And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
And the sanctified things are oxen six hundred, and sheep three thousand.
And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
2 Chronicles — Solomon to the exile — retold through the southern kings only. A priestly history that keeps its lens on the temple, on reform kings, and on the repentance formula (7:14) that will be quoted in a thousand sermons.
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And the consecrated things,.... Which were devoted for peace offerings, of which the owners had a part: were six hundred oxen, and three thousand sheep; which was a much lesser number than what were offered upon occasion in the times of David and Solomon, the nation being poorer; and besides, these were only the oblation of two tribes, they of all Israel.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
Perhaps the remembrance of their sin in sacrificing on the high places made them more willing to bring their sacrifices now to God's altar. That the priests were few, too few for the service,
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
