Wesley's Explanatory Notes
2 Chronicles 29:6
Turned, &c. — They have wilfully and obstinately forsaken God and his worship; that posture being a signification of contempt.
Turned, &c. — They have wilfully and obstinately forsaken God and his worship; that posture being a signification of contempt.
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...
TRESPASSED. acted unfaithfully. Hebrew. _ma'al._ App-44. EVIL. the evil. Hebrew. _ra'a'_ (with Art.) HABITATION. dwelling place. Hebrew. _mishkan._ App-40....
_from the habitation of the Lord_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 24:18 "they left the house of the Lord" (see note). _habitation_ Heb. "tabernacle," as in Exodus 25:9, al....
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...
_FOR OUR FATHERS HAVE TRESPASSED, AND DONE THAT WHICH WAS EVIL IN THE EYES OF THE LORD OUR GOD, AND HAVE FORSAKEN HIM, AND HAVE TURNED AWAY THEIR FACES FROM THE HABITATION OF THE LORD, AND TURNED THEI...
29:6 habitation (c-27) Or 'tabernacle;' see Exodus 25:9 ; Psalms 74:7 , &c....
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,...
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...
TRESPASSED. — _Dealt unfaithfully._ TURNED AWAY THEIR FACES FROM THE HABITATION OF THE LORD. — Comp. Jeremiah 2:27 : “They have turned their backs unto me, and not their faces.” (Comp. also Ezekiel 8...
כִּֽי ־מָעֲל֣וּ אֲבֹתֵ֗ינוּ וְ עָשׂ֥וּ הָ רַ֛
HEZEKIAH: THE RELIGIOUS VALUE OF MUSIC 2 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles 30:1; 2 Chronicles 31:1;...
A REVIVAL OF RIGHTEOUSNESS 2 Chronicles 29:1 It was a blessing for Judah that Ahaz left as successor a son who inherited none of his father's traits. Hezekiah ranks as one of the best kings that occu...
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...
His address to his people in the very opening of his government implies that his soul had been grieved for the dreadful conduct of his father during his minority. Reader! how evident it is that grace...
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...
FOR OUR FATHERS HAVE TRANSGRESSED, AND DONE THAT WHICH WAS EVIL IN THE EYES OF THE LORD OUR GOD,.... Meaning their more immediate ancestors, his father and theirs, who had committed idolatry; which is...
For our fathers have trespassed, and done [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned [th...
_Our fathers have trespassed_ He does not say my father, because it became him, as a son, to be as tender as might be of his father's name; and because his father would not have been permitted to do 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...
For our fathers, particularly Ahaz and his generation, HAVE TRESPASSED, AND DONE THAT WHICH WAS EVIL IN THE EYES OF THE LORD, OUR GOD, AND HAVE FORSAKEN HIM, AND HAVE TURNED AWAY THEIR FACES FROM THE...
HEZEKIAH RESTORES THE WORSHIP OF JEHOVAH...
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...
TURNED THEIR BACKS: _ Heb._ given the necks...
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 u...
Either, 1. Metaphorically; they have wilfully, and obstinately, and contumeliously forsaken God, and his house and worship; that posture being a signification of contempt. Or, 2. Literally and proper...
2 Chronicles 29:6 fathers H1 trespassed H4603 (H8804) done H6213 (H8804) evil H7451 eyes H5869 LORD H3068 God
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...
_Hezekiah began to reign._ HEZEKIAH’S REFORMATION The surroundings of Hezekiah in his youth seem, at first view, to have been unfavourable in the extreme. He was the son of a depraved father. He grew...
2 CHRONICLES 29:1 Hezekiah. The Chronicler devotes more attention to Hezekiah’s reign (715–687 B.C.) than to that of any other king since David and Solomon. 2 Kings 18:1 concentrates mainly on
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 29:6 UNFAITHFUL and FORSAKEN are key terms in Chronicles (see “broke faith” in note on 1 Chr
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...
2 Chronicles 28:23; 2 Chronicles 28:2; 2 Chronicles 34:21; Daniel 9:16;...