Chronicles II 29:11

11 And now be not wanting , for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him to minister, and to be ministers and burners of incense to him.

Chronicles II 29:11 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 29:11

My sons
So, as the father of his people, he speaks of them in the most tender and affectionate manner:

be not now negligent;
backward to this good work, slothful, sluggish, and remiss in it; according to Jarchi and Kimchi, the word has the signification of error, and the sense may be, do not continue in the error in which you have been, in neglecting the service of God:

for the Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and
that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense;
on the altar of incense, which was the work of the priests, and for which they were selected from the rest of their brethren; and Hezekiah's discourse was directed to them, as well as to the Levites, ( 2 Chronicles 29:4 2 Chronicles 29:5 ) .

Chronicles II 29:11 In-Context

9 And, behold, your fathers have been smitten with the sword, and your sons and your daughters and your wives are in captivity in a land not their own, as it is even now.

10 Therefore it is now in my heart to make a covenant, a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that he may turn away his fierce wrath from us.

11 And now be not wanting , for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him to minister, and to be ministers and burners of incense to him.

12 Then the Levites rose up, Maath the son of Amasi, and Joel the son of Azarias, of the sons of Caath: and of the sons of Merari, Kis the son of Abdi, and Azarias the son of Haelel: and of the sons of Gedsoni, Jodaad the son of Zemmath, and Joadam: these the sons of Joacha.

13 And of the sons of Elisaphan; Zambri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zacharias, and Matthanias: