2 Chronicles 13:11
in 2 Chronicles 13Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.
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ASV
and they burn unto Jehovah every morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense: the showbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of Jehovah our God; but ye have forsaken him.
KJV
And they burn unto the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord our God; but ye have forsaken him.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 13
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Abijah stood up upon Mount Zemaraim--He had entered the enemy's territory and was encamped on an eminence near Beth-el (Jos 18:22). Jeroboam's army lay at the foot of the hill, and as a pitched battle was expected, Abijah, according to the singular usage of ancient times, harangued the enemy.
This site's exposition
the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him
on 2 Chronicles 13:10-11
Against Jeroboam's manufactured priesthood Abijah sets Judah's own, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business, an unbroken succession offered as the case itself. Verse 11 lists the evidence, morning and evening burnt offerings, the shewbread on the pure table, and the golden lampstand kept burning every evening, the daily courses 1 Chronicles 23-26 established still running. We keep the charge of the Lord our God, but ye have forsaken him turns the sermon on the seeking refrain Chronicles measures every reign by, though Wesley allows that Abijah may partly have flattered himself that outward worship covered the faults of his own life.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Pure table - Made of pure gold, Exod. xxv, 23, 24, he saith table and candlestick, though there were ten of each, because ordinarily there was but one of each used at a time for those uses. We keep - Perhaps he flattered himself, that his keeping up the external worship of God would make satisfaction for the errors of his life.
And they burn unto the Lord, every morning and every evening, burnt sacrifices and sweet incense,....
We worship no images, have no priests but what he has ordained, no rites of worship but what he has prescribed. Both the temple service and the temple furniture are of his appointing.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
engage in the work i.e., in their work; this one to sing, and that one to guard the gates, every man to his work, as David prepared it.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמַקְטִרִ֣ים | umaktirim | and [are] making smoke | H6999 → | 116 times |
| לַיהוָ֡ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עֹל֣וֹת | olot | burnt offerings | H5930 → | 287 times |
| בַּבֹּֽקֶר־ | baboker- | in the morning | H1242 → | 214 times |
| בַּבֹּ֣קֶר | baboker | in the morning | H1242 → | 214 times |
| וּבָעֶֽרֶב־ | uvaerev- | and in the evening | H6153 → | 134 times |
| בָּעֶ֣רֶב | baerev | in the evening | H6153 → | 134 times |
| וּקְטֹֽרֶת־ | uketoret- | and incense of | H7004 → | 60 times |
| סַמִּים֩ | samim | perfume<s> | H5561 → | |
| וּמַעֲרֶ֨כֶת | umaarekhet | and [the] row of | H4635 → | 10 times |
| לֶ֜חֶם | lechem | bread | H3899 → | 298 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַשֻּׁלְחָ֣ן | hashulchan | the table | H7979 → | 71 times |
| הַטָּה֗וֹר | hatahor | <the> clean | H2889 → | 94 times |
| וּמְנוֹרַ֨ת | umenorat | and [the] lampstand of | H4501 → | 42 times |
| הַזָּהָ֤ב | hazahav | <the> gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| וְנֵרֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ | veneroteiha | and lamps its | H5216 → | 49 times |
| לְבָעֵר֙ | levaer | to burn | H1197 → | 94 times |
| בָּעֶ֣רֶב | baerev | in the evening | H6153 → | 134 times |
| בָּעֶ֔רֶב | baerev | in the evening | H6153 → | 134 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| שֹׁמְרִ֣ים | shomerim | [are] keeping | H8104 → | 468 times |
| אֲנַ֔חְנוּ | ʾanachnu | we | H587 → | 120 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת | mishmeret | [the] duty of | H4931 → | 78 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ | ʾeloheinu | God our | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וְאַתֶּ֖ם | veatem | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| עֲזַבְתֶּ֥ם | ʾazavtem | you have forsaken | H5800 → | 215 times |
| אֹתֽוֹ׃ | ʾoto | <obj.> him | H853 → | 10935 times |
וּמַקְטִרִ֣יםand [are] making smoke
umaktirimH6999 →116 times
לַיהוָ֡הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
עֹל֣וֹתburnt offerings
olotH5930 →287 times
בַּבֹּֽקֶר־in the morning
baboker-H1242 →214 times
בַּבֹּ֣קֶרin the morning
babokerH1242 →214 times
וּבָעֶֽרֶב־and in the evening
uvaerev-H6153 →134 times
בָּעֶ֣רֶבin the evening
baerevH6153 →134 times
וּקְטֹֽרֶת־and incense of
uketoret-H7004 →60 times
סַמִּים֩perfume<s>
samimH5561 →
וּמַעֲרֶ֨כֶתand [the] row of
umaarekhetH4635 →10 times
לֶ֜חֶםbread
lechemH3899 →298 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַשֻּׁלְחָ֣ןthe table
hashulchanH7979 →71 times
הַטָּה֗וֹר<the> clean
hatahorH2889 →94 times
וּמְנוֹרַ֨תand [the] lampstand of
umenoratH4501 →42 times
הַזָּהָ֤ב<the> gold
hazahavH2091 →389 times
וְנֵרֹתֶ֙יהָ֙and lamps its
veneroteihaH5216 →49 times
לְבָעֵר֙to burn
levaerH1197 →94 times
בָּעֶ֣רֶבin the evening
baerevH6153 →134 times
בָּעֶ֔רֶבin the evening
baerevH6153 →134 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
שֹׁמְרִ֣ים[are] keeping
shomerimH8104 →468 times
אֲנַ֔חְנוּwe
ʾanachnuH587 →120 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת[the] duty of
mishmeretH4931 →78 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּGod our
ʾeloheinuH430 →2601 times
וְאַתֶּ֖םand you
veatemH859 →1094 times
עֲזַבְתֶּ֥םyou have forsaken
ʾazavtemH5800 →215 times
אֹתֽוֹ׃<obj.> him
ʾotoH853 →10935 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 29:38This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old.
it leads to
- Numbers 28:3–8
And tell them that this is the offering made by fire you are to present to the LORD as a regular burnt offering each day: two unblemished year-old male lambs.
- 1 Chronicles 16:40
to regularly present burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offerings, morning and evening, according to all that was written in the Law of the LORD, which He had commanded Israel…
- 2 Chronicles 2:4
Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making…
- Daniel 12:11
And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.
- 2 Chronicles 31:3
The king contributed from his own possessions for the regular morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, as written in the Law of…
- Numbers 28:3–8
Through
2 Chronicles 2:4Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making…
it leads to
- Exodus 30:7
And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.
- Exodus 25:30
And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
- 2 Chronicles 2:1
Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
- Exodus 30:7
About 2 Chronicles
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 Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.