2 Chronicles 29:7
in 2 Chronicles 29They 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt-offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.
KJV
Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 29
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThe lamps were not lighted, and incense was not burnt. There are still such neglects as these, and they are no less culpable, when the word is not duly read and opened (for that was signified by the lighting of the lamps ) and when prayers and praises are not duly offered up, for that was signified by the burning of incense.
This site's exposition
turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD
on 2 Chronicles 29:6-7
Hezekiah confesses the sin of the generation before: “our fathers were unfaithful” and “turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD”. The list of failures is concrete, doors shut, lamps put out, no incense and no burnt offering, and it matches the shut doors of 28:24.
This site's exposition
extinguished the lamps
The lamps burned from evening to morning at Exodus 27:20-21, incense was offered each morning and evening at Exodus 30:7-8. The burnt offering was made twice daily at Numbers 28:3-4. Matthew Henry reads the lamps as a figure of Scripture and the incense as a figure of prayer.
The record, by era
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Also they have shut up the doors of the porch,....
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A commentator
Charlie ShampMantle of the Standing Generation: Reclaiming the Lost Art of Priestly Intercession (2026)
proposed
For a generation, the temple the designated place of God's presence had been neglected, defiled, and abandoned. The priests had grown negligent, the offerings had ceased, and the sacred had become a storage closet for the profane.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גַּ֣ם | gam | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| סָֽגְר֞וּ | sageru | they shut | H5462 → | 91 times |
| דַּלְת֣וֹת | daltot | [the] doors of | H1817 → | 88 times |
| הָאוּלָ֗ם | haulam | the porch | H197 → | 34 times |
| וַיְכַבּוּ֙ | vaykhabu | and they extinguished | H3518 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַנֵּר֔וֹת | hanerot | the lamps | H5216 → | 49 times |
| וּקְטֹ֖רֶת | uketoret | and incense | H7004 → | 60 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הִקְטִ֑ירוּ | hiktiru | they made smoke | H6999 → | 116 times |
| וְעֹלָה֙ | veolah | and burnt offering[s] | H5930 → | 287 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הֶעֱל֣וּ | heelu | they offered up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| בַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ | vakodesh | in the holy place | H6944 → | 469 times |
| לֵאלֹהֵ֖י | lelohei | to [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
גַּ֣םalso
gamH1571 →769 times
סָֽגְר֞וּthey shut
sageruH5462 →91 times
דַּלְת֣וֹת[the] doors of
daltotH1817 →88 times
הָאוּלָ֗םthe porch
haulamH197 →34 times
וַיְכַבּוּ֙and they extinguished
vaykhabuH3518 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַנֵּר֔וֹתthe lamps
hanerotH5216 →49 times
וּקְטֹ֖רֶתand incense
uketoretH7004 →60 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
הִקְטִ֑ירוּthey made smoke
hiktiruH6999 →116 times
וְעֹלָה֙and burnt offering[s]
veolahH5930 →287 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
הֶעֱל֣וּthey offered up
heeluH5927 →890 times
בַקֹּ֔דֶשׁin the holy place
vakodeshH6944 →469 times
לֵאלֹהֵ֖יto [the] God of
leloheiH430 →2601 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 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
Malachi 1:10“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and…
it leads to
- 1 Peter 5:2
Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
- Jeremiah 6:20
What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
- Hosea 5:6
They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.
- Micah 3:11
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster…
- Amos 5:21–24
“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
- 1 Peter 5:2
Through
2 Chronicles 29:3In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened and repaired the doors of the house of the LORD.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 28:24
Then 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…
- Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
- 2 Chronicles 28:24
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 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 Chronicles 33:3–5
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Charlie Shamp, Mantle of the Standing Generation: Reclaiming the Lost Art of Priestly Intercession; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.