And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people, had made their hearts willing with such promptness; for the thing was done suddenly, with unexpected readiness on the part of the majority of the nation. One of the surest proofs of true piety is the rejection of idolatry in every form and the eager participation in the worship of the true God.
Verse 2 Chronicles 29:36. _AND HEZEKIAH REJOICED_] Both he and the people rejoiced that God had prepared their hearts to bring about so great a reformation in so short a time; _for_, it is added, _th...
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 re...
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;...
_that God had prepared the people_ R.V. BECAUSE OF THAT WHICH GOD HAD PREPARED FOR THE PEOPLE. It was God, not Hezekiah, who had done it all. _suddenly_ In the very first year of Hezekiah's reign (2...
AND ALL THE PEOPLE, THAT GOD HAD PREPARED THE PEOPLE— _And all the people, because that the Lord had raised their hearts._ Houbigant. REFLECTIONS.—1st, No sooner has the crown devolved to Hezekiah, t...
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...
THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH This chapter describes a cleansing of the TEMPLE and a sacrifice for the sins of the people. This and the following 2 Chronicles 30-32, cover the same period as 2 Kings 18-20,...
PREPARED THE PEOPLE] The zeal of the people was so remarkable that it could only be attributed to divine influence: cp. 2 Chronicles 30:12....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 29 HEZEKIAH ORGANISES *WORSHIP IN THE *TEMPLE – 2 CHRONICLES 29:1-36...
AND HEZEKIAH REJOICED. — So of David and his people (1 Chronicles 29:9; 1 Chronicles 29:22). (Comp. also 2 Chronicles 7:10.) THAT GOD HAD PREPARED. — In the Hebrew the _article_ is use
וַ יִּשְׂמַ֤ח יְחִזְקִיָּ֨הוּ֙ וְ כָל ־הָ עָ֔
HEZEKIAH: THE RELIGIOUS VALUE OF MUSIC 2 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles 30:1; 2 Chronicles 31:1;...
SACRIFICE AND SONG 2 Chronicles 29:25 Among the usual sacrifices following the cleansing, the burned-offering occupied a conspicuous place, as expressive of sincere and entire devotion to God. Notice...
With the accession of Hezekiah a great change came over the life of Judah. Among all the reformers he was perhaps the most remarkable. That this was so in spite of the fact that he was the son of Ahaz...
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had (r) prepared the people: for the thing was [done] suddenly. (r) He shows that religion cannot proceed unless God touches the heart of the peopl...
Because. Heb. and Sept. "that the Lord had disposed his people, for the thing was done suddenly," (H.) to place no obstacle to this sudden change from one extreme to the other, at a time when the king...
REFLECTIONS How beautiful the face of things appears in Judah under the reign of Hezekiah, compared to the deplorable state in which we behold it under the reign of his father Ahaz. And oh! how much t...
How beautiful and interesting to behold the joy both of king and people in the view they now had of the house of God being cleansed; and that peace being made with God, they had now free access to the...
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...
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 su...
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was [done] suddenly. Ver. 36. _For the thing was done suddenly._] Which showed that there was much of God in...
_Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people_ In this blessed turn of affairs, and the new face of religion which the kingdom had put on. _That God had prepared the people_ Had changed their hearts by his A...
1 Hezekiah his good reigne. 3 He restoreth Religion. 5 He exhorteth the Leuites. 12 They sanctifie themselues, and cleanse the house of God. 20 Hezekiah offereth solemne sacrifices, wherein the Le...
HEZEKIAH MADE KING (vv.1-2) Hezekiah took the place of Ahaz in reigning over Judah at the age of 25 years. His mother's name, Abijah, is told us. She must have been a far different character than he...
20-36 As soon as Hezekiah heard that the temple was ready, he lost no time. Atonement must be made for the sins of the last reign. It was not enough to lament and forsake those sins; they brought a s...
It was, as a very great, so a sudden change, that the people, who but the other day were so ready to comply with wicked Ahaz in his idolatrous and impious prescriptions, were now so free and forward i...
2 Chronicles 29:36 Hezekiah H3169 people H5971 rejoiced H8055 (H8799) God H430 prepared H3559 (H8689) people...
CONTENTS: Hezekiah's reign in Judah and the revival. Temple restored. CHARACTERS: God, Hezekiah. CONCLUSION: Those who begin with God begin at the right end of their work and will prosper accordingl...
2 Chronicles 29:1. _Five and twenty years old._ Ahaz was twenty when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years. Now, imperfect years are not reckoned, as might be proved from several texts. Ther...
_For the thing was done suddenly._ QUICKLY DONE I. That God very often appears to work with a suddenness that is startling. 1. In the realm of nature. (1) Storms. (2) Earthquakes. (3) The transi...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 29:31 The SACRIFICES AND THANK OFFERINGS that the people bring to the temple are individual expressions of worship and thanksgiving....
CRITICAL NOTES.] Hezekiah’s reign commenced and carried through four Chapter s in marked contrast with corresponding portion (2 Kings 18-20). The writer of Kings fixes on civil affairs—the two invasio...
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,...
Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years (2 Chronicles 29:1) Now it is interesting to me that as wicked as was Ahaz, Hezekiah was a very good, sp...
1 Chronicles 29:17; 1 Chronicles 29:18; 1 Chronicles 29:9; 1 Thessalonians 3:8;...
Rejoiced — It was, as a very great, so a sudden change, that the people, who but the other day were so ready to comply with wicked Ahaz in his idolatrous presumptions, were now so free and forward in...