George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
2 Chronicles 31:17
Upward. Ezechias followed the regulation of David, rather than that of Moses, who deferred the service till the 25th or 30th year, Num. iv. 3., and viii. 24., and 1 Paralipomenon xxiii. 24.
Upward. Ezechias followed the regulation of David, rather than that of Moses, who deferred the service till the 25th or 30th year, Num. iv. 3., and viii. 24., and 1 Paralipomenon xxiii. 24.
Verse 2 Chronicles 31:17. _FROM TWENTY YEARS OLD_] Moses had ordered that the Levites should not begin their labour till they were _thirty_ years of age; but David changed this order, and obliged them...
BOTH TO THE GENEALOGY OF THE PRIESTS ... - Some prefer: “And as for the list of the priests, it was according to the houses of their fathers, and that of the Levites was from twenty years,” etc. The w...
CHAPTER 31 THE RESULTS OF THE REVIVAL _ 1. The destruction of the false worship (2 Chronicles 31:1)_ 2. The king's appointments (2 Chronicles 31:2) All was done by Hezekiah for the orderly continuan...
2 Chronicles 29:1 to 2 Chronicles 32:33. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (see notes on 2 Kings 18:2 f., 2 Kings 18:13;...
BY. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "according to"....
_both_to _the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers_ R.V. AND THEM THAT WERE RECKONED BY GENEALOGY OF THE PRIESTS BY THEIR FATHERS" HOUSES....
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 A...
_AND BROUGHT IN THE OFFERINGS AND THE TITHES AND THE DEDICATED THINGS FAITHFULLY: OVER WHICH CONONIAH THE LEVITE WAS RULER, AND SHIMEI HIS BROTHER WAS THE NEXT._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (CONTINUED) This chapter gives an account of Hezekiah's reorganisation of the Temple service....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 31 HEZEKIAH ORGANISES *SACRIFICES AND GIFTS – 2 CHRONICLES 31:1-21...
BOTH TO THE GENEALOGY. — The verse is a parenthesis relating to the registration of the priests and Levites, suggested by the occurrence of the word “register” in 2 Chronicles 31:16. Translate, “And a...
וְ אֵ֨ת הִתְיַחֵ֤שׂ הַ כֹּהֲנִים֙ לְ בֵ֣ית
HEZEKIAH: THE RELIGIOUS VALUE OF MUSIC 2 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles 30:1; 2 Chronicles 31:1;...
ORDER AND PROSPERITY 2 Chronicles 31:11 There are several noticeable expressions in this paragraph. We are told that they brought in the dedicated things faithfully, 2 Chronicles 31:12; and that the...
The observance of the feast was followed by reorganization of the nation. The remnant gathered from Israel became the pioneers in destroying all that remained of idolatry throughout the cities of Juda...
The liberal supply which both the king and people made for the maintenance of the priests and Levites, is another proof how much the service of the sanctuary lay in the hearts of the people. Those onl...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 27 THROUGH 31. Jotham, the son of Uzziah, walks uprightly; and he avoids his father's fault; but the people are still corrupt. Nevertheless the faithfulness...
BOTH TO THE GENEALOGY OF THE PRIESTS BY THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS,.... As to the priests registered according to their families from the age before observed, a portion was given: so to the Levites,...
1 The people is forward in destroying idolatry. 2 Hezekiah ordereth the courses of the priests and Leuites, and prouideth for their worke and maintenance. 5 The peoples forwardnesse in offerings and...
both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, those registered in the genealogical lists, AND THE LEVITES FROM TWENTY YEARS OLD AND UPWARD, IN THEIR CHARGES BY THEIR COURSES;...
THE TITHES AND THE DEDICATED THINGS...
HEZEKIAH'S WORK OF REFORMATION (vv.1-21) When Hezekiah had taken positive action to give God His true place of authority in the Passover feast, he rightly followed this up with the negative work of...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 31:17 priests H3548 genealogy H3187 (H8692) fathers H1 house H1004 Levites H3881 twenty H6242 years...
CONTENTS: Idols destroyed and other reforms of Hezekiah. CHARACTERS: God, Hezekiah, Azariah, Cononiah, Kore. CONCLUSION: Vital communion with God on the ground of the shed blood will kindle in us a...
2 Chronicles 31:1. _In Ephraim and Manasseh,_ for many of these had attended the passover, and placed themselves again under David's house. 2 Chronicles 31:21. _He did it with all his heart._ King He...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 31:2 The final stage in Hezekiah’s reforms is the restoration of the temple services, which evidently ceased when Ahaz closed the temple (2 Chronic
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 31:16 Distribution of food was made to PRIESTS and their families, including provision for MALES FROM THREE YEARS OLD, the age by which they had been weaned....
CRITICAL NOTES.] Destruction of idolatry (2 Chronicles 31:1); H. appoints courses and contributions (2 Chronicles 31:2); and arranges the chambers and officers (2 Chronicles 31:11)....
EXPOSITION This chapter, after its first verse (which holds an intermediate place with relation to the enthusiastic devoutness of the people recorded in the last verse of the former chapter, and what...
Now when all this was finished, all of Israel and those that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and they broke the images in pieces, they cut down the groves, they threw down the high place...
1 Chronicles 23:24; 1 Chronicles 23:27; 1 Chronicles 24:20; 1 Chronicles 26:32;...