2 Chronicles 29:22
in 2 Chronicles 29So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They slaughtered the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar.
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ASV
So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: and they killed the rams, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
KJV
So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 29
Commentary
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So they slaughtered the bulls
on 2 Chronicles 29:22-24
The king and the assembly lay their hands on the goats, and Gill reads the gesture by the pattern of substitution Leviticus 1 sets out. Hezekiah already reaches toward the northern tribes, the reach that becomes a letter to Ephraim and Manasseh in chapter 30.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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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So they killed the bullocks,.... The seven bullocks, that is, the priests killed them: and the priests received the blood; into basins provided for that purpose: and sprinkled it on the altar; according to the law of Moses, Lev 1:5 and so they did with the rams and lambs.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיִּשְׁחֲטוּ֙ | vaiyishchatu | and they slaughtered | H7819 → | 81 times |
| הַבָּקָ֔ר | habakar | the cattle | H1241 → | 183 times |
| וַיְקַבְּל֤וּ | vaykabelu | and they took | H6901 → | |
| הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַדָּ֔ם | hadam | the blood | H1818 → | 360 times |
| וַֽיִּזְרְק֖וּ | vaiyizreku | and they sprinkled [it] | H2236 → | 35 times |
| הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה | hamizbechah | the altar towards | H4196 → | 401 times |
| וַיִּשְׁחֲט֣וּ | vaiyishchatu | and they slaughtered | H7819 → | 81 times |
| הָאֵלִ֗ים | haelim | the rams | H352 → | 187 times |
| וַיִּזְרְק֤וּ | vaiyizreku | and they sprinkled | H2236 → | 35 times |
| הַדָּם֙ | hadam | the blood | H1818 → | 360 times |
| הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָה | hamizbechah | the altar towards | H4196 → | 401 times |
| וַֽיִּשְׁחֲטוּ֙ | vaiyishchatu | and they slaughtered | H7819 → | 81 times |
| הַכְּבָשִׂ֔ים | hakevasim | the lambs | H3532 → | 107 times |
| וַיִּזְרְק֥וּ | vaiyizreku | and they sprinkled | H2236 → | 35 times |
| הַדָּ֖ם | hadam | the blood | H1818 → | 360 times |
| הַמִּזְבֵּֽחָה׃ | hamizbechah | the altar towards | H4196 → | 401 times |
וַֽיִּשְׁחֲטוּ֙and they slaughtered
vaiyishchatuH7819 →81 times
הַבָּקָ֔רthe cattle
habakarH1241 →183 times
וַיְקַבְּל֤וּand they took
vaykabeluH6901 →
הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙the priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַדָּ֔םthe blood
hadamH1818 →360 times
וַֽיִּזְרְק֖וּand they sprinkled [it]
vaiyizrekuH2236 →35 times
הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָהthe altar towards
hamizbechahH4196 →401 times
וַיִּשְׁחֲט֣וּand they slaughtered
vaiyishchatuH7819 →81 times
הָאֵלִ֗יםthe rams
haelimH352 →187 times
וַיִּזְרְק֤וּand they sprinkled
vaiyizrekuH2236 →35 times
הַדָּם֙the blood
hadamH1818 →360 times
הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָהthe altar towards
hamizbechahH4196 →401 times
וַֽיִּשְׁחֲטוּ֙and they slaughtered
vaiyishchatuH7819 →81 times
הַכְּבָשִׂ֔יםthe lambs
hakevasimH3532 →107 times
וַיִּזְרְק֥וּand they sprinkled
vaiyizrekuH2236 →35 times
הַדָּ֖םthe blood
hadamH1818 →360 times
הַמִּזְבֵּֽחָה׃the altar towards
hamizbechahH4196 →401 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
7 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
Leviticus 1:5And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the…
it leads to
- Leviticus 3:8
He is to lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood on all sides of the…
- Leviticus 1:11
He shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to sprinkle its blood against the altar on all sides.
- Leviticus 3:2
He is to lay his hand on the head of the offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood on all…
- Leviticus 3:13
He must lay his hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood on all sides of the altar.
- Hebrews 12:24
to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
- Leviticus 3:8
Through
Leviticus 8:24Moses also presented Aaron’s sons and put some of the blood on their right earlobes, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then he sprinkled…
it leads to
- Hebrews 9:18–22
That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.
- Hebrews 9:18–22
Through
Leviticus 4:18He is also to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting, and he must pour out the rest of the…
it leads to
- Leviticus 4:7
The priest must then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. And he is to pour out…
- Leviticus 4:7
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About 2 Chronicles
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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.