2 Chronicles 29:1-36, 2 Kings 18:1-8

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 29:35

(35) And also the burnt offerings were in abundance.—Another reason why the Levites helped the priests: the latter were so much occupied with the actual service of the altar.The fat of the peace (thank) offerings—which had to be burned upon the burnt offerings (Leviticus 3:5; Leviticus 6:5).And the drink offerings.—Numbers 15:1-16. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 29:36

(36) And Hezekiah rejoiced.—So of David and his people (1 Chronicles 29:9; 1 Chronicles 29:22). (Comp. also 2 Chronicles 7:10.)That God had prepared.—In the Hebrew the article is used instead of the relative: a construction characteristic of the chronicler (1 Chronicles 26:28). Render: “And Hezekiah rejoiced . . . over that which God had set in order for the people,” viz., the long-suspended ordinances of the Temple worship (1 Chronicles 12:39; 1 Chronicles 15:1). Perhaps, however, lâ‘âm, “for... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Chronicles 29:1-36

Sacrifice and Song 2 Chronicles 29:27 Hezekiah was an excellent monarch although he had a very vicious father. We have a proverb which says 'like father, like son,' but that is far from being always true. Eli, a good and pious man, had sons who were a byword for profanity; and Ahaz, who was a rebel against God, had Godfearing Hezekiah for his child. In the first month of the first year of his reign Hezekiah opened the doors of the temple. He recognized that social prosperity runs its roots... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:1-36

HEZEKIAH: THE RELIGIOUS VALUE OF MUSIC2 Chronicles 29:1-36; 2 Chronicles 30:1-27; 2 Chronicles 31:1-21; 2 Chronicles 32:1-33THE bent of the chronicler’s mind is well illustrated by the proportion of space assigned to ritual by him and by the book of Kings respectively. In the latter a few lines only are devoted to ritual, and the bulk of the space is given to the invasion of Sennacherib, the embassy from Babylon, etc., while in Chronicles ritual occupies about three times as many verses as... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Chronicles 29:1-36

6. Reformation under Hezekiah CHAPTER 29 Hezekiah and the Beginning of the Revival 1. The record of his reign (2 Chronicles 29:1-2 ) 2. The purification of the temple (2 Chronicles 29:3-19 ) 3. The restored worship (2 Chronicles 29:20-30 ) 4. The great offerings (2 Chronicles 29:31-36 ) Compare chapters 29-32 with 2 Kings 18-20 and the annotations given there. The reformation which took place under the reign of the godly son of ungodly Ahaz was a thorough and remarkable one. He did... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Chronicles 29:3

29:3 He in the first year of his reign, in the {a} first month, opened the {b} doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.(a) This is a notable example for all princes, first to establish the pure religion of God and to procure that the Lord may be honoured and served correctly.(b) Which Ahaz had shut up, 2 Chronicles 28:24. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Chronicles 29:5

29:5 And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth {c} the filthiness out of the holy [place].(c) Meaning, all the idols, altar groves and whatever was occupied in their service and with which the temple was polluted. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Chronicles 29:8

29:8 {d} Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.(d) He shows that the contempt of religion is the cause of all God’s plagues. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Chronicles 29:10

29:10 Now [it is] in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may {e} turn away from us.(e) He proves by the judgments of God on those who have contemned his word, that there is no way to avoid his plagues, but by conforming themselves to his will. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Chronicles 29:16

29:16 And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to {f} cleanse [it], and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took [it], to carry [it] out abroad into the brook Kidron.(f) From the pollution and filth that Ahaz had brought in. read more

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