2 Chronicles 30:6

“So the runners went with the letters from the hand of the king and his officials through all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, “Sons of Israel, return to YHWH, the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to those who escaped who are left to you from the hand of the kings of Assyria.”

2 Chronicles 30:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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2 Chronicles 30:6, word by word

So the runnersרָצִיםratsim

runner

The swift messenger or guard on foot.

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wentיֵּלְכוּyelchu

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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with the lettersאִגְּרוֹתigrot

letter

Letter: a written message that is sent. A word of the late books (Chronicles, Nehemiah, Esther).

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from the handיַּדyad

power

Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.

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of the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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and his officialsשָׂרָיsaray

chief

Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.

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Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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and Judahיהוּדָהyhuda

Judah

Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.

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and according to the commandmentמִצְוַתmitsvat

commandment

An order of God that must be kept.

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sayingאמֹרmor

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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“Sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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returnשׁוּבוּshuvu

turn back

To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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of Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham

Abraham

Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.

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Isaacיִצְחָקyitschak

Isaac

Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).

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those who escapedפְּלֵיטָהpeleta

survivors

The small group that survives a defeat or a disaster.

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who are leftנִּשְׁאֶרֶתnisheret

remain

To remain, what is left.

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from the handכַּףkaf

palm

The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.

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of Assyriaאַשּׁוּרashur

Assyria, Asshur

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Places in this verse

Assyria
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Assyria

    Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)

    An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.

    Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).

    2 Kings 17:6Isaiah 10:5Hosea 11:52 Chronicles 33:11

The context

5They established a word: to send a proclamation through all Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, to come to celebrate the Passover to YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, in Jerusalem; for they had not celebrated it in great numbers as it is written.

6 · This verse (above)

7Do not be like your fathers and like your brothers, who were unfaithful to YHWH, the Elohim of their fathers, so that he gave them over to horror, as you see.

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