2 Chronicles 29:36
in 2 Chronicles 29Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had prepared for the people, because everything had been accomplished so quickly.
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ASV
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
KJV
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 29
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAnd Hezekiah rejoiced - Both he and the people rejoiced that God had prepared their hearts to bring about so great a reformation in so short a time; for, it is added, the thing was done suddenly. The king’s example and influence were here, under God, the grand spring of all those mighty and effectual movements. What amazing power and influence has God lodged with kings! They can sway a whole empire nearly as they please; and when they declare themselves in behalf of religion, they have the people uniformly on their side.
This site's exposition
the burnt offerings were in abundance
on 2 Chronicles 29:35-36
The chapter closes on two clauses that carry its whole argument: God had prepared the people, and the thing was done suddenly. Wesley reads the suddenness itself as evidence, a people who had complied with Ahaz's idolatry only a generation before now free and forward in the Lord's service, a change he credits to the Spirit changing their hearts. Clarke adds that a king's example can move a whole people, but the text names its own cause first, the Lord's preparing standing behind the king's summons rather than following it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Rejoiced - It was, as a very great, so a sudden change, that the people, who but the other day were so ready to comply with wicked Ahaz in his idolatrous presumptions, were now so free and forward in God's service: whereby it plainly appeared to be the work of God, changing their hearts by his Holy Spirit.
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 Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people,....
This change, which God wrought on their minds, did very much expedite and facilitate the work. Let magistrates and ministers do their part towards the reforming of a land, and ascribe to him the glory of what is done, especially when it is done suddenly and is a pleasing surprise.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The duty being assigned by the law to the priests (Le 1:6), was construed by consuetudinary practice as an exclusion of all others not connected with the Aaronic family. for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests--that is, displayed greater alacrity than the priests.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׂמַ֤ח | vaiyismach | and he rejoiced | H8055 → | 155 times |
| יְחִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ | yechizkiyahu | Hezekiah | H2396 → | 127 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָעָ֔ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| עַ֛ל | ʾal | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַהֵכִ֥ין | hahekhin | what he had prepared | H3559 → | 217 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| לָעָ֑ם | laam | for the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| בְּפִתְאֹ֖ם | befitom | in suddenness | H6597 → | |
| הָיָ֥ה | hayah | it had happened | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| הַדָּבָֽר׃ פ | hadavar | the thing | H1697 → | 1440 times |
וַיִּשְׂמַ֤חand he rejoiced
vaiyismachH8055 →155 times
יְחִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙Hezekiah
yechizkiyahuH2396 →127 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
הָעָ֔םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
עַ֛לon
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
הַהֵכִ֥יןwhat he had prepared
hahekhinH3559 →217 times
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
לָעָ֑םfor the people
laamH5971 →1873 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
בְּפִתְאֹ֖םin suddenness
befitomH6597 →
הָיָ֥הit had happened
hayahH1961 →3559 times
הַדָּבָֽר׃ פthe thing
hadavarH1697 →1440 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
Proverbs 16:1The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
it leads to
- Proverbs 19:21
Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
- Proverbs 16:9
A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
- Luke 21:14–15
So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves.
- Philippians 2:13
For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
- Proverbs 20:24
A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?
- Proverbs 19:21
Through
Psalms 10:17You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
it leads to
- Psalms 145:19
He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
- 2 Chronicles 34:27
because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and you have…
- Psalms 145:19
Through
Acts 2:41Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
it leads to
- Acts 4:4
But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
- Acts 4:4
About 2 Chronicles
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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 (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.