2 Chronicles 8:13
in 2 Chronicles 8He observed the daily requirement for offerings according to the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
KJV
Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 8
Commentary
4 notes on this verseEven after a certain rate every day, according to the commandment of Moses,.... The daily sacrifice, morning and evening, Exo 29:38, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons; when there were additional sacrifices, Num 28:9, &c. and on the solemn feasts three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles; which serves to explain the three times in 1Ki 9:25.
This site's exposition
burnt offerings unto the Lord on the altar
on 2 Chronicles 8:12-16
Solomon offers the burnt offerings at the daily rate, and on the sabbaths, new moons and the three annual feasts of unleavened bread, weeks and tabernacles, exactly as the commandment of Moses required. He sets the priests in their courses and the Levites in their charges to praise and to minister, and the porters at every gate, following the order David had already established in 1 Chronicles 23-26. Verse 14 calls David the man of God, a title Chronicles gives sparingly, elsewhere only to Moses and to one later prophet. Because the priests and Levites departed not from that commandment in any matter, the chapter can close by saying the house of the LORD was perfected, worship carried out in order rather than stone alone finishing the temple.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
There were daily sacrifices, a certain rate every day, as duly as the day came, weekly sacrifices on the sabbath, double to what was offered on other days, monthly sacrifices on the new moons, and yearly sacrifices at the three solemn feasts.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Three times in the year - These were the three great annual feasts.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
on the altar of the Lord This was the copper altar that Solomon built.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבִדְבַר־ | uvidvar- | and <in> a matter of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| י֣וֹם | yom | a day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| בְּי֗וֹם | beyom | in a day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| לְהַעֲלוֹת֙ | lehaalot | to offer up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| כְּמִצְוַ֣ת | kemitzvat | according to [the] commandment of | H4687 → | 181 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֔ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| לַשַּׁבָּתוֹת֙ | lashabatot | for the sabbaths | H7676 → | 110 times |
| וְלֶ֣חֳדָשִׁ֔ים | velechodashim | and for the new moons | H2320 → | 284 times |
| וְלַמּ֣וֹעֲד֔וֹת | velamoadot | and for the appointed times | H4150 → | 223 times |
| שָׁל֥וֹשׁ | shaloosh | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| פְּעָמִ֖ים | peamim | times | H6471 → | |
| בַּשָּׁנָ֑ה | bashanah | in the year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| בְּחַ֧ג | bechag | at [the] festival of | H2282 → | 62 times |
| הַמַּצּ֛וֹת | hamatzot | the unleavened bread<s> | H4682 → | 53 times |
| וּבְחַ֥ג | uvechag | and at [the] festival of | H2282 → | 62 times |
| הַשָּׁבֻע֖וֹת | hashavuot | the weeks | H7620 → | |
| וּבְחַ֥ג | uvechag | and at [the] festival of | H2282 → | 62 times |
| הַסֻּכּֽוֹת׃ | hasukot | <the> booths | H5521 → |
וּבִדְבַר־and <in> a matter of
uvidvar-H1697 →1440 times
י֣וֹםa day
yomH3117 →2304 times
בְּי֗וֹםin a day
beyomH3117 →2304 times
לְהַעֲלוֹת֙to offer up
lehaalotH5927 →890 times
כְּמִצְוַ֣תaccording to [the] commandment of
kemitzvatH4687 →181 times
מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
לַשַּׁבָּתוֹת֙for the sabbaths
lashabatotH7676 →110 times
וְלֶ֣חֳדָשִׁ֔יםand for the new moons
velechodashimH2320 →284 times
וְלַמּ֣וֹעֲד֔וֹתand for the appointed times
velamoadotH4150 →223 times
שָׁל֥וֹשׁthree
shalooshH7969 →432 times
פְּעָמִ֖יםtimes
peamimH6471 →
בַּשָּׁנָ֑הin the year
bashanahH8141 →877 times
בְּחַ֧גat [the] festival of
bechagH2282 →62 times
הַמַּצּ֛וֹתthe unleavened bread<s>
hamatzotH4682 →53 times
וּבְחַ֥גand at [the] festival of
uvechagH2282 →62 times
הַשָּׁבֻע֖וֹתthe weeks
hashavuotH7620 →
וּבְחַ֥גand at [the] festival of
uvechagH2282 →62 times
הַסֻּכּֽוֹת׃<the> booths
hasukotH5521 →
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
Deuteronomy 16:16Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast…
it leads to
- Exodus 23:14–17
Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 96:8
Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and enter His courts.
- Proverbs 3:9–10
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
- Haggai 1:9
You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you…
- Matthew 2:11
On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense…
- Exodus 23:14–17
Through
1 Kings 9:25Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 8:12–13
At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD he had built in front of the portico.
- 2 Chronicles 8:16
Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out, from the day the foundation was laid for the house of the LORD until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.
- Deuteronomy 16:16
Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast…
- 2 Chronicles 8:12–13
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.