2 Chronicles 28:24
in 2 Chronicles 28Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.
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ASV
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 Jehovah; and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 28
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God,.... And converted them to his own use, sold them, or melted the gold and silver, of which they were, and made money of them, his treasures being exhausted: and shut up the doors of the house of the Lord: that the people might not come and worship there, but on the high places he made: and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem; that the priests might sacrifice there, and not in the temple.
This site's exposition
Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God
on 2 Chronicles 28:24-25
Ahaz “shut the doors of the house of the LORD”, and worship stops by royal order. He sets up altars “on every street corner in Jerusalem”, moving worship out of the one house the law names. Clarke notes that the doors stayed shut through the rest of Ahaz's reign.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
This was worse than the worst of the kings before him had done. (2.) He confronted the altar of God, for he made himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem; so that, as the prophet speaks, they were like heaps in the furrows of the fields, Hos. xii.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Shut up the doors - He caused the Divine worship to be totally suspended; and they continued shut till the beginning of the reign of Hezekiah, one of whose first acts was to reopen them, and thus to restore the Divine worship, 2Ch 29:3.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Compare 2Ki 16:17 note. The temple-worship was suspended, the lamps put out, and the doors shut, to prevent the priests from entering. The Jews still celebrate a yearly fast in commemoration of this time of affliction. Altars - As the one altar for sacrifice, which alone the Law allowed, symbolized the doctrine of one God, so these many altars spoke unmistakeably of the all-embracing polytheism affected by Ahaz.
The words behind it
22 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֶּאֱסֹ֨ף | vaiyeesof | and he gathered | H622 → | 200 times |
| אָחָ֜ז | ʾachaz | Ahaz | H271 → | 42 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כְּלֵ֣י | kelei | [the] utensils of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| בֵית־ | veit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הָֽאֱלֹהִ֗ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וַיְקַצֵּץ֙ | vaykatzetz | and he cut up | H7112 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כְּלֵ֣י | kelei | [the] utensils of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| בֵית־ | veit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וַיִּסְגֹּ֖ר | vaiyisgor | and he closed | H5462 → | 91 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דַּלְת֣וֹת | daltot | [the] doors of | H1817 → | 88 times |
| בֵּית־ | beit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וַיַּ֨עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| ל֧וֹ | lo | for himself | ||
| מִזְבְּח֛וֹת | mizbechot | altars | H4196 → | 401 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | at every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| פִּנָּ֖ה | pinah | corner | H6438 → | 29 times |
| בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ | birushalim | in Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
וַיֶּאֱסֹ֨ףand he gathered
vaiyeesofH622 →200 times
אָחָ֜זAhaz
ʾachazH271 →42 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כְּלֵ֣י[the] utensils of
keleiH3627 →325 times
בֵית־[the] house of
veit-H1004 →2046 times
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֗ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
וַיְקַצֵּץ֙and he cut up
vaykatzetzH7112 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כְּלֵ֣י[the] utensils of
keleiH3627 →325 times
בֵית־[the] house of
veit-H1004 →2046 times
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
וַיִּסְגֹּ֖רand he closed
vaiyisgorH5462 →91 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
דַּלְת֣וֹת[the] doors of
daltotH1817 →88 times
בֵּית־[the] house of
beit-H1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וַיַּ֨עַשׂand he made
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
ל֧וֹfor himself
lo
מִזְבְּח֛וֹתaltars
mizbechotH4196 →401 times
בְּכָל־at every
bekholH3605 →5413 times
פִּנָּ֖הcorner
pinahH6438 →29 times
בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃in Jerusalem
birushalimH3389 →643 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hosea 12:11Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
it leads to
- Hosea 8:11
Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.
- Hosea 6:8
Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.
- Hosea 4:15
Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’
- Hosea 9:15
All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are…
- Hosea 8:11
Through
2 Chronicles 29:7They also shut the doors of the portico and extinguished the lamps. They did not burn incense or present burnt offerings in the Holy Place of the God of Israel.
it leads to
- Leviticus 24:2–8
“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
- Leviticus 24:2–8
Through
2 Chronicles 30:14They proceeded to remove the altars in Jerusalem and to take away the incense altars and throw them into the Kidron Valley.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 29:16
So the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD. Then…
- 2 Samuel 15:23
Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
- 2 Chronicles 15:16
King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron…
- 2 Chronicles 29:16
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.