2 Chronicles 30:10So the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun: but they ridiculed them, and mocked them.
The setting
Northern Israel, 715 BC. Royal messengers travel through war-torn villages in modern-day Palestine, calling scattered tribes to Jerusalem for Passover after generations of separation...
The emotion here: chronicling the painful reality of national division
The original word
laʿag (לָעַג) — to scorn with open contempt, public ridicule that shames the messenger
Why it matters
These northern tribes hadn't celebrated Passover in Jerusalem for over 200 years since the kingdom split
Read with care
What most readers miss in 2 Chronicles 30:10
The couriers were risking their lives — the northern kingdom was actively hostile to Jerusalem
Common misconceptionPeople think this was just religious resistance, but it was political — accepting Hezekiah's invitation meant acknowledging Judah's legitimacy over the north.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
2 Chronicles 30:10 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
2 Chronicles 30:10 comes from the book of 2 Chronicles, written during the Divided Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is grieving, with a comfort power of 20% and a tone that is lamenting. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include rejection, hardness. Notable phrases: ridiculed them; mocked them.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same grieving
“By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you…”
— Genesis 3:19
“Jesus wept.”
— John 11:35
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?”
— Psalms 22:1
“They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.”
— Psalms 22:18
“for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;”
— Romans 3:23
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