“ And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people. ”
And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and (o) healed the people. (o) That is, accepted them as purified.
2 Chronicles 29:1 to 2 Chronicles 32:33 . The Reign of Hezekiah (see notes on 2 Kings 18:2 f., 2 Kings 18:13-37 ; 2 Kings 18:19 ; 2 Kings 20:1-21 ). The Chronicler in this long section writ...
healed. And did not visit according to Leviticus 15:31 .
DISCOURSE: 425 GOD’S CONDESCENSION TO THE UPRIGHT 2 Chronicles 30:18-20 . Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good Lord pardon every one that prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of h...
And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people. The Lord ... healed the people. We imagine the whole affair to have been the following: in consequence of their transgressions they...
Reign of Hezekiah (continued) This chapter relates how a passover was kept on the second month for Israel and Judah.
And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah.- Comp. Genesis 20:17 , “And Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech and his wife,” &c. In the present instance the prayer of Hezekiah is thought...
HEZEKIAH: THE RELIGIOUS VALUE OF MUSIC 2 Chronicles 29:1-36 ; 2 Chronicles 30:1-27 ; 2 Chronicles 31:1-21 ; 2 Chronicles 32:1-33 THE bent of the chronicler's mind is well illustrated by the...
Whole-hearted Seeking of God 2 Chronicles 30:13-27 As necessary preliminary to the right observance of the approaching feast, the removal of the altars erected by Ahaz was resolved upon. The fe...
For a long time the proper feasts of the Lord had not been observed. Hezekiah made arrangements to keep the Passover. It is very beautiful to see how his heart took in the whole nation. In all probab...
There are several most interesting things observable upon this occasion. The people first put away all the idolatrous altars before they proceeded to their pure worship. The old leaven of malice and...
And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah ,.... Heard his prayer, and accepted of it, and granted what he desired: and healed his people ; that is, forgave their sins, as Kimchi interprets it; forgivenes...
And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people. Ver. 20. And healed the people. ] He healed them on both sides: "he forgave all their iniquities, and healed all their diseases." Psa 103...
The Lord hearkened to Hezekiah Was greatly pleased with his pious concern for the congregation; and, in answer to his prayer, healed the people That is, pardoned this their sin, and accepted them...
KEEPING THE PASSOVER (vv.1-27) The concern of Hezekiah to honour the Lord was then extended to his purpose that the Passover should be kept and that all Israel should be invited to this feast. T...
The Celebration of the Passover. B. C. 726. 13 And there assembled at Jerusalem much p...
From their uncleanness; which itself was a spiritual disease, and which probably produced a disease, or distemper, or trouble in their minds and consciences; which also had formerly brought, and migh...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Preparations for Passover ( 2 Chronicles 30:1-12 ); the keeping of Passover ( 2 Chronicles 30:13-17 ); H.’S prayer for unclean persons ( 2 Chronicles 30:18-22 ); the solemnities of t...
2 Chronicles 30:2 . To keep the passover in the second month, one month later because the apostate priests were as yet unclean. See the calendar in Exodus 12 . To defer the passover eleven months...
For them were many in the congregation that were not sanctified. Unfitness for the Communion I. There are seasons when we feel unfit for the sacred ordinance of the Lord’s house. Let us think o...
EXPOSITION This chapter contains the account of Hezekiah's arrangements after the restoration for the observance of the Passover—arrangements more than ordinarily interesting to notice in respec...
The Joyful Celebration
Exodus 15:26 ; James 5:15 ; James 5:16 ; Psalms 103:3
Healed — That is, pardoned this their sin, and accepting them and their services, as if they had been clean.