The Bible — notes and cross-references in Second Chronicles | Interpretation and commentary to chapter 30

30:1¹ all

Hezekiah sent letters not only to the people of Judah but also to all the people of Israel in order to keep the oneness of all God’s elect (vv. 1, 6). He asked all the people of Israel and Judah to come to Jerusalem, where the house of God was, to hold the Passover in order to remind them to keep the one unique ground of the worship of God among all Israel (v. 1; cf. Deut. 12:5, 11, 13-14). Hezekiah realized that keeping the unique ground pleases the heart of God.
30:1^a Passover

cf. 2 Chron. 35:6
30:2^a second

Num. 9:10-11; cf. Exo. 12:2
30:5¹ for

Or, in great number.
30:6^a return

Isa. 55:7; Jer. 4:1; Hosea 6:1; 14:2; Joel 2:12-13
30:6^b Assyria

2 Kings 15:19, 29
30:12^a one

Acts 4:32
30:13^a Feast

cf. Exo. 12:15-20; 2 Chron. 30:21
30:15^a second

2 Chron. 30:2; cf. Exo. 12:2; 2 Chron. 29:17
30:17^a clean

John 11:55
30:18^a prescribed

cf. Exo. 12:43-49
30:20¹ healed

A great number of the people who ate the passover had not cleansed themselves, and they became sick as a result (vv. 18-20). This is a type of the New Testament believers’ participating in the Lord’s table in an unworthy manner (1 Cor. 11:27-31).
30:21^a Feast

Exo. 12:15-20; 13:6-7; Ezra 6:22
30:24^a contributed

cf. 2 Chron. 35:7-9
30:26^a Solomon

cf. 2 Chron. 7:8-10
30:27^a blessed

cf. Num. 6:23-26
30:27^b sanctuary

Deut. 26:15; Psa. 68:5