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the Week of Proper 13 / Ordinary 18
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Good News Translation

2 Chronicles 30:20

The Lord answered Hezekiah's prayer; he forgave the people and did not harm them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Form;   Israel;   Month;   Thompson Chain Reference - Awakenings and Religious Reforms;   Awakenings, Religious;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Feast of the Passover, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Passover;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hezekiah;   Passover;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Passover (I.);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hezekiah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Sama'ria, Country of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Heal;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sacrifice;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the Lord heard Hezekiah and healed the people.
Hebrew Names Version
The LORD listened to Hizkiyahu, and healed the people.
King James Version
And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
English Standard Version
And the Lord heard Hezekiah and healed the people.
New Century Version
The Lord listened to Hezekiah's prayer, and he healed the people.
New English Translation
The Lord responded favorably to Hezekiah and forgave the people.
Amplified Bible
So the LORD listened to Hezekiah and healed the people [of their uncleanness].
New American Standard Bible
So the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.
World English Bible
Yahweh listened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord heard Hezekiah, and healed the people.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Yahweh heard Hezekiah and healed the people.
Berean Standard Bible
And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord answered Hezekiah's prayer and did not punish them.
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai heard Hizkiyahu and healed the people.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord listened to King Hezekiah's prayer and forgave the people.
George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Hezekiah, and healed the people.
Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh listened to Hezekiah, and he healed the people.
Literal Translation
And Jehovah listened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE herde Ezechias, and healed the people.
American Standard Version
And Jehovah hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord gave ear to Hezekiah, and made the people well.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde heard Hezekia, and healed the people.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord hearkened to Ezekias, and healed the people.
English Revised Version
And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord herde hym, and was plesid to the puple.
Update Bible Version
And Yahweh listened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
New King James Version
And the LORD listened to Hezekiah and healed the people.
New Living Translation
And the Lord listened to Hezekiah's prayer and healed the people.
New Life Bible
And the Lord heard Hezekiah, and healed the people.
New Revised Standard
The Lord heard Hezekiah, and healed the people.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh hearkened unto Hezekiah, and healed the people.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord heard him, and was merciful to the people.
Revised Standard Version
And the LORD heard Hezeki'ah, and healed the people.
Young's Literal Translation
and Jehovah hearkeneth unto Hezekiah, and healeth the people.
THE MESSAGE
God responded to Hezekiah's prayer and healed the people.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.

Contextual Overview

13 A great number of people gathered in Jerusalem in the second month to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. 14 They took all the altars that had been used in Jerusalem for offering sacrifices and burning incense and threw them into Kidron Valley. 15 And on the fourteenth day of the month they killed the lambs for the Passover sacrifice. The priests and Levites who were not ritually clean became so ashamed that they dedicated themselves to the Lord , and now they could sacrifice burnt offerings in the Temple. 16 They took their places in the Temple according to the instructions in the Law of Moses, the man of God. The Levites gave the blood of the sacrifices to the priests, who sprinkled it on the altar. 17 Because many of the people were not ritually clean, they could not kill the Passover lambs, so the Levites did it for them and dedicated the lambs to the Lord . 18 In addition, many of those who had come from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun had not performed the ritual of purification, and so they were observing Passover improperly. King Hezekiah offered this prayer for them: 19 "O Lord , the God of our ancestors, in your goodness forgive those who are worshiping you with all their heart, even though they are not ritually clean." 20 The Lord answered Hezekiah's prayer; he forgave the people and did not harm them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

healed: Exodus 15:26, Psalms 103:3, James 5:15, James 5:16

Reciprocal: Isaiah 33:24 - the inhabitant

Cross-References

Genesis 29:34
Once again she became pregnant and gave birth to another son. She said, "Now my husband will be bound more tightly to me, because I have borne him three sons"; so she named him Levi.
Genesis 30:15
Leah answered, "Isn't it enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you are even trying to take away my son's mandrakes." Rachel said, "If you will give me your son's mandrakes, you can sleep with Jacob tonight."
Genesis 35:23
The sons of Leah were Reuben (Jacob's oldest son), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
Genesis 46:14
Zebulun and his sons: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
Genesis 49:13
"Zebulun will live beside the sea. His shore will be a haven for ships. His territory will reach as far as Sidon.
Judges 4:10
Barak called the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and ten thousand men followed him. Deborah went with him.
Judges 5:14
They came from Ephraim into the valley, behind the tribe of Benjamin and its people. The commanders came down from Machir, the officers down from Zebulun.
Psalms 68:27
First comes Benjamin, the smallest tribe, then the leaders of Judah with their group, followed by the leaders of Zebulun and Naphtali.
Matthew 4:13
He did not stay in Nazareth, but went to live in Capernaum, a town by Lake Galilee, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah,.... Heard his prayer, and accepted of it, and granted what he desired:

and healed his people; that is, forgave their sins, as Kimchi interprets it; forgiveness being expressed by healing, for which he refers to Psalms 41:4 to which may be added Psalms 103:3 and which was known either by a prophet sent to declare it, or by not punishing them for their offence.


 
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