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2 Chronicles 29:20

in 2 Chronicles 29

Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the house of the LORD.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Jehovah.

KJV

Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 29

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials

on 2 Chronicles 29:20-21

The king brings “seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats”, and Wesley takes seven as the number of completeness in sacred things. Hezekiah commands “the priests, the descendants of Aaron” to offer them, directing the worship without doing the priest's part, the line Uzziah crossed at 26:16-21.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Even our repentance and reformation will not obtain pardon but in and through Christ, who was made sin (that is, a sin-offering) for us. No peace but through his blood, no, not for penitents. The sin-offering was for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah (

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A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. 10 Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the L ORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

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Then Hezekiah the king rose early,.... Took the first opportunity to attend the worship of God, and set an example to his people: and gathered the rulers of the city; the elders of the people, the chief magistrates in Jerusalem: and went up to the house of the Lord; the temple, to worship there.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

At the close of the special services of the occasion, namely, the offering of atonement sacrifices, the king and all civic rulers who were present joined in the worship.

The words behind it

10 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיַּשְׁכֵּם֙and he rose early

    vaiyashkemH7925 →65 times

  • יְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּHezekiah

    yechizkiyahuH2396 →127 times

  • הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • וַיֶּאֱסֹ֕ףand he gathered

    vaiyeesofH622 →200 times

  • אֵ֖ת<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • שָׂרֵ֣י[the] officials of

    sareiH8269 →421 times

  • הָעִ֑ירthe city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

  • וַיַּ֖עַלand he went up

    vaiyaalH5927 →890 times

  • בֵּ֥ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Exodus 24:4

    And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve…

    it leads to

    • Genesis 28:18

      Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,

    • Deuteronomy 31:9

      So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.

    • Revelation 21:14

      The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

    • Galatians 2:9

      And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and…

  • Through

    Jeremiah 25:4

    And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 25:3

      “From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again,…

  • Through

    Genesis 22:3

    So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for…

    it leads to

    • Psalms 119:60

      I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.

  • Through

    Joshua 6:12

    Joshua got up early the next morning, and the priests took the ark of the LORD.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 3:1

      Early the next morning Joshua got up and left Shittim with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.

    • Hebrews 11:7–8

      By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes…

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.