Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 29:30

Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.

30. 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.”

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the Lord, with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer,…. Making use of psalms composed by the one and the other; Jarchi takes it to be the one hundred and fifth psalm, which begins, “O give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name”; as in

1Ch 16:7

and they sang praises with gladness; the king and all the people:

and they bowed their heads and worshipped; made another adoration of the Divine Being, as deeply impressed with a sense of his greatness and goodness.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

The king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the Lord with the words (psalms) of David and of Asaph; and they sang praise with joy, and bowed themselves and worshipped. This verse does not mean that the Levites began to sing psalms at the king’s command only after the sacrificial act and the instrumental music (2Ch 29:27.) had been finished, but it forms a comprehensive conclusion of the description of the sacrificial solemnities. The author of the Chronicle considered it necessary to make express mention of the praising of God in psalms, already implicite involved in the , 2Ch 29:28, and to remark that the Levites also, at the conclusion of the song of praise, knelt and worshipped. Asaph is here called , as Jeduthun (Ethan) is in 2Ch 35:15, and Heman, 1Ch 25:5.

Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament

(30) With the words of David, and of Asaph.Heb., in the words. This appears to mean that the singing (2Ch. 29:28) consisted in chanting Davidic and Asaphite psalms, and it is usually so explained. But the expression in the words of David and of Asaph may be compared with in the words of Jehovah, 2Ch. 29:15, and in the command of David and Gad the kings seer, 2Ch. 29:25; and so may be understood to assert merely that the singing was in accordance with the arrangements of David and Asaph. (1Ch. 25:1-2; 1Ch. 25:9.)

Asaph the seer.So Heman is called (1Ch. 25:5); and Jeduthun (2Ch. 25:15).

With gladness.Literally, unto exultationi.e., rapturously.

And they bowed their heads.When the song was ended (2Ch. 29:29).

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

2Ch 29:30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.

Ver. 30. Moreover the king Hezekiah and the princes. ] This Parliament 2Ch 29:20 might well have been called, as that was here in the 25th of Edward III, Benedictum Parlementum.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)