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2 Chronicles Chapter Twenty-nine

 

2 Chronicles 29 Outline of Contents

Hezekiah Reigns in Judah (v.1~2)

Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple (v.3~19)

Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship (v.20~36)

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)

Footnotes:

  1. 2 Chronicles 29:1 Spelled Abi in 2 Kings 18:2