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2 Chronicles 32:29

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He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him very great wealth.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very much substance.

KJV

Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 32

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
Moreover, he provided him cities,.... Where he had the above storehouses and stalls, and convenient dwellings for those that looked after them, and were over his cattle, small and great, as follows; the Vulgate Latin version reads six cities in some copies (b): and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; in which the riches of men, and even of kings, lay in those times: for God had given him substance very much; for all was owing to his disposing providence, let it come which way it might. (b) So the Edition of Sixtus V.

This site's exposition

very great riches and honor

on 2 Chronicles 32:27-29

The list of treasuries, storehouses, stalls and pens is material Kings never gives, and Chronicles catalogs the wealth Hezekiah will show the envoys of Babylon. Verse 29 credits the increase: “for God gave him very great wealth”. The book applies the same teaching to every king who seeks the LORD.

This site's exposition

He made cities for himself

John Gill reports that some copies of the Latin Vulgate read six cities here. The cities held the storehouses and housed the men who kept the herds. Wealth in that age was counted in flocks.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. The formidable design of Sennacherib against Hezekiah's kingdom, and the vigorous attempt he made upon it. This Sennacherib was now, as Nebuchadnezzar was afterwards, the terror and scourge and great oppressor of that part of the world.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Besides, he had accumulated large treasures in gold, silver, and precious things, which he had taken as spoils from the Philistines, and which he had received as presents from neighboring states, among which he was held in great honor as a king under the special protection of Heaven.

The words behind it

14 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.

  • וְעָרִים֙and cities

    vearimH5892 →1090 times

  • עָ֣שָׂהhe made

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • ל֔וֹfor himself

    lo

  • וּמִקְנֵה־and livestock of

    umikneh-H4735 →76 times

  • צֹ֥אןflock

    tzonH6629 →274 times

  • וּבָקָ֖רand herd

    uvakarH1241 →183 times

  • לָרֹ֑בto abundance

    laroH7230 →149 times

  • כִּ֤יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • נָֽתַן־he had given

    natan-H5414 →2011 times

  • לוֹ֙to him

    lo

  • אֱלֹהִ֔יםGod

    ʾelohimH430 →2601 times

  • רְכ֖וּשׁproperty

    rekhushH7399 →28 times

  • רַ֥בmuch

    ravH7227 →454 times

  • מְאֹֽד׃very

    meodH3966 →300 times

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

Related verses

12 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Chronicles 29:12Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.4 worksJob 1:3and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.3 worksDeuteronomy 8:18But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.2 worksGenesis 13:2–6And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.2 works2 Chronicles 25:9Amaziah asked the man of God, “What should I do about the hundred talents I have given to the army of Israel?” And the man of God replied, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”2 works1 Chronicles 27:29–31Shitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the herds grazing in Sharon. Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the herds in the valleys.2 works
The other 6 cross-references, with their words ▾
Job 1:9Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?2 worksProverbs 10:22The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.2 works2 Chronicles 26:10Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.2 worksJob 42:12So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.2 works1 Samuel 2:7The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.2 works1 Timothy 6:17–18Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.2 works

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

    Deuteronomy 8:18

    But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 10:22

      The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • Hosea 2:8

      For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.

    • Deuteronomy 7:8

      But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand…

    • Psalms 127:1–2

      Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.

    • Deuteronomy 7:12

      If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 29:12

    Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 8:18

      But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Ephesians 3:16

      I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,

    • 2 Chronicles 20:6

      and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in…

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 Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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