2 Chronicles 30:10

“So the posts passed from city to city, through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun, etc.] Through all the ten tribes, not being hindered or forbid by Hoshea king of Israel, who was one of the best of their kings, and was very willing his people should go and worship at Jerusalem if they thought fit; so that they had no excuse to make, as before, that they were forbid by their king going thither; and which it is very probable Hezekiah knew, and therefore took the freedom to send posts throughout his kingdom: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them; the messengers that brought the letters, the contents of which they despised, and paid no regard to; this was the…”

“the posts passed from city to city--It is not surprising that after so long a discontinuance of the sacred festival, this attempt to revive it should, in some quarters, have excited ridicule and opposition. Accordingly, among the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Zebulun, Hezekiah's messengers met with open insults and ill usage. Many, however, in these very districts, as well as throughout the kingdom of the ten tribes, generally complied with the invitation; while, in the kingdom of Judah, there was one unanimous feeling of high expectation and pious delight. The concourse that repaired to Jerusalem on the occasion was very great, and the occasion was ever after regarded as one of the…”

“Ephraim and Manasseh are mentioned as the two tribes nearest to Judah, Zebulun as one of the furthest off. return to 'Top of Page'”

“They - The generality of the ten tribes; who by long want of meat had now lost their appetite to God's ordinances, for which they paid dear. For about six years after their refusal of this offer of grace they were all carried away captive, Kg2 18:1, Kg2 18:10. 2 Chronicles 30:12”

“the posts: Ch2 30:6; Est 3:13, Est 3:15, Est 8:10, Est 8:14; Job 9:25 they laughed: Ch2 36:16; Gen 19:14; Neh 2:19; Job 12:4; Luk 8:53, Luk 16:14, Luk 22:63, Luk 22:64, Luk 23:35; Act 17:32; Heb 11:36 2 Chronicles 30:11”

“The couriers went about from city to city in the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun; but the people laughed to scorn and mocked at the summons to return, and the invitation to the passover festival. The words "from city to city" are not inconsistent with the view that the kingdom of Israel had already been ruined. The Assyrians had not blotted out all the cities from the face of the land, nor carried away every one of the inhabitants to the last man, but had been satisfied with the capture of the fortresses and their partial or complete demolition, and carried only the flower of the inhabitants away. No doubt also many had saved themselves from deportation by flight to…”