2 Chronicles 31:1 (cp. 2 Kings 18:4). Destruction of Idolatrous Symbols 1. _Israel_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 11:3 (note). _brake the images_in pieces, _and cut down the groves_ R.V. BRAKE IN PIECES THE PILLARS, AND HEWED DOWN THE ASHERIM. Cp. 2 Chronicles 14:3 (note). _threw down_ R.V. BRAKE DOWN. _in Ep... [ Continue Reading ]
(not in 2 Kin.). Organisation of the Priests, Tithe 2. _the courses_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 24:1 ff. _the priests and Levites_ R.V. BOTH THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES. _in the gates_ Cp. Deuteronomy 16:5. _the tents of the Lord_ R.V. THE CAMP OF THE LORD, i.e. (in the language of Deut.) "the place which... [ Continue Reading ]
_the burnt offerings_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 8:12-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
_be encouraged in_ R.V. GIVE THEMSELVES TO. Cp. Nehemiah 13:10-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
_brought in abundance_ R.V. GAVE IN ABUNDANCE. _and honey Honey_(Heb. _děbash_) is not elsewhere mentioned as subject to tithe; perhaps _grape syrup_(modern Arabic _dibs_) is meant here, as in Genesis 43:11 and Ezekiel 27:17 (according to some commentators). Honey (like leaven) was forbidden for sa... [ Continue Reading ]
_And_concerning _the children_ R.V. AND THE CHILDREN. Cp. 2 Chronicles 11:16. _holy_things] R.V. DEDICATED THINGS (as 2 Chronicles 31:12).... [ Continue Reading ]
_the third month_ The Feast of Harvest took place at the beginning of this month and seven weeks later the Feast of Ingathering followed.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Azariah the chief priest_ Not mentioned in connexion with Hezekiah's previous arrangements: he may have been only just appointed. _of the house of Zadok_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 24:1-4. There were _two_main families of priests, (1) the descendants of Eleazar the third son of Aaron, whose chief representa... [ Continue Reading ]
_chambers_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 9:26, note.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the dedicate_things] Cp. 2 Chronicles 29:33 (note on _the consecrated things_). was _the next_ R.V. WAS SECOND. Cp. 2 Chronicles 28:7 "Elkanah that was _next_to the king.... [ Continue Reading ]
_at the commandment_ R.V. BY THE APPOINTMENT. _the ruler of the house of God_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 9:11, note.... [ Continue Reading ]
_toward the east_ R.V. AT THE EAST GATE. _the most holy_things] To this class belonged the _shewbread_(Leviticus 24:9), the _meal offering_(Leviticus 2:2-3; Leviticus 6:14-18 [7 11, Heb.]), the _sin offering_(Leviticus 6:25-30), and the _trespass offering_(Leviticus 7:1-7). These could be eaten by... [ Continue Reading ]
_next him_ R.V. UNDER HIM. _in the cities_ The persons mentioned in 2 Chronicles 31:12-14 were in Jerusalem itself. The priestly cities are given 1 Chronicles 6:54-60. _in_their _set office_ R.V. mg. IN THEIR TRUST.... [ Continue Reading ]
_beside their genealogy of males_ R.V. BESIDE THEM THAT WERE RECKONED BY GENEALOGY OF MALES. even _unto every one that entereth_ R.V. EVEN EVERY ONE THAT ENTERED. his _daily portion_ R.V. AS THE DUTY OF EVERY DAY REQUIRED.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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.... [ Continue Reading ]
_and to the genealogy of all their little ones_ Render with R.V. mg. EVEN TO GIVE TO THEM THAT WERE RECKONED BY GENEALOGY OF ALL THEIR LITTLE ONES. The connexion of 2 Chronicles 31:15-18 is difficult to trace and the text is perhaps faulty. Assuming however the general correctness of the text, we m... [ Continue Reading ]
_also of the sons_ R.V. ALSO FOR THE SONS. The Chronicler now passes to a third class of priests, viz. those in the country; cp. 2 Chronicles 31:15 (note). _the suburbs_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 5:16 (R.V. mg. "pasture-lands"); 1Ch 6:55; 1 Chronicles 6:57 [40, 42, _Heb._. _the men_ R.V. THERE WERE MEN. _... [ Continue Reading ]
_and truth_ R.V. AND FAITHFUL.... [ Continue Reading ]