2 Chronicles 29:3

RESTORATION OF THE TEMPLE SERVICE, 2 Chronicles 29:3-36.

3. He in the first year… first month, opened the doors The first month is here to be understood of the first month of the Jewish year, the first of Abib, or Nisan. Comp. 2 Chronicles 30:2-3. But the first month of Hezekiah’s reign may also, at least in part, have synchronized with the month Nisan. The reformatory character of Hezekiah’s reign was thus signalized at its very beginning by an act which must have cheered every pious heart in the realm. The shutting of the doors of the temple, and the consequent suspension of the sacred service, (comp. 2 Chronicles 29:7,) had been one of the most presumptuous sins of Ahaz. 2 Chronicles 28:24.

Repaired them By plating and overlaying them with gold, and probably other kinds of metal. See 2 Kings 18:16, note. This verse is a summary statement of what Hezekiah did at the beginning of his reign, and is not to be thought of as taking place before the gathering of the priests and Levites, and the address to them contained in 2 Chronicles 29:4-11.