2 Chronicles 29:17
in 2 Chronicles 29They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they reached the portico of the LORD. For eight more days they consecrated the house of the LORD itself, finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month.
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ASV
Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of Jehovah; and they sanctified the house of Jehovah in eight days: and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
KJV
Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the Lord: so they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 29
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
When they had assembled their brothers
on 2 Chronicles 29:15-17
They begin “on the first day of the first month”, reach “the portico of the LORD” on the eighth and finish on the sixteenth. That runs two days past the fourteenth of Nisan, the day of Passover. Chapter 30 keeps the feast in the second month under Num 9:10-11.
This site's exposition
finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month
The work falls into two equal parts. Clarke notes that the Targum names the first month as Nisan, the month of Passover under Exodus 12:2-6. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that the Levites went to report once the second eight days were done, the report verse 18 records.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify,....
A solemn revival of God's ordinances that had been neglected, in which atonement was made for the sins of the last reign, and the wheels were set a-going again, to the great satisfaction of king and people,
Let those that do good work learn to rid work and get it done. Let what is amiss be amended quickly. The report they made of it to Hezekiah was very agreeable,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
This took eight days more. At the end of this period they repaired to the palace and announced that not only had the whole of the sacred edifice, within and without, undergone a thorough purification, but all the vessels which the late king had taken away and applied to a common use in his palace, had been restored, "and sanctified."
On the first day - “They began on the first day of the first month Nisan.” - Targum.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And the priests came within for the Levites may not enter within.
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. 7 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
23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַ֠יָּחֵלּוּ | vaiyachelu | and they began | H2490 → | 143 times |
| בְּאֶחָ֞ד | beechad | on [day] one | H259 → | 971 times |
| לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ | lachodesh | of the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| הָרִאשׁוֹן֮ | harishon | <the> first | H7223 → | 182 times |
| לְקַדֵּשׁ֒ | lekadesh | to consecrate | H6942 → | 171 times |
| וּבְי֧וֹם | uveyom | and on day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| שְׁמוֹנָ֣ה | shemonah | eight | H8083 → | 109 times |
| לַחֹ֗דֶשׁ | lachodesh | of the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| בָּ֚אוּ | bau | they came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| לְאוּלָ֣ם | leulam | to [the] porch of | H197 → | 34 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וַיְקַדְּשׁ֥וּ | vaykadeshu | and they consecrated | H6942 → | 171 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בֵּית־ | beit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לְיָמִ֣ים | leyamim | for days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| שְׁמוֹנָ֑ה | shemonah | eight | H8083 → | 109 times |
| וּבְי֨וֹם | uveyom | and on day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| שִׁשָּׁ֥ה | shishah | six- | H8337 → | 216 times |
| עָשָׂ֛ר | ʾasar | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ | lachodesh | of the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| הָרִאשׁ֖וֹן | harishon | <the> first | H7223 → | 182 times |
| כִּלּֽוּ׃ ס | kilu | they finished | H3615 → | 208 times |
וַ֠יָּחֵלּוּand they began
vaiyacheluH2490 →143 times
בְּאֶחָ֞דon [day] one
beechadH259 →971 times
לַחֹ֣דֶשׁof the month
lachodeshH2320 →284 times
הָרִאשׁוֹן֮<the> first
harishonH7223 →182 times
לְקַדֵּשׁ֒to consecrate
lekadeshH6942 →171 times
וּבְי֧וֹםand on day
uveyomH3117 →2304 times
שְׁמוֹנָ֣הeight
shemonahH8083 →109 times
לַחֹ֗דֶשׁof the month
lachodeshH2320 →284 times
בָּ֚אוּthey came
bauH935 →2568 times
לְאוּלָ֣םto [the] porch of
leulamH197 →34 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וַיְקַדְּשׁ֥וּand they consecrated
vaykadeshuH6942 →171 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בֵּית־[the] house of
beit-H1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לְיָמִ֣יםfor days
leyamimH3117 →2304 times
שְׁמוֹנָ֑הeight
shemonahH8083 →109 times
וּבְי֨וֹםand on day
uveyomH3117 →2304 times
שִׁשָּׁ֥הsix-
shishahH8337 →216 times
עָשָׂ֛רteen
ʾasarH6240 →338 times
לַחֹ֥דֶשׁof the month
lachodeshH2320 →284 times
הָרִאשׁ֖וֹן<the> first
harishonH7223 →182 times
כִּלּֽוּ׃ סthey finished
kiluH3615 →208 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
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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 29:7
They 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.
- 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
1 Kings 6:3The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.
it leads to
- John 10:23
and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 3:3–4
The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.
- Acts 3:10–11
they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
- 1 Chronicles 28:11
Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.
- John 10:23
Through
2 Chronicles 29:7They 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.
it leads to
- Leviticus 24:2–8
“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
- Leviticus 24:2–8
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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.