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2 Chronicles 29:4

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Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the square on the east side.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east,

KJV

And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 29

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

gathered them in the square on the east side

on 2 Chronicles 29:4-5

Hezekiah gathers the priests and Levites “in the square on the east side” and gives one charge twice. The order sets the chapter's pattern, the priests reaching the inner house first and the Levites carrying what they find out to the Kidron.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And he brought in the priests and Levites,.... The persons that officiated in the service of the temple: and gathered them together into the east street; which led to the eastern gate of the temple.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

The east street - Rather, some open space before the eastern gate of the outer temple court is intended.

The words behind it

8 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.

  • וַיָּבֵ֥אand he brought

    vaiyave'H935 →2568 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםthe priests

    hakohanimH3548 →750 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • הַלְוִיִּ֑םthe Levites

    halviyimH3881 →291 times

  • וַיַּֽאַסְפֵ֖םand he gathered them

    vaiyaasfemH622 →200 times

  • לִרְח֥וֹבto [the] open place of

    lirchovH7339 →

  • הַמִּזְרָֽח׃the east

    hamizrachH4217 →74 times

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

Related verses

3 in all, six open

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

    Jeremiah 19:2

    and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you,

    it leads to

    • Joshua 15:8

      From there the border went up the Valley of Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom…

    • 2 Kings 23:10

      He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.

    • 2 Chronicles 33:6

      He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking…

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 32:6

    Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 30:22

      And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing fellowship offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

    • Isaiah 40:2

      “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her…

    • Ezra 10:9

      So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house…

    • Nehemiah 8:16

      And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the court of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate…

    • Genesis 34:3

      And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.

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.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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