King James Version
2 Chronicles 30:20 in the King James Version says “And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.” — study this verse from 2 Chronicles chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.”
2 Chronicles 30:20 · KJV
For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one
That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD. present: Heb. found loud: Heb. instruments of strength
And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers. comfortably: Heb. to the heart of all
KJV Study — Public Domain
“hearkened”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
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