2 Tawarikh 30:25
Konteks30:25 The celebration included 1 the entire assembly of Judah, the priests, the Levites, the entire assembly of those who came from Israel, the resident foreigners who came from the land of Israel, and the residents of Judah.
2 Tawarikh 36:21
Konteks36:21 This took place to fulfill the Lord’s message delivered through Jeremiah. 2 The land experienced 3 its sabbatical years; 4 it remained desolate for seventy years, 5 as prophesied. 6
[30:25] 1 tn Heb “they rejoiced.”
[36:21] 2 tn Heb “to fulfill the word of the
[36:21] 4 sn According to Lev 25:4, the land was to remain uncultivated every seventh year. Lev 26:33-35 warns that the land would experience a succession of such sabbatical rests if the people disobeyed God, for he would send them away into exile.
[36:21] 5 sn Concerning the seventy years see Jer 25:11.
[36:21] 6 tn Heb “all the days of the desolation it rested to fulfill the seventy years.”
[36:21] sn Cyrus’ edict (see vv. 22-23) occurred about fifty years after the fall of Jerusalem in 586