2 Chronicles 30:5-6

30:5 So they sent an edict 1  throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people 2  to come and observe a Passover for the Lord God of Israel in Jerusalem, for they had not observed it on a nationwide scale as prescribed in the law. 3  30:6 Messengers 4  delivered the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah.

This royal edict read: 5  “O Israelites, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return 6  to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria. 7 

1 tn Heb “and they caused to stand a word to cause a voice to pass through.”

2 tn The words “summoning the people” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

3 tn Heb “because not for abundance had they done as written.”

4 tn Heb “the runners.”

5 tn Heb “and according to the command of the king, saying.”

6 tn The jussive with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

7 tn Heb “to the survivors who are left to you from the palm of the kings of Assyria.”