2 Chronicles 29:19
in 2 Chronicles 29Moreover, we have prepared and consecrated all the articles that King Ahaz in his unfaithfulness cast aside during his reign. They are now in front of the altar of the LORD.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away when he trespassed, have we prepared and sanctified; and, behold, they are before the altar of Jehovah.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 29
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAll 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.”
This site's exposition
We have cleansed the entire house of the LORD
on 2 Chronicles 29:18-19
The Levites report by inventory. They have consecrated “all the articles that King Ahaz in his unfaithfulness cast aside”, now “in front of the altar of the LORD”. Clarke cites the Targum's reading that Ahaz had hidden some of the vessels, which would make these the original pieces.
This site's exposition
that King Ahaz in his unfaithfulness cast aside
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown take the articles as vessels Ahaz had removed to common use in his palace, now returned and consecrated again. The verse sets the restoration against 28:24. With the vessels placed before the altar, the report leaves the house ready for the offerings of verses 20-24.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
23 And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them: 24 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
Moreover, all the vessels which King Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression,....
A solemn revival of God's ordinances that had been neglected, in which atonement was made for the sins of the last reign, and the wheels were set a-going again, to the great satisfaction of king and people,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
This took eight days more. At the end of this period they repaired to the palace and announced that not only had the whole of the sacred edifice, within and without, undergone a thorough purification, but all the vessels which the late king had taken away and applied to a common use in his palace, had been restored, "and sanctified."
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵ֣ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַכֵּלִ֗ים | hakelim | the utensils | H3627 → | 325 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הִזְנִיחַ֩ | hizniach | he had rejected | H2186 → | |
| הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אָחָ֧ז | ʾachaz | Ahaz | H271 → | 42 times |
| בְּמַלְכוּת֛וֹ | bemalkhuto | in reign his | H4438 → | 91 times |
| בְּמַעֲל֖וֹ | bemaalo | in unfaithfulness his | H4604 → | 28 times |
| הֵכַ֣נּוּ | hekhanu | we have prepared | H3559 → | 217 times |
| וְהִקְדָּ֑שְׁנוּ | vehikdashenu | and we have consecrated | H6942 → | 171 times |
| וְהִנָּ֕ם | vehinam | and there they | H2005 → | 316 times |
| לִפְנֵ֖י | lifnei | [are] <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| מִזְבַּ֥ח | mizbach | [the] altar of | H4196 → | 401 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ ס | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְאֵ֣תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַכֵּלִ֗יםthe utensils
hakelimH3627 →325 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הִזְנִיחַ֩he had rejected
hizniachH2186 →
הַמֶּ֨לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
אָחָ֧זAhaz
ʾachazH271 →42 times
בְּמַלְכוּת֛וֹin reign his
bemalkhutoH4438 →91 times
בְּמַעֲל֖וֹin unfaithfulness his
bemaaloH4604 →28 times
הֵכַ֣נּוּwe have prepared
hekhanuH3559 →217 times
וְהִקְדָּ֑שְׁנוּand we have consecrated
vehikdashenuH6942 →171 times
וְהִנָּ֕םand there they
vehinamH2005 →316 times
לִפְנֵ֖י[are] <to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
מִזְבַּ֥ח[the] altar of
mizbachH4196 →401 times
יְהוָֽה׃ סYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
2 Chronicles 28:24Then 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…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 29:7
They 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.
- 2 Chronicles 33:3–5
For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of…
- 2 Kings 16:17–18
King Ahaz also cut off the frames of the movable stands and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took down the Sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and…
- 2 Chronicles 30:14
They proceeded to remove the altars in Jerusalem and to take away the incense altars and throw them into the Kidron Valley.
- Hosea 12:11
Is 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.
- 2 Chronicles 29:7
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About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.