2 Chronicles 29:1

_HEZEKIAH BEGAN TO REIGN WHEN HE WAS FIVE AND TWENTY YEARS OLD, AND HE REIGNED NINE AND TWENTY YEARS IN_ _ JERUSALEM. AND HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS ABIJAH, THE DAUGHTER OF ZECHARIAH._ Hezekiah began to reign ... - (see the notes at 2 Kings 18:1) His mother's name, which, in the passage referred to, appears in an abridged form, is here given in full....

1-19 When Hezekiah came to the crown, he applied at once to work reform. Those who begin with God, begin at the right end of their work, and it will prosper accordingly. Those that turn their backs upon God's ordinances, may truly be said to forsake God himself. There are still such neglects, if the word be not duly read and opened, for that was signified by the lighting the lamps, and also if prayers and praise be not offered up, for that was signified by the burning incense. Neglect of God's worship was the cause of the calamities they had lain under. The Lord alone can prepare the heart of man for vital godliness: when much good is done in a little time, the glory must be ascribed to him; and all who love him or the souls of men, will rejoice therein. Let those that do good work, learn to do it well....

CHAPTER XXIX _Hezekiah's good reign_, 1, 2. _He opens and repairs the doors of the temple_, 3. _He assembles and exhorts the priests and Levites, and proposes_ _to renew the covenant with the Lord_, 4-11. _They all sanctify themselves and cleanse the temple_, 12-17. _They inform the king of their progress_, 18, 19. _He collects the rulers of the people: and they offer abundance_ _of sin-offerings, and burnt-offerings, and worship the Lord_, 20-30. _Every part of the Divine service is arranged, and Hezekiah and_...

The treatment of Hezekiah’s reign by the author of Chronicles is in marked contrast with that followed in the Book of Kings. The writer of Kings describes mainly civil affairs; the author of Chronicles gives a full account of Hezekiah’s religious reformation. 2 Chr. 29–31 contain matter, therefore, which is almost wholly new....

EXPOSITION The important reign of Hezekiah extends over this and the following three chapters, counting in all ninety-seven verses. The parallel, for the contents of the first three of these chapters, with their sixty-four verses, is limited to the small number of _six_ verses (2 Kings 18:1), which in its turn is very much fuller (2 Kings 18:7.) in the subject of our 2 Chronicles 32:1. The reason of this so various disposition of matter is by no means wrapt in mystery, our writer's main object being clearly best subserved in exhibiting the moral and religious aspects of the inner history of Judah, as distinguished from its foreign politics—so, for brevity's sake, to denominate them. T

Ver. 1,2. HEZEKIAH BEGAN TO REIGN,.... Of these two verses, 2 Kings 18:2, 2 Kings 18:3....

6. REFORMATION UNDER HEZEKIAH CHAPTER 29 Hezekiah and the Beginning of the Revival _ 1. The record of his reign (2 Chronicles 29:1)_ 2. The purification of the temple (2 Chronicles 29:3) 3. The restored worship (2 Chronicles 29:20) 4. The great offerings (2 Chronicles 29:31) Compare Chapter s 29-32 with 2 Kings 18-20 and the annotations given there. The reformation which took place under the reign of the godly son of ungodly Ahaz was a thorough and remarkable one. He did right in the sight of the LORD, according to all his father David had don

BEGAN TO REIGN. In the third year of Hoshea, king of Israel. Therefore in the last year but one of his father's reign. Hezekiah began his reformation in 616, the first year of his sole reign. See App-50. ABIJAH. In 2 Kings 18:2 it is given as _'Abi,_ here it is _'Abijah._ But the "I" in the former stands for the abbreviation of "jah" in the latter....

2 Chronicles 29:1-2 (2 Kings 18:1-3). The Reign of Hezekiah 1. _Hezekiah_ Heb. "Yehizkiah" (so usually in the Heb. text of Chron.). The form "Hezekiah" (Heb. "Hizkiah") has been introduced from Kings. _Abijah_ In 2 Kin. "Abi" which is probably only a shortened form of the name....

14. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (29-32) TEXT 2 Chronicles 29:1. Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old; and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah 2. And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done. 3. He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and repaired them. 4. And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east, 5. and said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites; now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. 6. For our fathers have trespassed, and done that