2 Chronicles 5:11
in 2 Chronicles 5Now all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves regardless of their divisions. And when the priests came out of the Holy Place,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place (for all the priests that were present had sanctified themselves, and did not keep their courses;
KJV
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 5
Commentary
7 notes on this verseBy course - According to David's appointment, 1 Chron. xxiv, 1-31, xxv, 1-22, which was only for the ordinary service, but in extraordinary solemnities, such as this, they all came together.
This site's exposition
did not then wait by course
The parenthesis breaks from Kings to explain something 1 Kings 8:10-11 does not: the priests present had sanctified themselves and did not wait by course, the rotation David set up in 1 Chr 24 for ordinary service. On a day this size every division serves together rather than the one course whose turn it was, an arrangement Chronicles alone bothers to explain because Chronicles alone built the courses it is explaining.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
When the singers and musicians praised God, then the house was filled with a cloud. This is very observable; it was not when they offered sacrifices, but when they sang the praises of God, that God gave them this token of his favour; for the sacrifice of praise pleaseth the Lord better than that of an ox or bullock, Ps. lxix.
2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the L ORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. 3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.
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Would we have God dwell in our hearts? We must leave room for him; let every thing else give way. We are here told that upon this occasion the whole family of the priests attended, and not any one particular course: All the priests that were present were sanctified (
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
all the priests that were present . . . did not then wait by course--The rotation system of weekly service introduced by David was intended for the ordinary duties of the priesthood; on extraordinary occasions, or when more than wonted solemnity attached to them, the priests attended in a body.
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When the priests were come out - After having carried the ark into the holy of holies, before the sacred service had commenced.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֕י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְּצֵ֥את | betzet | when came out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ | hakodesh | the holy place | H6944 → | 469 times |
| כִּ֠י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַכֹּהֲנִ֤ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| הַֽנִּמְצְאִים֙ | hanimtzeim | who were found | H4672 → | 455 times |
| הִתְקַדָּ֔שׁוּ | hitkadashu | they had consecrated themselves | H6942 → | 171 times |
| אֵ֖ין | ʾein | not | H369 → | 789 times |
| לִשְׁמ֥וֹר | lishmor | to keep | H8104 → | 468 times |
| לְמַחְלְקֽוֹת׃ | lemachlekot | to divisions | H4256 → | 42 times |
וַיְהִ֕יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
בְּצֵ֥אתwhen came out
betzetH3318 →1067 times
הַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁthe holy place
hakodeshH6944 →469 times
כִּ֠יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַכֹּהֲנִ֤יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
הַֽנִּמְצְאִים֙who were found
hanimtzeimH4672 →455 times
הִתְקַדָּ֔שׁוּthey had consecrated themselves
hitkadashuH6942 →171 times
אֵ֖יןnot
ʾeinH369 →789 times
לִשְׁמ֥וֹרto keep
lishmorH8104 →468 times
לְמַחְלְקֽוֹת׃to divisions
lemachlekotH4256 →42 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
Job 1:5And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps…
it leads to
- Job 42:8
So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer…
- Genesis 8:20
Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.
- 1 Samuel 16:5
“In peace,” he replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
- Ephesians 6:18
Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
- Job 8:4
When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
- Job 42:8
Through
2 Chronicles 30:15And on the fourteenth day of the second month they slaughtered the Passover lamb. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 29:34
However, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had been consecrated. For the Levites had…
- 2 Chronicles 29:34
Through
2 Chronicles 35:4Prepare yourselves by families in your divisions, according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and Solomon his son.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 8:14
In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests…
- 2 Chronicles 8:14
Through
2 Chronicles 29:5“Listen to me, O Levites,” he said. “Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers. Remove from the Holy Place every impurity.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 35:6
Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your fellow countrymen to carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses.”
- 2 Chronicles 35:6
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.