2Ch 30:6 | NET2full | STEP | Messengers delivered the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah . This royal edict read : “O Israelites , return to the Lord God of Abraham , Isaac , and Israel , so he may return to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria .

‏ 2 Chronicles 30:6

6 Messengers ^{▼▼tn Heb “the runners.”} delivered the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah.

This royal edict read: ^{▼▼tn Heb “and according to the command of the king, saying.”} “O Israelites, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return ^{▼▼tn The jussive with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.} to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria. ^{▼▼tn Heb “to the survivors who are left to you from the palm of the kings of Assyria.”}