Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came [up] to his holy dwelling place, [even] unto heaven.
Ver. 27. Arose and blessed the people.] Which was a part of their office. See the form. Num 6:23
Verse 2 Chronicles 30:27. _AND THEIR VOICE WAS HEARD_] God accepted the fruits of that pious disposition which himself had infused. _AND THEIR PRAYER CAME UP_] As the smoke of their sacrifices ascen...
CHAPTER 30 THE PASSOVER _ 1. Preparations for the great Passover (2 Chronicles 30:1)_ 2. The celebration of the Passover (2 Chronicles 30:15) 3. The concluding festive days ...
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;...
THE PRIESTS THE LEVITES. Compare Deuteronomy 17:9. But some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "and the". HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5....
_the priests the Levites_ So in 2 Chronicles 23:18, but only in these two places in Chron. The phrase is Deuteronomic, and has been taken to imply that all Levites were potentially priests. Such was n...
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...
_THEN THE PRIESTS THE LEVITES AROSE AND BLESSED THE PEOPLE: AND THEIR VOICE WAS HEARD, AND THEIR PRAYER CAME UP TO HIS HOLY DWELLING PLACE, EVEN UNTO HEAVEN._ The priests ... arose and blessed the pe...
REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (CONTINUED) This chapter relates how a passover was kept on the second month for Israel and Judah....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 30 HEZEKIAH’S *PASSOVER *FEAST – 2 CHRONICLES 30:1-27 v1
THEN THE PRIESTS THE LEVITES. — _And the Levitical priests;_ not any irregular ministrants. Some Hebrew MSS., the LXX., Syriac, and the Vulg. read, “And the priests and the Levites”: but comp. 2 Chron...
וַ יָּקֻ֜מוּ הַ כֹּהֲנִ֤ים הַ לְוִיִּם֙ וַ
HEZEKIAH: THE RELIGIOUS VALUE OF MUSIC 2 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles 30:1; 2 Chronicles 31:1;...
WHOLE-HEARTED SEEKING OF GOD 2 Chronicles 30:13 As necessary preliminary to the right observance of the approaching feast, the removal of the altars erected by Ahaz was resolved upon. The feast and i...
For a long time the proper feasts of the Lord had not been observed. Hezekiah made arrangements to keep the Passover. It is very beautiful to see how his heart took in the whole nation. In all probabi...
Then the priests the Levites arose and (q) blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came [up] to his holy dwelling place, [even] unto heaven. (q) According to that which is wri...
_Levites. These only applauded the solemn blessings, which were given by the priests, Num. vi. 24. C. --- God is said to reside in heaven, because he there displays his glory to the blessed. D._...
This feast, agreeable to the original appointment by Moses, followed up the holy service of the passover. And the joy of the people, of all ranks and orders among them, can better be conceived than ex...
REFLECTIONS READER! while we pay all due respect to this beautiful piece of history in the church, and find cause to bless God for raising up his servant Hezekiah in such a time for the recovery of th...
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...
THEN THE PRIESTS THE LEVITES AROSE,.... The priests who were of the tribe of Levi; for there were some in Israel that were not, but were made of any of the people, as in the times of Jeroboam; though...
_Then the priests the Levites arose, and blessed the people_ That is, those of the Levites who were priests also, for to them only this work belonged, 1 Chronicles 23:13. In performing this office, th...
1 Hezekiah proclaimeth a solemne Passeouer on the second moneth, for Iudah and Israel. 13 The assembly hauing destroyed the altars of idolatry, keepe the feast fourteene dayes. 27 The Priests and Le...
THE JOYFUL CELEBRATION...
Then the priests, the Levites, of the tribe of Levi, AROSE AND BLESSED THE PEOPLE; AND THEIR VOICE WAS HEARD, AND THEIR PRAYER CAME UP TO HIS HOLY DWELLING-PLACE, the habitation of God's holiness, EVE...
KEEPING THE PASSOVER (vv.1-27) The concern of Hezekiah to honour the Lord was then extended to his purpose that the Passover should be kept and that all Israel should be invited to this feast. There...
HIS HOLY DWELLING PLACE: _ Heb._ the habitation of his holiness...
21-27 Many prayers were put up to God with the peace-offerings. In these Israel looked to God as the God of their fathers, a God in covenant with them. There was also abundance of good preaching. The...
THE PRIESTS THE LEVITES; those of the Levites who were priests also; for to them only this work belonged, 1 CHRONICLES 23:13. Or, _the priests and the Levites_; for as the Levites did some other part...
2 Chronicles 30:27 priests H3548 Levites H3881 arose H6965 (H8799) blessed H1288 (H8762) people H5971 voice...
CONTENTS: Preparations for the passover and its observance. CHARACTERS: God, Hezekiah. CONCLUSION: In every true reformation, the doctrine of the atonement must be emphasized. God's grace will meet...
2 Chronicles 30:2. _To keep the passover in the second month,_ one month later because the apostate priests were as yet unclean. See the calendar in Exodus 12. To defer the passover eleven months woul...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 30:1 Hezekiah demonstrates his commitment to the Law of Moses by holding the Passover celebration immediately after the reconsecration of the temple. The ceremony dif...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 30:23 The FEAST was extended for another week, just as the temple dedication had been. The GREAT JOY of this occasion recalls the time of Solomon ...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Preparations for Passover (2 Chronicles 30:1); the keeping of Passover (2 Chronicles 30:13); H.’S prayer for unclean persons (2 Chronicles 30:18); the solemnities of the second sev
EXPOSITION This chapter contains the account of Hezekiah's arrangements after the restoration for the observance of the Passover—arrangements more than ordinarily interesting to notice in respect of,...
And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and to Judah, they wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, [this is up in the northern] that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the pas...
1 Kings 8:30; 1 Kings 8:39; Acts 10:4; Deuteronomy 10:8; Deuteron
The Levites — Those of the Levites who were priests also; for to them only this work belonged....