2 Chronicles 30:12

Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Judah	בִּיהוּדָ֗ה bi.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · preposition + proper noun, a place name
hand	יַ֣ד yad	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders singular construct
God	הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים ha.'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
give	לָתֵ֥ת la.Tet	H5414	to give · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
one	אֶחָ֑ד 'e.Chad	H259	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute
heart	לֵ֣ב lev	H3820	the heart · noun, common masculine singular absolute
do	לַעֲשׂ֞וֹת la.'a.Sot	H6213	to do or make · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
commandment	מִצְוַ֥ת mitz.Vat	H4687	a command · noun, common feminine singular construct
king	הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
princes	וְהַשָּׂרִ֖ים ve.ha.sa.Rim	H8269	a head person (of any rank or class) · conjunction + definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
word	בִּדְבַ֥ר bid.Var	H1697	a word · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָֽה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 32:39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
Psalms 110:3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy yout…
Jeremiah 24:7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return un…
Philippians 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvat…
Deuteronomy 4:5-6 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to po…
2 Chronicles 29:25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of…
2 Chronicles 29:36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 30:1-12

Here is, I. A passover resolved upon. That annual feast was instituted as a memorial of the bringing of the children of Israel out of Egypt. It happened that the reviving of the temple service fell within the appointed days of that feast, the seventeenth day of the first month: this brought that forgotten solemnity to mind. "What shall we do," says Hezekiah, "about the passover? It is a very comfortable ordinance, and has been long neglected. How shall we revive it? The time has elapsed for this year; we cannot go about it immediately; the congregation is thin, the people have not notice, the priests are not prepared, Ch2 30:3. Must we defer it till another year?" Many, it is likely, were fo…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 30:10

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 invitation; while, in the kingdom of Judah, there was one unanimous feeling of high expectation and pious delight. The concourse that repaired to Jerusalem on the occasion was very great, and the occasion was ever after regarded as one of the great…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 30:9

And will not turn away his face from you - Well expressed by the Targum: "For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not cause his majesty to ascend up from among you, if ye will return to his fear." The shechinah, of which the Targumist speaks, is the dwelling of the Divine Presence among men, and the visible symbol of that presence.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 30:12

The Church Fathers

For who is "drawn," if he was already willing? And yet no man comes unless he is willing. Therefore he is drawn in wondrous ways to will, by Him who knows how to work within the very hearts of men. Not that men who are unwilling should believe, which cannot be, but that they should be made willing from being unwilling. That this is true we do not surmise by human conjecture, but we discern by the most evident authority of the divine Scriptures. It is read in the books of the Chronicles: "Also in Judah, the hand of God was made to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes in the word of the Lord." … Did the men of God who wrote these things-nay, did the Spirit of God Himself, under whose guidance such things were written by them-assail the free will of man? Away with the notion! But He has commended both the most righteous judgment and the most merciful aid of the Omnipotent in all cases. For it is enough for man to know that there is no unrighteousness with God. But how He dispenses those benefits, making some deservedly vessels of wrath, others graciously vessels of mercy,-who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been His counsellor? If, then, we attain to the honour of grace, let us not be ungrateful by attributing to ourselves what we have received. "For what have we which we have not received?"
— Augustine of Hippo, AGAINST TWO LETTERS OF THE PELAGANS 37-38

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Dictionary and topics

Pentateuch — The five-fold volume, consisting of the first five books of the Old Testament. This word does not occur in Scripture, nor is it certainly known when the roll was thus divided into five portions…
Samaria, Country Of — Samaria at first included all the tribes over which Jeroboam made himself king, whether east or west of the river Jordan. (1 Kings 13:32) But whatever extent the word might have acquired, it…
Month · .An celebrated in — .An celebrated in

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2 Chronicles 30:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 30:1-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 30:10

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 30:9

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 30:12

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

2 Chronicles 30:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 30:1-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 30:10

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 30:9

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 30:12

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 30:11

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 30:9