Discovery Box2 Chronicles 30:1 
Context30:1 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 1 and observe a Passover celebration for the Lord God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 30:6
Context30:6 Messengers 2 delivered the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah.
This royal edict read: 3 “O Israelites, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return 4 to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria. 5
2 Chronicles 30:10
Context30:10 The messengers journeyed from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but people mocked and ridiculed them. 6
1 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
2 tn Heb “the runners.”
3 tn Heb “and according to the command of the king, saying.”
4 tn The jussive with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
5 tn Heb “to the survivors who are left to you from the palm of the kings of Assyria.”
6 tn Heb “and they were mocking them and ridiculing them.”
