2 Chronicles 29:28
in 2 Chronicles 29The whole assembly was worshiping, the singers were singing, and the trumpeters were playing. All this continued until the burnt offering was completed.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And all the assembly worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the burnt-offering was finished.
KJV
And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 29
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd all the congregation worshipped,.... Bowed their heads as a token of divine adoration: and the singers sang; both with vocal and instrumental music, who were the Levites: and the trumpeters sounded; their silver trumpets; these were the priests: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished; with all appertaining to it, the meat and drink offerings.
This site's exposition
the song of the Lord began also
on 2 Chronicles 29:27-28
The music and the offering start together, and Barnes calls it a burst of music giving notice to the people the moment the old worship resumes after the years of silence Ahaz's shut doors had imposed. The same coordination of singers and offering that Jehoshaphat later sends ahead of an army at 20:21 appears here at its proper occasion, the sanctuary itself, worship set to the length of the sacrifice rather than to a fixed form. Nothing is rushed and nothing is stretched; the song runs exactly until the burnt offering is finished, then stops.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 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.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — scripture-overlap:96%@v9-10
It is not enough for us to be where God is worshipped, if we do not ourselves worship him, and that not with bodily exercise only, which profits little, but with the heart. The solemnities of this day did likewise look forward. The temple service was to be set up again, that it might be continually kept up; and this Hezekiah calls them to,
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
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַקָּהָל֙ | hakahal | the assembly | H6951 → | 123 times |
| מִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֔ים | mishtachavim | [were] bowing down | H7812 → | 172 times |
| וְהַשִּׁ֣יר | vehashir | and the song | H7892 → | 59 times |
| מְשׁוֹרֵ֔ר | meshorer | [was] singing | H7891 → | 86 times |
| וְהַחֲצֹצְר֖וֹת | vehachatzotzerot | and the trumpets | H2689 → | 29 times |
| מַחְצְרִ֑ים | machatzotzerim | [were] blowing a trumpet | H2690 → | 6 times |
| הַכֹּ֕ל | hakol | <the> everything | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עַ֖ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| לִכְל֥וֹת | likhlot | <to> was complete | H3615 → | 208 times |
| הָעֹלָֽה׃ | haolah | the burnt offering | H5930 → | 287 times |
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
הַקָּהָל֙the assembly
hakahalH6951 →123 times
מִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֔ים[were] bowing down
mishtachavimH7812 →172 times
וְהַשִּׁ֣ירand the song
vehashirH7892 →59 times
מְשׁוֹרֵ֔ר[was] singing
meshorerH7891 →86 times
וְהַחֲצֹצְר֖וֹתand the trumpets
vehachatzotzerotH2689 →29 times
מַחְצְרִ֑ים[were] blowing a trumpet
machatzotzerimH2690 →6 times
הַכֹּ֕ל<the> everything
hakolH3605 →5413 times
עַ֖דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
לִכְל֥וֹת<to> was complete
likhlotH3615 →208 times
הָעֹלָֽה׃the burnt offering
haolahH5930 →287 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Psalms 89:15Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
it leads to
- Psalms 44:3
For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because…
- Job 29:3
when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
- Isaiah 2:5
Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
- Psalms 4:6
Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
- Acts 2:28
You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
- Psalms 44:3
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on 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 Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.