2 Chronicles 29:21
in 2 Chronicles 29They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.
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ASV
And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he-goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of Jehovah.
KJV
And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the Lord.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 29
Commentary
9 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Hezekiah commenced his restoration of the Yahweh-worship with an unusually comprehensive sin-offering, embracing the four chief kinds of sacrificial animals, and seven animals of each kind: he intended to atone for the sins, both conscious and unconscious, of the king, the priests, the people of Judah, and the people of Israel. After the completion of these expiatory rites, he proceeded to the offering of the burnt-offering 2Ch 29:27.
This site's exposition
rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city
on 2 Chronicles 29:20-21
Four kinds of victim, seven of each, a number Wesley reads as the customary figure for sacred completeness given how many and how varied the kingdom's sins had grown under Ahaz. The offering's stated scope widens in one verse from the kingdom to the sanctuary to Judah, and verse 24 widens it once more; the sin offering is building toward Israel as a whole before it gets there. Hezekiah himself commands the sons of Aaron to the altar, the king directing worship without performing the priest's part, the line Uzziah crossed and never survived at 26:16-21.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening5 voices
Seven - The number seven is customary in sacred matters, and is here used in regard of the vast numbers and various kinds of sins, the guilt whereof yet lay upon the kingdom, which was now to be expiated. Indeed, in case of one particular sin of ignorance done by the people, there was but one bullock to be offered, but here the sins were many and presumptuous.
), that is, to make atonement for the sins of princes, priests, and people, for they had all corrupted their way. The law of Moses appointed sacrifices to make atonement for the sins of the whole congregation ( Lev. iv.
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9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. 10 Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the L ORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
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), because the sins of the congregation had been very great and long continued in. Seven is a number of perfection. Our great sin-offering is but one, yet that one perfects for ever those that are sanctified.
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And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah,....
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
At the close of the special services of the occasion, namely, the offering of atonement sacrifices, the king and all civic rulers who were present joined in the worship.
They brought seven bullocks, etc. - This was more than the law required; see Lev 4:13, etc. It ordered one calf or ox for the sins of the people, and one he-goat for the sins of the prince; but Hezekiah here offers many more. And the reason appears sufficiently evident: the law speaks only of sins of ignorance; but here were sins of every kind and every die - idolatry, apostasy from the Divine worship, profanation of the temple, etc., etc. The sin-offerings, we are informed, were offered, first for the Kingdom - for the transgressions of the king and his family; secondly, for the Sanctuary, which had been defiled and polluted, and for the priests who had been profane, negligent, and unholy; and, finally, for Judah - for the whole mass of the people, who had been led away into every kind of abomination by the above examples.
The words behind it
25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבִ֣יאוּ | vaiyaviu | and they brought | H935 → | 2568 times |
| פָרִים־ | farim- | young bulls | H6499 → | 132 times |
| שִׁבְעָה֩ | shivah | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| וְאֵילִ֨ים | veeilim | and rams | H352 → | 187 times |
| שִׁבְעָ֜ה | shivah | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| וּכְבָשִׂ֣ים | ukhevasim | and lambs | H3532 → | 107 times |
| שִׁבְעָ֗ה | shivah | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| וּצְפִירֵ֨י | utzefirei | and he-goats of | H6842 → | |
| עִזִּ֤ים | ʾizim | goats | H5795 → | |
| שִׁבְעָה֙ | shivah | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| לְחַטָּ֔את | lechatat | to a sin offering | H2403 → | 295 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַמַּמְלָכָ֥ה | hamamlakhah | the kingdom | H4467 → | 117 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַמִּקְדָּ֖שׁ | hamikdash | the sanctuary | H4720 → | 75 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יְהוּדָ֑ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לִבְנֵ֤י | livnei | to [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אַהֲרֹן֙ | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| לְהַעֲל֖וֹת | lehaalot | to offer up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מִזְבַּ֥ח | mizbach | [the] altar of | H4196 → | 401 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וַיָּבִ֣יאוּand they brought
vaiyaviuH935 →2568 times
פָרִים־young bulls
farim-H6499 →132 times
שִׁבְעָה֩seven
shivahH7651 →394 times
וְאֵילִ֨יםand rams
veeilimH352 →187 times
שִׁבְעָ֜הseven
shivahH7651 →394 times
וּכְבָשִׂ֣יםand lambs
ukhevasimH3532 →107 times
שִׁבְעָ֗הseven
shivahH7651 →394 times
וּצְפִירֵ֨יand he-goats of
utzefireiH6842 →
עִזִּ֤יםgoats
ʾizimH5795 →
שִׁבְעָה֙seven
shivahH7651 →394 times
לְחַטָּ֔אתto a sin offering
lechatatH2403 →295 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַמַּמְלָכָ֥הthe kingdom
hamamlakhahH4467 →117 times
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
הַמִּקְדָּ֖שׁthe sanctuary
hamikdashH4720 →75 times
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
יְהוּדָ֑הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
לִבְנֵ֤יto [the] descendants of
livneiH1121 →4930 times
אַהֲרֹן֙Aaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
לְהַעֲל֖וֹתto offer up
lehaalotH5927 →890 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
מִזְבַּ֥ח[the] altar of
mizbachH4196 →401 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 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
Job 42:8So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer…
it leads to
- Numbers 23:1
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
- James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
- Genesis 20:17
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—
- Job 22:30
He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”
- Psalms 103:10
He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities.
- Numbers 23:1
Through
Ezekiel 45:23Each day during the seven days of the feast, he shall provide seven bulls and seven rams without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD, along with a male goat for a sin…
it leads to
- Numbers 23:1–2
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 23:8
For seven days you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.’”
- Job 42:8
So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer…
- Numbers 23:1–2
About 2 Chronicles

Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PersonExodus eraAaronBrother of Moses and Israel's first high priest; his rod budded, his garments were for glory and beauty, and his line carried the…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; 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.
