2 Chronicles 29:24
in 2 Chronicles 29And the priests slaughtered the goats and put their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.
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ASV
and the priests killed them, and they made a sin-offering with their blood upon the altar, to make atonement for all Israel; for the king commanded that the burnt-offering and the sin-offering should be made for all Israel.
KJV
And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 29
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
All lsrael - Hezekiah aimed at reuniting once more the whole people of Israel, if not into a single state, yet, at any rate, into a single religious communion. The northern kingdom was in a condition approaching to anarchy. The end was evidently approaching. Hoshea, the king contemporary with Hezekiah 2Ki 18:1, ruled, not as an independent monarch, but as an Assyrian feudatory 2Ki 17:3. Under these circumstances Hezekiah designed to invite the revolted tribes to return, if not to their old temporal, at least to their old spiritual, allegiance 2Ch 30:5-
This site's exposition
the priests received the blood
on 2 Chronicles 29:22-24
Laying hands on the goats before the sacrifice marks the animals as standing in the offerers' place, Gill reading the gesture as the same substitution pattern Leviticus 1 sets out, though the verse itself only records the ritual act. Verse 24 states the scope plainly, the priests made reconciliation to make an atonement for all Israel, for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel, not Judah alone. Hezekiah is already reaching past his own borders toward the ten tribes that fell in the chapter before, the same reach that becomes an open letter to Ephraim and Manasseh in chapter 30.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
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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), and not for Judah only. Christ is a propitiation, not for the sins of Israel only, but of the whole world, 1 John ii. While the offerings were burning upon the altar the Levites sang the song of the Lord (
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And the priests killed them,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
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.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁחָטוּם֙ | vaiyishchatum | and they slaughtered them | H7819 → | 81 times |
| הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וַֽיְחַטְּא֤וּ | vaychateu | and they made a sin offering | H2398 → | 238 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דָּמָם֙ | damam | blood their | H1818 → | 360 times |
| הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָה | hamizbechah | the altar towards | H4196 → | 401 times |
| לְכַפֵּ֖ר | lekhaper | to make atonement | H3722 → | |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לְכָל־ | lekhol | for all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אָמַ֣ר | ʾamar | he had said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| הָעוֹלָ֖ה | haolah | the burnt offering | H5930 → | 287 times |
| וְהַחַטָּֽאת׃ | vehachatat | and the sin offering | H2403 → | 295 times |
וַיִּשְׁחָטוּם֙and they slaughtered them
vaiyishchatumH7819 →81 times
הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
וַֽיְחַטְּא֤וּand they made a sin offering
vaychateuH2398 →238 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
דָּמָם֙blood their
damamH1818 →360 times
הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָהthe altar towards
hamizbechahH4196 →401 times
לְכַפֵּ֖רto make atonement
lekhaperH3722 →
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
כִּ֤יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
לְכָל־for all
lekholH3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אָמַ֣רhe had said
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
הָעוֹלָ֖הthe burnt offering
haolahH5930 →287 times
וְהַחַטָּֽאת׃and the sin offering
vehachatatH2403 →295 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
Ezekiel 45:15And one sheep shall be given from each flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These are for the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for the…
it leads to
- Leviticus 1:4
He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
- Leviticus 6:30
But no sin offering may be eaten if its blood has been brought into the Tent of Meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place; it must be burned.
- Leviticus 1:4
Through
Ezekiel 45:17And it shall be the prince’s part to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings for the feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—for all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel. He…
it leads to
- Isaiah 66:23
From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.
- 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…
- Ezekiel 46:4–12
The burnt offering that the prince presents to the LORD on the Sabbath day shall be six unblemished male lambs and an unblemished ram.
- 1 Kings 8:63–64
And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD.
- Ezekiel 43:27
At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Lord GOD.’”
- Isaiah 66:23
Through
Leviticus 14:20and offer it on the altar, with the grain offering, to make atonement for him, and he will be clean.
it leads to
- Leviticus 14:10
On the eighth day he is to bring two unblemished male lambs, an unblemished ewe lamb a year old, a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil,…
- Leviticus 14:10
About 2 Chronicles

This page draws on 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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
