2 Chronicles 29:31
in 2 Chronicles 29Then Hezekiah said, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings.
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ASV
Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto Jehovah; come near and bring sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of Jehovah. And the assembly brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt-offerings.
KJV
Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the Lord, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the Lord. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 29
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Hezekiah addresses, not the priests, but the congregation: “Now that by the atoning sacrifice which has been offered for you, you are consecrated once more to be a holy people to the Lord, approach with confidence and offer your free-will offerings as of old.” Burnt offerings - The term thus translated is applied especially to those victims which were to be wholly consumed upon the altar.
This site's exposition
Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD
on 2 Chronicles 29:31-33
The response is free, for “all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings”, the same willing giving that marks the gifts at 1 Chr 29:9. Gill notes that the totals run smaller than the dedication offerings of David and Solomon, from a nation poorer after Ahaz.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 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.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — scripture-overlap:96%@v9-10
Then Hezekiah answered and said,....
"Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the Lord --have both made an atonement and made a covenant by sacrifice, are solemnly reconciled and engaged to him--now come near, and bring sacrifices. " Note, Our covenant with God must be pursued and improved in communion with him.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Hezekiah . . . said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the Lord, come near--This address was made to the priests as being now, by the sacrifice of the expiation offerings, anew consecrated to the service of God and qualified to resume the functions of their sacred office (Ex 28:41; 29:32). the congregation brought in--that is, the body of civic rulers present.
The words behind it
21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֨עַן | vaiyaan | and he answered | H6030 → | 331 times |
| יְחִזְקִיָּ֜הוּ | yechizkiyahu | Hezekiah | H2396 → | 127 times |
| וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| עַתָּ֨ה | ʾatah | now | H6258 → | 433 times |
| מִלֵּאתֶ֤ם | miletem | you have filled | H4390 → | 249 times |
| יֶדְכֶם֙ | yedkhem | hand your | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| לַיהוָ֔ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| גֹּ֧שׁוּ | goshu | draw near | H5066 → | 125 times |
| וְהָבִ֛יאוּ | vehaviu | and bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| זְבָחִ֥ים | zevachim | sacrifices | H2077 → | 162 times |
| וְתוֹד֖וֹת | vetodot | and thank-offerings | H8426 → | 31 times |
| לְבֵ֣ית | leveit | to [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וַיָּבִ֤יאוּ | vaiyaviu | and they brought | H935 → | 2568 times |
| הַקָּהָל֙ | hakahal | the assembly | H6951 → | 123 times |
| זְבָחִ֣ים | zevachim | sacrifices | H2077 → | 162 times |
| וְתוֹד֔וֹת | vetodot | and thank-offerings | H8426 → | 31 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| נְדִ֥יב | nediv | [person] willing of | H5081 → | |
| לֵ֖ב | lev | heart | H3820 → | 595 times |
| עֹלֽוֹת׃ | olot | burnt offerings | H5930 → | 287 times |
וַיַּ֨עַןand he answered
vaiyaanH6030 →331 times
יְחִזְקִיָּ֜הוּHezekiah
yechizkiyahuH2396 →127 times
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
עַתָּ֨הnow
ʾatahH6258 →433 times
מִלֵּאתֶ֤םyou have filled
miletemH4390 →249 times
יֶדְכֶם֙hand your
yedkhemH3027 →1618 times
לַיהוָ֔הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
גֹּ֧שׁוּdraw near
goshuH5066 →125 times
וְהָבִ֛יאוּand bring
vehaviuH935 →2568 times
זְבָחִ֥יםsacrifices
zevachimH2077 →162 times
וְתוֹד֖וֹתand thank-offerings
vetodotH8426 →31 times
לְבֵ֣יתto [the] house of
leveitH1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וַיָּבִ֤יאוּand they brought
vaiyaviuH935 →2568 times
הַקָּהָל֙the assembly
hakahalH6951 →123 times
זְבָחִ֣יםsacrifices
zevachimH2077 →162 times
וְתוֹד֔וֹתand thank-offerings
vetodotH8426 →31 times
וְכָל־and every
vekholH3605 →5413 times
נְדִ֥יב[person] willing of
nedivH5081 →
לֵ֖בheart
levH3820 →595 times
עֹלֽוֹת׃burnt offerings
olotH5930 →287 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
Exodus 35:5Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 9:7
Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
- Psalms 110:3
Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
- Exodus 25:2–7
“Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.
- Judges 5:9
My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
- 2 Corinthians 8:11–12
Now finish the work, so that you may complete it just as eagerly as you began, according to your means.
- 2 Corinthians 9:7
Through
2 Chronicles 13:9But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 11:14–15
For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 2:11
Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
- 2 Chronicles 11:14–15
Through
Exodus 35:22So all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings, rings and necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry. And they all presented their gold as a wave…
it leads to
- Ezra 2:68–69
When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site.
- Ezra 2:68–69
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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.