Bible Commentary

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 the filthiness out of the holy [place]. 5. sanctify now yourselves ] Cp. Exo 19:10-15. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Sanctify now yourselves – Compare the marginal … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 29:5”

And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street, 4. into the east street ] R.V. into the broad place on the east. The place meant was part of the Temple area; cp. Ezr 10:9, “the broad place before the house of God” (R.V.). Fuente: The Cambridge … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 29:4”

He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them. 3 11 (not in 2 Kin.). Hezekiah commands to cleanse the Temple 3. in the first month ] i.e. in Nisan; cp. 2Ch 30:2-3. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 29:3”

And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done. Verse 2. He did that which was right] 2Kg 18:3. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible [See comments on 2Ch 29:1] Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 29:2”

Hezekiah began to reign [when he was] five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. Ch. 2Ch 29:1-2 (= 2Ki 18:1-3). The Reign of Hezekiah 1. Hezekiah ] Heb. “Yehizkiah” (so usually in the Heb. text of Chron.). The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 29:1”

And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, [even] in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchers of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. 26, 27 (= 2Ki 16:19-20). The End of Ahaz 27. they brought him not into the sepulchres of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 28:27”

Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they [are] written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. Ver. 26,27. Now the rest of his acts,…. Of these two verses, [See comments on 2Ki 16:19], [See comments on 2Ki 16:20]. Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 28:26”

And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers. 25. in every several city ] Cp. Jer 2:28. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges And in every city of Judah he made high places to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 28:25”

And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem. 24. cut in pieces the vessels ] Presumably in order to smelt … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 28:24”

For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, [therefore] will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. 23. the gods of Damascus ] In 2 Kin. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 28:23”