Nevertheless some men of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
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- KJV Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
- BSB Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
- NKJV Nevertheless some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
- NASB Nevertheless, some men of Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
- NLT However, some people from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and went to Jerusalem.
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Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem. It matters because a faithful remnant responded even when most refused.
Overview
Against the backdrop of widespread mockery, the Chronicler highlights those who humbled themselves and obeyed. Their humility marks the difference between the scoffers and the saved remnant. This pattern of a believing minority responding to God's call runs through redemptive history and is gathered up in those who humbly receive Christ.
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- 2 Chr 30:18For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover other than the way it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “May the good Yahweh pardon everyone
- 2 Chr 30:21The children of Israel who were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness. The Levites and the priests praised Yahweh day by day, singing with loud instruments to Yahweh.
- 2 Chr 30:25All the assembly of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the assembly who came out of Israel, and the foreigners who came out of the land of Israel, and who lived in Judah, rejoiced.
- 2 Chr 34:27because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place, and against its inhabitants, and have humbled yourself before me, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me, I also have heard you,” says Yahweh.
- 2 Chr 33:19His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places, and set up the Asherah poles and the engraved images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.
- 2 Chr 12:6–7Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, “Yahweh is righteous.”
- 2 Chr 33:23He didn’t humble himself before Yahweh, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.
- 2 Chr 33:12When he was in distress, he begged Yahweh his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
- 2 Chr 11:16After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
- Dan 5:22You, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,
- Luke 18:14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
- Acts 17:34But certain men joined with him, and believed, among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
- Jas 4:10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
- Exod 10:3Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, “This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.
- 1 Pet 5:6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;
- Lev 26:41I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity;
- 2 Chr 12:12When he humbled himself, Yahweh’s wrath turned from him, so as not to destroy him altogether. Moreover, there were good things found in Judah.
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