30:1 Hezekiah sent messages throughout Israel and Judah; he even wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, summoning them to come to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem 4 and observe a Passover celebration for the Lord God of Israel.
1 tn Heb “prepared.”
2 tn Heb “the people.” The pronoun “they” has been used here for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.
3 tn Heb “for quickly was the matter.”
4 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.