2 Chroniques 30:22

22 Ezéchias parla au coeur de tous les Lévites, qui montraient une grande intelligence pour le service de l'Eternel. Ils mangèrent les victimes pendant sept jours, offrant des sacrifices d'actions de grâces, et louant l'Eternel, le Dieu de leurs pères.

2 Chroniques 30:22 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 30:22

And Hezekiah spake comfortably to all the Levites
Or "to the heart" ^F21 of them, such things as were very encouraging to them to go on in the work and worship of God, commending their singing, exhorting them to diligence in instructing the people, promising them his favour and protection:

even those that taught the good knowledge of the Lord;
who instructed the people well in his word, worship, and ordinances; though some restrain this to their skill in singing the praises of God, both vocally and instrumentally, and their abilities and diligence in teaching others:

and they did eat throughout the feast:
or did eat the feast; that is, the sacrifices of it; not the Levites only, but the king, and all the congregation:

offering peace offerings;
part of which belonged to the Lord, another part to the priests, and a third to the offerers, on which they feasted with their friends; and this they did throughout all the seven days of the feast:

and making confession to the Lord God of their fathers;
confessing their sins of omission and commission they had been guilty of; owning the goodness, grace, and mercy of God towards them; blessing and praising his name for the restoration of his worship and ordinances among them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (bl le) "ad cor", Pagninus, Montanus

2 Chroniques 30:22 In-Context

20 L'Eternel exauça Ezéchias, et il pardonna au peuple.

21 Ainsi les enfants d'Israël qui se trouvèrent à Jérusalem célébrèrent la fête des pains sans levain, pendant sept jours, avec une grande joie; et chaque jour les Lévites et les sacrificateurs louaient l'Eternel avec les instruments qui retentissaient en son honneur.

22 Ezéchias parla au coeur de tous les Lévites, qui montraient une grande intelligence pour le service de l'Eternel. Ils mangèrent les victimes pendant sept jours, offrant des sacrifices d'actions de grâces, et louant l'Eternel, le Dieu de leurs pères.

23 Toute l'assemblée fut d'avis de célébrer sept autres jours. Et ils célébrèrent joyeusement ces sept jours;

24 car Ezéchias, roi de Juda, avait donné à l'assemblée mille taureaux et sept mille brebis, et les chefs lui donnèrent mille taureaux et dix mille brebis, et des sacrificateurs en grand nombre s'étaient sanctifiés.