a long time: had not cleansed themselves; from impurity contracted by idolatry and other things: yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written; because they ate it in their...