Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 29:19
Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they [are] before the altar of the LORD.
19. cast away ] According to 2Ch 28:24, “cut in pieces”; cp. 2Ki 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 (2Ki 16:17).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 19. All the vessels, which King Ahaz] The Targum says, “All the vessels which King Ahaz had polluted and rendered abominable by strange idols, when he reigned in his transgression against the WORD of the Lord, we have collected and hidden; and others have we prepared to replace them; and they are now before the Lord.”
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Moreover, all the vessels which King Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression,…. Not that he threw them away, being valuable, as made of gold and silver; but, as Kimchi interprets it, he removed them, and converted them to idolatrous uses; or, as the Targum, he defiled or profaned them, and made them abominable by strange idols:
have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the Lord; they had cleaned them, and fitted them for service, and had put them where they were ready for use; though the Targum is,
“we have laid them aside, and hid them, and prepared others in their room,”
as unfit for divine service; and which is the sense of other Jewish writers o.
o T. Bab. Avodah Zarah, fol. 54. 2.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(19) Cast away.The same word as cast off in 2Ch. 11:14. The vessels so treated were the brazer altar, the brazen sea, and the lavers on the stands (2Ki. 16:14; 2Ki. 16:17).
In his transgression.Unfaithfulness, or apostasy.
Have we prepared.Ordered aright, put to rights. (H kann, i.e., hknn, 1Ch. 29:16 here only.)
The altar of the Lord.The brazen altar in the; court.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
19. The vessels, which Ahaz cast away See 2Ch 28:24. 2Ch 29:20-36 describe the rededication of the temple, and should be compared with our author’s description of its first dedication by Solomon, especially the passages, 2Ch 5:11-14; 2Ch 7:4-11. The passage calls for no verbal comments, but we should note with what emphasis it is stated in 2Ch 29:24 that an atonement and sin offering were made for “all Israel,” as if at this new dedication of the temple they would obliterate the memory of old national strifes and divisions, and consecrate the whole nation as an unbroken community to God.
In public national offerings it was customary for the priests to slay and flay the victims, but on this occasion “the priests were too few,” (2Ch 29:34,) and were accordingly helped by “their brethren the Levites.” We are also informed that the Levites were more upright and prompt to purify themselves from past defilement than the priests. It is commonly supposed that the priests had been more implicated in the idolatrous practices of Ahaz than the Levites, and therefore many of them were slow of heart to respond to Hezekiah’s call to sanctify themselves. Urijah, the high priest, sacrilegiously participated in the impieties of Ahab. Comp. 2Ki 16:11 ; 2Ki 16:16.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Ch 29:19 Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they [are] before the altar of the LORD.
Ver. 19. Did cast away in his transgression. ] Glorying, likely, in his sacrilege, and success there upon; as did Dionysius when he had spoiled a temple. Finding the winds favourable in his navigation, Lo, said he, how the gods approve of sacrilege! But he should have remembered that Nondum omnium dictum sol occiderat, his sin would shortly find him out.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Ahaz . . . cast away. Compare 2Ki 16:14, 2Ki 16:17.
transgression = defection. Hebrew. ma’al. App-44.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
all the vessels: 2Ch 28:24
did cast away: Or, as the LXX, Vulgate, and Targum read, “did pollute,” hizneeach, he rendered them so abominable that they were rejected with abhorrence.
Reciprocal: 2Ki 16:17 – cut off 1Ch 23:28 – purifying Heb 9:21 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ch 29:19. All the vessels have we sanctified Though the vessels of the sanctuary may be profaned for a while, God will find a time and a way to sanctify them. Neither his ordinances nor his obedient people shall be suffered to fail for ever.