2 Chronicles 30:12

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Also on Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of Yahweh.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Also on Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of Yahweh.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    Also on Judah was the hand of God to give them one heart to do the command of the king and the chiefs by the word of Yahweh.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Also on Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of Yahweh.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    Also upon Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of Jehovah.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    Also in Judah was the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of the LORD.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And the hand of God was in Iudah, so that he gaue them one heart to doe the commandement of the King, and of the rulers, according to the worde of the Lord.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    Nevertheless some men of Aser, and of Manasses, and of Zabulon, yielding to the counsel, came to Jerusalem.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    Also, in Judah hath the hand of God been to give to them one heart to do the command of the king and of the heads, in the matter of Jehovah;
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    Also, in Judah the hand of God has been to give one heart to them to do the command of the king and of the heads in the matter of YHWH;
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    The hand of God also came on Judah, to give them one heart, to carry out the command of the king and leaders by the word of Yahweh.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    Also on Judah was the hand of God to give them one heart to do the command of the king and the chiefs by the word of Yahweh.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    The hand of God was also upon Judah to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of Jehovah.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    Also the hand of God came on Judah to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the LORD’s word.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    At this time the power of God was helping the people in Judah to all have the same desire to follow the orders of the king and his officials, as indicated by the word of the Lord.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And in Judah the power of God gave them one heart to do the orders of the king and the captains, which were taken as the word of the Lord.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    Also in Judah was the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of the LORD.

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מִצְוַ֥ת
mitsvâh
H4687
“commandment of”
Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct
Part of Speech
Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Feminine
Number
Singular
State
Construct
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H6680

TWOT: 1887b

commandment - commandment (of man) - the commandment (of God) - commandment (of code of wisdom)
  1. גַּ֣ם gam H1571 “also” Particle, Accusative
  2. בִּיהוּדָ֗ה Yᵉhûwdâh H3063 “in/at · Judah” Preposition + Noun, Proper
  3. הָֽיְתָה֙ hâyâh H1961 “to be” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular
  4. יַ֣ד yâd H3027 “hand of” Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct
  5. הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים ʼĕlôhîym H430 “the · God(s)” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  6. לָתֵ֥ת nâthan H5414 “to give” Preposition + Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct
  7. לֵ֣ב lêb H3820 “heart” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  8. אֶחָ֑ד ʼechâd H259 “one” Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  9. לַעֲשׂ֞וֹת ʻâsâh H6213 “to do” Preposition + Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct
  10. הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ melek H4428 “the · king” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  11. וְהַשָּׂרִ֖ים sar H8269 “and · the · princes” Conjunction + Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  12. בִּדְבַ֥ר dâbâr H1697 “in/at · word of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  13. יְהוָֽה Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “LORD” Noun, Proper

About this verse

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15
words
14
distinct lemmas
Historical
section

Grammatical profile

  • 3 verbs
  • 9 nouns
  • 1 adjective
  • 1 preposition
  • 1 particle

Verb forms

  • הָֽיְתָה֙ Qal · Perfect
  • לָתֵ֥ת Qal · Infinitive Construct
  • לַעֲשׂ֞וֹת Qal · Infinitive Construct

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 29 words from the Hebrew and 34 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 15 Hebrew tokens and 24 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to 2 Chronicles 30:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Jeremiah 32:39 and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
  • Jeremiah 24:7 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Yahweh: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return to me with their whole heart.
  • Philippians 2:13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
  • Psalms 110:3 Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
  • Deuteronomy 4:5–6 Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Yahweh my God commanded me, that you should do so in the midst of the land where you go in to possess it.
  • 2 Chronicles 29:25 He set the Levites in the house of Yahweh with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Yahweh by his prophets.
  • 2 Chronicles 29:36 Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
  • Ezekiel 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14 But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;
  • Deuteronomy 4:2 You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you.
  • 1 Chronicles 29:18–19 Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and prepare their heart to you;
  • Ezra 7:27 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem;
  • Acts 4:19 But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:2 For you know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 2 Chronicles 30:12 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

גַּ֣ם בִּיהוּדָ֗ה הָֽיְתָה֙ יַ֣ד הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים לָתֵ֥ת לָהֶ֖ם לֵ֣ב אֶחָ֑ד לַעֲשׂ֞וֹת מִצְוַ֥ת הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ וְהַשָּׂרִ֖ים בִּדְבַ֥ר יְהוָֽה

Also on Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of Yahweh.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 2 Chronicles 30:12 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ἐν ἰουδά γίγνομαι χείρ κύριος δίδωμι αὐτός καρδία εἷς ἔρχομαι ὁ ποιέω κατά ὁ πρόσταγμα ὁ βασιλεύς καί ὁ ἄρχων ἐν λόγος κύριος

And the hand of the Lord was present to give them one heart to come, to do according to the commands of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

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Commentary

Notes on 2 Chronicles 30:12 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

2Ch 30:12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.

Ver. 12. Also in Judah the hand of God,] i.e., The grace of God; whose alone it is to work the heart to good, and to give "repentance unto life." His grace is irresistible.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

He showeth the cause why some obey and some mock at God’s calling, to wit, because his Spirit is with the one sort, and moveth their heart, and the others are left to themselves.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(12) Also in Judah . . . was.—Rather, Moreover upon Judah was the hand of God: a phrase here used of a Divine influence for good. (Comp. Ezr_8:22.) Elsewhere the phrase has the sense of judicial visitation; e.g., Exo_9:3.

The commandment . . . by the word of the Lord.—Comp. the like phrase, 2Ch_29:15. The royal command was inspired by the word of the Lord through a prophet.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

12. Also in Judah the hand of God was] R.V. Also in Judah was the hand of God, i.e. the mighty working of God which brought some penitents from far parts of Israel manifested itself in Judah also.

the commandment of the king … by the word of the Lord] The king’s command was according to God’s command in the Law.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And there assembled at Jerusalem much people,.... Out of the several tribes:

to keep the feast of unleavened bread: the passover, which was eaten with unleavened bread:

in the second month: the month Ijar:

a very great congregation; such as had not been seen on such an occasion for many years.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Hand; grace (M.) and power, to endure such unanimity.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

i.e. God by the power of his grace inclined their hearts to a unanimous compliance with God’s and the king’s will. And this is mentioned as the reason of this wonderful change wrought in these men, who had lately been utterly averse from God’s worship, and wholly given up to idolatry; as was noted before on 2Ch 29:36.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The hand of God - God by the power of his grace inclined their hearts to an unanimous compliance with God's and the king's will. And this is mentioned as the reason of this wonderful change wrought in these men, who had lately been given up to idolatry.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

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2 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 15 words (14 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is mitsvâh (“commandment”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. The word mitsvâh carries the sense “commandment.” How does it shape the verse?
  2. Jeremiah 32:39 shares this passage’s theme. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
  4. The verb «הָֽיְתָה֙» is Qal Perfect. How does its form color the action?
  5. Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Geneva Bible (1599) read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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