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‏ 2 Chronicles 29:15-36

sanctified themselves 2Chr 29:5

by the words of the Lord or, in the business of the Lord, 2Chr 30:12

the priests The priests and Levites cleansed first the courts both of the priests and of the people. On this labour they spent eight days. Then they cleansed the interior of the temple; but, as the Levites had no right to enter the temple, the priests carried all the dirt and rubbish to the porch, whence they were collected by the Levites, carried away, and cast into the brook Kidron. In this work, eight more days were occupied; and thus the temple was purified in sixteen days.

the inner part 2Chr 3:8, 2Chr 5:7; Exod 26:33-34; 1Kgs 6:19-20; Heb 9:2-8, Heb 9:23-24

all the uncleanness Ezek 36:29; Matt 21:12-13, Matt 23:27

Kidron 2Chr 15:16; 2Kgs 23:4-6; John 18:1, Cedron

the porch 2Chr 29:7, 2Chr 3:4; 1Kgs 6:3; 1Chr 28:11

the sixteenth Exod 12:2-8

the altar 2Chr 4:1, 2Chr 4:7

the showbread 2Chr 4:8, 2Chr 13:11

all the vessels 2Chr 28:24

did cast away Or, as the LXX, Vulgate, and Targum read, "did pollute," hizneeach, he rendered them so abominable that they were rejected with abhorrence.

rose Gen 22:3; Exod 24:4; Josh 6:12; Jer 25:4

they brought The law only required one bullock for the sins of the high priest, another for the sins of the people, and one he-goat for the sins of the prince, but Hezekiah offered many more, and the reason appears sufficiently evident. The law only speaks of the sins of ignorance, but here there were sins of every dye, idolatry, apostasy from the Divine worship, profanation of the temple, etc., etc. The sin offerings, we are informed, were offered, first, for the Kingdom, for the transgressions of the king and his family; secondly, for the sanctuary, which had been defiled and polluted; and for the priests, who had been profane, negligent, and unholy; and finally, for Judah, for the whole mass of the people, who had been led away into every kind of abomination by the above examples.

seven Num 23:1, Num 23:14, Num 23:29; 1Chr 15:26; Ezra 8:35; Job 42:8; Ezek 45:23

a sin offering Lev 4:3-14; Num 15:22-24; 2Cor 5:21

sprinkled Lev 1:5, Lev 4:7, Lev 4:18, Lev 4:34, Lev 8:14-15, Lev 8:19, Lev 8:24; Heb 9:21-22

forth Heb. near

they laid Lev 1:4, Lev 4:15, Lev 4:24

reconciliation Lev 6:30, Lev 8:15; Ezek 45:15, Ezek 45:17; Dan 9:24; Rom 5:10-11; 2Cor 5:18-21; Col 1:20-21; Heb 2:17

to make Lev 14:20

the sin offering Lev 4:13-35

And he set 1Chr 9:33, 1Chr 15:16-22, 1Chr 16:4-5, 1Chr 16:42, 1Chr 25:1-7

according 2Chr 8:14, 2Chr 35:15; 1Chr 23:5, 1Chr 28:12, 1Chr 28:19

Gad 2Sam 24:11; 1Chr 21:9, 1Chr 29:29

Nathan 2Sam 7:2-4, 2Sam 12:1-7

for so was 2Chr 30:12

of the Lord by his prophets Heb. by the hand of the Lord, by the hand of his prophets.

the instruments 1Chr 23:5; Ps 87:7, Ps 150:3-5; Isa 38:20; Amos 6:5

the priests 2Chr 5:12-13; Num 10:8, Num 10:10; Josh 6:4-9; 1Chr 15:24, 1Chr 16:6; Ps 81:3, Ps 98:5-6

when Heb. in the time

the song 2Chr 7:3, 2Chr 20:21, 2Chr 23:18; Ps 136:1, Ps 137:3-4

the instruments Heb. hands of instruments

And all the congregation Ps 68:24-26; Rev 5:8-14

the singers sang Heb. song, Ps 89:15

present Heb. found

bowed themselves 2Chr 20:18; 1Chr 29:20; Ps 72:11; Rom 14:11; Phil 2:10-11

with the words 2Sam 23:1-2; 1Chr 16:7-36

they sang Ps 32:11, Ps 33:1, Ps 95:1-2, Ps 95:6, Ps 100:1-2, Ps 149:2; Phil 4:4

consecrated yourselves or, filled your hand, 2Chr 13:9

sacrifices Lev. 1:1-3:17

thank Lev 7:12

and as many etc. As the burnt offerings were wholly consumed on the altar, the offering of them evinced greater zeal and liberality than the oblation of peace offerings, the greater part of which was eaten by the officer and his friends. Lev 1:3, Lev 23:38; Ezra 1:4

the number Comparing the sacrifices offered on this occasion with those of Solomon at the dedication of the temple, we may form some idea of the decrease of the prosperity and riches of Judah, or of the decline of the general spirit of piety. 1Kgs 3:4, 1Kgs 8:63; 1Chr 29:21; Ezra 6:17

the consecrated It is probable that the consecrated things denote the peace offerings and thank offerings. 2Chr 29:31

the priests Peace offerings, and such like, the Levites might flay and dress; but the whole burnt offerings could only be touched by the priests, except in a case of necessity, such as the present. 2Chr 29:5, 2Chr 30:16-17

their brethren 2Chr 35:11; Num 8:15, Num 8:19, Num 18:3, Num 18:6-7

did help them Heb. strengthened them

for the Levites 2Chr 30:3

upright 1Chr 29:17; Ps 7:10, Ps 26:6, Ps 94:15

the burnt 2Chr 29:32

the fat Exod 29:13; Lev 3:15-16

the drink Gen 35:14; Lev 23:13; Num 15:5-10

so the 1Chr 16:37-42; Ezra 6:18; 1Cor 14:40

Hezekiah rejoiced Both Hezekiah and the people rejoiced, that God had prepared the hearts of the people to bring about so great and glorious a reformation in so short a time. This good king's example and influence were here, as in many other cases, under God, the grand spring of all those mighty movements. 1Chr 29:9, 1Chr 29:17; Ezra 6:22; 1Thess 3:8-9

God 2Chr 30:12; 1Chr 29:18; Ps 10:17; Prov 16:1

the thing Acts 2:41