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.... [ Continue Reading ]
(not in 2 Kin.). Hezekiah commands to cleanse the Temple 3. _in the first month_ i.e. in Nisan; cp. 2 Chronicles 30:2-3.... [ Continue Reading ]
_into the east street_ R.V. INTO THE BROAD PLACE ON THE EAST. The place meant was part of the Temple area; cp. Ezra 10:9, "the broad place before the house of God" (R.V.).... [ Continue Reading ]
_sanctify now yourselves_ Cp. Exodus 19:10-15.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the lamps_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 13:11; Exodus 25:31 ff.... [ Continue Reading ]
_to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing_ R.V. TO BE TOSSED TO AND FRO, TO BE AN ASTONISHMENT, AND AN HISSING. _to trouble_ Better as R.V. mg., TO BE A TERROR (or "cause of trembling"). The judgement on Israel fills the surrounding nations with trembling for themselves. The rendering of R.V. te... [ Continue Reading ]
_a covenant_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 15:12. _his fierce wrath_ R.V. HIS FIERCE ANGER.... [ Continue Reading ]
_to stand before him_ Deuteronomy 10:8. _to serve him, and that_you _should minister unto him_ R.V. TO MINISTER UNTO HIM, AND THAT YE SHOULD BE HIS MINISTERS.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the Levites_ The fourteen persons mentioned in these three verses comprise (_a_) two representatives each of the three great branches of Levi, namely, Kohath, Merari, and Gershon, (_b_) two representatives of the great Kohathite family of Elizaphan (cp. Numbers 3:30 and 1 Chronicles 15:8), (_c_) tw... [ Continue Reading ]
(not in 2 Kin.). The Cleansing of the Temple With this passage cp. 1Ma 4:36-51 (the cleansing of the Temple by Judas Maccabaeus).... [ Continue Reading ]
_and came_ R.V. AND WENT IN. _by the words of the Lord_ The phrase suggests that Hezekiah had been moved to issue his command by the utterances of a prophet, but this is nowhere actually stated.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the priests_ The work was so divided between priests and Levites that only the priests went into the house. _into the inner part of the house_ Render, WITHIN THE HOUSE. The reference is not to the Holy of Holies specially, but to the whole interior of the house. _uncleanness_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 29:... [ Continue Reading ]
_to sanctify … so they sanctified_ Two periods of eight days each were spent in "sanctifying," the courts apparently occupying eight days and the house itself eight days. _in the sixteenth day_ The LXX. translators read τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρισκαιδεκάτῃ, i.e. _on the thirteenth day_, perhaps because the _f... [ Continue Reading ]
_the king_ R.V. THE KING WITHIN THE PALACE. _the shewbread table_ R.V. THE TABLE OF SHEWBREAD.... [ Continue Reading ]
_cast away_ According to 2 Chronicles 28:24, "cut in pieces"; cp. 2 Kings 16:17. The reference is probably to the "bases" and the "sea." _in his transgression_ R.V. WHEN HE TRESPASSED. _have we prepared_ Render, HAVE WE SET UP. Ahaz had taken away the supports both of the laver and of the sea (2 K... [ Continue Reading ]
(not in 2 Kin.). The Sevenfold Sacrifice for the Reconciliation of the People The ritual of the sin offering is fully given in Leviticus 4. Ahaz had broken the covenant and Hezekiah's sin offering was intended to atone for the breach.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the rulers of the city_ R.V. THE PRINCES OF THE CITY.... [ Continue Reading ]
_they brought_ Acc. to Leviticus 4:3; Leviticus 4:23; Leviticus 4:32 the sin offering might be a _bullock_or a _he goat_or a _lamb_. As the sacrifice was not for an individual but for a whole people the sin offering on this occasion consisted of seven of each of four different sacrificial animals.... [ Continue Reading ]
_received the blood_ In basins with which they _dashed_(not "sprinkled") the blood against the altar. This dashing was different from the sprinkling with the finger.... [ Continue Reading ]
_brought forth_ R.V. BROUGHT NEAR, i.e. to the king and the people. _and_ THEY _laid their hands_ "they" = the representatives of the people; cp. Leviticus 4:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
_made reconciliation_ R.V. MADE A SIN OFFERING.... [ Continue Reading ]
so was _the commandment of the Lord by his prophets_ Render, THE COMMANDMENT WAS BY (through) THE LORD, EVEN BY (through) HIS PROPHETS. The Chronicler urges the point that David's arrangements for Temple song were by _inspiration_; cp. 1 Chronicles 28:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
_with the instruments_ LXX. ἐν ὀργάνοις. Cp. 1 Chronicles 23:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
_with the trumpets_ R.V. AND THE TRUMPETS. Cp. 1 Chronicles 15:24 (note). _and with the instruments ordained by David_ Render, EVEN ACCORDING TO THE GUIDANCE OF THE INSTRUMENTS OF DAVID, i.e. led (or "accompanied") by them.... [ Continue Reading ]
and _all_this] R.V. ALL THIS.... [ Continue Reading ]
_bowed themselves, and worshipped_ i.e. first bowed down (on their knees) and then completely prostrated themselves.... [ Continue Reading ]
_to sing praise_ R.V. TO SING PRAISES. Since (1) the Heb. word for "Psalms" means "Praises," and (2) the words of _David_and _Asaph_are specially mentioned in this verse, it is clear that the Chronicler by this phrase means "to sing _Psalms_.... [ Continue Reading ]
(not in Kings). A Great Sacrifice of Burnt Offerings and Thank Offerings 31. _answered and said_ i.e. answered the thoughts or expectation of the people, for no question had been asked; cp. Job 3:2 (R.V.). _ye have consecrated yourselves_ Heb. "filled your hand"; cp. 2 Chronicles 13:9; Exodus 28:4... [ Continue Reading ]
_for a burnt offering_ Leviticus 1:1-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the consecrated_things] The term was applied (1) to gold and other valuables offered in the Temple; cp. 2Ch 15:18; 1 Chronicles 13:8-11; (2) to those parts of the various sacrifices which were assigned to be eaten by the priests; Leviticus 21:22 ("the holy [bread]"); Leviticus 22:2-3; Leviticus 22:... [ Continue Reading ]
_the_other _priests_ R.V. THE PRIESTS.... [ Continue Reading ]
_with the fat_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 7:7; Leviticus 3:3; Leviticus 3:17. _drink offerings_ Cp. Numbers 15:5; Numbers 15:7; Numbers 15:10. The offering was to be of wine, and the quantity used was to correspond with the size of the animal sacrificed. _was set in order_ i.e. was re-established.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 Chronicles 29:3).... [ Continue Reading ]