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2 Chronicles 29:7

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They also shut the doors of the portico and extinguished the lamps. They did not burn incense or present burnt offerings in the Holy Place of the God of Israel.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt-offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.

KJV

Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 29

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The lamps were not lighted, and incense was not burnt. There are still such neglects as these, and they are no less culpable, when the word is not duly read and opened (for that was signified by the lighting of the lamps ) and when prayers and praises are not duly offered up, for that was signified by the burning of incense.

This site's exposition

turned away their faces

on 2 Chronicles 29:6-7

Hezekiah puts the confession in the Levites' own mouths: our fathers have trespassed, forsaken him, and turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord. The list of failures is concrete and matches what chapter 28 recorded of Ahaz, doors shut, lamps put out, incense unburned, no burnt offering, the whole calendar stopped rather than merely neglected. Confession here comes before cleansing; the generation that inherits the ruin names the sin before it lifts a broom.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Also they have shut up the doors of the porch,....

Modern Voices1 voice

For a generation, the temple the designated place of God's presence had been neglected, defiled, and abandoned. The priests had grown negligent, the offerings had ceased, and the sacred had become a storage closet for the profane.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • גַּ֣םalso

    gamH1571 →769 times

  • סָֽגְר֞וּthey shut

    sageruH5462 →91 times

  • דַּלְת֣וֹת[the] doors of

    daltotH1817 →88 times

  • הָאוּלָ֗םthe porch

    haulamH197 →34 times

  • וַיְכַבּוּ֙and they extinguished

    vaykhabuH3518 →

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַנֵּר֔וֹתthe lamps

    hanerotH5216 →49 times

  • וּקְטֹ֖רֶתand incense

    uketoretH7004 →60 times

  • לֹ֣אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • הִקְטִ֑ירוּthey made smoke

    hiktiruH6999 →116 times

  • וְעֹלָה֙and burnt offering[s]

    veolahH5930 →287 times

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • הֶעֱל֣וּthey offered up

    heeluH5927 →890 times

  • בַקֹּ֔דֶשׁin the holy place

    vakodeshH6944 →469 times

  • לֵאלֹהֵ֖יto [the] God of

    leloheiH430 →2601 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Chronicles 28:24Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.5 works2 Chronicles 29:3In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened and repaired the doors of the house of the LORD.4 worksLeviticus 24:2–8“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.3 works2 Kings 16:17–18King Ahaz also cut off the frames of the movable stands and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took down the Sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone base.2 worksMalachi 1:10“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.2 works2 Chronicles 29:17They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they reached the portico of the LORD. For eight more days they consecrated the house of the LORD itself, finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month.2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ezekiel 41:2The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. He also measured the length of the outer sanctuary to be forty cubits, and the width to be twenty cubits.2 worksNehemiah 6:10Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you!”2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Malachi 1:10

    “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and…

    it leads to

    • 1 Peter 5:2

      Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;

    • Jeremiah 6:20

      What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”

    • Hosea 5:6

      They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.

    • Micah 3:11

      Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster…

    • Amos 5:21–24

      “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 29:3

    In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened and repaired the doors of the house of the LORD.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 28:24

      Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street…

    • Matthew 6:33

      But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 28:24

    Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 33:3–5

      For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of…

About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
2 Chronicles: the study guide →Read 2 Chronicles 29 →

This page draws on Charlie Shamp, Mantle of the Standing Generation: Reclaiming the Lost Art of Priestly Intercession; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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