2 Chronicles 30 · Verse 20

2 Chronicles 30:20

And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
2 Chronicles 30:20, King James Version

2 Chronicles 30:20 in other translations

BSBAnd the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.
WEBThe LORD listened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
ASVAnd Jehovah hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
YLTand Jehovah hearkeneth unto Hezekiah, and healeth the people.
DARBYAnd Jehovah hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
BBEAnd the Lord gave ear to Hezekiah, and made the people well.
WebsterAnd the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.

What does 2 Chronicles 30:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
20. the Lord ... healed the people--We imagine the whole affair to have been the following: In consequence of their transgressions they had cause to fear disease and even death (Le 15:31). Hezekiah prayed for the nation, which was on the point of being diseased, and might therefore be regarded as sick already [Bertheau].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 30:13-20

The great thing needful in attendance upon God in solemn ordinances, is, that we make heart-work of it; all is nothing without this. Where this sincerity and fixedness of heart are, there may yet be many things short of the purification of the sanctuary. These defects need pardoning, healing grace; for omissions in duty are sins, as well as omissions of duty. If God should deal with us in strict justice, even as to…

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2 Chronicles 30:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֤עvai.yish.Ma'and he listenedH8085
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶל\־'el-toH413
יְחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּye.chiz.ki.Ya.huHezekiahH2396
וַיִּרְפָּ֖אvai.yir.Pa'and he healedH7495
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָעָֽם\׃\ \סha.'Amthe peopleH5971

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 30:20

  • Exodus 15:26

    And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.

  • Psalms 103:3

    Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

  • James 5:15-16

    And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
healed.
Ex 15:26; Ps 103:3; Jas 5:15,16

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 30:19

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:20

    And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:21

    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.

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2 Chronicles 30:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y oyó Jehová á Ezechîas, y sanó al pueblo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ Éternel écouta Ézéchias, et guérit le peuple.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jehova erhörte Jehiskia und heilte das Volk.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quem exaudivit Dominus, et placatus est populo.