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2
Chronicles Chapter Twenty-nine
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 29
This
chapter begins with the good reign of Hezekiah
who upon his accession to the
throne opened the doors of the temple
2 Chronicles 29:1
summoned the priests and Levites
and exhorted them to purge the temple
and
restore the worship of it
2 Chronicles 29:4
who accordingly set about the work immediately
and cleansed the temple
and
when they had done
reported it to the king
2 Chronicles 29:12
upon which he
with the princes
went into the temple and offered sacrifices
2 Chronicles 29:20
and ordered singers to sing at the offering of burnt offerings
2 Chronicles 29:25
when he and his people offered burnt offerings and peace offerings in great
abundance
2 Chronicles 29:31.
2 Chronicles
29:1 Hezekiah became
king when he was twenty-five years old
and he reigned twenty-nine years
in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah[a] the
daughter of Zechariah.
YLT
1Hezekiah hath reigned -- a
son of twenty and five years
and twenty and nine years he hath reigned in
Jerusalem
and the name of his mother [is] Abijah daughter of Zechariah;
Verse 1-2
Hezekiah began to reign
.... Of these two verses;
see Gill on 2 Kings 18:2; see
Gill on 2 Kings 18:3.
2 Chronicles
29:2 2 And
he did what was right in the sight of the Lord
according to
all that his father David had done.
YLT
2and he doth that which is
right in the eyes of Jehovah
according to all that David his father did.
2 Chronicles 29:3 3 In the first year of his
reign
in the first month
he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired
them.
YLT
3He
in the first year of
his reign
in the first month
hath opened the doors of the house of Jehovah
and strengtheneth them
He in the first year of his reign
in the first month
.... And
as
appears from 2 Chronicles 29:17
on the first day of the month:
opened the doors of the house of the Lord; which his
father had shut
2 Chronicles 28:24.
and repaired them; or strengthened them
the hinges
and other
parts of them
being loosened and weakened; and ornamented them by overlaying
them with gold
the plates of which very probably his father had taken off;
for
certain it is
Hezekiah overlaid them
and very probably at this time
see
2 Kings 18:16.
2 Chronicles 29:4 4 Then he brought in the
priests and the Levites
and gathered them in the East Square
YLT
4and bringeth in the priests
and the Levites
and gathereth them to the broad place to the east.
And he brought in the priests and Levites
.... The
persons that officiated in the service of the temple:
and gathered them together into the east street; which led to
the eastern gate of the temple.
2 Chronicles 29:5 5 and said to them: “Hear
me
Levites! Now sanctify yourselves
sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers
and carry out the rubbish from the holy place.
YLT
5And he saith to them
`Hear
me
O Levites
now
sanctify yourselves
and sanctify the house of Jehovah
God
of your fathers
and bring out the impurity from the sanctuary
And said unto them
hear me
ye Levites; sanctify yourselves
.... By
washing their bodies and their garments
that no pollution might attend them in
their service
see Isaiah 52:11.
and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers; by carrying
out of it all manner of uncleanness
as they did
2 Chronicles 29:16
and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place; or the
abomination; the altar
like that at Damascus
which Ahaz
removing the altar
of the Lord
had placed in the court of the priests; or
as Kimchi thinks
an
idol
which he had set upon that altar.
2 Chronicles 29:6 6 For our fathers have
trespassed and done evil in the eyes of the Lord our God; they
have forsaken Him
have turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the Lord
and turned their
backs on Him.
YLT
6for our fathers have
trespassed
and done that which is evil in the eyes of Jehovah our God
and
forsake him
and turn round their faces from the tabernacle of Jehovah
and
give the neck.
For our fathers have transgressed
and done that which was evil in
the eyes of the Lord our God
.... Meaning their more immediate ancestors
his father and theirs
who had committed idolatry; which is a great trespass
and than which there is not a greater evil in the sight of God
nor more
provoking to him:
and have forsaken him; his word
worship
and
ordinances:
and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord; the temple
by neglecting that
and the service of it
and attending the high places: and
turned their backs; upon it; though some think this refers to a rite or custom
introduced by Ahaz before he shut up the temple
that instead of looking to the
west
when they worshipped
where was the ark of the Lord
he ordered them to
turn their faces to the east
where his altar stood.
2 Chronicles 29:7 7 They
have also shut up the doors of the vestibule
put out the lamps
and have not
burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God
of Israel.
YLT
7`Also -- they have shut the
doors of the porch
and quench the lamps
and perfume they have not made
and
burnt-offering have not caused to ascend in the sanctuary to the God of Israel
Also they have shut up the doors of the porch
.... So that
there was no entering into the temple
2 Chronicles 28:24.
and put out the lamps; for the priests not
being able to go in morning and evening to light them
and dress them
they in
course went out; the Jews sayF14Schulchan Aruch
par. 1. c. 580.
sect. 2.
that on the eighteenth of Ab
which answers to part of July and
August
the western lamp was extinct in the days of Ahaz
for which a fast was
kept on that day:
and have not burnt incense
nor offered burnt offerings in the
holy place unto the God of Israel; but had done these in
the high places to idols
2 Chronicles 28:3.
2 Chronicles 29:8 8 Therefore the wrath of the
Lord fell upon
Judah and Jerusalem
and He has given them up to trouble
to desolation
and to
jeering
as you see with your eyes.
YLT
8and the wrath of Jehovah is
on Judah and Jerusalem
and He giveth them for a trembling
for an
astonishment
and for a hissing
as ye are seeing with your eyes.
Wherefore the wrath of the Lord was upon. Judah and Jerusalem
.... As
appeared
by suffering the Syrians
and Israelites
and Edomites
and
Philistines
to come upon them
and distress them
as the history of the
preceding chapter shows:
and he hath delivered them to trouble
to astonishment
and to
hissing
as ye see with your eyes; such desolation and
destruction were made among them
as not only threw them into a stupor
that
they knew not what to do
but were amazing to all their neighbours
and caused
them to hiss at them
which they could not but be sensible of.
2 Chronicles 29:9 9 For indeed
because of
this our fathers have fallen by the sword; and our sons
our daughters
and our
wives are in captivity.
YLT
9And lo
fallen have our
fathers by the sword
and our sons
and our daughters
and our wives [are] in
captivity for this.
For
lo
our fathers have fallen by the sword
.... Of the
kings of Syria and Israel
even great numbers of them
2 Chronicles 28:5.
and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for
this; for this idolatry; or they were
though afterwards dismissed
2 Chronicles 28:8
and some of them were still in captivity
perhaps such as were carried captive
by the Edomites
2 Chronicles 28:17.
2 Chronicles 29:10 10 “Now it is in my
heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel
that His
fierce wrath may turn away from us.
YLT
10`Now -- with my heart -- to
make a covenant before Jehovah
God of Israel
and the fierceness of His anger
doth turn back from us.
Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of
Israel
.... To renew one
as Asa and Jehoiada had done
promising to
serve the Lord
and worship him according to his will:
that his fierce wrath might be turned from us; under the
tokens of which they still continued
and might expect it to break forth in
other instances
unless a reformation was made.
2 Chronicles 29:11 11 My sons
do not be
negligent now
for the Lord
has chosen you to stand before Him
to serve Him
and that you should minister
to Him and burn incense.”
YLT
11My sons
be not now at
rest
for on you hath Jehovah fixed to stand before Him
to serve Him
and to
be to Him ministering and making perfume.'
My sons
.... So
as the father of his people
he speaks of them in the
most tender and affectionate manner:
be not now negligent; backward to this good
work
slothful
sluggish
and remiss in it; according to Jarchi and Kimchi
the
word has the signification of error
and the sense may be
do not continue in
the error in which you have been
in neglecting the service of God:
for the Lord hath chosen you to stand before him
to serve him
and that ye should minister unto him
and burn incense; on the altar
of incense
which was the work of the priests
and for which they were selected
from the rest of their brethren; and Hezekiah's discourse was directed to them
as well as to the Levites
2 Chronicles 29:4.
2 Chronicles 29:12 12 Then these Levites arose:
Mahath the son of Amasai and Joel the son of Azariah
of the sons of the
Kohathites; of the sons of Merari
Kish the son of Abdi and Azariah the son of
Jehallelel; of the Gershonites
Joah the son of Zimmah and Eden the son of
Joah;
YLT
12And the Levites rise --
Mahath son of Amasai
and Joel son of Azariah
of the sons of the Kohathite;
and of the sons of Merari: Kish son of Abdi
and Azariah son of Jehalelel; and
of the Gershonite: Joah son of Zimmah
and Eden son of Joah;
Verses 12-14
Then the Levites arose
.... Whose names are
mentioned; of the Kohathites two
Mahath the son of Amashai
and Joel the son
of Azariah; of the Merarites two
Kish the son of Abdi
and Azariah the son of
Jehalelel; of the Gershonites two
Joah the son of Zimmah
and Eden the son of
Joah; and of the family of Elizaphan
a Kohathite
two
Shimri and Jehiel; and
of the family of Asaph
one of the chief singers in the times of David
two
Zechariah and Mattaniah; and of the family of Heman
another principal singer
in the same times
two
Jehiel and Shimei; and of the family of Jeduthun
the
third principal singer
the same with Ethan
two
Shemaiah and Uzziel
in all
fourteen.
2 Chronicles 29:13 13 of the sons of Elizaphan
Shimri and Jeiel; of the sons of Asaph
Zechariah and Mattaniah;
YLT
13and of the sons of
Elizaphan: Shimri
and Jeiel; and of the sons of Asaph: Zechariah and
Mattaniah;
2 Chronicles 29:14 14 of the sons of Heman
Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun
Shemaiah and Uzziel.
YLT
14and of the sons of Heman:
Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun: Shemaiah and Uzziel –
2 Chronicles 29:15 15 And they gathered their
brethren
sanctified themselves
and went according to the commandment of the
king
at the words of the Lord
to cleanse the house of
the Lord.
YLT
15and they gather their
brethren
and sanctify themselves
and come in
according to the command of the
king in the matters of Jehovah
to cleanse the house of Jehovah
And they gathered their brethren
and sanctified themselves
.... As they
were bid
see 2 Chronicles 29:5
and came
according to the commandment of the king
by the word of
the Lord
to cleanse the house of the Lord; for this
which the king
commanded
was by the Lord
and they came to do this work
in obedience to
both.
2 Chronicles 29:16 16 Then the priests went into
the inner part of the house of the Lord to cleanse it
and
brought out all the debris that they found in the temple of the Lord to the court
of the house of the Lord.
And the Levites took it out and carried it to the Brook Kidron.
YLT
16and the priests come in to
the inner part of the house of Jehovah to cleanse [it]
and bring out all the
uncleanness that they have found in the temple of Jehovah to the court of the
house of Jehovah
and the Levites receive [it]
to take [it] out to the brook
Kidron without.
And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord
to cleanse it
.... Into the holy place
where the candlesticks and shewbread
tables stood
into which none but priests might enter
but not into the most
holy place
the innermost of all; for none but the high priest might go into
that
and only on the day of atonement; though in case of necessity
as for
repairs
others might go into it
and so perhaps now to cleanse it
if any
pollution was there:
and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple
of the Lord into the court of the house of the Lord; into the
court of the priests
where the Levites might be
and were:
and the Levites took it
to carry it out abroad into the brook
Kidron; which ran through the valley of the son of Hinnom
into which
all unclean things
and the filth of the temple and sacrifices
were usually
carried and cast
see 2 Kings 18:12.
2 Chronicles 29:17 17 Now they began to sanctify
on the first day of the first month
and on the eighth day of the month
they came to the vestibule of the Lord. So they sanctified the
house of the Lord
in eight days
and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.
YLT
17And they begin on the first
of the first month to sanctify
and on the eighth day of the month they have
come to the porch of Jehovah
and they sanctify the house of Jehovah in eight
days
and on the sixteenth day of the first month they have finished.
Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify
.... Either of
the reign of King Hezekiah
or rather of the year; the month Ab or Nisan
as
the Targum expresses it:
and on the eighth of the month came they to the porch of the Lord; they seem to have
begun cleansing the inner part of the temple first
and so came forward until
they came to the porch which led into it:
so they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days; the holy
place
and it may be the most holy place
and the court of the priests:
and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end; it took them
eight days more to cleanse the outward porch
and the buildings and chambers
belonging to the temple; according to Jarchi
it required so much time
because
Ahaz had framed pictures of idols upon the walls of the temple
which could not
be defaced sooner.
2 Chronicles 29:18 18 Then they went in to King
Hezekiah and said
“We have cleansed all the house of the Lord
the altar of
burnt offerings with all its articles
and the table of the showbread with all
its articles.
YLT
18And they come in within
unto Hezekiah the king
and say
`We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah
and the altar of the burnt-offering
and all its vessels
and the table of the
arrangement
and all its vessels
Then they went in to Hezekiah the king
.... In his
palace:
and said
we have cleansed all the house of the Lord; the several
parts of it
and apartments belonging to it:
and the altar of burnt offering
with all the vessels thereof; which they
cleansed and scoured
and put in their proper place
and which Ahaz had
removed:
and the shewbread table
with all the vessels thereof; which had
lain neglected and profaned
but were now put in order.
2 Chronicles 29:19 19 Moreover all the articles
which King Ahaz in his reign had cast aside in his transgression we have
prepared and sanctified; and there they are
before the altar of the Lord.”
YLT
19and all the vessels that
king Ahaz cast away in his reign -- in his trespass -- we have prepared and
sanctified
and lo
they [are] before the altar of Jehovah.'
Moreover
all the vessels which King Ahaz in his reign did cast
away in his transgression
.... Not that he threw them away
being
valuable
as made of gold and silver; but
as Kimchi interprets it
he removed
them
and converted them to idolatrous uses; or
as the Targum
he defiled or
profaned them
and made them abominable by strange idols:
have we prepared and sanctified
and
behold
they are before the
altar of the Lord; they had cleaned them
and fitted them for service
and had put
them where they were ready for use; though the Targum is
"we have laid
them aside
and hid them
and prepared others in their room
'as unfit for
divine service; and which is the sense of other Jewish writersF15T.
Bab. Avodah Zarah
fol. 54. 2. .
2 Chronicles 29:20 20 Then King Hezekiah rose
early
gathered the rulers of the city
and went up to the house of the Lord.
YLT
20And Hezekiah the king
riseth early
and gathereth the heads of the city
and goeth up to the house of
Jehovah;
Then Hezekiah the king rose early
.... Took the first
opportunity to attend the worship of God
and set an example to his people:
and gathered the rulers of the city; the elders of the
people
the chief magistrates in Jerusalem:
and went up to the house of the Lord; the temple
to worship there.
2 Chronicles 29:21 21 And they brought seven
bulls
seven rams
seven lambs
and seven male goats for a sin offering for the
kingdom
for the sanctuary
and for Judah. Then he commanded the priests
the
sons of Aaron
to offer them on the altar of the Lord.
YLT
21and they bring in seven
bullocks
and seven rams
and seven lambs
and seven young he-goats
for a
sin-offering for the kingdom
and for the sanctuary
and for Judah; and he
saith to sons of Aaron
the priests
to cause [them] to ascend on the altar of
Jehovah.
And they brought seven bullocks
and seven rams
and seven lambs
and seven he goats
for a sin offering for the kingdom
and for the sanctuary
and for Judah
.... To make atonement in a typical way
having respect to the
sacrifice of the Messiah
for the sins of the king
his family and court
among
whom idolatry had prevailed in the times of his father; and for the cleansing
of the temple
which had been polluted by the idolatries of Ahaz; and for the
expiation of the whole land; seven of each sort are ordered
though only one
goat was required for a sin offering by the law
because of the multitude of
transgressions that had been committed
and because of the length of time in
which sacrifices had been neglected:
and he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on
the altar of the Lord: the altar of burnt offerings
whose business it was to do it.
2 Chronicles 29:22 22 So they killed the bulls
and the priests received the blood and sprinkled it on the altar.
Likewise they killed the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar. They also
killed the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar.
YLT
22And they slaughter the
oxen
and the priests receive the blood
and sprinkle on the altar; and they
slaughter the rams
and sprinkle the blood on the altar; and they slaughter the
lambs
and sprinkle the blood on the altar;
So they killed the bullocks
.... The seven bullocks
that is
the priests killed them:
and the priests received the blood; into basins provided for
that purpose:
and sprinkled it on the altar; according to the law of
Moses
Leviticus 1:5 and so
they did with the rams and lambs.
2 Chronicles 29:23 23 Then they brought out the
male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly
and
they laid their hands on them.
YLT
23and they bring nigh the
he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the assembly
and they lay
their hands upon them;
And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before
the king and the congregation
.... Which were to make atonement for the
sins of both:
and they laid their hands on them; signifying thereby that
they were vicarious sacrifices to be offered up in their own room and stead
and that they deserved to die
as these creatures would: transferring as it
were hereby their sins unto them
for which they were to be sacrificed
and to
make atonement
as an emblem of the imputation of the sins of the Lord's people
to Christ
sacrificed in their stead.
2 Chronicles 29:24 24 And the priests killed
them; and they presented their blood on the altar as a sin offering to make an
atonement for all Israel
for the king commanded that the burnt offering
and the sin offering be made for all Israel.
YLT
24and the priests slaughter
them
and make a sin-offering with their blood on the altar
to make atonement
for all Israel
for `For all Israel
' said the king
`[is] the burnt-offering
and the sin-offering.'
And the priests killed them
.... The seven he goats;
for of the killing of the bullocks
rams
and lambs
mention is made before
2 Chronicles 29:2.
and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar
to
make atonement for all Israel; typical of the reconciliation and atonement
made for the whole spiritual Israel of God by the sacrifice of Christ:
for the king commanded that the burnt offering
and the sin
offering
should be made
for all Israel; not only for the tribes of Judah and
Benjamin
and for as many of the rest of the tribes as were come over to them
and dwelt among them; but even for the ten tribes also
sadly guilty of
idolatry
and for whose reformation and good this pious prince was concerned
see 2 Chronicles 30:1.
2 Chronicles 29:25 25 And he stationed the
Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals
with
stringed instruments
and with harps
according to the commandment of David
of
Gad the king’s seer
and of Nathan the prophet; for thus was the
commandment of the Lord
by His prophets.
YLT
25And he appointeth the
Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals
with psalteries
and with harps
by the command of David
and of Gad
seer of the king
and of Nathan the
prophet
for by the hand of Jehovah [is] the command
by the hand of His
prophets;
And he set the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals
with
psalteries
and with harps
.... To play upon
which were the three
principal instruments of music used in religious worship
and what had been
disused in the times of Ahaz:
according to the commandment of David
and of Gad the king's seer
and Nathan the prophet; this sort of music was not commanded by the law of Moses
but
was directed to by David under a divine influence
and was approved of by the
prophets of the Lord here mentioned:
for so was the commandment of the Lord by his prophets; the Targum
is
"for by the Word of the Lord was the commandment by the hand of the
prophets.'
2 Chronicles 29:26 26 The Levites stood with the
instruments of David
and the priests with the trumpets.
YLT
26and the Levites stand with
the instruments of David
and the priests with the trumpets.
And the Levites stood with the instruments of David
.... Which
were invented
directed
and ordered to be used by him
and are the same as in
the preceding verse:
and the priests with the trumpets; which were made by the
direction of Moses
according to the order of God
Numbers 10:2.
2 Chronicles 29:27 27 Then Hezekiah commanded them
to offer the burnt offering on the altar. And when the burnt offering began
the song of the Lord
also began
with the trumpets and with the instruments of David king of
Israel.
YLT
27And Hezekiah saith to cause
the burnt-offering to ascend on the altar; and at the time the burnt-offering
began -- began the song of Jehovah
and the trumpets
even by the hands of the
instruments of David king of Israel.
And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar
.... Which was
wholly devoted to the Lord
and was an acknowledgment of his sovereignty over
them
and of his goodness to them:
and when the burnt offering began
the song of the Lord began also
with trumpets
and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel; and this was
done at the time of the pouring out of the drink offering
which always
attended the burnt offering; for this is a rule with the Jews
that they do not
say the song but over the drink offeringF15T. Bab. Eracin
fol. 12.
1. .
2 Chronicles 29:28 28 So all the assembly
worshiped
the singers sang
and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued
until the burnt offering was finished.
YLT
28And all the assembly are
doing obeisance
and the singers singing
and the trumpeters blowing; the whole
[is] till the completion of the burnt-offering.
And all the congregation worshipped
.... Bowed their heads as
a token of divine adoration:
and the singers sang; both with vocal and
instrumental music
who were the Levites:
and the trumpeters sounded; their silver trumpets;
these were the priests: and all this continued
until the burnt offering was finished; with all
appertaining to it
the meat and drink offerings.
2 Chronicles 29:29 29 And when they had finished
offering
the king and all who were present with him bowed and worshiped.
YLT
29And at the completion of
the offering up bowed have the king and all those found with him
and do
obeisance.
And when they had made an end of offering
.... Both the
sin offering and the burnt offering:
the king and all that were with him bowed themselves and
worshipped; towards the place where the ark was
giving thanks for the
purging of the temple
and restoring the worship of it.
2 Chronicles 29:30 30 Moreover King Hezekiah and
the leaders commanded the Levites to sing praise to the Lord with the words
of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness
and they
bowed their heads and worshiped.
YLT
30And Hezekiah the king
saith
and the princes
to the Levites to give praise to Jehovah in the words
of David
and of Asaph the seer
and they praise -- unto joy
and they bow
and
do obeisance.
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites
to sing praise unto the Lord
with the words of David
and of Asaph the seer
.... Making
use of psalms composed by the one and the other; Jarchi takes it to be the one
hundred and fifth psalm
which begins
"O give thanks unto the Lord
call
upon his name"; as in 1 Chronicles 16:7.
and they sang praises with gladness; the king and all the
people:
and they bowed their heads and worshipped; made another
adoration of the Divine Being
as deeply impressed with a sense of his
greatness and goodness.
2 Chronicles 29:31 31 Then Hezekiah answered and
said
“Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the Lord
come near
and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the Lord.” So the
assembly brought in sacrifices and thank offerings
and as many as were of a
willing heart brought burnt offerings.
31And Hezekiah answereth and
saith
`Now ye have filled your hand to Jehovah
come nigh
and bring in
sacrifices and thank-offerings to the house of Jehovah;' and the assembly bring
in sacrifices and thank-offerings
and every willing-hearted one --
burnt-offerings.
Then Hezekiah answered and said
.... Or proceeded to say
as follows:
now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the Lord; having
entered anew on the performance of their office
filling their hands with
sacrifices
as the words signify:
come near
and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house
of the Lord; which the people were to put into their hands to offer for them:
and the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; peace
offerings
part of which the offerers had to feast on with their friends so
expressing their joy and thankfulness on this occasion:
and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings; of which they
had no share
but were wholly the Lord's; and which was a greater proof of
their liberality
and so of their sincere and cordial thankfulness.
2 Chronicles 29:32 32 And the number of the
burnt offerings which the assembly brought was seventy bulls
one hundred rams
and two hundred lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the
Lord.
YLT
32And the number of the
burnt-offerings that the assembly have brought in
is seventy oxen
a hundred
rams
lambs two hundred; for a burnt-offering to Jehovah [are] all these.
And the number of the burnt offerings which the congregation
brought were seventy bullocks
one hundred rams
and two hundred lambs; all
these were for a burnt offering to the Lord. Of which they had no part
to feast but were wholly devoted to the Lord
by way of thankfulness to him.
2 Chronicles 29:33 33 The consecrated things were
six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep.
YLT
33And the sanctified things
[are] oxen six hundred
and sheep three thousand.
And the consecrated things
.... Which were devoted
for peace offerings
of which the owners had a part: were six hundred oxen
and
three thousand sheep; which was a much lesser number than what were offered
upon occasion in the times of David and Solomon
the nation being poorer; and
besides
these were only the oblation of two tribes
they of all Israel.
2 Chronicles 29:34 34 But the priests were too
few
so that they could not skin all the burnt offerings; therefore their
brethren the Levites helped them until the work was ended and until the other
priests had sanctified themselves
for the Levites were more diligent in
sanctifying themselves than the priests.
YLT
34Only
the priests have
become few
and have not been able to strip the whole of the burnt-offerings
and their brethren the Levites strengthen them till the completion of the work
and till the priests sanctify themselves
for the Levites [are] more upright of
heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
But the priests were too few
so that they could not flay all the
burnt offerings
.... Take off the skins of them
which used to be done by the
priests
Leviticus 1:6
wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them till the work
was ended; assisted in the flaying of the sacrifices
until they had gone
through the service of this time
and the skins of all the sacrifices were
flayed off:
and until the other priests had sanctified themselves; who had been
negligent of it
or had defiled themselves by idolatry:
for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves
than the priests; were more ready to do it
and did it with greater cheerfulness
and good will; were not backward to do it
but did it at once.
2 Chronicles 29:35 35 Also the burnt offerings were
in abundance
with the fat of the peace offerings and with the drink
offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the Lord was set in
order.
YLT
35And also
burnt-offerings
[are] in abundance
with fat of the peace-offerings
and with oblations for the
burnt-offering; and the service of the house of Jehovah is established
And also the burnt offerings were in abundance
with the fat of
the peace offerings
and the drink offerings
for every burnt offering
.... Besides
the abundance of burnt offerings
whose skins were to be taken off
there were
meat offerings and drink offerings to each
which required many hands to
prepare them; and also the fat of the peace offerings was to be burnt; which
all together
occasioned a great deal of business:
so the service of the house of the Lord was set in order: both for
sacrifice and singing; a good beginning was made
and there was a good
foundation laid to proceed on.
2 Chronicles 29:36 36 Then Hezekiah and all the
people rejoiced that God had prepared the people
since the events took place
so suddenly.
YLT
36and rejoice doth Hezekiah
and all the people
because of God's giving preparation to the people
for the
thing hath been suddenly.
And Hezekiah rejoiced
and all the people
.... To see
things go on so well
which foreboded good unto them: and particularly
that God had prepared the people; disposed and directed
their hearts in such a manner as to yield such a cheerful obedience to the will
of God
and show such a hearty regard to his worship and service
and the
restoration of it:
for the thing was done suddenly; whereby it the more
appeared that they were under a divine influence
which so quickly and
powerfully wrought upon them to engage in this work
and needed not arguments
and persuasions to bring them to it.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》
New King James
Version (NKJV)